Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[sinkov]

Reform of the House of Lords is in the forefront of the new Government’s agenda (rightly so)

It's not really reform though is it Sir Outwood, Hereditarys will be kicked out, not many of them are Labour are they, to be replaced by Starmer's cronies and placemen. The place will be even worse, it needs abolishing not pseudo reform.

[sinkov]

It seems fairly obvious the intensification of the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the West Bank, coupled with the silence of Western powers and the UN in particular has set a dangerous precedent that will in the future justify the use of military force instead of diplomatic dialogue in any sort of global conflict. The days of Corbyn desired international diplomacy are dead.

You're a right comic mon ami, Hamas won't even attend the peace talks. The Israeli offensive could be stopped in it's tracks within the hour, just release the hostages, all so easy, but the terrorist scum won't will they.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I know from our longstanding disagreement on Israel mon ami that you have no empathy fr the Palestinians, but however you dress this up it's genocide, plain and simple and the world stands by and allows it to happen. I am sickened to the very bottom of my soul.

I now fully understand how the Commanders of WW2 Allied Forces allowed the likes of Auschwitz to happen.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

A Socialist government my arse!

Ms Rayner, the Housing Secretary, this week refused to rule out scrapping the 25pc sole occupier discount, which cuts around £543 per year from the average Band D council tax bill in 2024-25.

Scrapping the single-person council tax discount would save the public purse around £3bn a year, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

But pensioners warned that removing the discount would be an “unforgivable betrayal” of older people and could mean they lose their homes.

At least Hancock was honest in his intentions, he just locked up pensioners in Covid stricken care homes to kill a few hundred thousand of those pesky pensioners.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Friends of Israel France, yesterday arrested then released nurse Imane Maarifi who spent 15 days volunteering as a medic in the Gaza Strip.
Lawyer Rafik Chekkat, founder of the Islamophobia platform, said Maarifi was arrested in the morning at her home and taken into custody.
He criticised the arrest and said it took place at a time when French soldiers who fought in Gaza “enjoy total impunity.”

Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from the La France Insoumise, or France Unbowed (LFI) party, wrote that Maarifi has been released from custody.

“The search of the home in front of the family leaves no doubt about the desire to intimidate the voices that are raised to support the Palestinian people and demand an immediate ceasefire,” he wrote on X.

Maarifi attended pro-Palestinian rallies in France to share her testimony about the crippling situation in Gaza.

[outwoodclaret]

It's not really reform though is it Sir Outwood, Hereditarys will be kicked out, not many of them are Labour are they, to be replaced by Starmer's cronies and placemen. The place will be even worse, it needs abolishing not pseudo reform.

Of course you could abolish the House of Lords completely and that would leave us with a single chamber elected by first past the post and no revising chamber. The appointment by Tories and Labour of their financial backers and political cronies as you point out has diminished the reputation of the Lords as much as hereditary peers. Reform of Parliament should mean thorough reform of both chambers. Government of the People, by the People, for the People. We simply don’t have that.

[sinkov]

I know from our longstanding disagreement on Israel mon ami that you have no empathy fr the Palestinians, but however you dress this up it's genocide, plain and simple and the world stands by and allows it to happen. I am sickened to the very bottom of my soul.

I now fully understand how the Commanders of WW2 Allied Forces allowed the likes of Auschwitz to happen.

Nevertheless mon ami, it stops the instant Hamas releases the hostages. But they don't and they won't, so it continues. I have enormous empathy for the citizens of Gaza but empathy has bog all to do with it. Just release the hostages, but they won't, you're sick about the casnage, Hamas seem to welcome it. Tell me why ?

[Robus]

Nevertheless mon ami, it stops the instant Hamas releases the hostages. But they don't and they won't, so it continues. I have enormous empathy for the citizens of Gaza but empathy has bog all to do with it. Just release the hostages, but they won't, you're sick about the casnage, Hamas seem to welcome it. Tell me why ?

Look up the name Gilad Shalit, and what Hamas got for his release. That is why Hamas will never release the Jews enslaved in Gaza.

[outwoodclaret]

I was just watching the small anti-immigration demonstration in Glasgow and the much larger anti-fascist, anti-racist counter demonstration all waving their Palestinian flags. Was that to warn us all of the dangers of mass immigration and its eventual consequences?

[Robus]

I was just watching the small anti-immigration demonstration in Glasgow and the much larger anti-fascist, anti-racist counter demonstration all waving their Palestinian flags. Was that to warn us all of the dangers of mass immigration and its eventual consequences?

It is a warning that you are already conquered. But they are wrong. With God's help you will defeat and expell the Muslim horde.