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In: Brexit  — view comment
Corruption is writ large over the EU. It is a gravy train of totally unnecessary politicians and their legions of pen pushers. I gave one example ...o...
April 27, 2020 at 17:07
I just talk to people , I'd say I'm fairly persuasive ...but it's up to them. People on the right don't generally go on marches , or hang about outsid...
April 27, 2020 at 17:00
I don't think that the Conservative governments of the past decade have been right-wing at all...they are overwhelmingly social democrats...with a min...
April 27, 2020 at 16:58
You've said it so much better than I could, cheers.
April 27, 2020 at 16:53
I've already said the government should put taxes on Chinese goods. I also think the UK government should ban Huawei from building our 5G network...bu...
April 27, 2020 at 16:52
In: Brexit  — view comment
Brexiteers probably get fed up listening to the condescending attitude of dickwads like O Brien...and the debate is already won, we have left. People ...
April 27, 2020 at 16:43
In: Brexit  — view comment
I have a theory that too many politicians becomes as bad as too few...especially when they become ever more separated from the electorate. The EU is a...
April 27, 2020 at 16:38
I am not a rich person , I'm a roofer but I can choose not to buy Chinese goods. Your argument seems to imply that poor(er) people are unable to choos...
April 27, 2020 at 11:07
China may possibly build an additional 500 coal fired power stations by 2030...2 a week. You seem not to understand the magnitude of the Chinese threa...
April 27, 2020 at 10:55
In: Brexit  — view comment
Anyone that takes notice of O Brien isn't to be taken seriously.
April 27, 2020 at 07:56
In: Brexit  — view comment
It's the opposite of a political power grab...it clearly involves less politicians that will become more accountable to their electorate. You have to ...
April 27, 2020 at 07:54
All human beings want to be better than what they are, that's true for even those that don't admit it. Being better means acquiring knowledge. Applyin...
April 26, 2020 at 18:03
I agree with you Harry, as I've said , it's the left that is colluding in the exploitation whilst pretending to be the ones who care. The left also mi...
April 26, 2020 at 17:50
Globalism is really an excuse to exploit cheaper labour and have less stringent environmental/safety standards...and like you say it is the "right" th...
April 26, 2020 at 17:45
My point is that it is not the political rights that constantly bleats about workers rights . It is the liberal left that pretends to care. What you s...
April 26, 2020 at 17:42
My main point is that the middle class liberal left ,that so dominate the discourse in the West with regard to how we should live, have no problem buy...
April 26, 2020 at 17:33
I accept that many goods are sub-contracted out to China for manufacture but it is also true that virtually any product you want can be sourced elsewh...
April 26, 2020 at 17:23
Taiwan , Japan, Germany and South Korea have done quite well without a CCP type government ....Trying to pretend communism is good in some ways cuts n...
April 25, 2020 at 19:02
Is that your way of saying every political, muslim or gay imprisoned in China is a terror suspect ? That people in Guantanamo are just there because o...
April 25, 2020 at 18:28
I take it from that that you're one of those skirt wearing , rain soaked, miserable alcoholics the wrong side of Hadrian's wall lol.
April 25, 2020 at 17:42
I'm English and thankfully lefties like you are a minority here (UK). Seems like it's ok to be anti "yank" in your world but not anti CCP....mmmm, nic...
April 25, 2020 at 17:35
So you should only boycott countries that engage in racism...nothing else warrants a boycott. The Chinese can bang people up just for being gay , musl...
April 25, 2020 at 17:32
My politics are right-wing insofar as I believe in Individual rights and responsibilities over group rights. I also believe in decent minimum standard...
April 25, 2020 at 17:04
To equate the US and Israel with China is outrageous...but I'll let that slip provided you admit that the CCP is a vile organisation that totally domi...
April 25, 2020 at 16:47
It's true that no country is perfect but to include Brazil and Israel in with China is a bit of a stretch. China actively imprisons people for their r...
April 25, 2020 at 16:11
In: Brexit  — view comment
My earlier post seems to have vanished...the main point is the key benefit of Brexit is that we will have less politicians interfering in our lives. T...
April 25, 2020 at 14:42
Free will is the idea that we can control our wants. We can do this through educating ourselves at to what we should want and then applying self contr...
April 25, 2020 at 14:35
One thing that separates humanity from other beings is that we have imagination. Having imagination means that we are able to have thoughts that are n...
April 24, 2020 at 06:38
The concept of God is the opposite of the concept of chance. There is no more proof for chance being the cause than God.
April 10, 2017 at 18:33
Truth is that thought which accords to reality whether we recognise it or not. Subjective opinion is only truth insofar as it is truly our opinion...s...
April 10, 2017 at 18:26