"i think the problem is that you always go off on this tangent Jim - blaming it on England's imperial past, and foreign policy"
If you believe that bm accusations are unjustifuied Al, you are quite in order to disprove them
You have not long proved them to be the case by suggesting that our interests as Britons come before the the rights of to poorer people of the world and that there is nothing wrong with selling weapons to despots "because we are a trading nation"
You were even more specific in linking these sales to "jobs and votes" - an argument that provide fuel for terrorists.
If those seeking a better life can't rely on Britain, who do you think they'll turn for support?
No prizes, I'm afraid.   
"These are the threads in which we should be committed to full debate, no holds barred."
Bit hollow from somebody who refuses to debate because he is "too busy"
Jim Carroll