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I didn't vote at all. Mainly because I don't agree with the PCC elections. First time I have ever not voted mind.

Yeah there's definitely takeaways from it, I mean more any kind of statistical analysis, which can be so clearly made from General Election to General Election but can't be here.

Probably a bit of gentrification going on, which I don't like, but has to be good news reopening currently closed pubs 👍

I've got £75 what does that get me? A fine for going 27mph?

Such a depressing comment.

No, two seperated issues. But the report is about big bad Israel restricting media when it still has a comparatively very open media.

I do wish the reality of these things Vs perception would be...

Democracies still do shit things but the fact still remains it's by far the most liberal and free part of the middle east

If you think a free press is important though (and it is) then Israel is by far your biggest friend in the middle east.

Same as if you believe in democracy, in the right for gay men to leave in...

I think the BBC figures are right. It's a rare example of the guardian skewing reality to suit the Tories!

Aside from the frustration I have with party politics, I do love all the graphs and...

I learnt tonight that Andy Street ( the now former west midlands mayor) is the boyfriend of Michael Fabricant.

For me, a couple of things are clear;

Firstly, Labour are nailed on to win the next General Election. No Tory politician would bet their kids inheritance on them winning.

Secondly, local...

This thread is like Godwin's law in reverse!

Great story and shows how the carrot can be more powerful than the stick.

Of course. But they had a leader.

I actually think it can help them, as they get more exposure as stand out players in those countries and have more of a USP.

Pirlo Pot, the Cambodian tyrant.

1 - Mao
2 - Stalin

Of course, Nazism didn't die with Hitler, that is a different argument, but I do think the comparisons to the man himself are absolutely overblown.

It's a bit like comparing...

Close, but he's the one who stopped Hitler.

Couldn't agree more. It's all best cringy when people make such comparisons, at worst ignorant.

He was the worst of the worst, although interestingly not the most murderous leader in history. He...

I've always thought a good system may be one where people can donate as they currently can but 50% goes to a party and 50% goes towards the cost of the elections or providing equal advertising for...

Nothing illegal but it's not a great look and people within his own party saying the money should be returned. I'm not sure about that, but I think it does leave him open to criticism especially with...

But either you are saying that countries should naturally want to spend time to negotiate deals (to perhaps bespoke it to their own economic or social needs) in which case why wouldn't we want that...

I mean, no one wants to pay £6 for nothing. You can almost get an airport pint for that.

But it lasts upto four years, so that's £1.50 a year and for that it is checked against security logs to...

Sludge it's not the 1980s.

I couldn't disagree with that statement of hers more btw. Am a very firm believer in the concept of society but you can't say that Conservatives don't believe in it....

The one that stands out for me is thingy.