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  1. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    I think results are too complicated and too open to interpretation. Medicine is complicated but its much easier to identify cause and effect. Lock two economists in a room and you'll get three opinions.
  2. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    I don't know exactly what you mean. Like general polling of policies before committing to them?
  3. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    Everybody has to compromise in some respect. It would be foolish to try to get elected with policies that are overwhelmingly against public opinion, like leaving NATO surely would be. He also needs to keep his MPs happy, that's just the reality of politics. What most people hate isn't somebody...
  4. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    The amazing thing that Corbyn is showing is that the British public is crying out for a conviction politician from either side of the aisle. Obviously someone as 'extreme' as Corbyn will never get the votes in a general election, but the right candidate for either major party doesn't need to...
  5. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    I think he could have given more to the Lib Dems on Civil Liberty issues in exchange for a more laissez faire economic policy
  6. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    I find myself in a similar situation to some other posters here. I'd never vote for him in a million years as his politics couldn't be further from mine, but I respect him much more than most politicians. He believes what he believes and he has stuck to those principles for an entire career...
  7. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    I don't think anyone will defect to the Tory benches, I see a SDP like split more likely where Blairite MPs form a new party. I don't see how Corbyn wins any middle England votes. He might do well in traditional Labour areas like London and the North, but he'll struggle to win back Scottish...
  8. Richie

    Politics, politics, politics

    The Labour party split will be fascinating to watch.
  9. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    Gotta feel that Stokes will be dropped for the UAE 1 day series. We can get away with 3 seamers and 2 spinners and Root will come back in, I don't see how we can drop Taylor after this series.
  10. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    Thats the kind of match that was screaming for a Buttler or Morgan type player to come in around 40 overs at No. 6 to accelerate. It seems like our best 'hitters' are all at the top
  11. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    Buttler is going to be great but with Bairstow lurking it's easy to give him a much needed rest, go back to Lancs and get some runs. Ali should be batting at 5 or 6 though considering his form this summer.
  12. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    I can happily say that Collingwood was wrong there, the same way I think Smith was wrong yesterday.
  13. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    Stokes was clearly out under the laws, but that is the perfect example of where a opposition captain normally gets it right and asks the umpire to change the decision. Compare this to the Collingwood run out controversy a few years ago where Vettori would have been well within his rights to...
  14. Richie

    NFL FANTASY TWO FREE SPOTS

    I'm interested if you can find another
  15. Richie

    WBDJ7

    You only have the opinion that it's 'common sense' because you've grown up in a society that fosters that opinion. Going beyond the topic of guns I work with a number of people from different cultures and it's fascinating to consider things we do which go against the 'common sense' of their...
  16. Richie

    WBDJ7

    The constitution is unambiguous on the right to bear arms. Its a fundamental tenant on which the country has been built upon, it is considered as sacred as the right to free speech and free elections. The funny thing about many gun control laws is that they are often just political posturing...
  17. Richie

    WBDJ7

    That's not the case though. Regardless of what laws they pass, the Supreme Court has the power to nullify it by ruling it unconstitutional. It again needs to be stated, even democrats have no appetite for UK style gun control. They would never get elected on that platform and if they did it...
  18. Richie

    WBDJ7

    I'm not sure f I buy the 'home self defense' argument. If I lived in the USA I'd keep it locked away, especially if I had children, at which point does it really become particularly useful for self defense? I would almost certainly have a gun for some kind of sport if I lived in America, and...
  19. Richie

    WBDJ7

    Again, the gun culture in the USA is too ingrained in their society. There are simply so many guns that criminals will always be able to easily attain one. I'm not pro gun but it clearly isn't as simple as 'lets ban guns', and even if it was there is very, very little support in the US for UK...
  20. Richie

    The Cricket Thread

    I'm glad we won, but this is the third straight series of poor Ashes cricket. Not a single match has been competitive
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