Politics

[BobyBrno]

19 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Starmer should now sue Fox News for 10 million... 

I'm sure he can find deformation somewhere and be "obligated"

It was a strange morning on the news today. Overnight briefings by No. 10 seemed to set up Streeting. He came out fighting and won imo. I’m sure all is well though. 😉

Edited November 12, 2025 by BobyBrno

[Dimron]

9 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

It was a strange morning on the news today. Overnight briefings by No. 10 seemed to set up Streeting. He came out fighting and won imo. I’m sure all is well though. 😉

Pre budget jitters... placing my Christmas booze orders at the moment as drinking at home has to be hit.

Trouble is it'll all be gone this time next month 🤪

[frank_spencer]

28 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Starmer should now sue Fox News for 10 million... 

I'm sure he can find deformation somewhere and be "obligated"

Fox always argue they're entertainment not news so don't have to stick to facts and can spout drivel under freedom of speech rules.

[Dimron]

12 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

It was a strange morning on the news today. Overnight briefings by No. 10 seemed to set up Streeting. He came out fighting and won imo. I’m sure all is well though. 😉

Pre budget jitters... placing my Christmas booze orders at the moment as drinking at home has to be hit.

Trouble is it'll all be gone this time next month 🤪

[Dimron]

5 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Fox always argue they're entertainment not news so don't have to stick to facts and can spout drivel under freedom of speech rules.

Fuck it... if that colonial ragamuffin wants to start slinging writs around let's join in... send him the bill for his bit of the Royal Banquet for a start.... didn't we tell him we all go equals?

Edited November 12, 2025 by Dimron

[BobyBrno]

47 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Pre budget jitters... placing my Christmas booze orders at the moment as drinking at home has to be hit.

Trouble is it'll all be gone this time next month 🤪

No one wants to talk about UK politics. It’s all about Trump. We all know why.

[Zico]

10 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

No one wants to talk about UK politics. It’s all about Trump. We all know why.

We're on page 3934 of a UK politics thread 

Trump is on page 745 and started two years earlier

[Spider]

33 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

No one wants to talk about UK politics. It’s all about Trump. We all know why.

There’s not much to talk about.

Vape shops are being raided as Farage and his mob have clamoured for and it’s not getting a mention over on GB news.

Looks like good things are just being ignored. Wonder why?

[BobyBrno]

20 minutes ago, Zico said:

We're on page 3934 of a UK politics thread 

Trump is on page 745 and started two years earlier

Is Trump only mentioned in the Trump thread? I doubt it. 

[Zico]

15 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Is Trump only mentioned in the Trump thread? I doubt it. 

probably not

UK politics makes it's way into other threads too, like Meanwhile In England

but not the football side of the forum

no politics allowed there

[BobyBrno]

Yoof! The future. 

 

[Zico]

2 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Yoof! The future. 

 

Probably just tactical 

[Dimron]

18 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Yoof! The future. 

 

Greens... oh the exuberance of yoof... I was like that once, now just bitter and twisted 😉

[bolty58]

6 hours ago, wakey said:

Exam question

You receive intelligence that a boat is suspected to be transporting illegal drugs. You have two options:

Option 1:

Intercept the boat and search for drugs, allowing you to

a) assess the accuracy of your intelligence and make adjustments / improvements as necessary

b) if drugs are found, assess and track quantities seized and interrogate culprits, potentially acquiring valuable intelligence to identify key players, routes, methods etc

Option 2:

Blow it out of the water, making a) and b) under option 1 impossible.

 

Not really sure what Trump's game is here, because it doesn't appear to be the best option to limit the flow of drugs to the US.

Maybe he's just trying to appeal to those who like to see shit blown up. Appears to be working.

It is in my case.

[bolty58]

35 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Greens... oh the stupidity of yoof... I was like that once, now just experienced 

May as well vote Monster Raving Loony Party. Equally as batshit crazy.

[kent_white]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but this story is crazy! 

[SatanGreavsie]

4 hours ago, Dimron said:

Fuck it... if that colonial ragamuffin wants to start slinging writs around let's join in... send him the bill for his bit of the Royal Banquet for a start.... didn't we tell him we all go equals?

We did - that's why he was last seen squeezing out of a ground floor bog window of the palace and then legging it up the Mall frantically phoning his Secret Service guys to pick him up in the Beast.

[athywhite1958]

Why, when politicians are found out about dong favours for donor's it is 'an  unfortunate error of judgement for which I sincerely apologise' (Starmer & Nandy) after their donor David Kogan was made chairman of the football regulator, yet when anything else surfaces it is the fault of 'the other lot'

[Cheese]

6 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

Why, when politicians are found out about dong favours for donor's it is 'an  unfortunate error of judgement for which I sincerely apologise' (Starmer & Nandy) after their donor David Kogan was made chairman of the football regulator, yet when anything else surfaces it is the fault of 'the other lot'

Rishi Sunak originally approached David Kogan to be Head of the Independant Football Regulator under the last Government...

[athywhite1958]

David Kogan is a known donor to the Labour Party, not the Conservative Party or Rishi Sunak.

didn't appoint him though, from google

[Cheese]

2 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

David Kogan is a known donor to the Labour Party, not the Conservative Party or Rishi Sunak.

didn't appoint him though, from google

Sunak asked him to take the position AFTER he'd donated 3 grand to the Labour Party, 5 years ago. Maybe he's just qualified for the job, regardless of his political leanings?

[athywhite1958]

So why are Nandy and Starmer apologising?

[Cheese]

35 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

So why are Nandy and Starmer apologising?

For a failure in the recusal process, which is why they've initiated an internal review. Have you not read the Ethics Advisers response?

Edited November 13, 2025 by Cheese

[athywhite1958]

49 minutes ago, Cheese said:

For a failure in the recusal process, which is why they've initiated an internal review. Have you not read the Ethics Advisers response?

Nope, and I have no intention of doing, what they did was wrong, they knew it was wrong but still did it.

Simple really

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, athywhite1958 said:

Nope, and I have no intention of doing, what they did was wrong, they knew it was wrong but still did it.

Simple really

And there we go. Spending your retirement watching GBNews?