The only thing that I can find is this:-

"However, policies such as banning male circumcision and the preparation of Halal meat would not only stop these barbaric practices but make this country less attractive to this issue".

Are you seriously suggesting those to be relevant policies which which solve these problems? Seriously? I passed over them as just the froth they are. Banning cruel slaughter house practices may well form a part of a much larger future package but without some of the other things I have suggested need to be ramped up would, on their own, just make things worse

Coming from the king of repetition your last comment made me smile. Thanks for that.

You have some cheek to refer to 'froth'. Realising that you weren't properly reading replies written to you says a lot. I was reading yours but I'll just skim in future and pay you the same regard.

I provided two obvious practical examples of what could be done. I didn't go over a whole process because that would be a huge post and it's not my job. But those are two obvious low hanging fruits that the moral cowards in power won't even countenance.

You produced warm worded subjective nonsense talking about 'love and healing' like some kind of seventies CND hippy...and waffle about wishing for the end of religions.....All impractical waffle which shows a stunning lack of appreciation for how human nature works around differing cultural prisms.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and your politics is a prime example of that.....cloud cuckoo land.

Indeed the people whose politics landed us here are not the people who anyone can expect to even begin to solve it.

You carry on with your delusions old boy. In the meantime real life will play out.

You carry on fighting 'racism' with 'love and healing'......from Cornwall.

I didn't say he should be banned, only that inviting him in the first place is a mistake. Inviting an allie to celebrate D day is fine but we all know that Trump will try to turn the attention onto himself and then he will face huge demonstrations that will themselves distract from the serious nature of the events. With him likely to be embroiled in increasing controversy and only in office for another 18 months at most I think a diplomatic reason should have been found to delay a state visit. A visit just to celebrate D day but without all the state pomp might have been OK.

As for the others well every one needs to be assessed on it's merits and whilst all of them were objectionable I guess the reasoning was that we might be able to use the occasion to modify and influence things for the better. No chance of that with Trump. He is more likely to try to give us the benefit of his enormous ego on Brexit than absorb any of our wisdom.

Just ask this guy, for one. He has some pretty good examples.

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Another one bites the dust.

Trump is like brexit, he doesn’t create new supporters as time goes on, he simply loses them. His approval rating tells the story.

Edited by Maine Eagle (24 Apr 2019 2.00pm)

For me it's not just his persona but the general dumbing down of politics these days and populism of which he is symbolic. I think he is clever in that it is easy to get the mob vote by saying the things they want to hear, he knows they will never scrutinise his policies closely or judge his character. Feed into their patriotism, make out you're on their side, paint an enemy, then say we'll build a wall, make our country great again. That would obviously appeal to the mob but what surprises me is why seemingly intelligent people are seduced by this and not see through such patronising claptrap. You know people are hoodwinked when Donald Trump is seen as the anti-establishment figure

The problem is it is dangerous because what you end up with is disingenuous politicians which has crept in over here, for instance Mrs May stating things in Parliament she doesn't believe in

Edited by Pussay Patrol (24 Apr 2019 3.16pm)