International politics

[DaveR]

her parents have said that they will appeal against the UK decision

They are welcome to join her in Syria for a permanent family reunion.... 

[Hugo]

Shamima Begum: IS teenager says losing UK citizenship 'unjust'


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47301623

[mull]

Another question is does the childs Dutch father have any rights over what happens to the child.
Who will pay the lawyers on this one ? they are always the winners everyone else pick up the bill.

[Hugo]

LET HER BACK   The Shadow Home Secretary the Rt Hon  Diane Abbott claims stripping jihadi teen Shamima Begum’s passport is a breach of her human rights
You don't need any Tory propaganda when they already have an asset like her to promote the Tory Party


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8468136/diane-abbott-claims-stripping-jihadi-teen-shamima-begums-passport-is-a-breach-of-her-human

[Ian]

Abbott could be technically correct, however. The ECHR was set up by us at the end of WWII and the treaty we signed up to stipulated no nation could make someone stateless.  I realise they're trying to say she has Bangladeshi citizenship through her mother but it's far from clear cut. And refusing her re-entry could create a lot of unrest among the Tower Hamlets Muslim population.

As a side issue, those who voted Brexit to cut down immigration never bothered to find out that most of our immigration comes from India and Pakistan. But then, they never let the facts get in the way of a good argument.

[Hugo]

What is going on?   It seems that no one wants her now and it's hardly surprising


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47312207

[Ian]

I find that statement from the Bangladeshi ministry of foreign affairs to be rather ironic, giving they've always been a net exporter of their citizens to the UK.

[Hugo]

If we have a General election any time soon then at least we know that the UK will be safe in Jeremy's hands   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47319763

[Hugo]

 Democrats launch formal Trump impeachment inquiry


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49814927

[Ian]

And even better - Trump is booed

[Hugo]

This from a man who doesn't believe in the climate change



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50762373

[SteveH]

I do find some strange things searching on Google................ 

"The first Saudi citizen who tested positive for COVID-19 must receive "severe punishment" for "using his body" to carry coronavirus to the kingdom after visiting Iran, a prominent Saudi journalist said on Monday.

It comes hours after the kingdom announced its first case of the novel coronavirus, a potentially deadly disease which is thought to have originated from China.

The man, who the health ministry said has been "isolated in a hospital", must receive the same punishment as an Islamic State group militant, according to Mohamed alShaikh, who writes for the Saudi-based Al-Jazirah."
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/3/3/saudis-call-for-severe-punishment-of-first-coronavirus-patient

[Ian]

Yep; that's religion for you.

[Ian]

For any followers of the US President:

From the Oxford English Dictionary:

trumpery /ˈtrʌmp(ə)ri/ ♫ archaic

▶ noun (plural trumperies) [mass noun] attractive articles of little value or use: None of your woollen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation.
• practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth: he exposed their ideals as trumpery | theatrical trumpery | [as modifier] that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves.

▶ adjective sshowy but worthless: trumpery jewellery.
• delusive or shallow: that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves.
– origin late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’

Who knew?

[Ian]

This is very much worth watching. Superbly done and incredibly funny.