Ayatollah Hermione 12903 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Regardless of the setting, wtf were three national leaders doing squeezing their heads together for a selfie? They were rehearsing for Power Pals, the brand new sitcom where 3 completely different world leaders are forced to share hotel rooms across Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18069 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Not bothered about the selfie, I am more bothered about his previous support for apartheid though, the hypocritical cunt. He should never have been invited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Cameron wanted him hung as a terrorist twenty years ago, now he's taking the piss at his funeral. How do you think black South Africans think about that? Even Kevin McGuire Associate editor of the daily mirror, who is to Tories what Van Helsing is to vampires, cant believe the ANYONE would be upset by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Camerons response at question time "whenever one of the Kinnocks ask me to pose for a photo with them.........." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 CT would be singing a different tune if this had happened at Bertie Nolan's funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 CT puts the CT in CUNT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14143 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 "One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change your selfie." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12903 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 "One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change your selfie." "These three leaders are about to find out that the most important "self" is the one you must reconcile with when faced with the dreadful atrocities you have committed on your fellow man!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14143 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 If this had been Gordon Brown rather than David Cameron.... well, he wouldn't have been asked to be in the photo in the first place and even if he was he'd have fumbled the camera and dropped it down three flights of stadium stairs, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27610 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 FFS. Stevie likes this. Can't understand anyone not thinking this is a bit inappropriate for them to be doing. Can understand CT defending it. Politicians are a lot more PR savvy as well so it is a bit surprising unless the sight of the 'thinking Politician mans crumpet' clouded their judgement. Mrs Obama is not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6453 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 To be fair if I bumped into Dolph Lundgren I'd probably do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 For once, I'm with CT here. If the service had been held at a cathedral or more formal setting, then I could see the gripe. It was in a football stadium, with the crowd dancing, cheering and booing. Better things to get upset about. Exactly. (From the photographer). Johannesburg – It all started with a candid moment captured by AFP photographer Roberto Schmidt. Denmark's Helle Thorning-Schmidt can be seen holding up her smartphone, with Obama lending a helping hand, as they pose for a picture with David Cameron, all three of them smiling broadly in their seats at Soweto's World Cup stadium. The image quickly went viral and the internet went crazy over the “Obama selfie”. Everyone had something to say. "Is This The Most Important Selfie Of 2013?" headlined the US-based social news website Buzzfeed, noting that Michelle Obama seemed "not amused" by the impromptu photoshoot. But now the photographer behind the photo has posted a blog entry revealing what actually happened at the memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela. The real story: “I arrived in South Africa with several other AFP journalists to cover the farewell and funeral ceremonies for Nelson Mandela. “We were in the Soccer City stadium in Soweto, under a driving rain. I’d been there since the crack of dawn and when I took this picture, the memorial ceremony had already been going on for more than two hours. “From the podium, Obama had just qualified Mandela as a ‘giant of history who moved a nation towards justice’. After his stirring eulogy, America’s first black president sat about 150 metres across from where I was set up. He was surrounded by other foreign dignitaries and I decided to follow his movements with the help of my 600 mm x 2 telephoto lens. “So Obama took his place amid these leaders who’d gathered from all corners of the globe. Among them was British Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as a woman who I wasn’t able to immediately identify. I later learned it was the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt. I’m a German-Colombian based in India, so I don’t feel too bad I didn’t recognize her! At the time, I thought it must have been one of Obama’s many staffers. “Anyway, suddenly this woman pulled out her mobile phone and took a photo of herself smiling with Cameron and the US president. “I captured the scene reflexively. All around me in the stadium, South Africans were dancing, singing and laughing to honour their departed leader. It was more like a carnival atmosphere, not at all morbid. The ceremony had already gone on for two hours and would last another two. The atmosphere was totally relaxed – I didn’t see anything shocking in my viewfinder, president of the US or not. We are in Africa,” Schmidt wrote. Michelle wasn’t angry Schmidt added: “I later read on social media that Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie. In reality, just a few seconds earlier the first lady was herself joking with those around her, Cameron and Schmidt included. Her stern look was captured by chance. “I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 memorial service/appropiateness aside (i still think it isn't when you're attending the thing and giving a "keynote" address) you still don't grasp it's the fact of how shambolic looking it is for world leaders to be taking phone selfies with each other do you? wonder if Ed drops his plate at lunch in the parliament canteen does dave lead the chorus of "yeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"+clapping. What you don't seem to grasp is that me, Fist, Tory haters at the Mirror, the times, the Washington post and the probably the majority of the world, don't think its a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4016 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 That's funny considering the stick Michael Foot got for wearing the "donkey jacket" with a complete lack of laughing or joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14143 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 "castanet clacker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20179 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 the daily mail not by british standards?? wtf does that even mean?? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522249/Kinnocks-son-gay-rumours-flirty-blonde-PM.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3284 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 the daily mail not by british standards?? wtf does that even mean?? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522249/Kinnocks-son-gay-rumours-flirty-blonde-PM.html Hands all those who give a toss? CT is your hand up or do you just want another pasty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Cameron coming out as being on "Team Nigella" ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Nigella is great. All the more so for being a secret coke fiend. But for Cameron to not realise that as the PM he needed to keep his mouth shut, given the ongoing legal proceedings is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6453 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Her dad is a monster tory so it's hardly surprising he's weighed in, the mozarella faced cuntbubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 our prime minister everybody Lets take a break from the countries problems and serious matters to back snory mccokefiend and her tasty treats, and her food too. Or an interview in the back seat of a car on the way home to his constituency for the weekend. Full interview here http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9100182/david-cameron-on-tax-coalition-green-crap-and-team-nigella/#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That's a perfect description for the sheen on that arsehole's face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Or an interview in the back seat of a car on the way home to his constituency for the weekend. Full interview here http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9100182/david-cameron-on-tax-coalition-green-crap-and-team-nigella/#comments Back seat of a car? Is that skinchies for contempt of court? Sorry, didn't realise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 He's probably just trying to fuck over Saatchi, isnt there bad blood between that lot nowadays? I've know some fairly enormous-looking patrons of the gak scene. I thought Nigella's comment about her being fat meaning it was impossible for her to be a coke-head was hilariously flawed but perfectly executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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