Re: General Election 8th June : Sat May 13, 2017 11:22 am  

In other news, the Lib Dems have said they will legalise cannabis if they win. Fair play to them, it's ridiculous there's no debate over our outdated drug laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWpXYOg4OQ

In other news, the Lib Dems have said they will legalise cannabis if they win. Fair play to them, it's ridiculous there's no debate over our outdated drug laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWpXYOg4OQ

Re: General Election 8th June : Sat May 13, 2017 1:25 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote: In other news, the Lib Dems have said they will legalise cannabis if they win. Fair play to them, it's ridiculous there's no debate over our outdated drug laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWpXYOg4OQ Yep, high time (no pun intended) that we stopped wasting valuable police resources on cannabis when there's plenty of "proper" crime to be fought. Also has the potential to reduce strain on the NHS and will put drug dealers out of business, while raising tax income.

Charlie Sheen wrote: In other news, the Lib Dems have said they will legalise cannabis if they win. Fair play to them, it's ridiculous there's no debate over our outdated drug laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWpXYOg4OQ Yep, high time (no pun intended) that we stopped wasting valuable police resources on cannabis when there's plenty of "proper" crime to be fought. Also has the potential to reduce strain on the NHS and will put drug dealers out of business, while raising tax income.

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 8:26 am  

Labours shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry having to defend Mr Corbyns opinion on NATO that he made just 6 years ago

The bloke is a complete joke , he is basically a communist but rather than join a left wing party or set up his own , he's latched onto the Labour party 30 odd years ago and been happy to take his MPs salary just so he could vote against them ' a complete hypocrit

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 9:20 am  

GUBRATS wrote:

Labours shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry having to defend Mr Corbyns opinion on NATO that he made just 6 years ago. Edit: I've just seen the interview, Thornberry puts Fallon in his place rather spectacularly by exposing his own hypocrisy.

The bloke is a complete joke , he is basically a communist but rather than join a left wing party or set up his own , he's latched onto the Labour party 30 odd years ago and been happy to take his MPs salary just so he could vote against them ' a complete hypocrit

You obviously have no idea what a Communist is.

I'm not his biggest fan, and I'm not a Labour member, or supporter however. he's gone against the Governing consensus many times, particularly when it comes to matters of defense, and foreign interventions, and been proven right, yet he's being perceived as being a pacifist.
How about we talk about the state of our armed forces in 2017, as opposed to a comment made 6 years ago? They've been savaged by this Government, and have left us almost defenseless. 22,000 less troops, outdated and unreliable equipment, and almost zero attention given to the mental of the troops, who are already at breaking point.
Honestly, apart from a couple of misleading statistics, this Government hasn't got anything positive to fall back on. Seriously, there was a huge cyber attack on the NHS, and the primary reason was because most of the IT systems are still running on Windows XP, and the Health Secretary is nowhere to be seen.

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 10:56 am  

Yep, high time (no pun intended) that we stopped wasting valuable police resources on cannabis when there's plenty of "proper" crime to be fought.

Also has the potential to reduce strain on the NHS and will put drug dealers out of business, while raising tax income.

Not forgetting the associated mental health implications that comes with it, but hey its an outdated law.

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 12:07 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Not forgetting the associated mental health implications that comes with it, but hey its an outdated law.

Anyone who wants to smoke it can get it easily anyway, criminalising has no effect other than to drive people into the arms of dealers.

At least this way we can generate huge income on it & use this money to treat those who experience MH issues etc.

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 1:15 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Not forgetting the associated mental health implications that comes with it, but hey its an outdated law.

The risks are small, but primarily only effect people (mainly people under the age of 18) who have a family history of mental illness. I dare say it's less harmful to your overall health as smoking, drinking alcohol, or eating processed junk food.

Re: General Election 8th June : Sun May 14, 2017 1:43 pm  

conservatives turn this week to tell us what we want to hear....

we can come back in a few years and see how much was actually implemented

Re: General Election 8th June : Mon May 15, 2017 7:30 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

You obviously have no idea what a Communist is.

I'm not his biggest fan, and I'm not a Labour member, or supporter however. he's gone against the Governing consensus many times, particularly when it comes to matters of defense, and foreign interventions, and been proven right, yet he's being perceived as being a pacifist.
How about we talk about the state of our armed forces in 2017, as opposed to a comment made 6 years ago? They've been savaged by this Government, and have left us almost defenseless. 22,000 less troops, outdated and unreliable equipment, and almost zero attention given to the mental of the troops, who are already at breaking point.
Honestly, apart from a couple of misleading statistics, this Government hasn't got anything positive to fall back on. Seriously, there was a huge cyber attack on the NHS, and the primary reason was because most of the IT systems are still running on Windows XP, and the Health Secretary is nowhere to be seen.

But as the IT manager from the NHS pointed out - the use of XP is primarily to support MRI scanners and other very expensive bits of kit where the software hasn't been updated either by the manufacturer or the trust because they don't want to risk the machine not being in use. As we all know you upgrade your software and a host of Gremlins appear. This is OK if your personal computer doesn't function but if a machine vital in saving lives is not functioning that becomes more of an issue.

How many serious businesses will be on the latest version of windows? Virtually none its too risky - I bet the average person in the NHS wont be using XP for their office functionality.

Re: General Election 8th June : Mon May 15, 2017 7:32 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

You obviously have no idea what a Communist is.

I'm not his biggest fan, and I'm not a Labour member, or supporter however. he's gone against the Governing consensus many times, particularly when it comes to matters of defense, and foreign interventions, and been proven right, yet he's being perceived as being a pacifist.
How about we talk about the state of our armed forces in 2017, as opposed to a comment made 6 years ago? They've been savaged by this Government, and have left us almost defenseless. 22,000 less troops, outdated and unreliable equipment, and almost zero attention given to the mental of the troops, who are already at breaking point.
Honestly, apart from a couple of misleading statistics, this Government hasn't got anything positive to fall back on. Seriously, there was a huge cyber attack on the NHS, and the primary reason was because most of the IT systems are still running on Windows XP, and the Health Secretary is nowhere to be seen.

How would you describe a Communist?