UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[Anonymous X]

Nigel Farage, reporting for duty.

Link

Him and his shitty little far-right party get so much media attention, particularly from the BBC, when they have a few local councillors and no MPs. OTOH, the media’s election coverage barely registers the LibDems and Greens, who have a lot more elected representatives each. Farage and his knuckledraggers would lose all their reach if the media just deplatformed and ignored them. But they won’t, because it’s obvious much of the media are sympathetic to his cause.

(FWIW, Farage claimed the other week he wouldn’t seek election this time as he was going to be “busy” helping Trump’s re-election campaign in the States…)

 

[MrBlud]

Speaking of!

I was quite pleased to hear someone pelted him in the face with a milkshake today.

 

[Anonymous X]

Rishi Sunak issues apology for returning from D-Day ceremony early

The prime minister gave a speech in Normandy on Thursday morning but did not appear at the main ceremony which 24 other world leaders attended.

news.sky.com

Idiot Sunak put his foot in it, leaving the D-Day commemorations in France early for a television interview in the UK. That isn’t going down well with target Tory voters, as you can imagine.

 

[Anonymous X]

Reform UK candidate apologises over Hitler neutrality comments

Ian Gribbin says his grandparents were "Russian Jews fleeing persecution" and his comments were taken out of context.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Reform party is OK with one of their candidates saying Britain should’ve appeased Hitler. Great.

 

[Teufel]

Man, ditching a D-Day ceremony for some lame TV interview. Awful on the merits AND just the blatant political malpractice. With all the prime ministers the Tories have had lately you think they'd have accidentally stumbled across one with half a brain just by law of averages if nothing else.

 

[Anonymous X]

Man, ditching a D-Day ceremony for some lame TV interview. Awful on the merits AND just the blatant political malpractice. With all the prime ministers the Tories have had lately you think they'd have accidentally stumbled across one with half a brain just by law of averages if nothing else.

I think the main issue is that they purged loads of their Remain-ish MPs prior to and during the 2019 election, and they’re left with a load of crazies and also-rans who’d otherwise be at best junior ministers. That and the usual fatigue and churn from 14 years in power.

(Tory adverts seem to have moved to “don’t give Labour a huge majority” as it’s main message, so they know they’re toast come 4th July.)

 

[Anonymous X]

I see a pattern emerging.

 

[KidTDragon]

I was about to Google why there's a neighborhood in England named "Hitler row" before I released it's the "row" that rhymes with "cow", not "crow".

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I was about to Google why there's a neighborhood in England named "Hitler row" before I released it's the "row" that rhymes with "cow", not "crow".

Were you referring to this "Hitler Row"?

I'm ashamed and shocked that stereotypical nutjobs like that can be seen in public, yet alone run for election.

Then again...

 

[Anonymous X]

Some of the recent electoral forecasts from opinion polling companies are wild. Few months ago I still assumed that the Tories would be in power for another decade…

 

[abates]

Amazing how the publicity for Boris Johnson's memoirs makes him look like a lurking serial killer.

 

[MrBlud]

 

[wonko the sane?]

Amazing how the publicity for Boris Johnson's memoirs makes him look like a lurking serial killer.

I've never seen a flattering picture, clip, soundbyte or description of the man. Assuming it is a man.

 

[Teufel]

I've never seen a flattering picture, clip, soundbyte or description of the man. Assuming it is a man.

 

[wonko the sane?]

British Diogenes holding up a shaved pig: BEHOLD! A boris johnson!

 

[Tuxedo Prime]

I've never seen a flattering picture, clip, soundbyte or description of the man. Assuming it is a man.

Sentient custard, perhaps?

Of course I'm the one who would refer to "David Cameron (who is not the Master)", so....

 

[Pocket]

Is there a reason Northern Ireland is missing from that map? Do they not get to vote in this election?

 

[Anonymous X]

Is there a reason Northern Ireland is missing from that map? Do they not get to vote in this election?

Northern Ireland is voting too. However, they have different political parties to the rest of the UK, and those parties don’t join the British government. That’s the most likely reason why they were left out of the map.

 

[Anonymous X]

Nigel Farage claims Russia was provoked into Ukraine war

Farage, who has long been accused of being a Putin apologist, tells BBC Moscow was given excuse by EU and Nato eastern expansion

www.theguardian.com

Farage’s party is estimated by some polls to come second in the election next month, and he’s so blatantly a Russian asset.

 

[Paladin]

"Pick a fight with DAVID TENNANT" doesn't exactly seem like a winning strategy...

Sunak hits out at Doctor Who star Tennant over criticism of equalities minister

The Prime Minister spoke out after David Tennant criticised Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch.

www.shropshirestar.com