A Political Thread pt. 2

[General Melchett]

Raab v Rayner at PMQs just highlights the need to wrap Starmer and Sunak up in cotton wool.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Fair there was certainly no loved lost I just think they'd have stomached him being and MP if it wasn't for his reaction.

Still this hasn't made the papers and barely did anything on twitter yesterday. Very much a 'Westminster Bubble' story which only people in politics care about.

Yeh I live north of London. So this area has a high Jewish population and I would have thought generally vote Tory. Anyone linked to sympathising with Hamas and Hezbollah isn’t going to be popular in these parts regardless.

Don’t know the demographics of Islington North. He won his biggest majority there back in 2017 as leader. So going by that I would think he’d still win as an Independent.

 

[Reiser99]

Rishi Sunak's wife holds shares in childcare firm given Budget boost

Rishi Sunak faces questions over the shares and says his interests have been declared "in the normal way".

www.bbc.co.uk

Sunak trying to make as much money as he can before he has to leave.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Rishi Sunak's wife holds shares in childcare firm given Budget boost

Rishi Sunak faces questions over the shares and says his interests have been declared "in the normal way".

www.bbc.co.uk

Sunak trying to make as much money as he can before he has to leave.

Another day, another case of Tory corruption.

Amsterdam launches stay away ad campaign targeting young British men

The Dutch city targets UK men aged 18-35 in an ad campaign aimed at changing its reputation.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nice to know Brits have done sweet FA to improve our reputation abroad. We are still perceived as the drunk, abusive, trouble making arseholes to the rest of Europe.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[Gavin]

Some of the rhetoric from DUP / TUV / Loyalists in Northern Ireland is mental regarding the Windsor Framework

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Al Bangor]

Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury

A grand jury in Manhattan voted Thursday, March 30, to indict Donald Trump — the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

After indictment, Trump will play the victim – and the tactic will work for many Republicans

Trump has followed a pattern since 2016 – the bigger the alleged crime, the louder he airs grievances and claims he’s being persecuted

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Bearing in mind this is the most minor of the various crimes he could be indicted for, it's good that the precedent of indicting a former president has at least now been set. Here's hoping for a guilty verdict and for him to not be let off lightly. I can see Republicans ramping up the fascism to whole new levels to protect Trump, including violence. I don't think the issue of far right extremism can be dodged any more, it has been allowed to grow due to inaction and simply needs to be faced head on.

 

[die_mole]

He’s going to make every court date public to increase danger for prosecutors and judges.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

DeSantis: Florida won’t cooperate with Trump extradition

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday called the indictment of former President Trump “un-American” and said the state would not assist in any extradition request. “The weaponization of t…

thehill.com

So Florida already stating they will start a legal war if Trump refuses to go. Honestly, Republicans are just ******* insane at this point. these lunatics need to be brought down before they bring everyone else down.

 

[Saintjay]

My understanding is this is the lesser of all the alleged crimes. If Trump gets not out on this then it feeds his base and the narrative of it being a political witch hunt.

I did see the usual comments by the MAGA, Qanon zealots of "There's a storm coming". Some legend replied "Well if he'd managed that years ago he might not have upset Miss Daniels" pmsl.

 

[General Melchett]

This is what taking back control still looks like.

BBC News - Dover ferry passengers warned of long delays as coaches queue up

Dover delays as ferry passengers wait for hours

Some coach passengers had faced 14-hour waits, but on Saturday evening the queues were reported to be easing.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

This is what taking back control still looks like.

BBC News - Dover ferry passengers warned of long delays as coaches queue up

Dover delays as ferry passengers wait for hours

Some coach passengers had faced 14-hour waits, but on Saturday evening the queues were reported to be easing.

www.bbc.co.uk

Brexiteers will just blame the French.

 

[Gavin]

Brexiteers will blame just the French.

You are correct

 

[General Melchett]

You are correct

Interesting that Lord Snooty doesn't provide any data or evidence and that he's a member of the Ulster Unionist party. In any case when we gave up freedom of movement it's little wonder it takes longer to get through immigration given their entitlement to ask questions etc.

 

[Gavin]

The mind boggles on the mental gymnastics Brexiteers do to blame the queues not on Brexit

 

[Bada-Bing!]

The mind boggles on the mental gymnastics Brexiteers do to blame the queues not on Brexit

It’s just