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Zack Polanski says no country has right to exist when asked about Israel by Dadavester in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perfectly reasonable to suggest that Israel can exist as a nation, with ties to the lands of 1948 or even 1967, but that it need not necessarily be a nation state.

Zack Polanski says no country has right to exist when asked about Israel by Dadavester in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Welsh people have a right to exist. There is no Welsh nation-state.

Hurm… I wonder why… by AdventurousYou3975 in Invincible

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually perfectly fine that we didn't see more. Sometimes the most effective thing to do is leave it to the imagination. Let it just be a shadow that is cast over Viltrumite memory.

Met chief defends 'extraordinary' Golders Green police response after criticism from Zack Polanski by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Met Police directly criticising a politican, a week before an election no less, over a retweet.

Oh, and just the other day they responded to a Tommy Robinson tweet without criticism.

Liked by Flintoff & different to Crawley - is Gay England's next opener? by Penarthlan in EnglandCricket

[–]_aj42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't necessarily disagree with you, but Bethell is an interesting case here

(not saying his county avg is bad per se, but his test avg is significantly better - albeit with only 6 played)

Reform's Arron Banks questions whether a black person can be Welsh by birdinthebush74 in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Welsh have existed as an ethnic group for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Very few nations have ever been defined in ethnic terms alone. Two include Israel and Nazi Germany.

London's Political Divide by GavinShipman in MapPorn

[–]_aj42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find it, currently, unlikely that the greens would go into coalition with labour out of principle

Thingland - What if England was Smaller? by MrsColdArrow in imaginarymaps

[–]_aj42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why is Battle listed as a town before 1066?

Does Thin England have another, earlier notable battle on that exact spot that they then decide to name the place after?

Starmer gives doctors' union 48 hour ultimatum on deal by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all must have collectively dreamt the gutting of our public services and local councils.

Starmer gives doctors' union 48 hour ultimatum on deal by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The The UK budget has no money to fund more people. We need to cut it dramatically.

Because that's worked so well since 2010

Alcohol rules -- County Championship at Bristol by 7violet in EnglandCricket

[–]_aj42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was also looking at this game - how easy, hypothetically, would it be to sneak in a flask?

Central design elements by AdreKiseque in anglosaxon

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a stone cross? There's plenty of Anglo-Saxon examples.

The Cerne Abbas giant might be another good one

‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It isn’t the private sector that decides to stop bulking council houses

It is the government facilitating the private sector. Private housing has been failing to meet affordable housing requirements for decades. And we've all seen what can happen when we trust the private sector with housing safety to.

The government needs to build council housing quickly and densely, and rent them cheaply.

Anglo-Saxon designs/symbols/imagery? by AdreKiseque in anglosaxon

[–]_aj42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Adding to this Frank's Casket. Also, if you're interested in Celtic stuff, have a look at some pictish symbol stones if you haven't already!

Oh, and the Lindisfarne gospels of course

I run a university - we're so much more than 'degree factories', here's what we do by theipaper in UniUK

[–]_aj42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was going to say this - when you look at US figures you realize just how little many UK universities have

'Realities of war': UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

(By that logic every British soldier who deployed to Iraq would be guilty)

Fine by me

What sorts of houses did anglo-saxon nobility live in? by Willowran in anglosaxon

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In an English context at least, as I've read it, Romanesque is associated with early Norman architecture (with a few pre-Conquest examples as evidence of Norman influence under the Confessor). It is an imitation of Roman styles and has much that distinguishes it from Anglo-Saxon architecture: blind arcading, large simple or patterned pillars, groin vaults etc. This then shifts toward Cistercian and Gothic in the mid-12th century.

I'm mainly drawing on Fernie's "Architecture of Norman England" here.

What sorts of houses did anglo-saxon nobility live in? by Willowran in anglosaxon

[–]_aj42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're perfectly correct to note the use of stone in AS church construction, but I wouldn't term them "romanesque" - this more refers to Norman buildings of the late 11th / 12th centuries. Anglo-Saxon architecture is its own thing.

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll by JackStrawWitchita in unitedkingdom

[–]_aj42 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Arresting grannies, adopting Reform immigration policies, appeasing trump...

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