I no more "defend the establishment" than I would defend your views! I defend sense and criticise poor judgement when I see it, whatever its source. Just so long as that source is trustworthy.

I have regularly criticised the Tories in the last few years, less so since Hunt became Chancellor when a more sensible approach was adopted. You cannot get more "establishment" than the Tories, although I anticipate you thinking otherwise. I criticise much of the ownership of the press.

So you can get a chip inserted in Australia, if you choose to. What's the big deal? It's a free choice. The time to get excited is if it becomes compulsory. That the technology exists isn't new . I am not planning to get one but that's my choice.

Then you think a right-wing libertarian posting opinions somehow proves anything more than such opinions exist? I think we know that.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Once again, what was once said to be a conspiracy theory now becomes reality and we get the nicey nicey copes by way of explaining.

This approach was exactly how homosexuality went from being banned during most of your twenties (which I don't agree with) to now children in an English Christian school being asked for their views on it and then given two days punishment for saying they think it's a sin....which I think is a sodding outrage.

Anyone with more than two brain cells knows what the playbook is here.

The parent here deserves applause and the teachers have been awful here and are hiding behind legislation which wasn't meant to be used like this.....I suspect many of the conservatives who voted to pass it wouldn't have done it.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

does Provo Joe Biden have senile dementia ?

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whenever an ideology or regime goes too far.....there is always a backlash.

it can take weeks or centuries to occur....but always inevitable.

Lefties will get it in the ass when the majority is finally sick of all their preachy crap.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Exceptions exist in remote corners that are capable of being interpreted to prove every conspiracy theory true. Trawling long and hard through the darkest corners of the internet to provide support for a conspiracy theory, and then claiming it's no longer a conspiracy theory, is no better than searching for a quote from the Old Testament to provide support for every prejudice under the sun.

Especially when the presentation takes events out of their context and spins them to suggest malign intent which almost certainly isn't there.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Twitter has many dark corners, used by those seeking to spread their own odd analysis of things. That they interpret and present things as policy is just their opinion. It doesn't make it so.

That a right-wing poster on a football forum agrees is hardly either surprising or very important.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.