it’s very clear that almost all national politicians of all colours just don’t seem to be in touch with the reality of life in Britain, much less understand it, & that’s due to a combination of the nature of their career path coupled with being based in London (which they fee love-hate towards)
How many years away are we from the fiver being retired for a five pound coin anyway ?
The reason they’re obsessed with it is because they think it proves Polanski is “not serious” & that they can thus say to us “whatever you think of us, we ARE serious”….except their idea of “serious” was “so if Mandelson & Trump saw each other’s dicks at paedo parties, we’ll have influence right?”
Captain Tom committing war crimes in Malaya
You’ve failed to engage in any kind of debate
And you’re now reduced to Tom Friedman style “anecdote as data”
Also you didn’t consider that the CCP guys are just playing you - you’re a heart on sleeve Iranian shia Islamist
China has zero interest in helping Iran
This is the most absurd thing I’ve seen in a while, both in terms of the premise of ChEx celebrating a regulatory decision and the firm in question
A lot - but I don’t think this is a relevant question because I don’t think working with Chinese business gives me insight into Chinese foreign policy FWIW - you can just go and read articles and news - but you’re choosing not to
Maybe start with the South China Morning Post and find some links?
You’re the one who doesn’t want a serious conversation
You made a claim about China
I sent you an article written by a mainland Chinese commentator associated with the Chinese government - you just blankly said you don’t agree
You’re not in the reality based community so what’s there to say
This is the country that came up with Boaty McBoatFace
It’s a job well done we got beloved animals and not Sir Oink a Lot
The idea that this happened because of “fear of causing offence” is a far right conspiracy
I failed to notice this detail first time around so in terms of what I remember, I came across the term in a documentary about James Goldsmith in 1997 which recounted an anecdote about him gambling in the 50s where he threw a pile of white fivers on the card table
Who says crime never pays?
Starmer deserves to be blamed tho because he has done nothing - absolutely nothing - to even start to try to explain geopolitical risks & even less to prepare for him - he has very publicly declared how well he has solved geopolitical risk through his very public “bear hugging” of Trump
But Iran won’t eat the TACO
Kemi is so out of touch with the day to day reality of life in Britain & what normal human beings find appealing, if she wanted to show an interest in football, she’d do keepy uppies with a living hedgehog, on camera
Then complain that you didn’t praise her as she volleys the hedgehog into goal.
“Have you guys been watching CNN? Look over there it’s Amanpour!” [drops an envelope providing legal notice of the activation of the fund gate and runs away]
One of the most effective contributions the GCC could make right now is offer Mecca or Sharja (or just Doha or Dubai or Abu Dhabi for anyone hypocritical) as safe havens for any Iranian regime leaders who want to give up
Tweet of Kemi in front of Battersea Dogs Home, no caption, but smirking
Your understanding of reality is whack: there’s nothing more to it than that
By all accounts figures like Rouhani knew that Iran couldn’t maintain confrontation with the US & Israel, but they could never make a play to abandon the Shia social base like you, & so had to abide by your mad perspective
The point is your supposition about China is laughably wrongheaded
But you’re a great data point for how/why Iranian pragmatists have failed - they fear they can’t pivot entirely to support from the secular majority - but even supposedly moderate religious shia like you are as mad as a March hare
This was the greatest Ig Nobel ever
And pension fraud
Fraud is the secret ingredient
A role finally for PISCES?
The upcoming collapse in 401ks is what some on Wall Street are worried about, not because they’re worried about themselves (Wall Street narrowly defined aka large banks) but because of how Trump will respond
The American near future and the English mid future (& the Israeli present)
What happens to a society when an extremist minority take over a country and simply don’t accept that it’s ever acceptable for policy to deviate from their preferences
Israel has gotten away with it, Iran hasn’t
She likes to butter animals before consumption
Is this about her wanting steak with every meal ?
Kemi Badenoch to mount comeback by clubbing a dog to death with her new best, Kristi Neom
Just think through what you’re saying
“China is going to save us because we’ve shown that we can hurt China’s economic interests”
I appreciate this is 110 per cent what Islamists are saying right now but consider if it makes sense….
The article is from a Chinese policy analyst…
And it’s somewhat sanitised from what you see in material aimed at China’s audiences
Again I don’t know why you think playing your Shia card helps you - the CCP despise religious people !
They’re very clear they see Iran as a (minor) economic interest
