Peter. You mentioned this Patel women being unbearably thick. I have developed a deep

[Ash]

Yes, but currently those head-choppers are engaged in a massive internal struggle to reform, which has involved large numbers of the dissenting ruling elite being put under arrest and a couple of them who tried to flee having their aircraft shot down.

The current Saudi regime is something you really ought to be supporting, a.

I was actually talking about the jihadis than the Sauds, but anyway, we'll see about the Clown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's reforms. Maybe the night of the long knives is just a mass-pruning exercise while grabbing their wealth to pay the state bills accrued from the low oil price. 300 arrests so far.

Meanwhile he effectively kidnapped the Lebanese PM Hariri, which has managed to unite Hariri's own party with the Hezbies, rather than forcing them against Hezbollah, and even the Yanks are saying that there should be no conflict in Lebanon (not that I believe them). As with his move against Qatar, it has so far had the opposite effect than intended. His attack on Yemen has bogged down, and his attempts to use ISIS and AQ to defeat the Syrian goverment and install a Sunni State between Iran and Israel has failed. Everywhere Iran has increased its influence.

And this bloke could be about to be king for the next 50 years.

[redgunamo]

I don’t really have a problem with us supporting our strategic allies, tbf.

Besides, there’s a bigger game on in the Middle East right now, what with Saudi busy reforming and allying with Israel against Iran and Hezbollah.

Hurrah! #DrainTheSwamp

[Peter]

She wants UK taxpayer money to be sent directly to the occupied Golan Heights to support an Israeli hospital patching up Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadis, before sending them back into battle against the Syrian government.

She doesnt seem to know what the Foreign Office is. That's pretty thick.

[Peter]

and profound abhorrence of the woman (smirky smug **** she is) and would like an example of her stupidity to help me refine my loathing of her.

cheers

Off the top of my head....she didnt know where Cyprus was and thought it was Part of Greece. She seemed to be under the impression that Essex was a Labour stronghold.

In a radio interview I recall her being taken to pieces by some dopey old codger who had called in about Tory plans for social care. She couldn't even trot out the same lines the rest of the party manage and then got quite aggressive about it.

In short, a thoroughly useless politician. To be fair, she might be very good at something else but she is ****ing **** at this, as evidenced by the hole she dug herself this week. Totally incompetent.

[PSRB]

Off the top of my head....she didnt know where Cyprus was and thought it was Part of Greece. She seemed to be under the impression that Essex was a Labour stronghold.

In a radio interview I recall her being taken to pieces by some dopey old codger who had called in about Tory plans for social care. She couldn't even trot out the same lines the rest of the party manage and then got quite aggressive about it.

In short, a thoroughly useless politician. To be fair, she might be very good at something else but she is ****ing **** at this, as evidenced by the hole she dug herself this week. Totally incompetent.

Well, technically, part of it is

[Peter]

Well, technically, part of it is

No, technically and really it isn't, at all. In fact the very idea of chasing exactly that is what precipitated the Turkis invasion of the Northern half.

[Sir C]

No, technically and really it isn't, at all. In fact the very idea of chasing exactly that is what precipitated the Turkis invasion of the Northern half.

Be fair p, they're all bubbles at the end of the day.

[Peter]

Be fair p, they're all bubbles at the end of the day.

If you want to get technical, no, they are not. Cypriots are actually descended from Venetians and the vast majority of them are no more GReek than me or you. THey share a church but not DNA.

I dont care for the term bubbles, as mentioned here previously.

I mean, you wouldn't call SW a mic would you.....

[Peter]

and profound abhorrence of the woman (smirky smug **** she is) and would like an example of her stupidity to help me refine my loathing of her.

cheers

THere was also a rather embarrassing exchange with Ian Hislop on Question Time regarding capital punishment.

[eastgermanautos]

and profound abhorrence of the woman (smirky smug **** she is) and would like an example of her stupidity to help me refine my loathing of her.

cheers

That said, not knowing anything about her but just going on looks, I'd hit that.