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Europe - a miserably Elite Project.

What kind of democracy is it, anyway, when the only referenda which are never re-run are the ones which governments win?

Give the Palestinians the means to defend themselves

Britain should license the sale of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weapons to the Palestinians, so that they can defend themselves against attacks by Israel.