The Political Thread

[Old Tankie]

Well he did set fire to a set of curtains during the Scottish Politician of the Year ceremony in 2004.  Who'd have thought he'd have done that.  Wonder if his middle name's Guy.

[Something Fishy]

I know, it's almost as if he doesn't care how things look in the scandal sheets. It's not terribly likely that Watson is going to go around burning down schools, is it? Maybe Corbyn selected him because he thought he'd do a good job, who knows - it's a novel idea, certainly.

spot on. the right wing media have written their filth and already put their message in the minds of those who vote that way anyway (the bulk of them who read that press being elderly and very set in their views now).

So Corbyn can just get on with opposing and formulating policy whilst directly engaging the electorate now and who knows what might happen.

[Jim_Campbell]

Cameron appointed a man who lied about his academic qualifications and is happy to be described as a Capt in the Scots Guard when he left the service as a 1st Lt as employment secretary. Not to mention Grant Schapps' lying about using a different name to operate his dodgy Internet "consultancy" business whilst in Parliament, and using Tory party funds to browbeat a constituent into reiterating that lie. Before we get anywhere near the seemingly endless parade of racists and homophobes that keep crawling out of UKIP's ranks that are hand waved away as 'bad apples' when it's abundantly clear that it's the fucking barrel that's rotten.

[Professor Bear]

The media have pretty much made Corbyn bulletproof.  If he appointed a convicted nonce* as education secretary, most people would probably open with "well, he still can't be worse than Gove."



* Although this would imply that Labour MPs could actually get convicted as nonces.

[Ancient Otter]

Is it really possible to be left and right wing at the same time?

Someone told me once that supporters of the political philosopher Hegel split into two opposing groups. Young Hegelians (or Left Regelians) and Right Hegelians. These two groups are supposedly where the term Left Wing and Right Wing come from. If the two groups of his supporters had such opposing ideas, would Hegel have entertained both left and right ideas? *

*Or I am just talking rubbish?

[Molch-R]

These two groups are supposedly where the term Left Wing and Right Wing come from.

Totes going to butt in here and mention that "left wing" and "right wing" come from the French Revolution, and referred to where politicians sat in the French Parliament. Those who sat to the right broadly supported the old monarchist Ancien Régime, those on the left tended towards more radical points of view.

/historygeek

[Ancient Otter]

That's why I come to these boards -to be correctly informed..  Thanks Molch-r!

[Jim_Campbell]

Totes going to butt in here and mention that "left wing" and "right wing" come from the French Revolution, and referred to where politicians sat in the French Parliament. Those who sat to the right broadly supported the old monarchist Ancien Régime, those on the left tended towards more radical points of view.

/historygeek

This is the internet — there's no place here for you and your so-called-facts!

Cheers

Jim

[CrazyFoxMachine]

This is the internet — there's no place here for you and your so-called-facts!

"What we demand is a total absence of solid facts!"

[CrazyFoxMachine]

....a leader could do much worse things with a pig...




Black Mirror promo 2011

[sheridan]

....a leader could do much worse things with a pig...

Black Mirror promo 2011

Charlie Brooker?  Who did some early work for Oink! from IPC Magazines?

[Steve Green]

Surely that's Cameron done?

[Richmond Clements]

Surely that's Cameron done?

You'd hope so - but as the BBC aren't even reporting it at the moment...

[Richmond Clements]

Corbyn appoints convicted arsonist as education spokesman.  This is getting better and better.

Better or worse than having sex with a dead pig?

[Jim_Campbell]

Better or worse than having sex with a dead pig?

I would have thought the cannabis and cocaine allegations are at least as damaging politically as sticking your cock into a dead pig's mouth.

Cheers

Jim