Making the news today....

[Will C]

3 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Interesting.

It is, I’ve not got a new petrol one but it could change the market value for second hand diesel machines and ruin the investment for people that have just gone petrol. This could also include many stump grinders etc. New machines will be sorted to except it in short order or they won’t sell, it makes for Interesting times but the powers above won’t care about us, they want everyone to go electric which is currently (IMO) unviable for us as a industry 🤔

[Tippin Alaybye]

4 hours ago, difflock said:

And apparently Bagpuss is still somewhat  fornicated, since the Supreme Court has ruled that she has no right to return to the UK!

Have they smelled the wind?

i really find this offensive in the extreme! i grew up with Bagpuss, i love him and everything he stands for, and finger mouse. i'm reporting you to woke police

[openspaceman]

5 hours ago, difflock said:

And apparently Bagpuss is still somewhat  fornicated, since the Supreme Court has ruled that she has no right to return to the UK!

 

That's not how I understood the judgement. AIUI she cannot return to UK to proceed with her appeal on being deprived of UK citizenship, she can attend a hearing outside UK and away from the camp where she is being held. The crux will be with the other country (bangladesh?) denying her citizenship, in which case the UK will be making her stateless and that is against international law. A get out for UK may be yet  another country offering her citizenship.

[eggsarascal]

6 hours ago, difflock said:

She is sure welcome to defend hersel with a suicide vest, in an empty bunker, anytime she wants.

You MUST understand?, I think she should rot where she is, but that ain't how it works.

[Johnsond]

5 hours ago, Mark J said:

Very much against.

What's the point? Mutually Assured Destruction is a moronic idea. 
 

Labour renews vow to keep nuclear weapons

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The party says the Trident missile system is "non-negotiable" and pledges to support Nato.

 

So Mark 

As is common practice on here, can you tell us what you would you have the UK do ??. 
Totally agree in many ways but if 1 rogue state has Nuclear weapons then 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️. Shit as it is I think it would be MAD not to have it.

Edited February 26, 2021 by Johnsond

[Mark Bolam]

I agree Johnsond.

Having nukes is bloody expensive (but if we’re savvy we can keep the expense within our own economy), but surely they are the reason no one has kicked off majorly since the end of WW2?

[Puffingbilly413]

7 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Whilst no fan of Alex Salmond politically, you better have your ducks in a row iffum you want to take him on. 
 

This is gonna get messy for SNP. 
 

AS not in the same league (IMHO) as George Galloway who’s presentation to a US Senate sub committee was (again, IMHO) a masterclass in sticking it to the man!

 

 

It's been a while since I've seen that - Gorgeous George at his finest.

[Mull]

Whilst no fan of Alex Salmond politically, you better have your ducks in a row iffum you want to take him on. 

 

This is gonna get messy for SNP. 

 

AS not in the same league (IMHO) as George Galloway who’s presentation to a US Senate sub committee was (again, IMHO) a masterclass in sticking it to the man!

 

 

He’s a wiley old bad::, you can imagine him thinking”how do I distract the public from the fact that I’ve molested and probably raped a few women? Oh, I know, I call the leader of Scottish parliament a liar! Your no slow Alex!

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mull said:

He’s a wiley old bad::, you can imagine him thinking”how do I distract the public from the fact that I’ve molested and probably raped a few women? Oh, I know, I call the leader

He was acquitted and the SNP had to pay him IIRC? Bringing it up again is hardly the best distracting tactic in the world is it? But then he was the leader of the SNP and they're certainly not known for their intelligence so you could well be right. 

[Mull]

He was acquitted

Yes he was, but was he guilty of that kind of brutality? I think he probably was, don’t you Andy? Is the Law an ass?