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So professional race baiter politician David Lammy has been receiving racist letters, the most recent specifically references Ann Widdecombe whom he is currently in an online feud with. Good ammo to have a go at her alright!
...except the thing is there is a slight whiff of Jussie Smollett about this as online folk start doing some amatuer handwriting analysis.
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@Bones Yeah fair enough, thing is it doesn't seem to be without merit and some of the garbage this guy puts out along with the explosion of hate crime hoaxes recently it certainly asks for some scrutiny.
I'm looking at it this way, if I were kinda stupid or drunk, genuinely believed the means justifying the ends and I wanted to write a fake note that didn't look like my handwriting but still looked real, the easiest thing to do would be to write it all in caps.
Anyway hopefully there will be enough traction that some of his actual handwriting finds its way to the Met for investigation. By god it would be hilarious if it did get found out.
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@MajorRage said in British Politics:
The one horse race has concluded.
Boris.
Right, do something you oaf.
Beautifully summed up, my thoughts exactly!
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I'm glad I'll be back in Godzone before October. Watching the next round of comedy from afar as Boris tries to make good on his promise to crash out with no deal while parliament stops him.
He dreams that he can make a silk purse out of the sow's ear of a deal May negotiated but he is going to have to roll that turd in glitter and sell it as a gold bottle of snake oil. -
Actually, on the comedy factor Boris waving around a kipper the other day was a great trailer for the episodes to come.
An Isle of Man kipper upheld as an example of the 'crazy regulations' enforced by Eurocrats when not only did he fail to recognise that the IOM is not in the EU (or even the EEA) but that the regulations he was complaining about were enacted by the UK and outside of the scope of EU food safety. Couldn't even fact check a fish. -
@Crucial said in British Politics:
Actually, on the comedy factor Boris waving around a kipper the other day was a great trailer for the episodes to come.
An Isle of Man kipper upheld as an example of the 'crazy regulations' enforced by Eurocrats when not only did he fail to recognise that the IOM is not in the EU (or even the EEA) but that the regulations he was complaining about were enacted by the UK and outside of the scope of EU food safety. Couldn't even fact check a fish.Not the first time for Boris but he manages to bluster his way past such inaccuracies and of course the lies he's peddled in the past.
Fuck knows hw we've ended up with him as PM
Actually, it is no real surprise considering the continued disregard for the UK electorate from the last few incumbents in power.
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@Catogrande said in British Politics:
@Crucial said in British Politics:
Actually, on the comedy factor Boris waving around a kipper the other day was a great trailer for the episodes to come.
An Isle of Man kipper upheld as an example of the 'crazy regulations' enforced by Eurocrats when not only did he fail to recognise that the IOM is not in the EU (or even the EEA) but that the regulations he was complaining about were enacted by the UK and outside of the scope of EU food safety. Couldn't even fact check a fish.Not the first time for Boris but he manages to bluster his way past such inaccuracies and of course the lies he's peddled in the past.
Fuck knows hw we've ended up with him as PM
Actually, it is no real surprise considering the continued disregard for the UK electorate from the last few incumbents in power.
Reaping what you sow for sure but what amazes me is that it is the 'ruling class' that has created this clusterfuck and the epitome (well maybe not quite at JRMs level) of the ruling class that is going to apparently sort it out.
You couldn't make this shit up.
If there was any sort of credible opposition (ie if Labour hadn't been taken over by incompetent loons as well) there would be a massive public cry for an election.Instead everyone is going "oh shit! but at least he isn't Corbyn"
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@Crucial said in British Politics:
Watching the next round of comedy from afar as Boris tries to make good on his promise to crash out with no deal while parliament stops him.
Not too sure where you got that from. He's actually said the chances of leaving without a deal are "a million to one against" and "vanishingly small"
There's a Brexit supporting PM now instead of a Remain-supporting one so the Brexit brigade have no-one to blame if things go wrong.
Should be fun...
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@Catogrande said in British Politics:
Actually, it is no real surprise considering the continued disregard for the UK electorate from the last few incumbents in power.
Not to mention 40-50% of MP's
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@Victor-Meldrew said in British Politics:
@Crucial said in British Politics:
Watching the next round of comedy from afar as Boris tries to make good on his promise to crash out with no deal while parliament stops him.
Not too sure where you got that from. He's actually said the chances of leaving without a deal are "a million to one against" and "vanishingly small"
There's a Brexit supporting PM now instead of a Remain-supporting one so the Brexit brigade have no-one to blame if things go wrong.
Should be fun...
You do realize that his options are either the deal he doesn’t like or no deal?
Europe has already reiterated that there is no renegotiation.
Of course that is a stance and they will probably make little postponements to create an appearance for Boris if success but I can’t see them moving on the one big issue that everyone ignored for ages and that’s Northern Ireland.
I guess we will see what his magic wand can do but he is promising to crash out if he can’t reach a deal. He’s just also saying he thinks there’s no way there won’t be a new del (at odds to those he is negotiating with) -
@Crucial said in British Politics:
Europe has already reiterated that there is no renegotiation.
The EU always say that* - they said it about May's Chequers plan, The Nov 2018 Deal & the May 2019 Deal. They are already starting to move:
"EU countries are secretly wooing Boris Johnson in a bid to thrash out a new Brexit plan that would avoid a no-deal disaster as he prepares to take over as prime minister this week. .... German and French figures, as well as the Dutch and Belgian governments, have also established contacts with Johnson’s team and signalled an intention to do a deal."
BoJo supported May's plan in the end so there isn't that much compromise needed to placate the hardline Brexit brigade. Whether Remainer MPs will accept a deal - any deal - is another matter.
*I still chuckle at Juncker, Tusk, Merkel, Macron & co lambasting Trump and vehemently refusing to negotiate a FTA. Within 48 hrs of Trump announcing plans to raise US tariffs on cars to EU levels unless a deal was negotiated, Juncker and co. were on a plane to Washington to start talks...
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@MajorRage said in British Politics:
I actually have huge optimism.
Funnily enough, Mrs Meldrew (pretty apolitical) made a similar point. She found it refreshing to have a PM who actually spoke in a positive, optimistic way.
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Very early days but I'm in the same boat.
Yeah he is goofy as hell but at least he's kinda funny..May was just well horrendous. Having someone pro-Brexit dealing with Brexit is a step in the right direction for democracy, he absolutely must deliver on the 31st Oct. Trump seems to be a fan, hope they get chatting soon, would be great to go to a round of EU negotiations with a handy US offer in the back pocket. -
I remember all the lefties throwing a similar fit when he became mayor of London. They were wrong then, and they are wrong now.
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