The Politics Thread

I love the sound of a dictatorship in the morning.

 

At least we're guaranteed that Trump won't be tweeting about the World Cup, as the USofA and North Korea failed to qualify so most of his material won't work, he won't be tweeting about Russia's matches as he won't want people linking him with Putin, and if he tweets about Iran's matches but not Saudi Arabia's people will call him on that as well.

On the subject of things that The Grand Calamari hasn't tweeted about...

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I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

Smells like ... the stuff Trump puts on his hair
to stop even a mild breeze scattering it to the
four corners.

 

Given how Trump-hating California is,
it would be no surprise to learn that he
started the fires himself.

 

Go for it Ivana!

 

Oh great, another international incident waiting to happen...

 

Just so we're clear, Twitter's rules allow Trump to threaten global nuclear war with impunity, but Rose McGowan saying bad (and verified) things about Harvey Weinstein get her account suspended.

Can't wait to see Trumpists try and spin this one...

 

What again?
She's too old for all that now.

 

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"Hello, is that Sky?
It's Theresa May.
I'd like to cancel my subscription but still receive all the channels.
The ball's in your court."

 

Jeremy Hunt is considering barring walk-in patients from A&E departments. Think about that.

I'd really like it if the blame for this **** wasn't all being firmly loaded onto his shoulders, though.
Don't get me wrong, he's clearly an utter ****house, but he's there because he's doing what his party wants him to do.
This isn't a failure of one man. This is what the Tories want to happen to our health system.

 

The fact he somehow survived the NHS hack even though the sheer volume of gross incompetence that allowed it to happen fell squarely onto his shoulders from a great height says one of two things about Jeremy ...Hunt
i.) He's being kept in the inner circle because he's tight with Murdoch (to the point he colluded with James Murdoch in order to give Uncle Rupert every dirty advantage possible for Sky's takeover of BSkyB)
ii.) He's got a remarkable amount of dirt on somebody, so it's best to keep him around in case he gets the urge to say where the bodies are buried - which is both a metaphor and an accurate summary of his time as Health Minister

 

Tory policy for all public services, isn't it?
Which public services are fit for purpose any more?
When the sick can't get treated, when the police won't investigate most crimes, when local authorities won't empty bins, fix roads etc etc, you could be forgiven for thinking you were living in a third world country or that civilisation had broken down.
Even some hardcore Tory voters are going to so adversely affected by these policies too that they question the policy.

 

Nope. Austerity and Brexit. Blame the EU. Corbyn did it. Somehow.

 

Or perhaps like me, the reality is more like :

Is that Sky broadband.
It's the RDBD.

WTF, after you acquired my previous ISP, am I paying
20% more for my ADSL with no increase in service
performance !!??

We charge that, because you are not taking either of
our telephony or TV services.

WTF am I being ponced off for a surcharge, when my
previous ISP was providing INTERNET ONLY !!??

[ NOTE : I am assuming sufficient intelligence in the
reader to be able to substitute "surcharge" with
"EU divorce settlement" etc ]

 

I'd like to cancel my contract and move to one of your competitors. What? You'd like to offer me how much off my previous deal?

 

Who's worse: Trump or May?
One's a batshit lunatic that's compromised by a hostile foreign power, but the other's got no excuse.
Is a traitorous fruitcake more of a failure than someone that is actually trying to do their job properly and still ****ing it up?

 

"I will tell you I left Texas and I left Florida and and I left Louisiana and I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the Virgin Islands." - Donald Trump.
You met the President of the Virgin Islands, Don? Really? That's you.

 

Says a hell of a lot that the Torygraph can admit the Dire Leader got shown up as a clueless wimp during PMQs, yet Kuntessberg can't...

 

Sorry mate, you lost me here.......

 

So, Dumpf, you want to end the Iran nuclear deal, do you? Contrary to the observers stating that Iran is keeping strictly to the terms of the deal?

Well you can't you twat - it's a MULTI-LATERAL AGREEMENT signed with the UK, France, Germany, China & Russia!

Stop ****ing sabre-rattling and destabilising the planet and start actually trying to do some good. Like perhaps looking after your citizens in Puerto Rico and California for a start!