I just have a sneaky feeling that this Huawei business could get very messy indeed.

We're just using them as a cat's paw or honey trap to find out who, in Washington, is on the take. The Chinese are helping us do it as they need a deal more than we do. The success of the scheme will determine whether they get a good one or a great one. #maga

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Originally Posted by AFC East

I wouldn’t be surprised if certain individuals stood to gain from a deal, but surely the main driver is the imminent need for a trade deal with China.

Depending on where the equipment is installed the threat is somewhat overblown. I suspect the American reaction is as much to do with our warming relationship as it is any real security concern.

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:hehe: That was very funny. I particularly enjoyed the way he just shrugged and gave up, correctly concluding that it simply isn't worth knowing how to pronounce Ipswich.

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I tried watching that clip but kept getting distracted by the absolute dreamboat of a translator :love:

Just read DAG Rosenstein's resignation letter. In it, he quotes not only Thomas Paine and Ed Levi, but also Robert H. Jackson
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And the CIA, NSA etc.

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Let's hope so .. :-( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...awei-equipment

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

Relax b. The threat is no more real than climate change and it's the same scurrilous band of lefty trouble makers spreading the fear and obfuscation. And anyway, the chinee are guaranteed to show discretion with the pictures of your "shed" activities.

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Essentially, we appear to have HMG plotting in secret to take a decision that fundamentally undermines our national security and alienates our key strategic allies because some senior government advisers are set to make a lot of money.

The extent to which they know how bad this potentially is is revealed by the way they're reacting in trying to find whoever leaked it.

It would be a laugh if after all the Brexit hoohah, this was what actually brought May's shambles of a premiership down. :hehe:

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Because I have no knowledge of the matter, I think it's very appropriate to wade right in. Isn't it that the Brits are sidling up with the Chinky Chinks as part of an effort to strike back at the Russky Dogs who felt they could come right in and fvck up Albion?

Isn't that what this is about? The enemy of my enemy is my friend.