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Is that not the suspended deputies describing the act as incompatible with Jewish values? I’m not sure whether “the act” here is the attack on Gaza or the suspensions, though. It’s a very poorly-written sentence on the part of the article’s author

Oh okay, I understand now. Thanks

What do you mean? There are people attributed as saying it in the article

JDAM is supposed to have a circular error probable of 5m and it’s an upgrade kit from 25 years ago. I can definitely believe that a much newer purpose-built weapon can do better than that. The idea of hitting the same spot with multiple bombs might not actually be that unlikely

They’re closely connected with the other countries that have been powerful and influential in recent history (as in the past couple of centuries), most of which actually are grouped more northerly than other countries. It’s a cultural and diplomatic term rather than a strict geographic one

I hope we get our act together and come back too. It’ll be a while or something dramatic happening before public sentiment will permit it, though. Many Brexit supporters have soured on Brexit itself, but acrually reversing course would be controversial

You’d think that as a country that describes itself as being made of four countries, we’d be more on board with the idea

To quote from the modlog:

Or because it’s a theocracy based on religion that literally says “God is telling us to kill everyone else”.

Making claims about what religion says means you’re either talking about the religion the country and missed an “a” before the word “religion”, or you’re talking about every religion. I think it’s probably the former, but either way Islam falls under it

They’ve had that government for a long time and were content to sign the JCPOA. You don’t have to like the Iranian government at all to recognise that it was not the party to break that deal

Also, Pakistan is a Muslim country which has had nukes for decades without using them on anyone. Being Muslim does not make you want to nuke the rest of the world

I’ve seen a few around my area in the UK. They are electric and also generally cheaper than comparable alternatives, yes. There are options that compete on price, like Renault, but it’s definitely at the cheapest end of the market

I’m not sure I see the rationale there. Russia was already hitting Ukrainian infrastructure, so framing Ukraine for destroying some in return doesn’t create an escalation that they can “respond” to. Losing railway bridges close to the front lines - very useful for logistics and not easy to fix - seems like a very costly sacrifice for seemingly no gain if it’s a false flag

Sounds like those targeting restrictions being dropped is making a difference

We already saw what they do, it’s what they did to Imane Khelif

Well ideally let’s get off of fossil fuels altogether as much as is practical

The $73bn number looks suspiciously close to the amount EU countries have given independently without including the amount the EU has given as the EU (just shy of $50bn). It also won’t include the UK, Norway, or Switzerland, the first of which in particular is a large donor due to being a large economy

I’m not sure the opinions of British Eurosceptics should be given much weight here. Britain was always unusually wary of the EU, that’s why we had so many carve-outs

Riding an e-scooter is only permitted if you’re returning from a ferry trip to Estonia

Some hypocrisy is probably going to do more good than silence here

Well I love a whisky but I’ve never had a German one. I’ll have to have a look out for it, especially if it’s gonna be a bit cheaper!

The thing about the name reminds me a little of some of Scotland’s islands. The Orkney and Shetland islands, two archipelagoes in the north, both call their biggest island “Mainland”

It’s actually fairly common for mostly-autonomous overseas parts of an EU member state to not be part of the EU. The Dutch Caribbean and French Pacific islands have the same status as Greenland. They’re quite independent in terms of domestic policy and also not typically very close to Europe, so applying the EU’s laws to them is not always practical or useful. I believe they all have standing invites to join if they wish, though.

There’s actually a tiny exclave of Germany that is completely surrounded by Switzerland and is also not in the EU customs union, so sometimes it can happen on mainland Europe. Other EU stuff does apply in that exclave that does not in Greenland, so it’s not quite the same, but still

The two British military bases on Cyprus do still fall within the EU customs union despite being British Overseas Territories, so a tiny bit of the UK that sort of didn’t Brexit

“Let’s spend a tonne of money to try to break mutually-assured destruction so we can have a whole new nuclear arms race”