By the way, you are a one-eyed moron not worthy to debate with.

However, for others on this site. From March 2022.

The COVID-19 death toll has been four times higher in lower-income countries than in rich ones, according to a new report published today by Oxfam on behalf of the People’s Vaccine Alliance as the world marks two years since the World Health Organization declared the pandemic.

While the pandemic has been devastating for rich countries like the US and the UK, the world’s poorest countries have been hardest hit, with women and children bearing a disproportionate burden. Lack of testing and reporting means that very large numbers of deaths due to COVID-19 go unreported, especially in the poorest countries. Modelling using measures of excess deaths estimates that 19.6 million people have died because of COVID-19, over three times the official death toll. Based on this analysis, Oxfam calculated that for every death in a high-income country, an estimated four other people have died in a low or lower-middle income country. On a per capita basis, deaths in low and lower middle-income countries are 31 percent higher than high income countries.

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That attitude is beneath contempt.

It’s not a big deal to do what is asked of you, even when you disagree. That’s what living in a democracy depends of everyone.

How about being asked to accept Trump and/or Brexit?
Which is more democratic; a Government instruction or a public vote?

As none of us here played any role in Trump’ election we also had no reason to either accept, or reject, him. All I have ever done is comment on the impact, the situation which led to his election and the attempt to subvert democracy in 2020.

Brexit is something else. As I believe our Parliament is sovereign I was against us holding a vote in the first place, given it’s political purpose to remove the UKIP threat to the Tories. When Parliament triggered Acticle 50 that legitimised it, but this was a failure in my view. Collectively they believed it was wrong but failed to act.

Brexit is accepted but that doesn’t mean its stupidity, which is increasingly obvious, mustn’t be pointed out and arguments made for reversal, or at least for a new “deal “ to be negotiated.

In our representative Parliamentary democracy the only public vote that matters is at a GE. Any other is advisory. Once elected Parliament is sovereign.

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Not at all. It’s very much in the EU’s interests to have us back onboard.

A new relationship, including the free trade deal we all expected, makes sense for everyone and would serve as a model for a number of others as well.

In these difficult days I suspect the mood to agree to this is Brussels, Berlin and Paris may well be very different to 5 years ago.

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Do you believe having the members of the Tory Party choosing our PM is correct? I don’t and, in my view, anyone who does is detached from the reality I know.

I have not heard any kind of reasoned argument why this is sensible. Only that it is just the way it is. Which is not an argument.

Making statements but then refusing to.justify them is no way to improve things.

Taking a stand over wearing a mask for a few hours which results in families not seeing each other is just plain daft, in my book. Not my decision of course but the values deserve exposure. These people are about to choose our PM.