Politics

[Alex 30396]

2 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

 

No better illustration of the bias than the current narrative around industrial action whereby, even after 9 years of Tory rule, it’s Labour’s / Corbyn’s fault. Imagine the reverse scenario 

[Monkeys Fist 38756]

When my grandkids are marching through the Great European Desert in 2075, to fight in the World Water Wars, it’ll be Jeremy Corbyns fault. 

[NJS 3978]

The articles make the point in isolation but diametrically opposite ones by the same writer make it fully. 

[ewerk 26335]

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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab - who will meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later - said arrangements for such bilateral meetings were "always quite fluid".

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The role of this leaders' summit - and we're hosting it - is for the prime minister to bring all of our north American and European partners together and show, through Nato, we can be bigger than the sum of our parts."

Dominc Raab, so dense that light bends around him.

[ewerk 26335]

[Meenzer 14051]

Went to the joint hustings for my constituency and the neighbouring constituency last night and it was a glorious shambles. More than half of the time was taken up by five independent/minor candidates, including a Christian People's Alliance woman who answered questions by reading from scripture, a lovely but bewildered Thai student who thinks London parks are important because we can use them to grow crops after Brexit, a middle-aged candidate for the anti-EU "Young People's Party" whose opening address was mainly centred on how he thinks his own party's name is rubbish, an aging LGBT anarcho-socialist who wants to turn the UK into Belarus, and a local Jamaican elder who blasted out reggae tunes on a portable sound system then used most of his allotted time to talk about knife crime, God's will, and how the event was racist because there weren't enough "dark-skinned people" in attendance.

 

All amplified by the fact that it was organised and hosted by Extinction Rebellion, so the whole place was all banners and leaflets and petition sign-up sheets in the first place.

 

To her credit, the sitting MP (Porno Naming Department's Vicky Foxcroft) was good when she allowed herself to go off-script instead of talking about the big red manifesto every 30 seconds, the Lib Dems were convincing enough, and one of the two Greens was very substantial and would probably get my vote if she was in my constituency (unfortunately I've got the other one, who's of the wishy-washy-animal-rights-y ilk).

 

Anyway, for all I previously described him as a "Spurs-supporting blank page", the Lib Dem probably gets my vote for this tweet alone.

 

 

[Alex 30396]

Considering their cause those extinction rebellion lot love a fucking leaflet. 

Just done the survey on Electoral Calculus to see where I fit within the ‘7 Tribes’. Came back: You are economically strongly left-wing, strongly globalist, and mildly socially liberal.

 

[Alex 30396]

Sounds about right

[Rayvin 4964]

6 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

 

 

And people make fun of me when I talk about the MSM

 

There is going to be no trust in them if they deliver a Tory government. I know trust is low anyway, but even so.

[Bottled Dog 0]

42 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

Went to the joint hustings for my constituency and the neighbouring constituency last night and it was a glorious shambles. More than half of the time was taken up by five independent/minor candidates, including a Christian People's Alliance woman who answered questions by reading from scripture, a lovely but bewildered Thai student who thinks London parks are important because we can use them to grow crops after Brexit, a middle-aged candidate for the anti-EU "Young People's Party" whose opening address was mainly centred on how he thinks his own party's name is rubbish, an aging LGBT anarcho-socialist who wants to turn the UK into Belarus, and a local Jamaican elder who blasted out reggae tunes on a portable sound system then used most of his allotted time to talk about knife crime, God's will, and how the event was racist because there weren't enough "dark-skinned people" in attendance.

 

All amplified by the fact that it was organised and hosted by Extinction Rebellion, so the whole place was all banners and leaflets and petition sign-up sheets in the first place.

 

To her credit, the sitting MP (Porno Naming Department's Vicky Foxcroft) was good when she allowed herself to go off-script instead of talking about the big red manifesto every 30 seconds, the Lib Dems were convincing enough, and one of the two Greens was very substantial and would probably get my vote if she was in my constituency (unfortunately I've got the other one, who's of the wishy-washy-animal-rights-y ilk).

 

Anyway, for all I previously described him as a "Spurs-supporting blank page", the Lib Dem probably gets my vote for this tweet alone.

 

 

 

Ah, Foxcroft is my MP too. Still a toss up between her and going Green or LD if I can get my head around that SwapMyVote thing.

Not sure if they were there this time, but couldn't face another hustings after People before Profit did my head in last time.

[Meenzer 14051]

3 minutes ago, Bottled Dog said:

Not sure if they were there this time, but couldn't face another hustings after People before Profit did my head in last time.

 

They're not standing this time but John Hamilton was chairing the thing, because of course he's Extinction Rebellion now too.

[PaddockLad 14585]

1 hour ago, ewerk said:

 

The granny from Giles. The UKs first 20th century domestic terrorist 

 

[PaddockLad 14585]

@Meenzer The rasta dude would get my vote. Any idea what he was playing and/or smoking? 💨

 

 

[Meenzer 14051]

I don't know about the tunes but he was definitely high on the WORD of the LORD.

 

In all that, I'd completely forgotten about the sixth independent, a well-spoken chap who explained he was literally a "none of the above" candidate with no real positions beyond that. Terrific.

 

[Gemmill 34450]

 

 

 

[Rayvin 4964]

Why has Corbyn decided to apologise now ffs. The damage is already done, apologising now just makes him look weak.

 

I mean maybe that'll be the end of it and the media, who have had absolutely nothing to say about the whole issue other than 'will you apologise' will now leave it alone - but somehow I doubt it!

[Gemmill 34450]

 

Fair play to the daft old cunt. 

 

 

[Gemmill 34450]

Just now, Rayvin said:

Why has Corbyn decided to apologise now ffs. The damage is already done, apologising now just makes him look weak.

 

I mean maybe that'll be the end of it and the media, who have had absolutely nothing to say about the whole issue other than 'will you apologise' will now leave it alone - but somehow I doubt it!

I don't know how you fucking dare. 

[Tom 13846]

 

[Rayvin 4964]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

I don't know how you fucking dare. 

 

 

I'm not running for fucking office.

[ewerk 26335]

18 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Fair play to the daft old cunt. 

If only Phil and Holly could do all his interviews.

 

Edit: There is actually some value in that idea of getting politicians to do interviews in more relaxed situations where they can express their motivations and vision for the country rather than having an adversarial exchange every time.

Edited December 3, 2019 by ewerk

[NJS 3978]

22 minutes ago, ewerk said:

If only Phil and Holly could do all his interviews.

 

Edit: There is actually some value in that idea of getting politicians to do interviews in more relaxed situations where they can express their motivations and vision for the country rather than having an adversarial exchange every time.

Was just going to say that - a cozy chat might work better than an answer to an aggressive demand. 

[Gemmill 34450]

29 minutes ago, ewerk said:

If only Phil and Holly could do all his interviews.

 

Edit: There is actually some value in that idea of getting politicians to do interviews in more relaxed situations where they can express their motivations and vision for the country rather than having an adversarial exchange every time.

 

Johnson's team have just confirmed that he's found the time to do Holly and Phil. Still nothing doing with Andrew Neil though, the worthless cunt. 

[Gemmill 34450]

Hopefully it backfires when the Schofe beasts him over child poverty. 

[Gemmill 34450]

 

There you go @Rayvin