The I cant believe it’s not politics thread.

[Fazzer 7]

1 hour ago, Finnaldo said:

‘The lefties in Brussels’ 

 

Andrea Von Der Leyen - Christian Democratic Union (centre-right) 

 

Donald Tusk - Civic Platform (centre-right) 

 

Jean-Claude Juncker - Christian Social People's Party (centre-right) 

 

Michel Barnier - Rally For The Republic (Gaullism, centre-right to right) 

Charles Michel - Reformist Movement (centre-right) 

 

If this is what some of you consider leftist then we might need to make some referrals to PREVENT

Euro centre right = British lefty 😂

[Daggers]

4 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

 

 

I do wonder what could have been, had he made it past Johnson and his *******t lies.  We might be in a different place right now.  

 

You may not agree with him, but he speaks a lot of sense imo.

 

 

Card carrying Red, here - but I’ve loads of time for him. He’s a lovely bloke to talk to - and one of those rare Tories who has a heart, empathy and compassion. Always reckoned he was in the wrong party. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

Has anyone listened to today's episode of 'The rest is politics'? In it Stewart describes Kwarteng as a friend that he has known for a very long time (since they were at Eton, no less) but at the same time manages to make him sound like a massive, massive ****

[Bellend Sebastian]

A quite tame word there being auto asterisk-ed out to make it look like a worse one

[Daggers]

1 minute ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

A quite tame word there being auto asterisk-ed out to make it look like a worse one

Tory?

[Daggers]

[Daggers]

[Daggers]

[Foxdiamond]

Imagine a crisis in your workplace and the guvnor is nowhere to be seen.

[weller54]

9 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Imagine a crisis in your workplace and the guvnor is nowhere to be seen.

Where's Top?

[urban.spaceman]

Meanwhile in Brexitland they’re not too clever. 
 

 

[Livid]

Either they are taking great delight in gaslighting us all or they literally insane and we should really look at getting them some mental health help. 
 

By the time they ride into Birmingham for their party conference it’s going to be very ugly. I doubt many of them will be pressing the flesh around the city centre. 

[leicsmac]

3 hours ago, Fazzer 7 said:

Euro centre right = British lefty 😂

Yep, it's true that the Overton Window is probably further to the right in the UK than any OECD country bar the US (ever the outlier).

 

Given current and possible future events, is this really a good thing?

[ozleicester]

There are those on this site that support the corrupt Tories no matter what, they then deny the pointless and proven failed Tory tools are being used, even when their incompetent leader says she is using them.

The British prime minister, Liz Truss, spoke last week to the UN general assembly of the glories of trickle-down economics, and told reporters that “lower taxes lead to economic growth, there is no doubt in my mind about that”.

The current government have possibly done more damage to human beings than even the witch that was Thatcher.... and still, as long as they got a pay rise, the greedy scum continue to support them.

[RobHawk]

3 hours ago, ozleicester said:

There are those on this site that support the corrupt Tories no matter what, they then deny the pointless and proven failed Tory tools are being used, even when their incompetent leader says she is using them.

The British prime minister, Liz Truss, spoke last week to the UN general assembly of the glories of trickle-down economics, and told reporters that “lower taxes lead to economic growth, there is no doubt in my mind about that”.

The current government have possibly done more damage to human beings than even the witch that was Thatcher.... and still, as long as they got a pay rise, the greedy scum continue to support them.

Those same people were probably also the ones petrified of Corbyn and the damage he would do with all the spending he had planned. 

 

I wasn't a Corbyn fan but at least he wanted to spend the money on something to try and help the country be stronger and not just a tax cut for the richest in society. 

 

The current government are an abomination and anyone who would still vote for them should be deported to Rwanda because that's the level this country is going too under them. 

[Dahnsouff]

35 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

Those same people were probably also the ones petrified of Corbyn and the damage he would do with all the spending he had planned. 

 

I wasn't a Corbyn fan but at least he wanted to spend the money on something to try and help the country be stronger and not just a tax cut for the richest in society. 

 

The current government are an abomination and anyone who would still vote for them should be deported to Rwanda because that's the level this country is going too under them. 

Not saying you are wrong, but you are going into the land of hyperbole and point scoring here. The situation is somewhat different now what with covid, fuel crisis' and war in Ukraine

 

As pointed out yesterday, the Labour party or any party would have pushed through the same cuts and spending - the way it was delivered, especially without an OBR report was totally shocking though

 

Not justifying the Tories, they are done, but we should keep the blame game in the realm of the factual

[weller54]

Who goes first..

Truss or Rodgers?

[Fazzer 7]

Just now, weller54 said:

Who goes first..

Truss or Rodgers?

Lose to Forest Rodgers goes first. That’s where my money goes. 

[marbles]

1 minute ago, weller54 said:

Who goes first..

Truss or Rodgers?

Truss, cause Rodgers ain’t going anywhere!

   

 

[gerblod]

4 hours ago, ozleicester said:

There are those on this site that support the corrupt Tories no matter what, they then deny the pointless and proven failed Tory tools are being used, even when their incompetent leader says she is using them.

The British prime minister, Liz Truss, spoke last week to the UN general assembly of the glories of trickle-down economics, and told reporters that “lower taxes lead to economic growth, there is no doubt in my mind about that”.

The current government have possibly done more damage to human beings than even the witch that was Thatcher.... and still, as long as they got a pay rise, the greedy scum continue to support them.

[skinnydipper]

23 minutes ago, weller54 said:

Who goes first..

Truss or Rodgers?

With each of their “talent” being better deployed elsewhere it’ll be a job swap to save club and country. Good times ! 

[Fox in the North]

 

[bovril]

I envy people who are still concerned with Labour's record when last in power as they clearly haven't had as rough a time of it over the last ten years as most

[CosbehFox]

11 hours ago, Fazzer 7 said:

Euro centre right = British lefty 😂

Describe a British lefty

 

Worth mentioning the following:-

- CDU and von der Leyen - close links with Saudi Arabia / the party was against same-sex marriage

- Barnier in his recent French presidency bid wanted a 3 to 5 year stoppage on immigration to the EU

- Juncker whilst a politician in Luxembourg encouraged the country as a tax haven/break. Evidence was provided to the EU where he was the block to introducing tax laws. 

- Tusk as Polish PM saw over an economic austerity campaign and showed support for Orban. 

 

A British leftie wouldn't support any of that 

Edited 29 September 2022 by CosbehFox

[bovril]

Listening to some of her interview this morning is painful. She was obviously not cut out for this. My feelings towards her now are similar to how I feel towards Harry Maguire, from dislike to pity.