Mr Trudeau won't know what to do now

[Pat Vegas]

It's all very well being Mr Left.

I suppose they can blame trump for starting it.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

It's all very well being Mr Left.

I suppose they can blame trump for starting it.

Armageddon if they retaliated but they shot the plane down anyway so Trump says, "Gee, I guess it must have been an accident for who would dare defy me."

[Burney]

Armageddon if they retaliated but they shot the plane down anyway so Trump says, "Gee, I guess it must have been an accident for who would dare defy me."

Are you suggesting that the Iranians decided to retaliate against America by shooting down a Ukranian airliner full of Canadians?

I mean, it's the last thing the US would have expected, I'll give you that...

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Are you suggesting that the Iranians decided to retaliate against America by shooting down a Ukranian airliner full of Canadians?

I mean, it's the last thing the US would have expected, I'll give you that...

All I know is Trump was slipping the "accidental" part into the storyline right from the get go ( gawd help me I nearly said narrative )

[Burney]

All I know is Trump was slipping the "accidental" part into the storyline right from the get go ( gawd help me I nearly said narrative )

The whole thing was a dance. The attack on the base was heavily telegraphed (indeed, the suggestion is that the US was tipped off to avoid casualties). It was only ever a way for the Iranians to be seen to respond without escalating. After that, everything was supposed to calm down,

Shooting down the airliner appears to have been a massive fúck-up by twitchy air defence personnel that's complicated matters in a way that suits none of the parties.

[Sir C]

The whole thing was a dance. The attack on the base was heavily telegraphed (indeed, the suggestion is that the US was tipped off to avoid casualties). It was only ever a way for the Iranians to be seen to respond without escalating. After that, everything was supposed to calm down,

Shooting down the airliner appears to have been a massive fúck-up by twitchy air defence personnel that's complicated matters in a way that suits none of the parties.

It's not just Orpington, you know. The whole area is now decidedly fashionable. https://www.theguardian.com/food/202...ent-grace-dent

[Burney]

It's not just Orpington, you know. The whole area is now decidedly fashionable. https://www.theguardian.com/food/202...ent-grace-dent

You're not getting to me, you know? I'm very happy for R that the place is coming up in the world. I wish her joy of it.

And that grinding noise you can hear is definitely not my teeth.

[Sir C]

You're not getting to me, you know? I'm very happy for R that the place is coming up in the world. I wish her joy of it.

And that grinding noise you can hear is definitely not my teeth.

I can feel the gentrification washing over me right now.

[Burney]

I can feel the gentrification washing over me right now.

Have they gentrified Star Lane yet?

[Sir C]

Have they gentrified Star Lane yet?

Actually they have - at the start of it, anyway. There's a rather attractive mews development in the village.

The pikey bit - not so much.