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The Army is
thinking of
buying a large
fleet of inflatable
tanks, in the
hope of fooling
an enemy into believing that we are still a serious
military power. Even if we can find an enemy dim
enough to fall for this, it probably won’t work.
Incompetent modern Britain, which has weirdly contrived
a shortage of CO2 when everyone else is trying to get
rid of it, is quite capable of running out of air when the
time comes to pump up the inflatable tanks.
It is working very hard on running out of electricity to
drive the pumps, too. Our mad dogma-driven destruction
of coal-fired power stations has left us horribly
vulnerable to power cuts.
But the desperate scheme symbolises modern Britain, a
country made up of inflatable fakes – easily punctured
by a single solid, sharp fact – which only look good from
space, or from a Minister’s office.
There’s the balloon economy, a mass of unrepayable
public and private debt made worse by an impossible
trade deficit.
Then there’s the inflatable NHS, into which we pump
endless sums of money without ever actually
overcoming its problems of poor hygiene, leaden
bureaucracy, waste and long waits. It too, is an illusion, a
thing we pretend to love until it lets us down or kills us.
Inflated exam results are used to pump up our schools
(grandly renamed ‘academies’) so that they look good,
even if their products can barely read and have learned
little except crude Left-wing prejudices.
And so back we come to our Armed Forces. Our Army is
smaller than it has been for 200 years. Many of our
shrunken Navy’s ships are stuck immobilised at the
quayside because they won’t work in warm water. And it RECENT POSTS
has just been forced to sell one of its most important and PETER HITCHENS on why Britain should
powerful vessels, HMS Ocean, to the Brazilian Navy for declare independence from BOTH Europe and
a song. There’s our ridiculous Cold War superpower the States
Trident deterrent, which no British Premier would dare to Why is Donald Trump like Princess DIana? An
interview with George Galloway.
use, whatever they say, and which will utterly cripple our
An Interview about my book 'The Rage Against
economy and the rest of our defences unless we swap it God', recently translated into Dutch
soon for something much more modest. Why Billionaire Big Dope's Push to Legalise
We only look as if we are an important, advanced Marijuana should be resisted

country – and the illusion only works if you are a great A Specially Bad Relationship -or None at All?

distance away. Football and heatwaves? I can't stand either of

them
The whole thing looms and wheezes above us like an Initial Thoughts on the OPCW Interim
ancient barrage balloon, plastered with cheap nylon Investigation into the Alleged Gas Attack in
Douma, Syria
Union Jacks to cover the holes, but springing a new leak
Latest OPCW Report on the alleged Chemical
every minute. One day it will fall on top of us. Warfare Atrocity at Douma of April 2018
This is not a proper nation, just a fake inflatable version Some Thoughts on 'A State of Denmark' by
of one, and I still hate to think what will happen when the Robin Cook (or is it by Derek Raymond?)
rest of the world realises the sad truth. We, and those Propagandists for Marijuana legalisation are
invited to read this story, and explain their rash
who rule us, have plainly decided we prefer the fake to complacency
the reality.
*** RIGHTMINDS BLOGGERS

The ADHD scandal: You heard it here first

Abhijit Pandya Adrian Hilton
What a strange thing ‘ADHD’ is. There’s no objective,
scientific test used in diagnosing it, yet it is treated with a
Alex Brummer Alex Singleton
powerful mind-altering drug, very like an illegal
amphetamine, which can have severe and lasting side
effects. Allan Mallinson Amanda Platell

Even odder, most of its supposed ‘symptoms’ are

Andrew Pierce Anna Smith
actually experienced by other people, not the patient –
by parents and teachers whose lives are disrupted by
boisterous children. Brian Darling Charlie Wolf

And worse still, the small patient has no choice about the
treatment. He (it’s usually he) is fed these potent pills by Clive Aslet Chris Moncrieff

adults he trusts but who in the end are far bigger and
more powerful than him. Dan Atkinson David Harding

I have thought for many years that this is a scandal,

which needs to be denounced and stopped by a major David Thomas Diana
Furchtgott-Roth
outbreak of public anger. But I continue to wait for
anyone else to notice, and know that the powerful and Dominique Donal Blaney
well-funded lobby which promotes ‘attention deficit Jackson

hyperactivity disorder’ will denounce me. I even know

Francesca Preece Harry Phibbs
exactly what it will say and how it will say it.
So I’d like to offer praise and thanks to Amanda
Henry Deedes Dr Robert Lefever
Spielman, the head of Ofsted, who last week expressed
alarm at the huge increases in prescriptions for ‘ADHD’
drugs. George Pitcher Glenys Roberts

She said it was implausible that so many more young

Hywel Williams Iain Murray
people were suffering from the disorder and needed
medication to control their symptoms.
Jack Doyle James Chapman
And she was shocked by the ‘astonishingly high’ number & Co.
of children on medication in one Ofsted focus group in a
deprived part of Essex. She will get a lot of abuse for James Lucier James Slack

this. She should stand up to it.

*** Janice Atkinson-
Small
Julia Manning

A short, sharp way to cut jail numbers

Kathy Gyngell Lindsay Johns
Yet again Ministers babble about sending even fewer
people to prison. I promise you this will actually lead to
Mark Littlewood M E Synon
more people in worse prisons. Let me explain. Except for
homicides and sex criminals, almost nobody in Britain
goes to prison till he is already a habitual criminal. Mark Dooley Matthew Elliott

Thanks to an absent police force ignoring crime, to a

feeble Crown Prosecution Service, to useless cautions, Melanie Phillips Melissa Kite

unpaid fines, undemanding community service and un-

activated suspended sentences, quite seriously bad Michael Burleigh Michael Hanlon

people can go on making their neighbours’ lives a misery

for years until the courts finally lose patience and send Mitch Feierstein Nick Wood
them down.
The result is that they’re not remotely distressed or Nigel Jones Peter Hitchens
reformed by the experience. More important, youngsters
thinking of taking to crime are not deterred, so the
Peter Whittle Richard Littlejohn
number of criminals increases all the time.
You could solve it in a fortnight by putting police back on Richard Waghorne Robert Hardman
foot patrol, and sending thieves and thugs to severe,
punitive prisons on their second offence.
Rupert Myers Ruth Lea
You’ll have to ask this supposedly ‘Conservative’
Government why it won’t even consider these simple,
Ruth Sunderland Simon Richards
affordable measures.
***
Sonia Poulton Sonia Purnell
Investment advisers are already drooling over the
colossal money-making possibilities of legal cannabis Steve Doughty Stephen Levinson
and toasting William Hague for suggesting it.
American beer and tobacco companies, with long Stephen Wright Thomas Fleming
experience of cashing in on products that harm their
users, are busy taking stakes in marijuana businesses.
Toby Harnden William Forbes
Now in Britain, Imperial Brands, which used to be
Imperial Tobacco and so is obviously deeply concerned
with making us all healthier, is investing in Oxford INDEX - SEE WHAT'S ALREADY
Cannabinoid Technologies, a firm licensed by the Home BEEN SAID
Office that ‘researches, develops and licenses 'Addiction'
cannabinoid- based compounds and therapies’. 'Democracy'
Do bear this in mind the next time you hear weepy 'Pakistan'
stories about ‘medical marijuana’. 'Special Relationship'
Abolition of Britain
***
Abolition of Liberty (see also Brief History of
Turkey is now officially a despotism, at least as bad as Crime)
and probably worse than Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Abortion
Elections were held under a reign of terror in which Abuse of PH
anyone the government doesn’t like could be arrested Adams, Gerard
and jailed. A muzzled, cowed press was unable to ADHD
combat incessant, one-sided government propaganda. Afghanistan
And so now that important country is to be ruled, from a Ageism
crazy, grandiose 1,150-room palace, by the intolerant Aitken, Jonathan
and repressive Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But unlike Putin’s America
Russia, Turkey is a member of Nato, an alliance which Antidepressants
says it is devoted to the defence of freedom. If Turkey Archer, Jeffrey
remains in Nato, what exactly does that alliance stand Architecture
for now? Armed Forces
Atheism
***
Austria
So now we know what the ‘Special Relationship’ means: Bagshawe, Louise
it means we get to help the Americans torture people in Battle of Britain
secret prisons. Do you know what? We may not be the BBC
country we once were, but I think we can manage BBC bias
without that. Beaune
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Burka, Niqab,Hijab
Burma
Cameron Delusion (see also Broken Compass)
Regarding ADHD, you say, "most of its supposed ‘symptoms’ are actually experienced
by other people, not the patient – by parents and teachers whose lives are disrupted by Cameron, David
boisterous children." Cameron, Samantha
It is true to say, that much of the drugging of these children is promoted by schools (and Cannabis
often supported by exasperated parents) because the children don't behave or respond
like their fellow pupils and the teachers want an easier life. These children are often Capital punishment
intelligent and tend to have very active brains and imagination. Their curiosity is
boundless which provides opportunities to manage them better but there is little room or Cars
will for a more creative approach as 'it isn't fair on the other children' if he's treated Castro, Fidel
differently. This is the crux of the problem.
Censorship
Whilst that may be understandable, by not recognising the problems, refusing to treat
them differently means they get lumped in with many plain naughty and disobedient Charles.Prince
children and they all get labelled and drugged. Parents also have an added incentive to Chile
have their child officially 'diagnosed' with ADHD to help them cope with an often hostile
school and to gain access to 'special ed' schools or classes and helps to remove any China
blame attached to their parenting skills. Christopher Hitchens
Having been directly affected by ADHD (I have written privately to you about it) and after Churchill Cult
years of frustration, it is clear that there are many unruly children wrongly 'diagnosed' as
ADHD and a few who are genuinely different from their peers, who do not conform in the Cinema
expected way. Although they cause annoyance to others, (they will argue a point into the
next week) they also suffer themselves for constantly being in the wrong and frustrating Clarke, Charles
those around them. They often feel persecuted having a strong sense of fairness and Clarke, Kenneth
misunderstand people because they take things very literally. Alongside this, is
constantly being berated for being disorganised, forgetting things like PE kit and home Class
work, being in the wrong place at the wrong time and unable to do the things we all have Clegg, Nicholas
to do to get on easily in life.
Because these things are a bit vague, it is easy to shrug them off and say 'everyone Clinton, Bill
does that, but you have to make more effort' etc but these children and young adults Clockwork Orange
rarely learn from their mistakes and somehow make ordinary life so much harder for
themselves which other people find hard to understand. Coalition government
I think ADHD is a slight chemical difference in the brain that emphasises certain Cold War
negative behaviour, only slightly different to others, making it hard to identify with but
different enough to cause them difficulties. Whilst drugging children as we do now, is Communist Party
intolerable, for ADHD children, drugs make a huge helpful difference allowing them to Comprehensive Schools
stay in mainstream schools which is the focus of much of their difficulty. Oddly in our
liberal society, we are intolerant to these sufferers and at the same time reluctant to Conservative Home
punish the naughty, mixing them all up together with terrible consequences. Conservative Party (see also Useless Tories,
Posted by: Vikki b | 12 July 2018 at 07:07 PM Tories)
Conspiracy Theories
Thucydides | 06 July 2018 at 03:56 PM : Contraceptives
***... of course we can’t know exactly who we might need to defend ourselves against at
any particular point in time, but any sensible government would at least start their Crime
planning on the basis of perceived threats. *** Croquet
The UK political establishment would contingency plan against sufficient of the general Cuba
public becoming actively restive over continuously being 'outsourced' (mass
immigration), austeritied (while multinational corporations and private financial Culture
institutions get subsidised), lied to and censored (eg. deliberate establishment-serving
disinformation, and imposition of political correctness by those who rule). Organised Czech Republic
rejection of such agendas would indeed be a potential threat to the political Czechoslovakia
establishment.
The general public might see threats from unimpeded criminality within the country, Dale, Iain
societal fragmentation, asset-stripping of public resources, and ever-widening Darwin and Darwinism
(excessive) disparities in wealth and remuneration ... things which the aforementioned
political establishment appear to regard as acceptable or even desirable. David Willetts
The political establishment identifies with its similarly counter-democratic equivalents Death Penalty (including Capital Punishment,
abroad -- not with concepts of "country" or "nation" or "society" as identified with by most
ordinary people to varying but significant degrees. Execution)
So who is "we", and via which perspective is the descriptive "sensible government" to be Decimal System
awarded? And who is to be defended against what?
Consider the recent vote in parliament on CETA, which is basically a resurrection of the Depression
TTIP ... add that to previously cited inflictions, and -- other than safeguarding the necks Diana Cult
and troughs of the ruling strata and its apparatchiks -- just what is the point of so-called
"defence", when the enemies are already here and in control? Divorce
Posted by: C. Morrison | 07 July 2018 at 12:34 AM Dresden
Dresden, bombing of
@Douglas Oswell, Drugs
It seems to be that £52 billion – each year – should buy you plenty of ‘materiel, Dunkirk
manpower and maintenance’. I can’t imagine why you would think otherwise. And of
course we can’t know exactly who we might need to defend ourselves against at any Dyslexia
particular point in time, but any sensible government would at least start their planning Economics
on the basis of perceived threats. Otherwise you might as well say that we need to
spend £10 trillion a year to defend ourselves against an alien attack. Education
At least I understand your point now; it’s just that it didn’t make much sense. Egalitarianism
Posted by: Thucydides | 06 July 2018 at 03:56 PM Egypt
Elections
@Thucydides: Two percent of a 2.6 trillion GDP is only 52 billion. That's not going to buy Elocution
much in the way of materiel, manpower or maintenance. And as regards the question of
who you must defend yourself against, that question can never be fully answered in Emin, Tracey
terms of present circumstances, for things have a way of changing, if history is any
guide. If that's the excuse you're obliged to make to justify an inadequate level of
European Union
defense, it would be more cost-effective simply to give up on the notion and allow other Euthanasia
countries to defend you ... assuming they think it worth their while.
Evolution
Posted by: Douglas Oswell | 04 July 2018 at 03:26 PM
Exam inflation
Fabian Society
@Douglas Oswell,
Falklands
In response to my questions about how much we should be spending on defence and
who we’re defending ourselves against, you state loftily that ‘with an attitude like that Family
there's no sense in defending yourselves’.
Farage, Nigel
I don’t understand the point you are trying to make. Fatherless Families
Posted by: Thucydides | 04 July 2018 at 11:01 AM Feminism
Fire Brigade
William 3/7 at 2.31pm
First World War
"... I'm sure there will be plenty of pc groups and political dreamers delighted with this..."
Flight, Howard
I'm not sure what you mean by 'plenty', but then I'm also not sure that this is not all part
of a windup, aimed at people who get very excited about this sort of thing. If the latter,
Foreign Policy
I'm sure those making up the 'plenty' will be somewhat delighted when reading your Foxhunting
huffing and puffing response.
France
Posted by: Alan Thomas | 04 July 2018 at 08:48 AM
Free Speech
Freedom of Speech
A smart UK government not sycophantic to Washington could copy clever Erdogan, by
negotiating to buy a missile system from Russia. Full-Time Mothers
Politicians in the USA would then insist that the UK order for horrendously expensive F-
35 aircraft must be cancelled.... Gaza (see also Israel)
Thus, no penalty clause could be invoked -- and less British money could thereafter be General Election 2010
used to acquire the same number of planes, but this time good ones.
Germany
Posted by: C. Morrison | 04 July 2018 at 12:46 AM
Ghent

PH : **** Turkey is a member of Nato, an alliance which says it is devoted to the defence
Global Warming
of freedom. If Turkey remains in Nato, what exactly does that alliance stand for now?**** Gove, Michael
There's worse .... Colombia has now been welcomed into NATO. Grammar Schools
Is 'freedom' itself being re-defined, by those who rule?
Gramsci, Antonio
Posted by: C. Morrison | 04 July 2018 at 12:29 AM
Griffin, Nicholas
Guns
Mr Hitchens,
Trident. Do you think that in 1945 the Americans would have dropped the atom bombs Hague, William
on Japan if the Japanese had possessed Trident ?***PH writes. No. but then I don't
think they should have done anyway, or that it ended the war**** Hannan, Daniel
As for your previous assertion that all we need for a nuclear deterrent is a few planes to Harris, Sir Arthur
deliver our nuclear bombs, which planes would these be ? The last british long range
bomber was the Vulcan, which retired in the 1980's. Are you suggesting that we design Health and Safety
and build a new british bomber like the american B2 bomber ? That would take at least Heroin
ten years, and cost at least as much as Trident.
***I suspect several existing planes could be converted to carry it. Or we could put it on Hirst, Damien
SLCMs, like Israel. It doesn't really matter,as it is unusable by any civilised and pointless History
anyway. It's a bluff. It could be achieved by an inflatable deterrent. ****
Hitler
Posted by: Chris Pearce | 03 July 2018 at 06:39 PM
Homosexuality
Inflatable Tanks: This goes hand in hand with the recent army recruitment advert telling Human Rights
would-be recruits that it's OK to be emotional 'etc, etc'. The tanks themselves being a Human Wrongs
subtle message to the enemy that we don't really want to fight or for anyone get hurt
bumping into nasty pieces of metal which make a lot of noise and belch out a lot of Hung Parliament
smoke. Apart from the general who condoned it, I'm sure there will be plenty of pc
groups and political dreamers delighted with this.
Huxley, Aldous
Identity Cards
Posted by: William | 03 July 2018 at 02:31 PM
Immigration
"Compared to themselves ten years ago.............." Surely it follows that a countries Inflation
ability to make war is in direct relation to its economic output .Defense spending has Intervention, Liberal
been between 2 and 2.3%of GDP for the period of time that you've set the bar making
us the 6th largest in the world at present .Given the economic considerations facing IRA (Irish Republican Army)
either government what level of GDP spending would suffice in maintaining the
prospective numbers that you site and bear in mind the higher cost of new Iran
technology...... or is just more we want ...........I also remember continued lamentation at Iraq
the treatment of our armed forces by the last Labour Government .
Ireland
Posted by: tony archer | 03 July 2018 at 01:36 AM
Iron Lady
Islam
Mr Hitchens writes: Israel (see also Gaza)
"I wonder whether JonB has not fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of my article.
Will people *please* stop trying to lecture me ( a former Defence Correspondent) on the Japan
use of decoys in warfare? That is not what the article is about." Judophobia
---
Jury Trial
Mr Hitchens, I note that you are a former Defence Correspondent. The fact doesn't
inevitably mean that you have a greater or more detailed knowledge of military matters Kamm, Oliver
than I do. Such expertise as you undoubtedly do have may or may not be entirely up to Kazakhstan
date - depending on how long ago it was that you had this function.
Kelly, David
At any rate, what you wrote was: "The Army is thinking of buying a large fleet of
inflatable tanks, in the hope of fooling an enemy into believing that we are still a serious Kelly, Ruth
military power. Even if we can find an enemy dim enough to fall for this, it probably won’t
work"
Kilroy-Silk, Robert

If this is not about the use of decoys ("a large fleet of inflatable tanks") then really what
Kinnock, Neil
are you getting at all? I mean, it isn't as if the army could be planning to use them as Kitchen Sink(chained to)
bouncy castles, is it?
Kosovo
My only point here is that, while the idea of inflatable tanks might appear ridiculous to
some lay persons, (if not to you and me) the concept behind them is good and valuable. Labour Party
I am surprised that you find it something to jeer about. Language

Posted by: JonB | 02 July 2018 at 07:19 PM

Law and order
Le Carre, John
Posted by: Thucydides | 02 July 2018 at 04:09 PM **who exactly are we defending Leneghan, Mary-Ann
ourselves from?**
Good question which should have been answered a long time ago way before 'the horse Liberal Democrats
bolted' Liberty
Our open borders, uncontrolled migration, and the restless masses in our cities already
provide us with clues. Libya
Posted by: William | 02 July 2018 at 05:18 PM Major, John
Manifesto
@Thucydides: Manners
***Why do we need to spend more than, say, 2% (other numbers are available) on
defence? Since the consensus here seems to be that we should not get involved in Marriage
other people’s conflicts, who exactly are we defending ourselves from?*** Mass Immigration
With an attitude like that there's no sense in defending yourselves at all. May, Theresa
Posted by: Douglas Oswell | 02 July 2018 at 04:59 PM Mercer, Patrick
Metric System
@ Bill -
MI5
“If an enemy saw a British force appearing to field 500 tanks, when they knew it owned
only 250, it would be in a similar predicament to Henry Ford: it wouldn't know which half Militant
was fake and which was real.” MMR Vaccine
Easily resolved, I’d imagine, by firing a missile or even a bullet, at one tank in each half, Mogadishu
and observing what happens. The “tank” which makes a hissing noise, deflates or
spirals into the air like a balloon would be in the fake half. Monarchy
Even carrying out reconnaissance or surveillance would surely reveal, fairly quickly, Montgomerie, Time
which was the real and which was the fake section. Moral Preaching
Posted by: beatpoet | 02 July 2018 at 04:53 PM Moscow
Multiculturalism
Why do we need to spend more than, say, 2% (other numbers are available) on
defence? Since the consensus here seems to be that we should not get involved in Murdoch, Rupert
other people’s conflicts, who exactly are we defending ourselves from? Neather, Andrew
Maybe it’s something to do with Mr Meredith’s shadowy civil war, as I can’t work out who Neo-conservatism
the warring sides are in that, either (leavers vs remainers?)
New Cold War
Posted by: Thucydides | 02 July 2018 at 04:09 PM
New political party
For a more recent example than D-Day, take a look at the disgraceful assault on Serbia NHS
by Clinton. The Serbs were masters of steganohoplia [roughly, hiding weapons in full None of the Above
view].
North Korea
> Northern Ireland (see Ulster)
Yes dropped the equivalent amount of explosives on Josovo as about 10 Hiroshima Norway
bombs, then wondered why their was a refugee crisis, or rather blamed it on the Serbs
and then at the end of it all the Serb tanks just emerged from the bushes and went back Nuclear (or nukular)weapons
to base. Nuclear deterrence
The thing is with modern warfare, any excuse to drop bombs means more bombs have t Nutt, Professor David
be made and more jobs for the boys. So blowing up inflatable tanks accidentally on
purpose may be profitable. O'Brian, Patrick
Posted by: Not Bob | 02 July 2018 at 03:48 PM Obama, Barack
Olympics
Our tanks are rubbish, not surprisingly Germany make the best tanks. Opinion Polls
Posted by: Ruis | 02 July 2018 at 02:36 PM Organic Food
Orthodoxy
I never saw this interview with Gavin Williamson, the shill for the military industrial
establishment who keep starting wars with false flags as its profitable. But sales reps for Orwell Prize
the military industrial establishment are quite prepared to look stupid if it helps sell some Orwell, George
real tanks. That is what i SUSPECT is happening here?
Parliament
Posted by: Mr Bean | 02 July 2018 at 02:35 PM
Parris, Matthew
Peter Preston Passports
Good to see you still finding the odd hole in ones contributions. One of those inventions, Patriotism
an imported one, I believe, that crossed my mind after I had posted my thoughts, was Peking
the Gatling gun, a fearsome weapon uses to full effect in parts of Africa.
And to think America was one of those who wished to see the collapse of our Empire! Police
Political Correctness
Posted by: Alan Thomas | 02 July 2018 at 02:28 PM Political party funding
Portillo, Michael
In his reply to Jeffrey A Friedberg | 01 July 2018 at 04:29 PM PH writes "This comment Prague
has already a) been made and b) been rebutted". I for one agree with Mr. Friedberg and
disagree with the "rebuttal". Prescott, John
***PH notes: Since the rebuttal is that the effectiveness of decoys is obviously not what Prisons
the article is about, I do not see much point in disagreeing with it. **** Propaganda
Henry Ford once remarked that he knew that half the money he spent was wasted - his Prunes
problem was he didn't know which half! ***PH remarks. I had always been led to believe
that this was in fact Lord Leverhulme's thought**** Publishing
If an enemy saw a British force appearing to field 500 tanks, when they knew it owned Pullman, Philip
only 250, it would be in a similar predicament to Henry Ford: it wouldn't know which half Rage Against God
was fake and which was real.
Railways
For a more recent example than D-Day, take a look at the disgraceful assault on Serbia Rape
by Clinton. The Serbs were masters of steganohoplia [roughly, hiding weapons in full
view]. Rawnsley, Andrew
Newsprint is delivered in huge rolls which look like giant loo paper, complete - and this is Religion
the important bit - with a cardboard tube in the middle. The Serbs wallpapered these Renault, Mary
tubes with kitchen foil, then mounted them on old truck chassis retrieved from the
junkyard. Revolutionary Socialist League
On radar they looked like missile launchers, and America expended millions of dollars Right wingness
worth of missiles attacking them. Riots
***PH writes. An amusing story, but does he have a reference for it?**** Ritalin
So much for the value of electronic surveillance, enthused about by D Smith | 01 July Roman Catholicism
2018 at 09:33 AM.
Roosevelt, Franklin
Posted by: Bill | 02 July 2018 at 12:54 PM
Ross, Jonathan
Posted by: Kevin | 01 July 2018 at 11:21 PM Royal Navy
Steady on Kevin, don’t invent things. Nothing in what I wrote suggests that I look forward Russia
to a civil war or that I imagine myself fighting in one. Your ‘armchair warrior’ sneer is a Saddam
cheap jibe based solely on your own presumption. I simply happen to believe that a civil
war in this country will be impossible to avoid as the country slides ever further down Savage, Sir Graham
into corruption and subjugation. Scandals in politics
So to summarise, I do not wish it to happen, nor do I fantasise that I would somehow Schengen
thrive in such a catastrophic and traumatic event (in fact I doubt that I will even survive
it), but neverthelessI find it impossible to pretend that I don’t believe that it will happen. Scotland
Hope that’s clear enough for you. Meanwhile, shooting the messenger will do nothing to
prevent it.
Scottish Independence
Secondary Moderns
Posted by: Brian Meredith | 02 July 2018 at 12:25 PM
Sex Education
I know its not P.Hs area of expertise but the diminishing resources that are devoted to Shute, Nevil
our armed forces as well as many of the economic factors relevant to his self appointed Slime
role as obituarist are well traceable to the inherrant systemic pyramid schemes built
within our economic model.The decoupling theory offered to explain the phenomenon Smacking
that took place in the early 1970s seems the most plausable explanation for economic
decline ..P.H doesnt seem to offer comparisons of army "decline' it always seems to me Smoking
that a more intense analysis would be more illuminating than the somewhat superficial Somalia
observation of "blowup tanks' . The Armed Forces are in poor shape , compared to
what? South Africa
***PH writes: Compared to themselves ten years ago. The figures for manpower, Soviet Union
surface ships, aircraft etc are easily obtainable. NB, much of the decline has taken place Special Relationship
under governments and ministers nominally guided by 'Conservative' policies.***
Speechmaking
Posted by: tony archer | 02 July 2018 at 12:20 PM
Sport, moronic cult of
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