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Message 78310 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 18:02:00 UTC - in response to Message 78309.  

If you enjoy someones company on whatever level, then surely it doesn't need a label?

& those you don't enjoy, you label.

As I stated earlier, it's a two way street, but some folks don't like others on "their" street.
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Message 78312 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 18:17:04 UTC - in response to Message 78311.  

So explain why many are here holding their own country's passport & not a British one?

An oath of allegiance should be for all that wish to reside here & avail themselves of the benefits of residing here. Don't like that then they should leave.
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Message 78314 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 18:34:56 UTC - in response to Message 78313.  

What a cowardly reply! We post our opinions, yet you feel it necessary to knock those opinions down. For once, post your opinion without the "need" to teach people how to suck eggs & looking down your nose while doing so. You are no longer useful to society, many of us will eventually also reach that point in life. Accept it & also accept the fact that "your beloved country" got where it is by the service of many nationalities.

"England" never has achieved much, it was Britain that did so.

As for letter writing or contacting officials, we'll leave that to people such as yourself.
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Message 78315 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 19:02:16 UTC

One of the best statements made by an individual leader...

Theresa May United States speech
"This cannot mean a return to the failed policies of the past. The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over."

...the problem is that there are still too many in both countries who refuse to accept that. Until they do, there'll be no moving forward.
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Message 78317 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 19:13:54 UTC - in response to Message 78316.  
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As history shows, it's those very interests that led to the problems of today.

How many of those interests are actually in the interest of the countries & how many are just interests for companies whose sole interest is profit?

For example:

Was it in the interest of the country or British Airways to outsource such an important part of Britain's transport infrastructure?
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Message 78318 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 19:42:01 UTC - in response to Message 78315.  

...the problem is that there are still too many in both countries who refuse to accept that. Until they do, there'll be no moving forward.
The problem is they are concentrated in the State Departments and Economic Development Departments of both countries.
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Message 78320 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 20:17:03 UTC - in response to Message 78301.  

In my 66 years on this earth I have yet to work out why there is so much hate all round.
I would suggest that it is mainly because it is religion based.
Try ego. You will get a much better fit to the data.
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Message 78322 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 5:21:20 UTC - in response to Message 78251.  

Therein lies a major problem. Yes it is nice that they speak out, however that is only because it will look bad if they do not. The one thing they will not do is to report their own to "infidels". That is what needs to be addressed.
I'm quoting part of one of my posts because of this report

Read the report in full & then watch the video from his father.
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Message 78325 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 7:45:48 UTC - in response to Message 78324.  

Fair comments. However, what to make of it all? How about the glaringly obvious?

He checked his son's passports & they were clean, maybe they were, BUT he did not travel?

In that case did he use a "Persian carpet" to get to Libya, Prague & Dusseldorf & back to the UK?

He has no beliefs in anything like that? So the fact that he & his father fought against Gaddafi's forces was just a "youthful adventure"?

Those facts together with the photo of one of his brothers handling a heavy machine gun & his return to the UK on the 18th should have immediately put him very high up on the watch list.

The one that bugs me is this: - WHO saw him in Prague & Dusseldorf on those stopovers?
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Message 78327 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 9:14:15 UTC - in response to Message 78326.  
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Pretty much what I also said, their society not snitching on their own. So nice for once to agree on something!

Fair comments again. BUT..
I believe I stated that 1st only for you to...

...anyway back to the topic being discussed. IMHO, I believe that even though he may have been low riding on the security watch list, the fact is that he was on it. Therefore it would have been on all watch lists within Europe & that is how he was spotted. So pretty sure that it was reported to London at or possibly not long after his flight departed for the UK.

4 days later...

...you're bloody right answers are wanted!

Edited to remove unwanted quote placements.
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Message 78351 - Posted: 29 May 2017, 12:49:33 UTC

MI5 to hold inquiry into bomber warnings

Always after the event :-(
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Message 78352 - Posted: 29 May 2017, 14:06:50 UTC - in response to Message 78351.  

And so much will be " lernt " from the inquiry I'm so sure ,
talk about " shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted " ( AGAIN )
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Message 78355 - Posted: 29 May 2017, 15:57:46 UTC - in response to Message 78354.  
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So what is the truth?

From the story don't like they have got a clue what's going on either ( and they're at the scene ) , maybe Prince Wills wanted to take the family to the zoo quick today ;-)?????
Edit : story's in " local rag " here's a link to the story there
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/cambridge-s-hamerton-zoo-evacuated-after-serious-incident-involving-tiger-multiple-emergency-service-vehicles-on-scene-1-5038962

An East of England Air Ambulance Service paramedic crew


Least they got a air ambulance still Suffolk Police ain't now , never a week went by without it flying around here ( prob coz some people had taked a trip away from " the Bay " holiday camp ( HMP Hollesley Bay ) )
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Message 78356 - Posted: 29 May 2017, 17:39:20 UTC - in response to Message 78354.  

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Message 78423 - Posted: 31 May 2017, 12:40:00 UTC

Trump 'poised to quit Paris climate deal'

Could somebody please impeach him as quickly as possible, and replace him with a President with at least a passing knowledge of scientific method and interpretation of evidence?
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Message 78424 - Posted: 31 May 2017, 12:43:42 UTC - in response to Message 78423.  

Could somebody please impeach him as quickly as possible, and replace him with a President with at least a passing knowledge of scientific method and interpretation of evidence?


Even better why not do the world a favor and do what " Cancer Man " did to a certain US Pres in the X - Files , surely certain " letter " agency's MUST be thinking it :-)
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Message 78428 - Posted: 31 May 2017, 15:52:19 UTC

President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of the U.S. commander in chief's communications.

Presidents generally place calls on one of several secure phone lines, including those in the White House Situation Room, the Oval Office or the presidential limousine. Even if Trump uses his government-issued cellphone, his calls are vulnerable to eavesdropping, particularly from foreign governments, national security experts say.

Trump has struggled more than most recent presidents to keep his conversations with world leaders private. His remarks to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Russian diplomats have all leaked, presumably after notes of the conversations were circulated by national security officials.
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Message 78444 - Posted: 1 Jun 2017, 15:11:27 UTC - in response to Message 78423.  

Trump 'poised to quit Paris climate deal'

Could somebody please impeach him as quickly as possible, and replace him with a President with at least a passing knowledge of scientific method and interpretation of evidence?

Unfortunately the next in line is VP Pence who commits himself to very little except the belief that his god is The God and His edicts as interpreted by Pence are more important than anything other consideration. He is a skeptic on climate change and won't say whether he accepts evolution or not.

Trump’s VP Doubts Climate Change
Pence dodges question but doesn’t outright 'deny’ evolution
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