There are so many variables in any society, but I think that the most important things are providing good education and good health services for the people in the country, and provide well being. A government has to lift people from poverty to well being. That is the job of government. I remain amazed that most governments fail to do this. They have to do these things first, to be acknowledged as any kind of legitimate government. To not solve these problems because they are too hard, well, this is a failed and illegitimate government and one that should be removed by whatever means are available and as fast as possible, violently as necessary, and with great prejudice.

BREXIT: A few missiles fired into the London CBD would indicate that the Irish aren't all that happy about the way things are going regarding One Ireland and borders between the Irish. Just saying. That's the only thing the English ever, ever understand. 800 years...and they haven't evolved even a smidge over all that time. What else do you do with cretins like that? Do you wait another 800 years, expecting Human Reason? Having had every opportunity, still, the penny hasn't dropped for them.

I still find it amazing, in this 21st century, in Australia, that the quality of education for children is based upon the success or failure of the capitalist economy, year by year, rather than being based upon the importance of the children. I still find it amazing, after all the years of fighting for good health care, that it is based, year by year, on the basis of how well a company like BHP or Apple is doing. There is something very wrong with this. This is a failure of Government to be Government. This is a failure of being unwilling to tax the rich for the betterment of all. We should be able to chart the future of education and health for all. This is not a whim, but a social necessity. That we can't even do that in 2018 is dismally amazing to me.

You know, I am still amazed at the arrogance of the English. To even suggest a vote on Brexit, not for one minute believing that folk would choose Brexit...the Government of England simply disregarded the unity of Ireland, and what this means. 800 years, and they never saw it coming. They simply didn't consider the issue at all. This issue cannot be resolved until Ireland is one island. 800 years of no respect.

800 years of racism.

Cluey. I think Trump is quite Cluey regarding North Korea. North Korea is no real threat to even Japan, let alone the USA. It only really is a problem for South Korea, and the only solution will be worked out by the people of North and South Korea...the USA has no role there. by turning up and saying 'Yeah, its fixed' he has done more for eventual resolution than any other US regime. It is North and South 'Korea' when there can only be one Korea, so they have to work it out...and they will. Brexit: This was a response to the maniacal city-building, almost deification, of London as the only city of wealth that mattered. Whilst London thrived, the rest of the UK paid for that and didn't get anything...thus the knee-jerk 'lets get out of Europe'. Due to the remarkable dismissing of Irish Unity, per se, the UK didn't even think of the problem of a border between North and South Ireland. Didn't even think of it. problems dont go away until they are actually resolved. the only resolution is the removal of Northern Ireland from the UK and into the good one Ireland. I think the US funding-deification of its god-like cities of New York, San Francisco etc worked in the same way to promote Trump from the fringe to the Centre. If the USA can redress the different societies of its provinces and its power cities, then there can be some resolution over the decades. Australia: I'd expect the Labor Party to win the next Federal election.

Oh, I see Australia's Scott Morrison, PM, has told the President of Indonesia, that Scott will make up his mind about moving the Australian Embassy from Telaviv to Jerusalem, um, by Christmas. I'm sure Christmas is a very respected event in Indonesia...just like Ramadan is in Jerusalem. He is such an idiot.

I recall, when the referendum in the UK chose Brexit, the first thing I said was..."so, what happens to Ireland?" And this is still the main issue, really. The peace in Ireland was always a temporary thing, worked out by Blair et al, and was never designed to be tested. This is one of the problems with administrators like Blair...no forward thinking. Now, everything is a mess because of it. The English have to actually consider the abiding Irish...and the English just can't do that and remain what England-UK means to themselves. Blair's success may well be far more bloody troubles, delayed and intensified. Ireland needs to be one island, all free. They have the spirit and the gear to do that. Brexit isn't about Europe at all, it is about a continuing crime by the UK on the sovereignty of the Irish people and Irish land.