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Old 30th Aug 2016, 08:31
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"I never had much faith in Turkey as a NATO ally"..." Unfortunately that seems to be mutual! As a result she appears to be paying token regard to US wishes regarding her present military action against US-backed Kurds in Syria.

In the UK we've been treated to a glimpse of how Corbyn's Britain would be. For the benefit of non-UK ppruners, the great man-of-the-people had himself filmed sitting on the floor of an allegedly "ram-packed" railway carriage. Unfortunately CCTV showed him walking past rows of empty seats then taking a comfy seat after filming finished. So far, so silly. The real story started afterwards with a campaign against train's owner, Richard Branson for releasing the footage, described as a "political intervention" Branson became a Soviet-style enemy of the state. His tax status has been questioned, he has been threatened with prosecution for releasing the inconvenient CCTV footage, and with the state-confiscation of his rail company. Lastly, Corbyn wants to strip him of his knighthood. For some it seems, the wrong side won the Cold War!
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