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[jgtuk]

1 minute ago, Md9 said:

He doesn’t even try and hide it any more either he is a horrible horrible man. I think if other countries hadn’t come out in support of Ukraine after he acted like a big man baby in the meeting they had where him and Vance came out looking aweful then he would already have washed his hands with Ukraine

He’s thrown Ukraine and Palestine to the dogs 

[Md9]

Good luck to who ever lives in America 

[Dunge]

6 minutes ago, Md9 said:

Good luck to who ever lives in America 

There should be riots at this.

[Md9]

1 minute ago, Dunge said:

There should be riots at this.

It really is not ok what him and his mates are doing, was funny watching him talk like a moron at first but now it’s actually dangerous because he isn’t ok in the slightest . 

[bovril]

1 hour ago, Md9 said:

You would think the Americans of all people would know you can lose to a country 20x smaller than yours

[leicsmac]

38 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I don’t know too much about it but the country that builds the first superconductor of use is going to be quids in. 

Superconductors have a lot of applications already, but ones that could work at room temperature, or even somewhere close to it, would be a game changer.

[Sly]

Why are people shocked that all high end fashion is made in China? I thought everyone knew that. 

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

Why are people shocked that all high end fashion is made in China? I thought everyone knew that. 

Is it ? 

how do you define ‘high end’

 

Eg. gucci and Versace clothes are almost entirely made in Italy. 
 

a lot of the clothing a level or two below this is indeed made in China - but china is not the cheapest clothing manufacturing base. That belongs to countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.  

A lot of the fabrics are made in china as they have invested in the new machinery required to bring down cost base. The supply chain is huge there.  It therefore makes sense from a few angles to manufacture the garments there on price points that will stand the higher selling price in ‘the west’. 

Edited 14 April 2025 by st albans fox

[WigstonWanderer]

6 hours ago, Md9 said:

He doesn’t even try and hide it any more either he is a horrible horrible man. I think if other countries hadn’t come out in support of Ukraine after he acted like a big man baby in the meeting they had where him and Vance came out looking aweful then he would already have washed his hands with Ukraine

A really malignant actor on the world stage, zero empathy, zero integrity, and surrounded by a collection of yes-men/women, morons, lunies, and equally malignant types.

[Sly]

5 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Is it ? 

how do you define ‘high end’

 

Eg. gucci and Versace clothes are almost entirely made in Italy. 
 

a lot of the clothing a level or two below this is indeed made in China - but china is not the cheapest clothing manufacturing base. That belongs to countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.  

A lot of the fabrics are made in china as they have invested in the new machinery required to bring down cost base. The supply chain is huge there.  It therefore makes sense from a few angles to manufacture the garments there on price points that will stand the higher selling price in ‘the west’. 

Sorry @st albans fox! 
 

My comments came from the fact China has reached out to the US market directly via social media to sell items.

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/chinese-factories-take-over-us-tiktok-sell-brandless-chanel-louis-vuitton-at-1-10th-the-price-101744612168169.html

[st albans fox]

3 hours ago, Sly said:

Sorry @st albans fox! 
 

My comments came from the fact China has reached out to the US market directly via social media to sell items.

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/chinese-factories-take-over-us-tiktok-sell-brandless-chanel-louis-vuitton-at-1-10th-the-price-101744612168169.html

Ah I see - not necessarily clothing 

my bad - as the youth say

 

trump’s removal of the minimum no tariff level of $800 is going to make the direct selling from china to the USA more interesting in any case.  (Even after the spat between china and they is settled).  The shein/teems method of direct no taxes selling will come under some stress.  (As it should btw) 

[Sampson]

Genuinely getting to the point where I’m getting worried to publicly say anything about Trump or America in case of the consequences when Farage takes power. 

[Md9]

Vance dropping and breaking the trophy yesterday pretty much sums him up doesn’t it. Muppet 

[leicsmac]

22 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Genuinely getting to the point where I’m getting worried to publicly say anything about Trump or America in case of the consequences when Farage takes power. 

"They cannot conquer forever."

[Md9]

1 hour ago, Sampson said:

Genuinely getting to the point where I’m getting worried to publicly say anything about Trump or America in case of the consequences when Farage takes power. 

They all go on about free speech until you say something about them 

[Spiritwalker]

3 hours ago, Sampson said:

Genuinely getting to the point where I’m getting worried to publicly say anything about Trump or America in case of the consequences when Farage takes power. 

You’ll be deported to El Salvador.

[Torquay Gunner]

3 hours ago, Sampson said:

Genuinely getting to the point where I’m getting worried to publicly say anything about Trump or America in case of the consequences when Farage takes power. 

Can’t see that second hand car salesman getting anywhere near the levers of power, like to think most Brits are not as gullible as our American cousins. 

[Sampson]

1 hour ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Can’t see that second hand car salesman getting anywhere near the levers of power, like to think most Brits are not as gullible as our American cousins. 

Sadly I think there are enough people who’ll vote Tory out of habit to make it a possibility to happen. And while Badenoch is leader, she’ll coalition up to him while also being weak enough that Farage will just walk all over her in a coalition and she’ll become an obedient “yes” woman. 

[bovril]

1 hour ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Can’t see that second hand car salesman getting anywhere near the levers of power, like to think most Brits are not as gullible as our American cousins. 

Brits in the last few years have consistently voted for all the things they then complain about. Although I think that's less gullibility and more lack of understanding of even simple cause and effect relationships. 

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, bovril said:

Brits in the last few years have consistently voted for all the things they then complain about. Although I think that's less gullibility and more lack of understanding of even simple cause and effect relationships. 

Look at any commentary on practically any scientific matter and this is copiously demonstrated.

 

Especially if the effect is beyond the horizon spatially or temporally.

[Dunge]

I think the Conservative Party has to stand up to Reform. A Conservative Party that tries to get in bed with Reform is a Conservative Party that gets squashed.

[Torquay Gunner]

44 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Sadly I think there are enough people who’ll vote Tory out of habit to make it a possibility to happen. And while Badenoch is leader, she’ll coalition up to him while also being weak enough that Farage will just walk all over her in a coalition and she’ll become an obedient “yes” woman. 

Badenoch judging her on recent appearances looks particulary ineffective even for a Tory leader.  I don't think she can take any comfort either from a recent IPSOS survey.  I would expect her to be jettisoned well before the next election.

 

https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/boost-keir-starmer-ratings-improve-public-think-his-government-are-doing-poor-job-issues-matter

Edited 15 April 2025 by Torquay Gunner

[bovril]

9 minutes ago, Dunge said:

I think the Conservative Party has to stand up to Reform. A Conservative Party that tries to get in bed with Reform is a Conservative Party that gets squashed.

To "stand up to reform" you need to point out that the two things Brits don't like - an underperforming economy and extremely high immigration - are at least partially down to Farage's mid 2010s pet project. But the Conservatives can't do that for obvious reasons.

[Dunge]

12 minutes ago, bovril said:

To "stand up to reform" you need to point out that the two things Brits don't like - an underperforming economy and extremely high immigration - are at least partially down to Farage's mid 2010s pet project. But the Conservatives can't do that for obvious reasons.

For a start, they need to unrelentingly point out Reform’s softness/complicity with Russia. They’re weak on national defence and that needs hammering.

 

They also need a detailed immigration plan to highlight Reform’s weakness in detail but that’s a lot tougher for a number of reasons.

[Sampson]

I think the reality is that if the Tories and Labour realised that’s it’s in the national interest they are closer together than they are to Reform and would be happy to do the coalition that Churchill and Attlee did in WW2. Similar to the social democrats and conservatives are doing in Germany.

 

The problem is Boris purged all the moderates from the Tory party during the Brexit wrangling and so you’re mostly left with populists and Reform symphathisers at the top of the Tory party 

Edited 15 April 2025 by Sampson