Comments on: All in a Day's Work – 8th December 2009 http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/10/all-in-a-days-work-8th-december-2009/ Life and Work in the House of Lords Wed, 23 May 2012 08:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Senex http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/10/all-in-a-days-work-8th-december-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7148 Senex Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:49:01 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.net/?p=4109#comment-7148 LH: You make it sound as though Turkey needs the EU. Ordinary people in Turkey see it quite the other way around, in that the EU needs Turkey. Turkey also prizes and cherishes its secular state and for obvious reasons so does Israel. LH: You make it sound as though Turkey needs the EU. Ordinary people in Turkey see it quite the other way around, in that the EU needs Turkey. Turkey also prizes and cherishes its secular state and for obvious reasons so does Israel.

]]> By: Carl Holbrough http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/10/all-in-a-days-work-8th-december-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7147 Carl Holbrough Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:53:15 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.net/?p=4109#comment-7147 Sounds like a bleak afternoon, where the only solutions that were definite was tea. Four hours, which I can imagine to a man of conscience, must appear tortuous ! Sounds like a bleak afternoon, where the only solutions that were definite was tea.

Four hours, which I can imagine to a man of conscience, must appear tortuous !

]]> By: ianvisits http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/10/all-in-a-days-work-8th-december-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7146 ianvisits Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:32:26 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.net/?p=4109#comment-7146 I was in the same 1pm meeting, and one of the messages I took away was that the best thing Western politicians could do to help the Palestinian situation is simply to "shut up". Unsurprisingly, silence is a trait that is rare within the political classes. I was in the same 1pm meeting, and one of the messages I took away was that the best thing Western politicians could do to help the Palestinian situation is simply to “shut up”.

Unsurprisingly, silence is a trait that is rare within the political classes.

]]> By: Gar Hywel http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/10/all-in-a-days-work-8th-december-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7145 Gar Hywel Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:48:47 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.net/?p=4109#comment-7145 Noble Lord Hylton, If we understood the Pashtun 'arf as well as we think we understand the Kurds, the world would be a much finer place, don't you think? Noble Lord Hylton,
If we understood the Pashtun ‘arf as well as we think we understand the Kurds, the world would be a much finer place, don’t you think?

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