I'm very, very fond of Alan Johnson. Former home secretary as well. Very fair man from what I've seen.
Isn't he a bit 'everyone's favourite uncle' though?
Laughing at a question Corbyn relayed from a Syrian. Classy
Braying like a donkey. Classy
Cameron's side track of the need for an apology was typical. The weasel wouldn't stand by it either.
It's not. Very difficult because it has to involve Assad but it's not cloud cuckoo land. Something similar had to happen in Iraq and that has created a more unified force that is fighting IS on the ground with a far greater level of success in Syria.
Without a political agreement between the...
Who?I repeat, I have heard no one of any gravitas suggest this.
What I do think would be sensible is focusing seriously on getting the other sides to stop killing each other, which would then make a ground war winnable, especially with air support. There's some sense in that position.
Bombing...
The situations in Syria and Iraq are different. Syria is in the midst of a 5-way civil war at the moment. There's no evidence that bombing is actually making anything better there because there is no coordinated ground effort to do anything with it.
No one is suggesting a political solution to satisfy IS you utter doughnut. It's to try and get the other 4 sides in the civil war to stop fighting each other and fight them.
Jesus Christ.
Voted no and am pleasantly surprised at the overall result so far. Was not expecting that.
If we were actually bothered about removing IS from Syria (which I'm not convinced we are for various reasons) we'd be supporting what's left of Assad's army and the Kurds on the ground. Assad could be...