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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 20:22
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he probably can't help it - if you were to take a look at his diet of ethnic peace bicycle crisps, tofu and all natural unwashed poo flavoured vegtables you will find his mind is totally addled.

freedom of speech says he is can spout his bollocks - so can I.

I, for one, am glad such wolves and "hired killers" or "paid assasins" exist and work to keep me and mine safe....

I even spent a little time of my own as a small cog in big machine.....
let him spout his noise. although maybe some of our own noise outside his office - say from Dave B (if it gets over here) would be a nice riposte.

whatever, let the sheep complain - we know the score.
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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 20:39
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So, some little gob****e wishes to shout his mouth off, social media-style, in some beach wine bar?
Exactly how well are the Green Parties doing in countries which could make a difference wrt Global warming?
Russia, China, India, USA - In all the Federal and State legislatures, they have a grand total of......


...oh, you know what the answer is.

Don't give him the oxygen of publicity.
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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 20:47
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Surely that is why the armed forces exist, to protect the rights of d1ck heads like him to spout nonsense. Leave him to wallow.

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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 20:50
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Just taken a look at the Green Party's defence policy.

Oh dear.

the Green Party | Peace & Defence

By the way, anybody know which expensive missile defence system they're talking about? BMEWS?
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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 21:05
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Oh, it's just Gold, isn't it?

Commitment to a large standing army, a navy of large warships around our coastline, squadrons of fighter planes and a cripplingly expensive missile defence system is therefore unnecessary. Any threat of invasion that might arise in the future is so remote that realignment of the UK military and defence preparations would be possible long before any invasion occurred.
How can you realign what you do not have?

The solution?
..pen friend schemes




p.s. the "missile system" is in Bart's back pocket
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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 21:32
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I read the other day the head of Greenpeace flies 250 miles
to work every day.
Well he's not the head of Greenpeace, just one of their bigwigs, and it's not every day, a weekly commute I think, but otherwise you are quite correct !

However when you consider NW Europe has one of the biggest network of high speed trains in the world, he didn't really have a leg to stand on. I understand he's been told to go by train now!

Not really worth worrying about this prat - he's a throwback to the 60s when the services were held in general contempt (remember Aussie and US troops being spat on when they came back from Vietnam?) The pendulum has swung so much the other way that it's almost nostalgic to think there are still people who hold these sorts of views.

Almost!
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Old 3rd Jul 2014, 21:38
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Sensible policies for a happier Britain. I'm guessing the Green Party are bound to win the next election, so things will be a lot easier after Scottish independence.
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The Green Party really are "swivel eyed loons" that live in denial of the evil elements of the human race. A quick look at their defence policy reveals this in line 3:

PD102 The United Kingdom has not been under significant threat of armed invasion since 1941 and such an event is unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future.
So, they have just denied that the Soviet build up and plans to expand into Europe (including the UK) ever existed. There is a very simple test of intent here, if the Soviets didn't expect to come over our side of the border, then why did they have Soviet and NATO fuel couplings fitted on their MiG 29s?

They have denied the threat to the UK as it suits their aims of unilateral nuclear disarmament. In my view the Green Party are as bad as 'holocaust deniers' and should be seen for what they really are (by going back to my opening sentence).

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Old 4th Jul 2014, 07:53
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Blair had it right. (Not Tony, the other one).





The Councillor will no doubt sleep soundly tonight, and so will I, appreciating the effort put in for me.
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Old 4th Jul 2014, 11:09
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Some military training areas should be decommissioned and used as nature reserves, with suitable provision for access by the public.
I would suggest Garvie Island, perhaps the Green party could be the first to open it, and go for a ramble.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a military-oriented body, which imposes conflict cessation rather than encouraging peace building. As such, it is not a sustainable mechanism for maintaining peace in the world. We would take the UK out of NATO unilaterally. We would also end the so-called "special relationship" between the UK and the US.

Odd that when half of Eastern Europe wishes they were part of it.
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Old 4th Jul 2014, 11:17
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Why is it so forbidden to openly acknowledge that one of the military's tasks is to kill other people?
Always has been, always will be.
Contained by discipline, symbolised by the uniforms and tradition, and sanctioned by the state.
Ugly, and hard to accept - but a simple reality.
That said - given the context - the man was a tw@t for making the comments in the way he did.
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Old 4th Jul 2014, 16:22
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Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav

However when you consider NW Europe has one of the biggest network of high speed trains in the world, he didn't really have a leg to stand on. I understand he's been told to go by train now!
There was a time when a small group of us, about 6, used to regularly attend meetings in the S of France (it was hell), we used to fly Easy from Gatwick, to a. Keep the cost down a bit and b. the flight times were more convenient, return fare about £100, until one day travel request was denied as "all international air travel is banned unless blah blah blah...".

"Can we go by train then?"

"Of course"

6 travel requests for Eurostar/TGV tickets @ £400 each later...we flew!
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Old 4th Jul 2014, 19:29
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all international air travel is banned
Excellent! Going to Sydney? Book QM2 and, ten weeks later, arrive at destination
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Old 4th Jul 2014, 20:04
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Their "defence policy" precludes any armed intervention/peacekeeping etc. But what happens if country-X are forcing Beagles to smoke 40-a-day? What happens if country-Y cull some Badgers or country-Z chop down a tree.
Surely even the Greens would dispatch the Hooligans From Hereford in such grave and extreme circumstances? Err, armed with leaflets and banners and travelling on bicycles to leave a minimum carbon footprint, of course.
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Old 5th Jul 2014, 08:39
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Why is it so forbidden to openly acknowledge that one of the military's tasks is to kill other people?
Well, technically. the killing people bit is not listed as one of the UK Military Tasks.
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Old 5th Jul 2014, 10:17
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Well, technically. the killing people bit is not listed as one of the UK Military Tasks.
Yes, Ministry of Defence sounds so much more agreeable than The War Office
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Old 7th Jul 2014, 08:01
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"1984"

Ministry of Love
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Plenty
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Old 7th Jul 2014, 10:50
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Yes, Ministry of Defence sounds so much more agreeable than The War Office
Being a pedant, who was serving at the time of the change, it wasn't simply a name change, the MoD was the result of the merging of, The Admiralty, The War Office and the Air Ministry.

The War Office was just the pongo part.
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Old 7th Jul 2014, 11:26
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When I returned from 12 months at RAF Sharjah in 1964 I was posted to the commcen at "Commcen, AM London", living at RAF Northolt. Arrived at Northolt and got my season ticket on the Tube but great confusion arose when I tried to find "AM London" as everyone said it no longer existed; eventually arrived at "Defence Commcen".
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Old 7th Jul 2014, 14:39
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Some military training areas should be decommissioned and used as nature reserves, with suitable provision for access by the public.
It's my understanding that a lot of military training areas, such as those on Dartmoor, are excellent de facto nature reserves simply because they don't have access by the public.
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