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While I understand what you say about Britain First and actually agree - Brendan Cox doesn't restrain himself on many other topics which are unrelated and where he unequivocally leverages his sad position of public prominence to promulgate his views.

It's categorically not a question of excuse - he actually does himself no favours in his flights of conflation. He is not immune from criticism because his wife was murdered by a clinically diagnosed nutter with a history of MH trouble.

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whatever.... post facto demarcation and "servers too busy" yadyada

I am past fed up with the sweeping under the carpet of and pandering to Islamic extremism - as are some Muslims of my acquaintance .

There is a serious problem with Salafist Islam in particular and it isn't being engaged with in the west (maybe in Saudi hey?) - anybody who believes that ignoring it and / or using it as a tool to promote a multi-culti progressive agenda is terminally deluded.

Not all muslims are bad - but some are - should the troublemakers get a carte blanche / free pass merely because they are muslim ?

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you are trying aren't you? I "widen the discussion" and as usual you revert petulantly to dancing on the tip of a left-progressive pin and presume to lecture about tolerance and "not all muslims are bad" when I just said that.

Our own history? - pray tell when you deem the calendar to start?
Which particular bits do you deem worthy of apology?
Are you responsible for the actions of your ancestors?

As for the Buddhists - you conflate a thoroughly thuggish and across the board ghastly authoritarian military regime who've given many Buddhists and other groups an exceeding rough ride - with actual Buddhists - and fail to mention that.

That final 4:27 paragraph is simply unmitigated tosh, As somebody with family in 3 out of the 4 countries you cite - I feel safe in saying that the absence of open honest public debate is driving an increasing and dangerous polarisation of attitudes - you are either unaware (seems unlikely) or simply choose to ignore (more likely) the fact that recent arrivals are being treated very differently by state players - and their misdeeds are largely being covered up - as in Sweden. Next door in Norway - the politicians and public servants have woken up to the problems of opening the door and giving state welfare to anybody who simply walks in.... I don't see any problem with DJT commenting on what people in those countries well know and see routinely suppressed (or rather don't see ... ) in their domestic media. But then we well know that you defend the excesses of the BBC in presenting a tailored worldview to its shrinking audience.

And then.... there's your favorite tactic of repeatedly offering nebulous reasons to not even look at links/information offered ... If it were not for the obvious differences in writing style - I'd claim you and Phil Clarke are the same person - but blather ? sheesh... I suppose you should know.

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Ah yes - the back of the queue? - not so much a comment as an actual threat?

Obamah changed his tune quite a bit over two terms - but you know that don't you?

As every day passes Mrs May's pronouncements seem more and more like things crafted for her to say rather than any evidenced, principled personal stance she herself has chosen to elaborate. I had cause to follow her career at the Home Office and my underwhelming impression is that she could've been replaced with a ventriloquist's dummy and nobody would've noticed. Even her purported personal aims are lame and diffuse with a strong whiff of PR consultant contrivance.

In my own image ? - no, not really - I'd simply settle for open. honest and competent - some mea culpa and dignified recovery wouldn't go amiss either. I shan't hold my breath.

Imho the problem with Theresa May is that she is a mouthpiece for the dishonest and incompetent public sector who obviously view Brexit as an existential threat - in that they might have to actually do some work and take some responsibility - rather than spending their time gold plating EU stuff and blaming Brussels when it doesn't work..

From where this peon is sat it sure looks like they've been using Yes, Prime Minister as an instructional video.

Both the main parties have serious internal problems with Brexit - she might take a bit of solace I suppose from the transgender vs. black feminist punchups over at the Labour Party.

Back on topic...

What we haven’t known, until now, is that a frantic scramble erupted in the halls of the FBI to cover up this meeting.

yes, it's Fox News - but don't shoot the messenger.....

unraveling - or a nothing burger?

looks like an OOPS! from here

I don't know if this "analysis" is true but ....

General Flynn is asked by POTUS candidate DJT to talk to the Russians (it's OK - everybody does this...) - he obliges and the NSA and FBI have transcripts of everything that's said (being not a complete dolt = it's difficult to believe he wouldn't be unaware of this)

A year later - he's dragged in for Moeller interrogation and not allowed to simply say - "OK you tell me what I said " - and is asked to recount word for word and then found guilty of lying when he deviates from the transcript!

really? - is that what happened?

That tax reduction bill that just passed in the USA

not exactly inspiring stuff

If Trump sinks - this is where it will happen

I'm reading that Flynn has been "hung out to dry" in the sense that to defend himself he's had to personally fund his legal costs which apparently quickly exceeded his net personal worth - that must factor strongly into the decision to cop a plea bargain with Moeller's goons.

If Lynch, Comey and Co. have at some stage to defend themselves - I wonder if they'll be treated in a similar fashion?

Some illuminating snippets here