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it was rumoured that the old rank and file are busy talking up Jeremy Hunt. I am pretty sure he'll be ready after the May local election. I probably heard it on Newsnight last night but can't remember.

The conservatives are stuck with BJ until they can find a better PM and in the meantime, BJ continues to endure weekly humiliation at PMQ and Labour chalk up a few by-election wins. Still, it amazes me that the conservatives can't find a better PM than Johnson.

in a way, the Rwanda contract will help Kier Starmer as it is essentially a clear blue water. The plan is a waste of money and illegal in the first place as it denies refugees their right to legal recourse and assistance. The only justification for it is no other party has a solution to stop the...

The West is starting an arm race that Russia can't win. Step by step, Putin will become stuck into committing more troops and resources until the balance of power is totally one sided. Russia is only supported by a few dictators and they don't usually last very long.

you can bypass the sensors if you don't have a full throttle The hydraulic brakes are strong enough to stop the motor. check first that your pedal sensor works properly and does not accidentally start the motor when spinning in reverse.

cable actuated disc brakes have only one piston on the caliper while hydraulic brakes have two. With one piston pressing against the rotor, the rotor bends when you brake. With two pistons, the rotor stays undeformed. the simplest way to improve the performance of single piston is to use a...

I wonder if the Ukrainians get satellite imagery from the US to lock onto the targets.

it's good money, and it does not do their reputation any harm. It's the UK's reputation that is at risk. The UK wants in reality economic migrants but tries to deny it. Turkey and previously Libya take EU's money to do the same thing.

One vote does not make democracy. It's the plurality of voices that makes it. What you proposed is you can only vote for one party, the kind of arguments dictators use to justify their deeds. So they have been voted in once for a limited term, what they do next is becoming corrupt, they change...

I can't see a worldwide single party democracy happening anytime soon. It may happen in science fiction but in science fact, single party implies dictatorship, the opposite of democracy. The latter implies political freedom and requires evidence of plurality. For the foreseeable future, NATO...

China will dominate that relationship if it hasn't already done so. China will be soon the most economically powerful country in the world. Russia could have been a stronger, more independent Australia but Mr Putin has turned his country into not the most liked but the most feared in the world.

Inaccuracy. China and Russia did not fight constantly for 450 years and there is no guarantee that Mr Putin, a proven liar, would respect any treaty between Russia and another country.

Putin wants the land of Eastern Ukraine to belong to Russia. That's different. Not many conflicts are about land and when it is, it's usually ethnic cleansing but not this one. It's about history. Putin wants to go back to before the Bolsheviks. I don't think another Russian president would see...

there will be atrocities in all wars, but what makes Ukraine different is the war in Europe, making it partly our war. So it's easy to see why that most posters on this thread do not like Mr Putin. I am usually do not have a go at heads of states but for once would like to see him tried in the...

the USA's wars were then, and not a subject on this thread. Also, except in Vietnam, those wars involved only a small percentage of US fighting troops or none in the case of Israel, Syria, Libya etc. Putin's war is now and takes place in Europe, within driving distance and very well documented.

one wrong doer does not justify another wrong doer though. Right now, Putin has displaced about 10 million Ukrainians and made about 4 million homeless.

since when? property belongs to the people who live on the territory and is only ceded temporarily to individuals. People give, people take and governments represent people.

Half is not a bad progress. You only have to compare the number of defectors to the West against the same to Moscow to see the direction of people's aspirations.

consider other aspects such as public opinion, freedom of movement, exchange of technology, cultural, sports, tourism etc. Just look where you can fly to from Moscow. Russians and Russia will lose a great deal more if this war lasts any longer than the 9th of May.

they are sanctions on property rights. The West is not trying to imprison their children.