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Reply | How did this get missed
at 18:10 24 Feb 2025
"...no nation in the world is threatening Wales with war." And he thinks there would be no targets in Wales!
https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/72560/the-welsh-towns-and-cities-named-on-hit-l
I suppose this is similar to the mindset of our friends in the RoI, who see little need to invest in defence and prefer to freeload on the air and naval protection provided by the UK. I can see Trump getting on their case with all that tax money coming to them from US multinationals. [Post edited 24 Feb 18:26]
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Reply | How did this get missed
at 17:25 24 Feb 2025
I have to say that I thought this coroner's verdict was very dubious. It appears to rest on the proposition that all along the SAS patrol intended to kill the PIRA members in the stolen truck when it returned to a nearby Clonoe chapel car park after a heavy machine gun attack on Coalisland police station. The SAS patrol had been tipped off that cars would pick up the assailants in the car park and were concealed behind a surrounding hedge. This was in darkness, except for car headlights, an hour before midnight. The coroner asks us to accept that the soldiers should have waited while the DShK heavy machine gun in the truck was disassembled when it would not have posed a threat, and then issued a warning to surrender. There was little consideration of the fact that the machine gun still had rounds in the belt and that there were 3 AKM rifles in the truck, two of which were still fully loaded. It was noted that they were all set to safety when the shooting started. Another area about which very little has been said is that there were three and possibly up to 7 other PIRA team members in three Ford Cavalier getaway cars in the car park. Three persons were captured alive either in the car park or nearby, one of whom later received a big compensation payment. Two cars drove away, one of which crashed nearby and one that made a clean getaway. It seems likely that they did fire some shots back. One soldier has a minor facial bullet wound, and I haven't seen anything to prove this was not unfriendly fire. Three of these men, Coney, Woods, and McKeever, were later charged with attempted murder and firearms offences, but managed to get off on a lesser charge of assisting offenders leading to 3 year suspended sentences.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/crime/general/clonoe-ambush-courts-went-soft-on-getawa
I cannot see how the SAS soldiers would not have been at risk had they waited for all the PIRA team to get safely in the three cars complete with loaded 7.62mm weapons, and given a verbal warning. Even as things were, one soldier had his head shaved by a bullet. [Post edited 24 Feb 17:52]
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Reply | Nathan Gill accused of taking Russian bribes ...
at 16:15 24 Feb 2025
If this man is guilty he should face the full force of the law - the most serious offence that can be pinned on him. Reform moves on to tricky territory when some of its members side with Trump - it could be the party's Achilles' heel and there is no logical reason, in terms of wider policies, why it should go down that path. |
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Reply | Wind power is important
at 08:47 24 Feb 2025
This is a story about baseload, batteries (storage), and grid capacity. One part of the debate concerns what happens when there is too little wind to meet the baseload requirement, and another is what happens when there is too much. It is estimated that UK consumers forked out E1.3 billion in "curtailment payments" last year to get companies to turn off wind turbines at times when the grid did not have the capacity to store or use the electricity generated.
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Wind-Power/Brits-Pay-Billions-To-Waste-W [Post edited 24 Feb 16:16]
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Reply | Another knife attack
at 19:38 22 Feb 2025
Reports say that "A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested". A passer-by died after being stabbed, while three police officers suffered knife wounds. What I noticed is that when the recent German and French attacks have occurred the mass media reported the nationality of the suspect straight away, while the UK seems more guarded about doing this. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Match day thread ** Updated
at 15:54 22 Feb 2025
Happy with this so far. I was thinking our strikers were lacking sharpness and not getting on the end of some reasonable low crosses, and even Vipotnik's goal was a bit messy. But Peart Harris' effort really suggested he may be finally starting to deliver. It was one of the best goals we've scored for a while. Hope we don't go into our shell now in the 2nd half. |
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Reply | Plymouth vs Cardiff
at 13:57 22 Feb 2025
1-1. Cardiff have been under the cosh. Tijani. [Post edited 22 Feb 13:58]
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Reply | Plymouth vs Cardiff
at 13:42 22 Feb 2025
Goutas off for Cardiff. Red card. [Post edited 22 Feb 13:43]
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Reply | Twin Town
at 13:12 22 Feb 2025
Amazon Prime (there may be free trial available) or Apple TV. That was in the link that I couldn't post because of "inappropriate language" from JustTV. I couldn't see anything unusual. |
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Thread | Plymouth vs Cardiff
at 12:32 22 Feb 2025
Interesting one for us to watch. Do we prefer Plymouth's revival to take a set back, or the Bluebirds to be dragged to the very edge of the relegation places? I think I'd marginally prefer an Argyle win. |
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Reply | Why bother
at 09:00 22 Feb 2025
Yes, you'd have thought that PPE had more than one session on transaction costs. |
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Reply | Israel attack on Iran imminent
at 08:43 22 Feb 2025
That 3rd paragraph is blatant anti-Semitism and might risk a criminal sanction in the UK. With all due respect, I don't think something like that should be posted on this forum. [Post edited 22 Feb 8:46]
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Reply | Twin Town
at 06:52 22 Feb 2025
I see that co-writer Paul Durden died in 2022. Years ago he was one of the more interesting characters who frequented the Tenby. |
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Reply | More fibs from Rachel?
at 06:41 22 Feb 2025
"Which one is based on sex?" (of the male nicknames)
At a stretch it could be argued that some appear to be based on disvalued male work stereotypes (Spreadsheet Phil) or the implication that a male does something stereotypically associated with females (Mogadon Man). The obvious one with a gender dimension is Hunt's nickname, an insulting reference to a defining female characteristic. |
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