Rick_B

In some ways I agree, by the invasion of Iraq and the bombing of Syria which killed many innocent civilians despite the fact that for years we sucked up to Bashar al-Assad plus our actions in Saudi Arabia we have in part brought this on ourselves. It's not the whole story though by any means. There is the elephant in the room and that is Caliphate. ISIS don't just hate us for what we did, they hate us for what we are, what we represent and how we choose to live. And it's not just us Westerners, they hate and despise moderate Muslims who don't support their cause too. They also especially hate Shia Muslims who they regard as infidels. Islamophobia and Islamophobic attacks play right into their hands, it's what they want - they want social division as do the likes of the EDL and Combat18.

No you're absolutely right it doesn't, but then any "solution" that involves attacking/bombing innocent citizens of a country doesn't help either. I feel really sorry for the poor buggers who have to put up with this crap. What's going on in North Korea is a subversion of the principles of socialism, in the same way that ISIS represent a subversion of Islam.

Another crackpot solution. Here's a better idea. Don't go to North Korea, it's run by psychopaths and they will probably kill you.

That seems sensible, as I understand it at the moment a 16 year old having sex with a 15 year old commits the same offence as a 40 year old having sex with a 15 year old, even though there may be only weeks between their ages.

This isn't fighting back, it's terrorism against innocent people just as the attacks in Manchester and London bridge were.

Nothing to do with colour, the shopkeeper was an Ahmadiyya Muslim, a group which believes in peace. As I've said before Islamist extremists regard moderate Muslims as infidels in the same way they regard us a infidels.

Look on the bright side, they have no idea how to cook so what they serve will be burnt to a cinder on the outside and raw in the middle. Chances are they will spend tomorrow throwing up with food poisoning.

Full marks for precision there for the bull, one horn in the nuts and the other in the ear. That's got to hurt.

Type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity and poor diet, but that's not the full story. Some people will get it anyway. It was regarded as a disease of old age, but worryingly is now starting to turn up in younger people, even in their 30s and that is almost certainly due to poor diet and excess weight, especially a buildup of fat around the waist. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, possibly triggered by a virus. There may also be a genetic factor. It starts most commonly in childhood and there's nothing you can do to avoid it.

May has type 1 diabetes, meaning that she doesn't produce any insulin and is therefore entirely dependent on insulin injection. You can't control type 1 with diet or oral medication.

It seems I'm no longer the only Corbynista in the village.

I don't agree with him, but I respect his decision to stand down rather than support policies he doesn't agree with. Realistically his views are not compatible with being the leader of a liberal party and he accepted that. The problem now is that the LibDems have very few MPs to choose from. This is Clegg's fault, he destroyed years of hard work by Charlie Kennedy and Paddy Ashdowne to satisfy his own ego. Thankfully he lost his seat at this election and is now history.

We threw cricket away as our second national sport when we allowed it to go behind Sky's paywall. For many people now it's irrelevant.

We don't know yet, but there have been reports that there were no functioning sprinklers or audible fire alarms.

That's very true. I'm no great mechanic really, but I've changed a couple of gearbox/clutch assemblies, an alternator, a couple of water pumps and suspension bushes etc. My current car is hardly cutting edge technology, it's an old Rover 420, but there are things under the bonnet that i have no idea what they are or what they do.

The problem with religious books like The Quran, Bible, Bhagavad Gita etc is that you can interpret them pretty much as you wish and it's easy enough to use them to justify your own point of view.

Here's a handy tip, how about people don't quote stuff like that, then we wont have to delete it. No he's not a mate of mine, but I think we have made it clear that piling straight into new members with abuse is not appreciated. Once they are established after a few posts they will be treated the same as everyone else.

http://isisnotinmyname.com/

As he's new it's just a friendly warning THIS time.

You had better hope it's not the cooler, which is where you are going to be for the next 24 hours.

Correct, this thread adds nothing constructive or even interesting to an argument that already has been played out in some detail over the past weeks and months.

Yeah right.

No reason to believe otherwise so far.

A government in hock to The DUP is certainly an unfortunate side effect of this result. Regarding borrowing there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that provided it's to invest in the future not to fund current expenditure. The problem with perpetual austerity is that ultimately you kill economic growth.

Tabatha.