Idiot of the week.

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I would like make a nomination for idiot (s) of the week this week - those fans at Priestfield yesterday unable to follow the simple instructions repeated several times to not applaud at the end of the last post as the silence would start on the refs whistle when the bugler finished.
 
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Keir Starmer ....... ps - anyone of YOU who's had a parking ticket is a convicted criminal !
In PMQ time he said that Boris Johnson & Rishi Sunak had 'convictions' -- (( because of their penalty notices for attending a party during Covid lockdown. ))

I can accept that Starmer hasn't got a clue when it comes to being a Politician - let alone being Prime Minister - BUT -- as a former Lawyer and former Head of the CPS ( Criminal Prosecution Service ), he really should know that Fixed Penalty Notices are NOT criminal convictions...... what an idiot !....... Still - I now understand why his father was a very good tool-maker !

Mind you - Starmer does have a 'merciful' side to his nature -- or have you forgotten his legendary quote in Parliament '' Free the Sausages '' (( when he meant to say hostages. ))... I nearly wet myself laughing.
 
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Joint award to two referees yesterday........although Man Utd's goalkeeper, Onana might want to be included.
I thought the ref at Priestfield was a bit stupid and 'picky' at kick-off times..... I nearly lost count at the number of starts there were to the game - because players were a bit too eager to get on with it..............................

............ and 'getting-on-with-it' was all the Onana wanted to do - especially in the 97th minute - with Man Utd losing to Forest... He tried to take a quick free kick ((( which should have been about 7-8 yards inside his half))).... The idiot threw the ball about 10 yards into the Forest half , and started a run-up...... and was met with the ref's whistle and finger - pointing out that the ball needed to go back a long way... Onana picked up the ball - and again placed it inside the Forest half.... The ref continued to point his finger and yelled at Onana - who was going into 'meltdown.'... He picked up the ball and placed in on the half-way line....Cue the shouty ref's pointy finger.... Onana picks up the ball and moves it back about a yard.... Ref is still not impressed and shouts at Onana etc ... ((( I reckon he only escaped a booking for time wasting because Man Utd were losing )))** ...Onana then moved back two or three yards - but threw the ball forward - to more or less the same place as the previous attempt.... By now the ref probably had lost the will to live. He allowed Onana to have his extra couple of yards. .. A couple of seconds later the ref whistled to end the game.

** Many years ago, at Brighton , Gills were losing 2-4 with virtually no time left to play... Gills had a throw-in -- which was being taken by Richard Rose (( who was already on a booking. )) ...As usual, Rose struggled to find a Gills player who bothered to move into a position to receive the ball - and Rose was taking a long time over a simple throw..... So long that the referee then booked him for time wasting ! - despite his team losing by 2 goals .
 
I didn't think I'd laugh again so soon.........in view of the misery over the weekend !

(( I should have posted the post in the ARGRS thread - about the idiotic health Minister - who has, at least been sacked for being an idiot. ))

Today, another CloT of a Labour MP has been exposed as part of the Whatsapp group - that have been exposed for their Racism and Sexism - and plenty more non-virtuous characteristics............ The latest idiot is Oliver Ryan ( Burnley .) In his Whatsapp messages, he has used derogatory and homophobic remarks against a fellow Labour MP - who is gay ......... and yet - Ryan himself, is openly GAY ! -- or should I say, a stupid gay.
 
It was a difficult choice ... either this idiot - or Hoyle (( greedy, hypocritical Speaker of the House of Commons )) - in the end, I gave it to the pathetic woman in the article....... Please, be careful not to wet yourself laughing at her self pity when you read that (( as a single person )), her monthly food bill is £500 ( it shows ! ), and that, on £100,000 a year she struggles to pay for several holidays a year - and a cleaner, someone to do her ironing, and a gardener, and somebody to walk her dog - my heart bleeds !

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/m...mfortable-heres-why.html?ico=mol_desktop_home
....as for Hoyle - did I mention he 's nothing but a greedy b'std. ?
 
I don't think one will ever be beaten ! The vote goes to the Government !.....................
....... and, of course, to everyone who voted for them - for being blind and not see ' it ' coming !

If I was an Afghan I would be given a free plane ride to Britain - where I would be given everything for FREE !... I wouldn't have to work or pay ANY tax - or make any contribution into paying for essential services - where I would be allowed to go to the front of the queue.... The only thing the Afghanis would have to do for themselves is to wipe their arse --- a service for which I will have to pay when the time comes (( and will have to sell my home to pay for the privilege. ))

I am not an Afghan (( or any other illegal immigrant.)) ...I am a humble pensioner in the UK... I have worked for decades and paid income tax , National Insurance, VAT, Council Tax etc, etc, etc.... I have paid into the system - yet I have to pay for private dental treatment - and - recently I had to go private ( nearly £5,000 ), for an operation - to avoid waiting on the NHS until I was dead !........ and - long may this heatwave continue - because I won't be getting a Winter Fuel Allowance.

Our Chancellor bores us silly with her £20 Billion black hole (( marginally smaller than the hole in the middle of her face )) - yet - the Government is quite happy to spend £7 Billion of my tax to pay for thousands more so-called refugees to come to Britain - to 'sponge' off the taxpayer...... and don't forget that will be on top of the £41,000 per year that it costs the taxpayer (( you & me )), for every one of the immigrants.

..... and what's really farcical is that it's going to cost another £1 Billion in compensation when the Afghan immigrants have sued the Government for recklessly leaking data about their identities. .....

... so - do you dare to disagree with my choices for the award of best idiots ?
 
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I don't think one will ever be beaten ! The vote goes to the Government !.....................
....... and, of course, to everyone who voted for them - for being blind and not see ' it ' coming !

If I was an Afghan I would be given a free plane ride to Britain - where I would be given everything for FREE !... I wouldn't have to work or pay ANY tax - or make any contribution into paying for essential services - where I would be allowed to go to the front of the queue.... The only thing the Afghanis would have to do for themselves is to wipe their arse --- a service for which I will have to pay when the time comes (( and will have to sell my home to pay for the privilege. ))

I am not an Afghan (( or any other illegal immigrant.)) ...I am a humble pensioner in the UK... I have worked for decades and paid income tax , National Insurance, VAT, Council Tax etc, etc, etc.... I have paid into the system - yet I have to pay for private dental treatment - and - recently I had to go private ( nearly £5,000 ), for an operation - to avoid waiting on the NHS until I was dead !........ and - long may this heatwave continue - because I won't be getting a Winter Fuel Allowance.

Our Chancellor bores us silly with her £20 Billion black hole (( marginally smaller than the hole in the middle of her face )) - yet - the Government is quite happy to spend £7 Billion of my tax to pay for thousands more so-called refugees to come to Britain - to 'sponge' off the taxpayer...... and don't forget that will be on top of the £41,000 per year that it costs the taxpayer (( you & me )), for every one of the immigrants.

..... and what's really farcical is that it's going to cost another £1 Billion in compensation when the Afghan immigrants have sued the Government for recklessly leaking data about their identities. .....

... so - do you dare to disagree with my choices for the award of best idiots ?
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To be fair I'm not sure what the current government was meant to do, they were handed the problem by the Tories, as it happened on Tory watch. I know we can say well don't go giving or spending out on £7B, and while I might agree, we are obliged morally to help people that have helped our troops in the past.

On a slightly separate note but around the same sort of thing, I actually don't believe in govermental compensation claims of many kinds.

Example being the NHS:

For me in life there are risks related to care, when we get compensation that has to come from somewhere, that place will be the same purse that dictates how efficiently the NHS is being run.

So when taking money out, it may reimburse a victim, but it could potentially lead to more suffering for others due to a lack of funding, as evidenced in the conditions at every accident and emergency ward, and ambulance throughout the country. When we can least afford it.
 
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To be fair I'm not sure what the current government was meant to do, they were handed the problem by the Tories, as it happened on Tory watch. I know we can say well don't go giving or spending out on £7B, and while I might agree, we are obliged morally to help people that have helped our troops in the past.
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Shhhhh, you can't say things like that, it will ruin alwaysright's agenda against Labour.
 
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Shhhhh, you can't say things like that, it will ruin alwaysright's agenda against Labour.
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The agenda isn't just against Labour ! I am unimpressed with most politicians - however, history will show (( and continues to show )), that Labour will raise tax and throw money at unions and scroungers... The Conservatives have many faults - but - when it comes to money, they are very much less of a liability than Labour.
My main agenda is the disgraceful waste of money ( my tax and yours ) on so-called asylum seekers. It's obscene what is thrown at the boat people - and absolutely nothing is being done to stop any more arriving at Dover... and to be clear - both Conservatives and Labour have been totally useless with the problem.
Under Conservatives and ( more so ) Labour, the UK is becoming bankrupt - it will follow what happened in Greece a few years back.. The UK is very close to being an economic mess - and Labour is speeding up the process......

.... but - good news - football season is only a couple of weeks away.
 
There are idiots who are not Labour MPs !..... I don't want another 4 years of the same crap - and paying heavily for the privilege !
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/...-Britain-no-longer-rich-nation-afford-it.html
You don't need to 'open' the article - the headline is idiotic enough !
For the last 4 seasons Gills have scored very few goals -- and now can't beat a side containing 4 ex- Gills players . Ebbsfleet were humiliated at the bottom of the National League last season and had a minus 60 goal difference... I 'm not sure if I have 4 more years left - perhaps it won't matter which Political party I should choose at the next General Election.... Perhaps Gioblues could suggest one - or should I ask a 12 year old (( who will be eligible to vote in 2029 ! ))

You'll know by now that I am a humble pensioner - and a loyal fan of Gills - although I am not filled with a lot of hope for my 63rd year of going to Priestfield..... I'm not sure what the Daily Mail reporter, Stephen Glover had for breakfast before he wrote the (above) article - but I think it contained an ingredient called ' ****forbrains. '

Mr. Glover talks about the State Pension 'triple-lock' - as not being viable / affordable for the Nation... I'm not sure if I totally disagree - because Britain is drowning in a sea of debt - costing £16 Billion just to service the debt !... We're broke and cannot afford anything - - and certainly not the £ 7000 ( taxpayer money ), that the Deputy PM, Angela Raynor has spent on a bed for her taxpayer funded property.

.....So, if I am not disagreeing with Mr. Glover's statement, why do I think he is an idiot ?...... Because he has chosen to attack pensioners - whose only financial protection is the precious triple-lock. ... And, let's be very clear - the triple-lock is on a pension which has been paid for - over decades of working and paying National Insurance, along with Income Tax (( much of it at 33%.)) -- The State Pension is not a 'hand-out.'....... and yet, Mr. Glover chooses to ignore HUGE 'Elephants-in-the-room.'.....there are definitely more than one 'elephant' - but - my ' pet ' elephant ---- whom I have named '' alwaysright's agenda '' is the ridiculous money ( my tax ), that is being thrown at the ever-increasing number of boat people arriving..... The latest independent financial calculation is that it costs taxpayers around £ 41,000 a year for each boat person - with each of them not paying one penny in tax etc....I can disclose that I do not receive even a quarter of £ 41,000 for a pension for which I have paid for decades - and yet, according the idiotic Mr. Glover, I am not worthy of my triple-lock.
 
A different type of idiot --- obviously I am guessing that it's a man when I give it a title !

Mr. Luke Gazzard ( chief of Avon Fire & Rescue service )..... unless you think I'm being sexist !
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eman-sues-disciplined-using-term-fireman.html

The last time I looked between my legs, I saw that I had the genitalia of a male person - I am a man - not an it !
Has it come to the point where we can't even greet anyone by saying ' Sir' or 'Madam' for fear of being sued ?... what do I call a eunuch ?

I have no problem with Mr. Gazzard upholding a claim from a woman firefighter - for ( proven offences of ) sexual harassment & discrimination - but - the female fire officer, Sasha Acheson should not (( in my humble opinion )), take exception to the male firefighters being addresses as 'firemen.'........ otherwise they too might feel discriminated against etc....... She could have politely asked her senior officer to address her as ' fireofficer / fighter.
 
Today, my vote goes to Mr. Ben Stokes ....... and the rest of the England cricketers on the pitch.
Cricket has ( had ), a reputation of 'sportsmanship' - played with manners and respect - not any longer.
When India's Jadeka & Washington both reached their centuries, none of the England players gave any applause - as is ( was ), customary by all on the pitch !......... shows a lack of respect !
..... and, at the end of the game, Washington extended his hand to Stokes - for the customary handshakes between the players - Stokes just walked straight past - even as Washington left his hand extended in bewilderment at such crass behaviour from Stokes........

..... and I'd appreciate SKY not showing so many 'close-ups' of Stokes during matches - all he's ever doing is spitting !... I am sure it's only a ( bad) habit ... it's always only tiny bits of spit .The whole process is disgusting and not a good 'look.'
 
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The Labour Party............. OK, I'm probably not being fair - as I don't nominate Labour every day !......... and the real winner of idiot-of-the week isn't the stupid oaf who'se bright idea came up with the follow ;

I was looking at the 'Situations Vacant' on offer at the Heathrow Immigration Centre... There are 32 jobs being funded by the UK tax payers ( ME ), and pay over £30,000 a year... They are supposed to give immigrants training in skills that are meant to integrate them into society !!!! - the Immigration Centre is an all male venue.

unfortunately, I'm not qualified to teach the essential life-changing skills to the men that arrive illegally into this country - because I haven't got a clue how to teach the critically essential skills of FLOWER ARRANGING, CAKE DECORATING & BALLOON CRAFT !!!

What idiot in the Labour Party was stupid enough to come up with the idea that balloon craft is a skill - vital to help anyone become socially integrated ! - but - that idiot wins only 2nd prize... The Real Idiot has to be Starmer for allowing the creation of these fantastic jobs. .......I bet none of the 32 new jobs will provide training in ' Smashing ' boats !
 
Angela Rayner.
This idiot is Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing..... She avoided / failed to pay £40,000 of Stamp Duty - and eventually comes up with a pathetic excuse - that she received the wrong legal advice when she bought her 3rd property in Sussex !
Why did she need any advice on the subject - surely Stamp Duty rules should be ingrained in her empty head !... even the most thick amongst us have a good understanding of how much Stamp Duty we're going to pay when we buy a property.
 
Have to say the response to the Rayner scenario is laughable at best considering what the previous government got up to. Zahawi avoided paying £4,000,000 and then got a promotion to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. We had Conservative MPs award over £30,000,000,000 PPE contracts to mates who'd never stocked PPE before. Other Conservative MPs awarding multi-billion pound ferry contracts to operators who didn't have any boats. The former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife was deemed to have avoided paying millions of pounds in tax. £40,000 in stamp duty for Rayner in which she reported herself to the PM's independent adviser on minsterial standards and has contacted HMRC to pay it back, which none of those Conservatives had the the guts to do, admit they were wrong.

But by all means lets continue this attack against Rayner.
 
They're ALL pigs with snouts in the trough
Pegleg - I was awarding Rayner ' idiot-of-the-week for her brilliant hypocrisy this week..... Any number of MPs - of various Party colour would easily win the award every week....
I share your (obvious) disgust at the 'antics' of previous Ministers -- they're all in it for what they can screw out of the system.
Rayner stands a clear winner ( of the idiot award ), because of the breath-taking hypocrisy of her actions - and her arrogance at trying to blame a 'conveyancing' solicitor for giving the 'wrong' advice ----- advise that Rayner should not have needed if she was supposed to be the Head of Housing rules in the UK.

My trust of most ( if not all ) MPs ( of every Party colour ), is virtually non-existent.... but, from several personal viewpoints, it is my experience that a Labour Government makes a worse job than Conservatives (( despite their many faults and their brand of hypocrisy and trough-scoffing. ))
 
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I have mentioned on previous occasions the opinion of my secondary school headmaster on the state of successive British governments, expressed in the late 1960's / early 1970's - so for relevance, if you weren't around then, familiarise yourself with the major parties of that era.

His view, while not expressed verbatim, was that "There are 3 political parties of any significance in this country. Two large ones that govern as badly as each other, and one small one that doesn't govern at all."

That was more than 50 years ago, and an opinion formed of probably more than 40 years' political interest. And yet there are still people in this country that have the belief, if not faith, that a new government will actually do things better.

They won't. Same trough, different pigs.
 
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Liverpool player Etitike.... or was it the referee.... or maybe the FA - for pathetic rules.... or ME ?

The Liverpool player scored what proved to be the winner in the game v Southampton - and celebrated by removing his shirt...The referee immediately brandished a yellow card for this heinous crime ! The problem for Etitike was that he had already been booked - so - the referee digs out the red card and Etitike is sent off.... My mischievous tendency wanted Southampton to equalise and go on to win the penalty shoot-out ..... to pile on the misery for the player - to make sure he doesn't forget next time.

..... It's a real pity that referees have no vision problems in these circumstances - but - default to their white sticks in practically all other instances.
.... Maybe it's my fault for having a low tolerance level for pathetic rules imposed by the FA !
.... And, maybe it's also me - for expecting that match officials will stop cheating by turning a 'blind eye' when shirts are pulled with aggression - rather than as a childish form of celebration.
 
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