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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 08:01 - Oct 1 by johncharles
Except .............he didn't say it. I know 'cos I listened to the interview. He may have said when he was younger before he was leader of the party but hey, that was then. Cameron doesn't STILL put his tackle in a dead pig's mouth.
Why let facts get in the way?
I also watched the interview. All he said was armed conflict would always be the last resort. Yeah he wants rid of trident, but we have a party system here so might not get what he wants.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 08:43 - Oct 1 with 1650 views
Corbin is an idiot the way he is splitting his party, I doubt he will be the leader of Labour this time next year. The press are starting to eat him alive as they are fed up with him saying they don't understand the new politics and all that nonsense. Don't forget, socialism is the start of communism and we know all about that. What he said yesterday about the nuclear button was pure lunacy, he will never be PM because of it.
Rewind back to the 60's. The American Envoy trotted along Whitehall, turned into Downing st, secured his Horse and went inside.
'Mr Prime Minister, I have been ordered by our President to order you to join us in a War against the major threat to our system. Won't take but a few months.......give our boys a chance to test out our new weapon systems.......hell, we might lose a handfull of our guys, but we'll take out a few hundred thousand of them. Darned if the World's gonna miss a few Yellow men........plus it might bring our 'Knee-Grows' at home back in line.' You know they be shouting about the vote 'an equal rights 'an all.....you believe that shit? So I'll tell the President that you're in, right? By the way boy, you sure do got a purty mouth.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
'Please send my best wishes to the President, and inform him that we won't be joining you in your war against North Vietnam...........good day to you sir.'
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:16 - Oct 1 with 1545 views
All things being equal, Jeremy Corbyn will be 71 years old by the time of the next general election. At that age, I doubt he would have enough energy, let alone enough support, to run the country.
100% of people who drink water will die.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:28 - Oct 1 with 1529 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:16 - Oct 1 by SimonJames
All things being equal, Jeremy Corbyn will be 71 years old by the time of the next general election. At that age, I doubt he would have enough energy, let alone enough support, to run the country.
at 71, i think the only thing that jc will be able to run is a bath. but will need nursie to help sponge down his back.
It's not what you've got; it's where you stick it.
If you're not prepared to use the ultimate deterrent, it's not really much of a deterrent, is it? The facts are that a) Trident is outdated so it needs to be replaced or scrapped b) the cost of any nuclear deterrent is monstrous. Is that the best use of £10bn in our defence budget? Or would we, as many armed forces professionals advocate, better spend on conventional forces c) is it even relevant in a world where only 4 countries are ever likely to use it (USA, Russia, China, Israel)? d) Corbyn is so unlikely to be in a position where such a decision needs to be made, unless his Labour party unexpectedly win the 2020 election.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:58 - Oct 1 with 1500 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:51 - Oct 1 by derbyhoop
If you're not prepared to use the ultimate deterrent, it's not really much of a deterrent, is it? The facts are that a) Trident is outdated so it needs to be replaced or scrapped b) the cost of any nuclear deterrent is monstrous. Is that the best use of £10bn in our defence budget? Or would we, as many armed forces professionals advocate, better spend on conventional forces c) is it even relevant in a world where only 4 countries are ever likely to use it (USA, Russia, China, Israel)? d) Corbyn is so unlikely to be in a position where such a decision needs to be made, unless his Labour party unexpectedly win the 2020 election.
LORD PALMERSTON.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 12:01 - Oct 1 with 1493 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:51 - Oct 1 by derbyhoop
If you're not prepared to use the ultimate deterrent, it's not really much of a deterrent, is it? The facts are that a) Trident is outdated so it needs to be replaced or scrapped b) the cost of any nuclear deterrent is monstrous. Is that the best use of £10bn in our defence budget? Or would we, as many armed forces professionals advocate, better spend on conventional forces c) is it even relevant in a world where only 4 countries are ever likely to use it (USA, Russia, China, Israel)? d) Corbyn is so unlikely to be in a position where such a decision needs to be made, unless his Labour party unexpectedly win the 2020 election.
Not £10bn, it's £100bn.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 12:04 - Oct 1 with 1491 views
The good thing abot tunnels is they can easily be filled in. I remember going to school on the Cuban missile ultimatum day and wondering whether it was going to be the last bus journey ever.Those Rooskies didn't do those namby pamby kiloton range nukes,it was all 10 megaton plus stuff hoisted aloft by their space launchers of the era.London would have copped it big time and all you could hope for was your sillhouette left on an adjacent building.Maybe if you'd struck a comedy pose in the last seconds survivors might have wondered who the hell you were.Now it's super accurate with a CEP of a few yards,could still ruin your entire day though.
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 12:04 - Oct 1 by TheBlob
The good thing abot tunnels is they can easily be filled in. I remember going to school on the Cuban missile ultimatum day and wondering whether it was going to be the last bus journey ever.Those Rooskies didn't do those namby pamby kiloton range nukes,it was all 10 megaton plus stuff hoisted aloft by their space launchers of the era.London would have copped it big time and all you could hope for was your sillhouette left on an adjacent building.Maybe if you'd struck a comedy pose in the last seconds survivors might have wondered who the hell you were.Now it's super accurate with a CEP of a few yards,could still ruin your entire day though.
Could have done with some of that Friday evening just before kick off. It would have counted as a draw then.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 12:20 - Oct 1 with 1411 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:51 - Oct 1 by derbyhoop
If you're not prepared to use the ultimate deterrent, it's not really much of a deterrent, is it? The facts are that a) Trident is outdated so it needs to be replaced or scrapped b) the cost of any nuclear deterrent is monstrous. Is that the best use of £10bn in our defence budget? Or would we, as many armed forces professionals advocate, better spend on conventional forces c) is it even relevant in a world where only 4 countries are ever likely to use it (USA, Russia, China, Israel)? d) Corbyn is so unlikely to be in a position where such a decision needs to be made, unless his Labour party unexpectedly win the 2020 election.
It's difficult. The danger of not replacing Trident is that you don't end up with any more conventional forces despite promising to do so. Probably some government or other would end up cutting the conventional forces sooner or later and so presumably nobody takes much notice of you at all at that stage. I think that Trident probably gets you a ticket to the table - who else would you want sitting there if not us? I dunno - depends on how the world ends - will it be our fault? Somehow I doubt it, so maybe we should keep our ticket for a while.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 17:03 - Oct 1 with 1351 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:02 - Oct 1 by QPRMUSO
Corbin is an idiot the way he is splitting his party, I doubt he will be the leader of Labour this time next year. The press are starting to eat him alive as they are fed up with him saying they don't understand the new politics and all that nonsense. Don't forget, socialism is the start of communism and we know all about that. What he said yesterday about the nuclear button was pure lunacy, he will never be PM because of it.
and I assume you believe that conservatism is the start of fascism?
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 17:09 - Oct 1 with 1349 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 11:15 - Oct 1 by zicoshoops
Rewind back to the 60's. The American Envoy trotted along Whitehall, turned into Downing st, secured his Horse and went inside.
'Mr Prime Minister, I have been ordered by our President to order you to join us in a War against the major threat to our system. Won't take but a few months.......give our boys a chance to test out our new weapon systems.......hell, we might lose a handfull of our guys, but we'll take out a few hundred thousand of them. Darned if the World's gonna miss a few Yellow men........plus it might bring our 'Knee-Grows' at home back in line.' You know they be shouting about the vote 'an equal rights 'an all.....you believe that shit? So I'll tell the President that you're in, right? By the way boy, you sure do got a purty mouth.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
'Please send my best wishes to the President, and inform him that we won't be joining you in your war against North Vietnam...........good day to you sir.'
With French, American, Russian and jets from several other nations busy flying around Syria bombing the crap out of it, the issue of whether Dave would press the button, might become irrelevant should some 'friendly fire' go astray.
Personally, I think its a matter of time before UK Muslims look to form a political party, then the shiite is more likely to hit the fan.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
Thatcher, according to Mitterands Biography, demanded he hand over the Exorcet codes to de-activate them under threat of Nuking Buenos Aries. He handed them over to avert Thatcher attacking the Argies with Nukes.
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Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 08:39 - Oct 2 with 1186 views
Which previous PMs would have been mad enough . . . on 08:25 - Oct 2 by Brightonhoop
Thatcher, according to Mitterands Biography, demanded he hand over the Exorcet codes to de-activate them under threat of Nuking Buenos Aries. He handed them over to avert Thatcher attacking the Argies with Nukes.
Ludicrous bollox. Britain would be the world's pariah if she had nuked BA over the Falklands.
Its just Mitterand practising CYA over giving Exocet secrets to Britain; just a pathetic lie to protect the French arms industry.
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