The Politics Thread

One's a complete psychopath that tried to provoke a race war and the other... sorry, I forgot where I was going with this.

 

On the subject of Manson, I couldn't help but see this bilge on Twitter's trending page

A theory backed up by the Independent posting the following story...
Charles Manson: Neo-Nazis hail serial killer a visionary and try to resurrect fascist movement created on his orders

Funny how the real world keeps working in the exact opposite way that idiots of this ilk say it does, isn't it?

 

Back in April, the Britait shecretary David Davish claimed that neither the European Banking Authority nor the European Medicines Agency would have to leave London after Britain leaves the EU (source)

In the past couple of hours it turned out he might not have been entirely accurate with that prediction - with an estimated 1000 people who are set to lose their jobs due to those agencies moving to Paris and Amsterdam respectively

...although Philip Hammond will no doubt tell them there's no unemployment in this country, so that means those thousand people must have jobs.

 

One odd name that keeps popping up in this whole Russia-Trump investigation is Abramovich. Yes, that Abramovich.
His yachts and planes end up in the same place as a lot of the supposed players from the Presidential campaign, as well as the man himself.
The social media manipulation has also thrown up Alisher Usmanov's name, bizarrely.
I think that in the interests of protecting the nation, it's clear that we should shut down Chelsea and Arsenal...

 

Well in the era of "austerity Britain" , doing so could save
loadsa money on the annual pavement disinfectant bills
that Islington/Kensington councils currently have.

 

It's a good job that there aren't any government initiatives wasting money then, eh?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ter-homes-budget-philip-hammond-a8066571.html
Just don't ask where any of the cash went, ok?

 

If Scotland remains in the EU and England doesn't,will Scotland have to use the Euro.......and how will they be able to afford that?......and will their be customs barriers north of Berwick......and will the English have to show their passports to visit Scotland......Oh! Isn't it a mess?

 

Andrew Neil had a spot of bother on Twitter last night when somebody called him out for getting his facts wrong

Of course, Neil went for the default pundit's response of telling those who disagree with them that, as a pundit, they are much more knowledgeable about any subject than the mere plebs who disagree with them

...a response that didn't look particularly wise considering he used it against an actual German politician, which a cursory look at their profile would have told him

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Sticking with German politics, the Wail has done their bit to guarantee that Britait talks will go smoothly...

...smoothly for the EU team that will have David Davish for breakfast yet again

 

Mugabe gone !!!

The end game now is him and his missus
escaping with their lives and how much
filthy lucre.

 

What do you know about German politics, Mr German Politician? ****ing hell.
He's already formed his ideas from incorrect information. How dare you challenge them!

 

He makes wonderful Sauerkraut.But it's like my spelling.Yuk!

 

Good to see that a year in Office has taught Dumpf some diplomacy and statesmanship, judging by his latest Tweetrage!

Trump lashes out at LaVar Ball
In separate tweets, Trump branded the father of US basketball player LiAngelo Ball an "ungrateful fool" after he refused to thank the President for his role in securing his son's release from prison in China.
UCLA basketball players Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were released from detention on shoplifting charges. The three thanked Trump during a news conference after their release but Ball's father - LaVar - played down the President's involvement.
On Wednesday Trump tweeted: "It wasn't the White House, it wasn't the State Department, it wasn't father LaVar's so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man's version of Don King, but without the hair.
"Just think LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It's a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!"

 

Marine Le Pen is furious that her personal account and that of the Front National have been closed by Societe Generale and HSBC.

I would have thought she'd have an account with BNP Paribas...

 

Note that both companies refused to comment on individual cases, citing privacy considerations.
SG did say that they don't close accounts for political reasons though, suggesting another motive for such action.
Le Pen's ongoing financial issues and possible legal ones seem like obvious candidates.
I'm sure Putin will bung her a few quid more to help her out.

 

Whoops...

 

To be fair to her, she is so thick she probably interprets things as :

That 1939 law means I am permitted to violate Drumpfs'
opponents with a "verbal" hatchet.

 

As opposed to the hatchet that the plastic surgeon took to her face.

 

Trump v basketball player's father.Read all about it! Two dipsticks of the same ilk......

Look Hillary.Trump crossing the road.Foot down dear!!!!!!

 

In a quite remarkable act of either incompetence or bias, last night's Newsnight misrepresented the facts to an an astonishing degree by using a clip which they claimed was Jeremy Corbyn's response to the Budget - but it wasn't, as they used an old clip.

To illustrate, here's a side-by-side comparison: the picture on the left being taken from BBC Parliament's live feed, while the picture on the right is from the clip used on Newsnight

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For anyone paying attention the error was so easy to spot: not only was there the most obvious difference, namely the colour of Corbyn's tie, but there was also the minor detail of Sarah Champion being visible behind Corbyn in spite of the fact she hasn't been on the Labour front bench since August - as one eagle-eyed viewer was quick to point out

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Of course, once the error was pointed out to them, the BBC were quick to issue an apology

...but even that apology wasn't exactly correct, as the clip they used wasn't from the Spring Budget but from the 22nd March PMQs.

But that's not the only bit of BBC sleaze worth mentioning...

Facing criticism for completely ignoring the British Medical Journal's report that has linked a potential 120,000 deaths in the UK to austerity cuts, the BBC's response was to state that a separate independent body, the Science Media Centre, has raised concerns that those conclusions were "highly speculative" and should be treated with caution.

A quick check on their website reveals the SMC has received funding from the Department of Business, Energy and Environmental Strategy as well as Mail-owners DMG Media, which doesn't so much hole claims of independence under the waterline as tear the proverbial ship in half lengthways.

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked the EU for not banning bull fighting. He's also in favour of fox hunting.
Anyone fancy a guess at how he'd react if the EU were to have banned that?
Why the **** is anyone taking this clown seriously? He's genuinely ridiculous.