Born Hunter
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You lot credit politicians with far more intelligence and strategic planning than I do. They're f***ing idiots! Of average intelligence at best! Any fortunate outcome they get is by pure chance and opportunism.
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Me in the morning if there's a hung parliament and the country burns in chaos... https://youtu.be/OKnt9GbG-_g
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I think constitutionally it's which ever coalition comes forward with the greatest majority but traditionally the party with the largest share gets first shot at forming a coalition. That's ringing bells anyway.
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Most small breeds will be about full grown by 9 month yeah. My lad is 13kg last I weighed him. Slim build but hard muscled. Seen some cockers that were right lumps and equally some that were terrier sized. My lad has turned out very nice. He was given to me by a mate having come into his kennels because the original owner reckoned the pup needed shooting at nine month. Lol, f***ing idiot!
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Run out of likes mate. I got this lad at ten month. I'm not keen on puppies if I can avoid it. Ha I'm sure you'll do fine.
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As much as I'm enjoying bringing on this soft arse Cocker I've relied on this little bitch for everything from beating, rough shooting and vermin for many years and she's turned plenty of heads too. A couple photos of her in her youth.
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Had this thread for lurchers, terriers and bushers so might as well have it for the gundogs. All breeds and types welcome.
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Unless the two tone runaway vehicle had run over him killing him ....... You might not know the answer to this socks but I'll ask anyway. Do the police not ever shoot from the vehicle? I've looked into what happens in the American training courses out of interest and they run a lot of drills shooting from vehicles. Slick as f**k either alone or in pairs. I get that on foot you have better mobility but surely sometimes speed outweighs the need to get on your feet?
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No mate, I'm not so I'm not able to challenge that. But thanks for the heads up, I'll have a look.
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Would that not be at the expense of independents then? Or indeed misrepresent MPs that don't align with their parties manifesto on certain issues? It's just too open to corruption for me. More open than now?? Mexico has a more honest system than any country in Europe and they fuuckers are more bent than my brother The freer the system the less it's open to corruption from the authority yes. But just because a system is not corrupt doesn't mean it's working, it can just be a plain bad system.
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Would that not be at the expense of independents then? Or indeed misrepresent MPs that don't align with their parties manifesto on certain issues? It's just too open to corruption for me.
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I understand your reasoning Mushroom. It's a conclusion most people have come to at some point when you realise the virtue and success of democracy is limited to how educated and vigilant the electorate is. My major opposition to earning your vote through a test is that someone has to mark it and write it and that is open to a lot of subjectivity and also corruption. Personally I'd like to see forums take place in community centres all over the country monthly where free expression and speech is absolutely sacrosanct. To earn your vote you would have to attend a number of these forums.
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And who marks the test? LOL
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Aye, I wasn't responding to you Socks, dear. I agree with everything you have said. If it was a genuine cock up that hadn't been ironed out in training, then I'm sure it will be now. He'll not forget that one! Maybe he was halfway through a bag of jam doughnuts when the call went out and had greasy fingers.
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Yep it's interesting to me that we only seem to have these two systems both of which have a small range (only 8000m) and are designed to defeat fast low flying targets but we don't appear to have a Patriot/S400 type missile which should be able to reach out several hundred KM, BAE are more than capable of making something like that so the powers that be obviously think we don't need it right now. You could be right it might very well be an American System. I dare say there has been a degree of assuming that any future campaign would be in support of an American force and so certain c
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The finest counter terror forces in the world make f**k ups. What makes them the finest is their ability to succeed when the shit hits the fan. Plenty of comical SAS accounts of unexpected shit going wrong. When the most heavily funded operators in the world the US Navy's 'SEAL team 6' killed Bin Laden their elite Air Force pilots crashed one of the helicopters because they hadn't accounted for the air currents caused by the compound walls! Why that car didn't remain stopped is anyone's guess, maybe the handbrake malfunctioned. On the whole they got the job done....
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I doubt rapier or starstreak can take out a mortar or small rocket, they're not really designed for that. In a flat desert area with little ground clutter that Phalanx is ideal and a great way to test the system. It's amazing how accurate it is as well, I was always doubtful of the effectiveness of some of these wonder weapons after the first Gulf war when they found most Patriots missed their targets. Modern SAMs are highly effective but it gets me wondering why we still use such an old system like rapier, is that all we have protecting our country? I know they're planning to replace it w
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Is that aimed at me?
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Nice accounts of the see wiz, socks. Didn't realise they were part of land based defences in the Gulf. I assume they were American? The only land based systems I thought the british military used was rapier and starstreak. Anyway, I love reading about all those naval systems and weapons. Still the ultimate in power projection!
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I read they were supported by an Apache too. I took it with a pinch of salt initially, 30mm cannons and hellfires probably being a tad excessive for centre of London like. Anyway, it was aparantly just for its recon systems, to relay information etc. Make a point mind you if they did let rip. LOL
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Not quite sure I'm in agreement with your fractured Right theory. In the UK there are only two significant parties considered generally right of centre. There are loads on the Left! I have no idea whether the economic libertarians are highly autistic. Most seem to be highly motivated independent businessmen imo who just want the regulations on success removed. It's got nothing to do with finding a perfect minarchist libertarian party with a perfect shade of protectionist nationalism. Democracy doesn't offer perfection, it offers an average fit. You are where you are and you vote for wh
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They're certainly moving further right in the traditional/political sense,the worker's rights issue is a natural progression for a large % of their voter base. You may be right that they'll push the conservatives to be more authoritarian at some point,but i actually don't see that as being possible with emperor Palpatine at the helm of of the cons. My original question was do you think they could have gone another direction? The only other way they could have gone since article 50 was triggered is to have become more libertarian,and there's no appetite for that in the UK,though I migh
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This ain't my first BBQ neems mate, I understand Political Strategy 101 - Occupy the Centre Ground. That doesn't change the fact that UKIP do not appeal to me as much since they started chasing the workers rights vote that Old Labour centred themselves on and have a stronger populist stance. All these 3rd, 4th and 5th place parties do is act as pressure groups anyway. They help shape the two parties at the top and now UKIP as the ironically right-wing pressure group are likely to push the Tories left economically and also more authoritarian. So at some point their effect on British p
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Of course they should aim to gain power and influence,what's the point otherwise? That's why compromise is necessary at times,the only other option as far as I can see was to fade into obscurity. I was just curious to hear what other options there were in your opinion. I don't really understand why we're discussing party strategy when I made a comment on personal politics? UKIP have moved away from me, so they have less appeal to me, much like all the other parties. I'm not saying they shouldn't have done! LOL. I'm not moving to the centre ground just so I can have a jolly wit
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What direction do you think the party should have gone? They,like all other parties need mass appeal,and with us having won the EU vote what other option was there? UKIP, like any party can do what they like. I'd respond to your point with, why should I feel represented by a party that is moving away from my political position? As a party strategist, you can't change your voter base and expect to retain your old base. They made their decision and I'm not telling anyone how to run their party. There's no point in being/feeling represented by a party that will never have
