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Isle of Man is not part of the UK, nor are the Channel Islands (which are much closer to France than UK) both are UK Dependancies but are also independently governed

It really isn't. Napoleon conquered huge swathes of Europe, that became France after that time and a few of the Louis' conquered quite a lot too Nice for example didn't really become part of France until the treaty of Turin in 1860 (it had a couple of French conquests before that for a sum total of about 10 years, prior to 1860 it was nearly always part of Savoy or Sardinia. Even now the locals speak Nicoise and the roadsigns are bilingual. Even after WWII they lost Saarland, which became an inependent country for 6 years and even played in the qualifiers for the World Cup in 1954, then it went back to Germany France definitely hasn't been a remotely stable border since the 17th century, that is nonsense. There's plenty more too, Alsace, Lorraine....

Have they?

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I just changed the title of the topic and that meant I went back to page 1. Wow, opinions certainly changed by page 2

Short life

Take it with a pinch of salt as possible propaganda but these numbers are horrific

His approval rating has generally been improving since July last year

Just to add to this point, the Falklands may be closest to Argentina but they are also much further than the 200 nautical mile limit that is the internationally recognised convention for an exclusive economic zone.

Just as bad when you search for something you want to buy, buy it and... yep. It's an utterly useless advertising model

This topic is about Ukraine and Russia at war. You want to talk about something else, either do it in an appropriate topic or if one doesn’t exist, start a new one.

My mate Steve, will be gutted, he was his absolute hero

rounding error hopefully

I'm not sure pheasants ever had much in the way of brains, I really don't think its something that has been bread out of them

Hmmm not really, Communism tends to come in via a revolution, fascism through the ballot box Now I agree with you on the extremes and that they should be avoided but Communisn rarely creeps in gently

Refuse Collection is a large cost, yes

You know who is REALLY responsible for that? Clue: It's not the council

Everyone deserves a payrise, every year unless inflation is negative

How would you feel if someone said you'll never get a pay rise again and in fact due to inflation, your wages will go down every year? That's what you just wished on every council employee

You realise the rises are below the rate of inflation and that people work for the council The cap isn't designed to be anything other than a limit on what councils can do, it's a restraint without it, you'd be paying more

Dumbest birds ever. The fields by ours are full of them. Lovely to look at but totally thick as mince

The war won't end until the Ukrainians decide they are sick of their own losses or Russia leaves. There are only two countries that can end it. Russia by leaving or Ukraine by giving in. Being as Russia wanted to wipe Ukraine off the map, Ukraine aren't anywhere near wanting to end it and it's highly doubtful they ever will be until Russia is off their territory

You want Russia to win, nice

Russia leaves Ukraine inc Crimea. There is only Ukraine that can decide when they are happy for peace talks And they have consistently stated that Russia must leave all Ukrainian territory

It could be worse that that if Ukraine can manage to punch a hole right through Wagner. Russia will have to rapidly move in troops from other defence lines in a sustainable position, it could weaken a good chunk of that front. The blame game will then become much more severe for Wagner then.