So Trump sulks and plays golf as his defeat is announced. On his own course of course - he still rules there if nowhere else. And they ask if he'll ma...
Why are these last few states so slow to count? Most states finished counting on Nov 3rd/4th. Nearly 3 days later and some are still struggling. Is it...
Interesting to hear Trump's latest ranting video. As usual he accuses his opponents of doing precisely what he's doing himself in trying to corrupt th...
Yes. This works because he has millions of voters dumb enough to believe whatever he says. They don't understand politics, but trust him to look after...
Officially over, yes. The 2 sides seem to have fixed positions and both are unwilling to move. But with 6 weeks still to go there is room for informal...
Almost unnoticed amid the Covid panic the trade deal talks deadline has passed with no agreement, and each side blaming the other for not moving. In t...
I was wondering in what court the EU's legal action against the UK govt will be heard.. If it's the EU Court surely the UK can just say it no longer h...
The only problem is that most shop workers won't make good brickies or welders! As for butchers, I don't see why there is a shortage. Surely they're l...
Tourists don't stay, and they also tend to be wealthy, respectful and support local businesses. Those who come and 'take our jobs' are the ones hated ...
I know the GF agreement's background. But in what way does the new bill threaten the agreement? It could be said that in the case of no deal it is the...
I'm not clear on the Good Friday agreement. The US Democrats certainly seem to be up in arms about it. In what way does the new bill threaten it? The ...
The House of Lords may block it. If not it looks to me like it will deliberately be delayed until after the Brexit trade talks are completed or collap...
Interesting that the EU are so angry with Boris that they're threatening legal action - not 'no deal'.. That could be seen as a sign of weakness by Bo...
It seems not. I heard a DUP MP interviewed last night and his view was effectively that anything that strengthens the links between NI and the UK is a...
By Brandon Lewis's own admission the govt is about to row back on the NI aspect the Brexit withdrawal treaty, in contravention of international law. A...
If Boris learned one thing from the Brexit negotiations last year it's that running the clock down focuses minds on both sides - and I suspect, his in...
That's the advantage of being in power. Even when you talk utter rubbish like Trump everyone has to take you seriously and respond as if you know what...
I see there are Tory rebels who cannot share the govt's hypocrisy over the immigration bill, and its lack of financial help for foreign care-workers a...
I watched Trump's advocating of using hydroxychloroquine yesterday with dismay. 'What harm can it do?' this imbecile says. Apart from known gastrointe...
So find your reasons to live! I suspect that won't be done intellectually but through trying 'life' and seeing what appeals.. From my experience you c...
Why is it that you need a reason to live? Given that you were born, living is your natural state; surely your question should be 'is there a reason to...
No. Relativistic physics denies that premise. NOT every time we have ever dealt with has a past and a future. You seem unable to comprehend the concep...
Can I ask about your knowledge of physics? You seem to cling to an pre-scientific concept of time which is strictly linear, unending, outside and beyo...
..only once it's started - not before. At 'point 1' of time there was no 'before' as that's when time was created. Your concept of time seems to assum...
If you're saying time began with the Big Bang surely you can't talk about time before the Big Bang - any more than you can talk about what's north of ...
I don't think it is reasonable to say time had a beginning, and then speculate on how we deal with time before that. If time began with the Big Bang, ...
It never was an actual strategy. The govt has never said it was, but perhaps not denying others' reports has caused speculation that it might be. Bein...
Well in the UK, the govt is now saying that the over 70's might all have to go into forced self-isolation in a few weeks. Judging by past timetabling ...
I believe the 40% figure is for UK lamb exports, and assumes no EU trade deal is reached and we fall back to WTO rules. That doesnt seem likely, espec...
The cringe-making film of the new Cabinet's first meeting, reciting Boris's mantra of '40 new hospitals, 20,000 new police officers,' etc like kids in...
This is Sinn Fein sabre-rattling isn't it? It's not clear whether the poll they favour would involve the Irish voters too (if they get to decide, it w...
I'm afraid I blame the blinkered left-wingers in the Labour party for this catastrophic dereliction of duty. In the '80s Labour swung left and spent a...
The latter I think. Like any demagogue populist leader Boris wants yes-men in his cabinet. Unlike Trump he has the wit not to lose his temper publicly...
Not yet. The blame for problems with the EU trade deal will be placed firmly with the EU, eg for not allowing a Canada-style free-trade + full market-...
To me philosophy is the study of unanswerable questions. It encompasses all subjects therefore. When an answer to a philosophical query is widely acce...
Definition of 'number': an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and mak...
It occurs to me that far from cosying up to Trump the new govt is echoing his priorities with a 'UK first' outlook, which is bound to make enemies int...
Sajid Javed's announcement of the anti-Google tax ahead of the OECD examination of the problem has annoyed the US - as it was bound to, so it's starti...
I see the EU are already hinting the UK will have to keep the trade goalposts unmoved for a trade deal, meanwhile the US are saying BJ should support ...
Isn't it odd how the DUP - now that they no longer have any influence with the Westminster govt, have swallowed their allergy to the Irish language, a...
That may sound fine to you, but why should these individuals be able so powerfully to promote the good causes that they personally support? We all hav...
That's because it's an impossible situation. The concept of a Royal family, wealthy and influential, but with no achievements and abilities to give an...
No-one knows, but economic forecasts predict something like a .5% annual hit to UK GDP going forward due to increased hassle trading with Europe from ...
But Brexit won't be done. The trade deal is the main part. Regardless of Iran I think Johnson has to tread a fine line between keeping close enough to...
He's probably not going to get that in a year, as the new EU President reiterated today. If he wants a quick deal it will need to be by keeping the 'l...
His indyref strategy to date has been: 'Just say no'. Perhaps he hopes his 'One nation' post Brexit UK will be so successful the majority of Scots wil...
I heard recently that a new angle for raising the stakes is the chance of head-in-the-sanders like Trump being charged with Crimes against Humanity. T...
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