The I cant believe it’s not politics thread.

[Vacamion]

4 minutes ago, bovril said:

Highly debatable. She was a disaster. 

 

With respect, I disagree, but I don't think the forum wants us discussing German politics on top of all the other pain it will have to endure this evening, so I'll leave it there. 

 

 

[bovril]

Just now, Vacamion said:

 

With respect, I disagree, but I don't think the forum wants us discussing German politics on top of all the other pain it will have to endure this evening, so I'll leave it there. 

 

 

One thing I will say is that even Germany is worried about keeping the lights on this winter - partially because of Merkel's policies - which makes our totally unserious and vacuous politicians even more infuriating. Clown country. 

[bovril]

Totally unserious politicians making speeches for social media likes and an electorate that is either clueless, old and selfish, or young and apathetic. We're ****ed. 

[Izzy]

1 hour ago, Vacamion said:

 

Angela Merkel was widely regarded as unshowy, and at best, a merely competent speechmaker and debater, but she combined this lack of the spectacular with dour competence and endurance, and as a result she didn't balls up the job and she lasted and lasted and left the joint in better condition than she found it.

 

I think most of the UK would like politics here to revert to being quite boring again.

 

[Vacamion]

1 minute ago, Izzy said:

 

May's conference speech when she had a cough and the sign fell to bits.

 

Good times.

 

 

[bovril]

3 minutes ago, Izzy said:

golden ****ing days

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, Vacamion said:

 

May's conference speech when she had a cough and the sign fell to bits.

 

Good times.

 

 

I know I'll get shot down here but if there's no GE for the next 2 years and we must continue with a conservative government, I'd rather have Teresa May back than any of the other idiots tbh.

[Brizzle Fox]

38 minutes ago, kenny said:

Unless they don't trust the membership and have already decided who they want.

 

I also can't see anything except a postal ballott working and that won't be sorted by the end of the month.

This. They won't let it go to the membership this time.

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, Vacamion said:

 

Angela Merkel was widely regarded as unshowy, and at best, a merely competent speechmaker and debater, but she combined this lack of the spectacular with dour competence and endurance, and as a result she didn't balls up the job and she lasted and lasted and left the joint in better condition than she found it.

 

I think most of the UK would like politics here to revert to being quite boring again.

 

 

They’re an interesting perspective on The Rest Is Politics, where they talk about imposter syndrome and that Merkel had it…and that Truss clearly didn’t. All about how it plays in to how you listen to others and take on board opinions…something Truss was completely incapable of. 

[Brizzle Fox]

37 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

In my view any Tory MP who backs Johnson or as a voter wants him back is morally bankrupt.

It cannot be understated just how despised he is amongst the Tory MPs. He wins and you'll have resignations forcing by elections and others walking across to the Labour benches. 

Edited 20 October 2022 by Brizzle Fox
Of course he won't win for the exact reasons given above

[Fazzer 7]

Farage declares the Tories dead ducks. 
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFh1uQ4T/

[Daggers]

8 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I know I'll get shot down here but if there's no GE for the next 2 years and we must continue with a conservative government, I'd rather have Teresa May back than any of the other idiots tbh.

Part of me wants another complete disaster like the last two to get the job to ensure a Labour win - but the parent in me wants someone like May to instil common sense and moderation for the sake of my kids. I’m conflicted. 

[Foxdiamond]

6 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Part of me wants another complete disaster like the last two to get the job to ensure a Labour win - but the parent in me wants someone like May to instil common sense and moderation for the sake of my kids. I’m conflicted. 

May looks like a paragon of virtue compared to Johnson and Truss

[Wymsey]

19 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I know I'll get shot down here but if there's no GE for the next 2 years and we must continue with a conservative government, I'd rather have Teresa May back than any of the other idiots tbh.

Agreed.

At least May was logical in her approach.

[Daggers]

3 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Agreed.

At least May was logical in her approach.

One word: integrity. While I hold no truck with some of her opinions and voting, none of the recent shenanigans would have taken place under her watch.  

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, Fazzer 7 said:

Johnson must be defeated. It would spell the end of the party. The man is loathed by most of the country, isn’t he. 

JOHNSON IN

[Daggers]

43 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

JOHNSON IN

Which also happens to be what I scream when initiating sex. True fact. 

[urban.spaceman]

1 minute ago, Daggers said:

Which also happens to be what I scream when initiating sex. True fact. 

Had to double check you weren't @Jattdogg

[urban.spaceman]

[Daggers]

11 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Had to double check you weren't @Jattdogg

I said initiating sex not reaching for the KY and Kleenex

[Patrick]

Loughborough's useless MP has actually expressed a political opinion of her own for the first time in her career, just a shame it's this.

 

[urban.spaceman]

2 hours ago, Fazzer 7 said:

Farage declares the Tories dead ducks. 
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFh1uQ4T/

Stop listening to Farage. He has zero credibility and never did.

[urban.spaceman]

[urban.spaceman]

"Evil Jarvis Cocker"

 

 

 

[Foxdiamond]

46 minutes ago, Patrick said:

Loughborough's useless MP has actually expressed a political opinion of her own for the first time in her career, just a shame it's this.

 

Has she spelt her last name correctly?