Random Daily Banter

[briantrumpet]

Winter Olympic highlight. Not going to beat this one – an athlete just having the best time.

https://bsky.app/profile/dougsloane.bsky.social/post/3mejigfe4ek2y

 

[briantrumpet]

John Major with Giles Brandreth... only just started, but Major still comes across as a thoroughly likable chap from very humble beginnings.

 

[briantrumpet]

John Major with Giles Brandreth... only just started, but Major still comes across as a thoroughly likable chap from very humble beginnings.

Just finished watching that. Major is a remarkable person. I genuinely don't know where I'd place him on today's political spectrum.

 

[C R]

Just finished watching that. Major is a remarkable person. I genuinely don't know where I'd place him on today's political spectrum.

Far left, going by the current press classifications.

 

[BoldonLad]

Just finished watching that. Major is a remarkable person. I genuinely don't know where I'd place him on today's political spectrum.

Not as "Working Class" as Starmer (according to Starmer) 😂

 

[briantrumpet]

Not sure if this creative use of Starmer's hair is deliberate or not...

 

[Ian H]

Not as "Working Class" as Starmer (according to Starmer) 😂

His amusing circumlocutions were regarded as an attempt to sound edjicated.

 

[Beebo]

Just finished watching that. Major is a remarkable person. I genuinely don't know where I'd place him on today's political spectrum.

There isn’t a place for him anymore.
But that goes for millions of sane one nation conservative voters who would happily lend their vote to a modern day Major.
Why is no one filling the boring centre right of UK politics?

 

[briantrumpet]

Splendid. Better than bloody politics.

 

[Rusty Nails]

There isn’t a place for him anymore.
But that goes for millions of sane one nation conservative voters who would happily lend their vote to a modern day Major.
Why is no one filling the boring centre right of UK politics?

Starmer has that one covered.

 

[icowden]

Starmer has that one covered.

He doesn't though. That's been occupied by the Lib Dems and the Greens. Starmer can't decide which vote he wants outside the Labour die hards. It appears to be the hard right that he's after.

 

[Rusty Nails]

He doesn't though. That's been occupied by the Lib Dems and the Greens. Starmer can't decide which vote he wants outside the Labour die hards. It appears to be the hard right that he's after.

You can argue about that, but you can't argue about the "boring" bit.

 

[First Aspect]

Far left, going by the current press classifications.

I was going to say Labour. The Tories would have withdrawn the whip because he is too sensible.

 

[icowden]

You can argue about that, but you can't argue about the "boring" bit.

I don't have a problem with boring. Major was boring. He didn't crash the economy and everything was pretty much OK.

 

[briantrumpet]

Now I'm hungry. If this doesn't make you smile too, you're not human.

https://bsky.app/profile/wafflecut.bsky.social/post/3mely56thlc23