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1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Daniel Hannan: The Chi... · 1 reply · +1 points
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Daniel Hannan: The Chi... · 0 replies · +1 points
The further question then has to be, why? For all the good intentions and honest principles, the instincts of politicians are to hoard power and disperse responsibility. Is this argument just a diversion?
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Daniel Hannan: The Chi... · 3 replies · +1 points
Wouldn't micro-sanctions be just as likely to be evaded and by-passed and subject to racketeering, while being much harder to police?
On the other hand, whether a regime is committing genocide is a matter of act, not political judgement. It is therefore a very suitable question for a British court.
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - James Frayne: The 0.7 ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I think the government has cynically timed its shabby reneging on its own commitment to developing communities round the world at a time when everyone's attention is distracted by the pandemic. Shameful behaviour.
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - James Frayne: The 0.7 ... · 3 replies · +1 points
Right now it looks like a badge rather than a commitment.
If 0.7% is too much, then we should revise to 0.6% or 0.5% or whatever - I'm fine with whatever figure is agreed - but then the principle is the same - whatever we commit to we commit to.
What's the point of having our own foreign policies if even we don't know what they are?
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Tom Bell: Councils can... · 2 replies · +1 points
Humans driving vehicles can barely keep our road systems functioning, they would be immediately gridlocked by AV's.
If we want to reduce pollution and improve road safety, there are more effective, more direct, more immediate ways of doing it.
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Mattie Heaven: Iran's ... · 2 replies · +1 points
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Mattie Heaven: Iran's ... · 1 reply · +1 points
Regimes like Iran's should be isolated.
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Anthony Browne: Why th... · 0 replies · +1 points
1 year ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Harry Fone: Holding co... · 0 replies · +1 points