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shortage of bullet proof jackets also iirc. I remember a story of someone who died cos he was shot without one and how people were buying their own.

Isn't that standard form in the US? All the jarheads go on Amazon to buy their armour, with the odd jumble sale to help out. Not a mistake I reckon, just some sod deciding the value of a human life from an office somewhere.
 
Isn't that standard form in the US? All the jarheads go on Amazon to buy their armour, with the odd jumble sale to help out. Not a mistake I reckon, just some sod deciding the value of a human life from an office somewhere.

this was a british soldier. The equipment shortages throughout were noted, and they were stuff the MoD is meant to provide. Of course our lot go out and buy their own, better gear but brit infantry is notorious for always being short of neccesaries. Its cos the MoD is a vast maw designed to suck down tax money and funnel int into shonky defence contractors and the pockets of people like Liam Fox and suadi royalty. Allegedly
 
Many things this thread has been. The ant and dec sexing, a great disruption in the force that was.
 
Anyone whose been following all this stuff has been saying for ages once corbyn wins there be another struggle - one based possibly on parliamentary cold shouldering by the PLP to further drive a wedge then followed up with legal action on the basis that the PLP is now the effective labour party etc - we've literally been talking about that for months on here haven't we. I certainly know it's been part of the wider expectation by the people i know who've got a dog in this fight anyway.
I agree Mason is OTT on the whole True Labour thing, but looked at from the outside the behaviour of the PLP majority shows an extraordinary level of message discipline. That 100+ attention hungry gobshites could pretty much keep a lid on it for even a day would have been unthinkable a month ago. It's no wonder conspiracy theories abound.

It's much more likely that the big beasts of the PLP have recognised they can't shift Corbyn, so are manoeuvring to get the unions onside when it comes to reselection processes and the policy forum. Given the track record of the unions within the Labour Party I'd bet they'll be telling Corbyn to stand down before the 2018 conference and then pushing for an unopposed unity candidate.

See what I mean about conspiracy theories abounding? :rolleyes:
 
Anyone whose been following all this stuff has been saying for ages once corbyn wins there be another struggle - one based possibly on parliamentary cold shouldering by the PLP to further drive a wedge then followed up with legal action on the basis that the PLP is now the effective labour party etc - we've literally been talking about that for months on here haven't we. I certainly know it's been part of the wider expectation by the people i know who've got a dog in this fight anyway.

Being kind to Mason there are still people who're being charitable enough to not see how determined those set on a divide are. Even more who aren't prepared for an ongoing struggle. Those people do need reminding and prepping for what comes next and he's doing it. Not for you certainly, not for me or for most Urbanites but for the people new to politics who still think there are fair rules and morals to it. I've seen and heard a lot of enthusiasm for Mason as an honest voice and that's all to the good, he's serving a purpose that the likes of Owen Jones have run away from.
 
Bagheot is the column currently written by Jeremy Cliffe(any relation to Tony?) in The Economist, a former staffer to Chukka.
You do know that Tony Cliff (no E) was a pseudonym? Once again I find myself thinking that for someone so obsessed with the SWP you don't seem to know a great deal about them.
 
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I don't think everyone does know or expect all that stuff though.

Being kind to Mason there are still people who're being charitable enough to not see how determined those set on a divide are. Even more who aren't prepared for an ongoing struggle. Those people do need reminding and prepping for what comes next and he's doing it. Not for you certainly, not for me or for most Urbanites but for the people new to politics who still think there are fair rules and morals to it. I've seen and heard a lot of enthusiasm for Mason as an honest voice and that's all to the good, he's serving a purpose that the likes of Owen Jones have run away from.

Mason is reet. He's from Leigh. Nuff said.
 
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I would think those politically aware such as those who make time to attend political gatherings would be knowledgeable about TTIP.
Trade Unions and the TUC website have been highlighting TTIP for around two years at least.
Sadly it's the rest of the country who remain outside political debate through choice, apathy or disillusionment that miss these important issues.
 
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