Wolfie

While few (including me) aren't surprised, you do love blowing your own trumpet, don't you? It wasn't a discussion about photography; merely an opinion about Kate allegedly choosing to not exhibit her wedding ring... and there you go again, off on one about composition and Rule of Thirds et al. From what I have read, I opine your photographic skills to be very basic at best.

As the site's self-appointed Royal Correspondent (and I'm in no way implying you're ginger), is Nicholas Witchell in danger of being replaced by you, which carries with it a clandestine return to the UK?

With exception of half the US, the death penalty remains popular among all Third World shitholes, as well as more recently 'developed' economic lynchpins and dictatorships such as China and throughout the Middle East (despite incredible social inequality within each). It appears lost on you (given your obvious Islamophobia – probably because you're a kike) that every single Islamic country in the world embraces capital punishment, from having limbs cut off in public to firing squad, stoning and hanging. So why not make the UK even more Islamized, making Muslim communities feel even more at home by introducing all forms of public execution I've mentioned above? Is this what you want? There's an obvious hypocrisy in your pro-death penalty, anti-Islam argument.

It appears I'll be going against the mill of public opinon, as well as the first three dickhead commenters on this thread, but I'll never support the death penalty, no matter what the crime. To me, it's akin to taking a step backwards into the medieval era. We (most) have evolved as a species and it really does seem counter-productive. In the US, approximately half (27 states) have the death penalty – with no evidence that it actually works by reducing crime or types of crime. Take some of the UK's most renowned killers, for example: Ian Brady, Harold Shipman and Ian Huntley. The first begged time and again for his life to be ended, such was his deep hatred of life incarceration, which put him behind bars for 51 years. The second couldn't bear the thought of this, so he hung himself. The third has tried to commit suicide on numerous occasions, and by all accounts is now 'unrecognisable' after grisly prison attacks as a child-killer target. So, perhaps the thought of living the rest of their miserable lives among violent prisoners is a more loathsome prospect for these cunts, which ultimately may serve as a more effective deterrent, rather than taking the easy way out via death by injection or electrocution. That said, I would happily napalm 99% of the Chinese: not only would this promote a better life for most animals in China, it would help reduce world pollution levels considerably while not putting taxpayers at unnecessary expense. And notice I said 'napalm' and not 'nuke', in the knowledge my chosen method of termination will cause the most painful, intense suffering possible.

I can't say I blame Christian Horny for wishing to put his cock elsewhere. With all that hot fanny in and around the paddock, it's a mystery why he chose to be with Ginger Spice, whose attention-seeking nature and media history was always going to attract scrutiny from ruthless British tabloids. It may be a little cruel to opine, but I'm hoping the furor will cause a rift within the team, giving RB's nearest competitor hope they might win just one race this reason.

I'll wager Pen's schlong weighs more than her brain. It's safe to say it's got a better chance of getting into Mensa, too.

I imagine @Eddie's kids look very similar, which makes the situation appear all the more heart-rending. I hope you offered them your swimming pool, LCS – as well as some witchetty grubs and wombat from your acclaimed bbq. Seriously though, one has to wonder whether he'd have tied up three white Aussie kids from his neighbourhood if he caught them swimming in his parents' pool. Quite the bully actually, and I think the whole scenario probably comes down to a question of their heritage and his attitude towards them. A stern warning and a few words with their parents would have sufficed. My conclusion is wanker. What would your reaction have been?

I've just skim-read the latest comments on the front page @Penny Farthing, and noticed you're age 71. Can you still get a boner without the need for Viagra? Lololol.

I genuinely loathe the manipulative shortarse wanker; I reckon he's still a threat to national security. While I too have expressed by abhorrence for Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza (and the West Bank), he won a vote based on his views on Palestine, chiefly based on media influence and not facets which actually matter to genuine British people, such as the spiralling cost of living, fuel prices, the NHS, education, defence spending (and its relationship with Ukraine), the cost of borrowing money & increasing bank autonomy, local councils, the state of our fucking roads during cold winter spells, public transport et al., nor anything else presently affecting the UK. Far from being the first pro-Muslim Scotsman with intentions which could further damage this country for personal gain, the fact he won a by-election in an Asian-rich shithole like Rochdale speaks volumes about his premeditations and personal views. He's obsessed with himself, his image... any self-effacing British politician would care about the people they're employed to serve and not dress up in a tight Lycra costume while pretending to be a sexually turned-on cat to seek attention. Not surprisingly, he's already been punched in the face, and I would be happy to repeat this experience if ever I meet the cunt.

Precisely.

I mention 'village idiot' and you suddenly appear! You're now reluctantly blocked for responding to absolutely everything, without any substance, commenting just for the sake it, joining a growing list of colossal dickheads including Pen, R-soles etc. I recall Proper saying something of Salty "you've not done much wrong – but you've also not done much right". To echo what some others have said, perhaps @Admin might like to get a little more involved, to prevent the best people from leaving. I think we've all had enough, H.

That's some excellent advice for the village idiot, who's unsurprisingly become one of the site's most disliked punters. Might you also offer him some guidance on getting an avatar?

Are you quite sure you don't drink? With your broad xenophobia and narrow mind, somewhere right of Gengis Khan, I can imagine you sitting in your typically 1970s-upholstered armchair in Mile End, 10th pint of ale in-hand with picture of The Queen on your living room wall, screaming "faaackin' Paki cunts!" at the TV and "Look at that faaackin' long-haired layabout" as the neighbour's son returns home from uni for the Easter holidays. There's something very, very wrong with you. I hope you've never raised a family, what with your one-dimensional moral compass to guide them. I don't like the current situation in this country any more than you, but there are better, more effectual ways to articulate your thoughts instead of coming across as though you've just heard Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech for the first time. You nonsensical fucking idiot.

What the flying fuck is this shite? You didn't need to write a rambling essay to confirm what we already know: that you're the very best at talking non-stop bollocks for an eternity without actually saying anything. I didn't think it was actually possible to outgun yourself for being even more of an idiot than during your first stint here. You fucking abysmal, utterly irrelevant cuntfart. Please kindly fuck off and never, ever return.

You wouldn't have made it past March in any case, as all the pages would be stuck together.

At first sight I thought this was going to be a topic about some new, archetypal draconian anti-smoking in public legislation from our pals Down Under, but then I saw the 'author' of the nom.

Indeed. It's a shame millions will always remember her as a thick, fat, ugly racist pig-looking Essex slag with barely a brain cell who made a mini-career from the tackiest TV show possible, unselfishly allowing herself to be exploited by Ch4 bosses for viewing figures. She worked hard in her final months to ensure her kids never went without, even selling her hairdryer on eBay and launching a 2009 calendar which sadly didn't make it past spring.

For the love of Christ H, please just shut the fuck up. Stop sticking your humungous beak into every fucking discussion with pointless horseshit. Do it again and I'll reluctantly block you. I'm not the only one who's warned you. You're still too stupid to realise your non-stop, unbating annoyance is helping to ruin this site for others. You utter prick. Find something else to do with your time.

Good call for seeing things from another perspective, Billy - you're never one I'd describe as a yes-man or complete sycophant such as wanker @Witheredscrote. But I don't think Lira was healthy, having been suffering from pneumonia for some while. At 55 (8-9 years younger than Navalny), he can hardly be described as "younger". Take a look at this recent letter written by him from his prison cell in Ukraine. His death can scarcely be pronounced as "sudden", unless he was forced to write it under duress, which is unlikely. Imo he wasn't brutally murdered like others on Putin's order, but I do acknowledge he was neglected and allowed to die with little or no medical assistance.

Overall point taken, but I think the size of the British Army has continued to decrease for a number of reasons. Take the war in Ukraine, as you've pointed out in your somewhat biased article, for example. Britain's weapons have proven themselves to be way ahead of anything Russia could muster, which has allowed a much smaller country with limited manpower – and with chiefly untrained conscripts – to hitherto fight off what is still a military superpower with the third-highest amount of trained boots on the ground. Cutting-edge anti-tank missiles, better drones, long-range missiles, advanced rockets systems (which have utterly destroyed Russia's supply lines) have given UK authorities a means to test their latest weapons to huge success, and as a method to demonstrate fewer humans are required to gain an advantage. Off the top of my head, the UK has committed circa £4.5 billion in arms, during which time it has trained around only 30,000 new Ukranian recruits how to use them effectively. So, times have changed, and the war in Ukraine has indicated it's not all about sheer manpower or number of new recruits, with a smaller number of highly-trained personnel showing this. Investment into more weapons is important, for this reason, as is a lower number of frontline soldier deaths (from our perspective) with any conflict. The internet and globalisation also means warfare has changed, placing emphasis on computers & technology as a means to overcome absolute frontline soldier numbers (nuclear submarines, AUKUS, South China Sea – a small number of personnel preventing China from an all-out attack on Taiwan, not to mention the latter's US-supplied advanced weapons systems). I am unsure of the overall death toll, but with the Kremlin's famous bushitting I'll wager the ratio of dead Ukranian troops to be far, far fewer than Russia's. It appears Russian military leaders have been gobsmacked at just how advanced the UK & US weapons arsenal is compared to theirs, and perhaps why less emphasis is placed on numbers of recruits in future. Russia wouldn't wish to go to war with the UK, and this is perhaps one reason why numbers are decreasing, because there is less need for them.

Russia... China, North Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar, Saudi, Iran and a plethora of African countries all follow suit, fabricating the most pathetic, child-like excuses possible as to why a leading political figure or journalist exposing truth, who was otherwise healthy, has suddenly died. It's obvious to the whole world what's happened but I don't think the pro-Putin Kremlin gives a fuck – as long as the latest threat to Putin's power is no longer a viable challenge. Alexei Navalny is the latest of opponents to have died over the long course of the Russian leader’s incredible 1/4 century in power, joining the sudden and unexplained murders of Alexander Litvinenko, Boris Nemtsov, Anna Politkovskaya, and with much less poignancy, former Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who appeared to have hugged & made up with Putin before his well-funded jet suffered a mysterious mechanical failure en route to Belarus – a convenient country in which to clear up the mess. As you say, it's the sort of bullshit a class of brainstorming kids might concoct.

Even though Decs isn't posting right now @and, he clearly still remains right under your fucking skin. And so do I – even though I've blocked you! Fuck off, you're obsessed.

One has to appreciate some Aussie voters are willing to get fined for wishing to avoid temperatures of 45C. While failing to vote in Oz falls under Section 245 of the 1918 Electoral Act, which currently permits a basic fine of $20, this can of course lead to a prison sentence if unpaid or not responded to via court – much like our parking tickets system. With all that parking space out there, I guess they've gotta rake in the revenue somehow. At least their Covid laws weren't draconian by Western standards, lol.