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The UK and others deliberately destabilise the region on a regular basis so they can loot it, and they do this by means other than arms sales.  Every so often, for instance, we like to toss a generation of our kids at the place to see what happens.

Perhaps if we didn't constantly stick our oar in and sell arms to various actors in the region, Grugz, things might be a bit calmer.

I'm not a Blair fan but he's not a murderer, otherwise after all these findings, wouldn't he be in prison by now.

You seem to be suggesting he doesn't enjoy the protection of the office of Prime Minister.  He is indeed a murderer many thousand times over, it's just that no-one will allow him to be arrested or prosecuted.
See also: mass murderer and Auschwitz fan Iain Duncan Smith.

I'm getting a strong "we have no plan but we're British so we can't fail" vibe.

Student debt isn't written off, it's sold on to private companies who often change the terms and conditions of the original contract in order to trick debtors into paying back money regardless of how much they earn, or - in the case of some companies like Erudio - they just take money from your account anyway, call it "an honest mistake" and then don't give it back.

As for privatisation, it will work in the areas that I have said, mainly procurement. You look at all options that are on the table, rather than just have a closed mind on such things. I'm not for the privatisation of the NHS but the logical parts, where we all know money is wasted.

Money certainly won't be wasted once procurement is operated on the basis of contracting to the lowest bidder.  That's always ended up in a more efficient and cost-effective workplace with the most capable staff who absolutely want to be there, and absolutely never ended up a complete shambles that has to be bailed out with an influx of public funding to prop up the profit margins of private industry.  What's that?  What is this "public transport" you speak of I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALALALA

But where will these extra boots come from when you've cut back emergency services funding, Grugz?

I have to say that if the NHS is this shining beacon that says to the world, this is the best way to do it. Then why is no other country using the same model.

What are you talking about, man?  Most countries in the world are actively copying the UK's NHS model: defund it and run it into the ground and then announce "SEE?  SEE?  Free medicine doesn't work!  Only paid healthcare can fix this problem!"

Even in the sorry state the current government have reduced it to, the NHS remains the world's highest-rated healthcare provider by standards of care.  Privitisation will not fix it, it will make it worse like it has every other public service.

Why stop there at listing the UK's many growth areas since Brexit was announced? Islamophobia is also at an all-time high, and racist attacks are increasing in frequency.

Kind of surprised Tom Watson/The Guardian's recent red scare stories about Trotskyist spies infiltrating UK politics have gone unnoticed by the political thread.  I would have thought this kind of batshit tinfoil hattery would have been right up our street.

Dalian Atkinson, ex Aston Villa player.  Tasered to death by police.

You were wrong to make those cops break into your house despite that being illegal, Sharky.  You were wrong to make them hide evidence and lie in court.

And I most certainly do not fear the police.

Out of curiosity, are you a white guy?  I grew up Catholic in Northern Ireland.

I like her in films I'll never watch.

You've never given us the impression that there's anything you won't watch.

WELL I'M TELLING YOU NOW.

Then why do Russian uniforms look so fabulous?

I like her in films I'll never watch.

Nowt wrong with having a particular actor in mind, but this sounds more like deliberately excluding people from the casting process.