Election Year or Fear!

[ramAnag]

Starmer beware....in 1672 those civilised folk in Den Haag overthrew the government and ate the prime minister (allegedly). Rib of toolmaker, anyone?

Nice place Den Haag. Had a very pleasant meal there some years ago. Didn’t seem to include a piece of grilled PM.

Agree with RS. Bored with the whole thing and sick of the media circus and other party leaders climbing on the self serving bandwagon.
Tbf Johnson and Truss had to go on the basis of gross dishonesty and complete incompetence/insanity respectively, but the other three -since Cameron - have, to an extent, just become ‘fall guys’.
Starmer has had a mixed performance but he has, imo, handled the ‘U.S. lunatic’ well and that seems rather more important.

I think TTR predicted Starmer’s demise in May 2025, Sith…and that was about his fifth attempt.

[Andy_Faber]

It's amazing, when you aren't embroiled in the media soap opera, how stupid this stuff sounds. Starmer has, rightly IMO, said "no" to the US lunatic, 1 of his members is a classic terrible human being, but if procedures work then he should never had gotten through the process to be appointed in the position, and the Labour party has decided to increase tax on the poor. If you don't like it, vote for another party. But calling / pressurising the bloke to resign, all just childish nonsense, but it happens to every PM.

I think there should be a dedicated TV channel, 'BBC Westminster B0ll0cks' or somehing similar

[Ramshank72]

I think there should be a dedicated TV channel, 'BBC Westminster B0ll0cks' or somehing similar

That made me laugh

[Geoff Parkstone]

I think there should be a dedicated TV channel, 'BBC Westminster B0ll0cks' or somehing similar

They would be charged with plagiarism of this thread which is in effect Westminster *******s and Washington *******s merged

[SithHappens]

I see Erika Kirk saying how safe the US under Trump is compared with Europe

https://x.com/GlobalUpdates24/status/2045886365074866237

I mean, has she lost her mind? Can she not remember what happened to her husband?

[Trickytreesreds]

Nice place Den Haag. Had a very pleasant meal there some years ago. Didn’t seem to include a piece of grilled PM.

Agree with RS. Bored with the whole thing and sick of the media circus and other party leaders climbing on the self serving bandwagon.
Tbf Johnson and Truss had to go on the basis of gross dishonesty and complete incompetence/insanity respectively, but the other three -since Cameron - have, to an extent, just become ‘fall guys’.
Starmer has had a mixed performance but he has, imo, handled the ‘U.S. lunatic’ well and that seems rather more important.

I think TTR predicted Starmer’s demise in May 2025, Sith…and that was about his fifth attempt.

I gave him a year.
He’s exceeded it, and dragged the country into the gutter.
He’d have gone had not the ginger Basic instinct decided the uk property tax laws didn’t apply to her.
Had he an ounce of decency, he’d have gone by resigning over his pathetic failures and judgment
Please don’t give me a defence over standing up to Trump either, he didn’t. Trump ignored him and ridiculed him. Folks also mistook, his lack of action, dawdling, indecision to decide wtf his policy was as standing up to Trump.
In the end he ran with it and like many things since, he’s claimed it as master stroke of his own design.
Mans a buffoon and as has been mentioned, Truss and Boris had to go for their failures. Cameron even had the decency to resign after his skullduggery over Brexit and backing the wrong horse.
This clown will be dragged out in a straight jacket in May. Because you are about to witness a thrashing along the lines of the ANGLO ZANZIBAR WAR which lasted 38 minutes.
Awful PM who has lied and twisted everything he promised pre election

[Andy_Faber]

I see Erika Kirk saying how safe the US under Trump is compared with Europe

https://x.com/GlobalUpdates24/status/2045886365074866237

I mean, has she lost her mind? Can she not remember what happened to her husband?

What parts of USA do you consider unsafe Sith?

[ramAnag]

What parts of USA do you consider unsafe Sith?

Maybe the sites of the 21 school shootings so far this year (still April) or the 79 last year?

[SithHappens]

What parts of USA do you consider unsafe Sith?

The ones where trumps ICE agents gun down innocent people for fun?

[Andy_Faber]

The ones where trumps ICE agents gun down innocent people for fun?

I can?t find any evidence of that

[ramAnag]

The ones where trumps ICE agents gun down innocent people for fun?

…or maybe the White House last night.

[MadAmster]

I can?t find any evidence of that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shootings_by_U.S._immigration_agents_in_the_second_Trump_administration

[ramAnag]

I can?t find any evidence of that

On a personal criticism level, Andy, you have a track record of being unable to ‘find evidence’ to support views that don’t support your preferred narrative.

On a non personal level, you - like me - visit the USA as a tourist and we (largely) visit pleasant and safe places.
Nevertheless, on visits to New York, Washington, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix, Yuma and a variety of Florida destinations I have always found it wise to follow local advice on areas to avoid. The same is true in many UK cities. The difference is the number of guns in circulation.

[SithHappens]

?or maybe the White House last night.

True and Erika didnt look like she felt safe.

Strange how the first person they dragged to safety was vance, before Trump.

I just can't get my head around someone suggesting the US was unsafe under Biden but now some sort of utopia under Trump when her husband was murdered in broad daylight only a few months ago

[MadAmster]

So, the WWE orchestrates mayhem at the White House. How did anyone manage to smuggle a rifle in there?

This was as staged as any WWE show. As, IMO, was the outdooe one a few months back when his ear was "hit". Look today and there's no scar where the "wound" was. The ear is cartilege and would show signs of recovery. His doesn't. His ratings are through the floor and this is his way of improving them, IMO.