:nod: Or start banging on about homeopathy or some such shìte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
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:nod: Or start banging on about homeopathy or some such shìte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Right, but all we did was change the word. Like changing Minsitry of War to Ministry of Defence. Same people, same function, just a more pleasant name.,Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I’ll say this for him though. He’s infinitely more adaptable around third world leaders. Charms the socks off em’. There wouldnt be any Captain Bligh type awkwardness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
He’s not averse to throwing a few shapes either .
I think it's also quite useful as a way of demeaning the opposition. You don't want the Argies imagining they're important enough for us to bother declaring war on them, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It's all Newspeak and sophistry. See also the new words for naked imperialism: "humanitarian intervention". 'Coup d'état' becomes 'Colour revolution'. and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I seem to remember when your chum Vlad illegally invaded Georgia in an act of naked imperialism, he called it 'Peace Enforcement'. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Even the EU ended up blaming Georgia for that. Not imperialism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Regime change :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Climate change :)
Basically, they decided change was a good word and you cant be opposed to it.
Gender reassignment :(.... that is more complicated. Is that good or bad?
Fair point. However, it is interesting that you have decided that anything short of formal war constitutes peace time.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Can one be involved in a large scale military conflict yet still consider it a period of peace? I'm not convinced.....
Anyway, Asquith did both. So **** you :) He turned out to be a bit **** at war but that is NOT the point....
The same EU you despise and are desperate to leave......Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Riiiiight. So the Russians didn't effectively annex South Ossetia (which is internationally recognised as being part of another sovereign state) and doesn't still have thousands of troops stationed there to this day, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
But I'm going to guess you're going to adjust your definition of imperialism so that it doesn't include this act.
Asquith was pìssed most of the time, p. And not in a good, Churchillian way, but in a bad, Charles Kennedy way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Also, the 20th century has rather skewed our view of what constitute war and peace, I think. Anything short of total war pretty much feels like peace.
Also the same EU whose largest member (among others) is almost wholly dependent on Russian gas supplies and which therefore tends to be a bit nervous of pìssing off Vlad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Good Lord she's so wooden. Anywon else thinks she looks like Wenger?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
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Originally Posted by Burney
Yes. Yes that’s it. The same plank of wood stitched in to the rear jacket lining. Like a modern day F1 car.Quote:
Originally Posted by barrybueno
He's a ****ing characateur (spelling?) is our Boris. Right scruffy-haired, nonsense-spewing, oxbridge wurzel-gummidge image cnuthole. Live outside Blighty for a while, and he's precisely why you don't move back. That and Amazon delivering real beans and proper bacon. What a prick! Laughing stock ******** that somehow got taken seriously in a modern age of reality TV ****housery. Phew!
I'm leaving now, with an image of Alan Clark fingering Thatcher in my head.