Making the news today....

[GarethM]

I'm not sure about the validity of that trial, growing up in the 90s and the amounts of drugs used by drinkers and party animals back then didn't seem to have much of an impact on the lack of drinking.

 

Maybe all that drinking on the park was a positive thing, compared to the yoof afterwards?.

Edited December 13, 2022 by GarethM

[trigger_andy]

Woopsie

 

MEP denies Qatar bribery after €1.5m seized - BBC News

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Eva Kaili, one of four suspects, is stripped of her role as vice-president of the European Parliament.

 

[Will C]

at least we are out of it, but it of cause there will be some reason from some why we would of been better involved in the corrupt gravy train 🤦‍♂️

[Mesterh]

On 11/12/2022 at 20:25, AHPP said:

Where are you roughly? I've had recent exposure to the postcode lottery of healthcare in this shithole. Interested to see whether your experiences fit in my model.

Up North, North west to be precise

 

It seems like it all comes down to you local surgery. I live less than 10 miles from my old place, big difference in health care. From what I understand your GP/surgery can negotiate costs with private health care hospitals. If they get a good deal you can find yourself in a luxury room private hospital rather than on a ward with 10 other people. My Mrs has a far better understanding as she has in the past dealt with GP costs but she says its an extremely complicated system, a lot of it is ran like a business these days.

Council estate where everyone is in the doctors every five minutes sucks up all the funds, wealthy area where most use private healthcare means there are more funds and availability.

Having said that our dentist is total sheet but since it seems that you cant get a dentist without paying privately its not like I have much choice in that matter.

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

Meanwhile the swap the worlds most notorious Russian arms dealer for a basketball player. 🙄

 

US ready to send Patriot air defence missile systems to Ukraine

APPLE.NEWS

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Official decision likely to come this week as Volodymyr Zelensky urges Western leaders to provide his country with more advanced...

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Doesn’t the Uk sell arms to Saudi?

[Steve Bullman]

12 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Doesn’t the Uk sell arms to Saudi?

Probably not many countries we don’t sell arms to if the truth be known 

[Mick Dempsey]

39 billion dollars worth of arms sales to foreign powers between 2008 and 2017 according to wiki (let’s not get bogged down with precise figures and agree it’s a lot)

 

But call this guy “the merchant of death” and all of a sudden we’re Snow White.

 

 

 

[GarethM]

Cmon, you've all watched the end of lord of war haven't you?.

 

Would you prefer the Chinese government sells it instead?.

[Johnsond]

5 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

39 billion dollars worth of arms sales to foreign powers between 2008 and 2017 according to wiki (let’s not get bogged down with precise figures and agree it’s a lot)

 

But call this guy “the merchant of death” and all of a sudden we’re Snow White.

 

 

 

Yeah very nearly as unscrupulous as the French. 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Johnsond