Sunak Stupid Posturing

Paigntonian | 00:51 Sun 14th Aug 2022 | News

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wants sanctions against Iran (Sunday Times) because of a man's attack on Rushdie. What on earth is the point? What could it achieve? There are already sanctions against Iran. Utterly absurd.

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TheChair

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In 1998 the government of Iran announced that it did not support the killing of Rushdie. That being the case, what exactly would sanctions be designed to achieve?

07:47 Sun 14th Aug 2022

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naomi24

JNO, the tell-tale word in your link is ‘nation’. Politics involving two factions isn’t way Khandro is talking sbout.

naomi24

*what* not way.

ichkeria

Re the best answer, I thought Iran said they did not support the fatwa but equally did not oppose it either

jno

I have done so, Khandro, and I stand by what I said.

tomus42

It's got the whiff of desperation in the leadership race about it.

Paigntonian

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When you consider the way May won the Tory leadership (the other candidates gave up) am a more than a little curious as to why Sunak still thinks it's a good idea to stay in the race.

davebro

Maybe he's lining himself up as the next choice in case Truss comes a cropper.

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