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[born2run]

Jeremy Corbyn: I'm awaiting an explanation for why Jihadi John was killed
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has suggested he WOULDN'T have ordered the killing of the depraved Islamic State (ISIS) murderer dubbed 'Jihadi John'

http://shr.gs/Y6r1DPH

Would anyone want him as their PM?

Yes Hugo - around 13 million people want him as PM it seems.

Don't exaggerate. It was 12,824,737.

There's still 4 to go isn't there - could push him closer to the magic 13

[Hugo]

Yes Hugo - around 13 million people want him as PM it seems.


BTR, It still seems that 18 million people didn't want him as PM     

[born2run]

Yes Hugo - around 13 million people want him as PM it seems.


BTR, It still seems that 18 million people didn't want him as PM     

Your question was 'Would anyone want him as their PM'

Seems like plenty would 

[Merddin Emrys]

I suspect that many voted Labour in spite of Corbyn, not because they wanted him!  But to be fair to JC he did put the effort in !

[Hugo]

A lot of people also voted for Donald Trump but it doesn't mean that he would make a good President and likewise for Corbyn but the electorate are entitled to vote for who they want to.   That's democracy for you and at least we can express our opinion through the Ballot box.

Jeremy Corbyn as expected was on the front page of the Daily Mirror giving the thumbs up after doing better than anyone expected and good luck to him for enjoying the moment.     Inside the Daily Mirror though was a photo of two International footballl teams and it was sickening to see and made me appreciate living in a democratic country where we have the freedom to vote and have free speech.

The occasion was an international football match between Australia and Saudi Arabia and the photo was taken before the game and during the minutes silence remembering the London Bridge terror victims.    Most of the Saudi players strolled off or stood in their positions and their coaches and subs in the dugouts were said to have refused to stand  as most of the crowd observed the silence, many Saudi supporters shouted throughout the minutes silence.       

[born2run]

I've not noticed the England football team have too many minutes silences for all the people killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria etc. Is that sickening as well?

[Merddin Emrys]

Why would they ?

[born2run]

Why would Saudi Arabia have a minutes silence for people killed in Manchester?

Where was the England team's minutes silence for this?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/kabul-isis-explosion-attack-no-one-minutes-scilence-a7767341.html

"Yesterday a similar truck bomb ripped through the heart of Kabul's diplomatic zone in a "earthquake-like" blast described by officials as "one of the biggest" to have hit the city. At least 90 people were killed and more than 400 injured."

[Ian]

We have a depressingly tribal response to disasters not in the UK.

[born2run]

We have a depressingly tribal response to disasters not in the UK.

More worryingly I think it's just non white countries that don't any attention.
We are sympathetic when it's Australia, U.S.A, or pretty much anywhere else in Europe.
Anything happens in Africa or the Middle East it isn't mentioned. Why is that?

[Merddin Emrys]

Probably because we don't give a monkey's about it.

[Hugo]

I wonder what the response would be if it was Saudi  V Yemen  or even Saudi  V   Iran   

[born2run]

Probably because we don't give a monkey's about it.

At least you're honest, why then would anyone expect that Saudi Arabia should care less about 17 dead people in England?

[Merddin Emrys]

I always try to be honest, I did not expect them to care really, they certainly don't care about us, they just want their money for the oil and we want their oil.

[SteveH]

I suspect that if the Australian team were asked to take part in a ceremony, honoring Saudi victims, they would have agreed and acted respectfully.