Starmer's vision quest

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2028370436040306887

 

[CXRAndy]

Jenrick outed Reeves and her bestie Islamic pal

the Labour Party has suspended Arshad Khatana

Reeves denies ever knowing him

 

[PurplePenguin]

Point of order. The US is responsible for the deaths of a very large number of Arab people, so the Arab killer epithet is aposite. However, most Iranians are not Arab, so in this case it doesn't apply. No complaints about the rest of the post.

I assumed Arab killer referred to Netanyahu, and whilst it is true that he manages to kill indiscriminately, it feels like a reasonable summary of the man's character.

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2028249098399224118

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2028371099260445075

 

[icowden]

However, with what we have seen of him over the weekend, I think it’s time to speak up.
How can he go from saying that what the tangerine racist and Arab killer were doing was “Against International Law,” one day, to allowing them to use UK bases to attack Iranian military targets, the next?

My guess would be that his initial position would be to deny the USA, but following discussion with the armed forces, there is a good strategic reason to permit the Yanks to use our bases - he may have been persuaded that we would be better off at this stage to work with them than against.

I'm not sure it will have been such an easy decision as is being portrayed. Again - he seems to have been caught out saying something from principle with no benefit of intelligence, and then had to U-turn based on the actual ingelligence provided.

 

[icowden]

Side note: I wouldn't like to be attending any world cup matches in the USA. They would now seem to be a prime target for terrorist attacks from jihadists - or if Trump's attending, assassinations also. Possibly indiscriminate.

 

[BoldonLad]

Side note: I wouldn't like to be attending any world cup matches in the USA. They would now seem to be a prime target for terrorist attacks from jihadists - or if Trump's attending, assassinations also. Possibly indiscriminate.

like Blair/Bush, Trump (possibly aided by Starmer) has just made the world a more dangerous place for all of us. IMHO

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Point of order. The US is responsible for the deaths of a very large number of Arab people, so the Arab killer epithet is aposite. However, most Iranians are not Arab, so in this case it doesn't apply. No complaints about the rest of the post.

I was referring to Israel’s recent track record in Gaza.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I assumed Arab killer referred to Netanyahu, and whilst it is true that he manages to kill indiscriminately, it feels like a reasonable summary of the man's character.

Correct.

 

[Pblakeney]

Side note: I wouldn't like to be attending any world cup matches in the USA. They would now seem to be a prime target for terrorist attacks from jihadists - or if Trump's attending, assassinations also. Possibly indiscriminate.

That's just topped an existing very long list of reasons.

 

[briantrumpet]

That's just topped an existing very long list of reasons.

Would thinking that football is a silly game played by over-paid prima donnas be on the list? Asking for a friend...

 

[Rusty Nails]

Would thinking that football is a silly game played by over-paid prima donnas be on the list? Asking for a friend...

Quite seriously football is probably the finest team game of all. Very skilled and with basically fairly simple rules requiring many skills, especially at representatative level. The fact that it is the most widely played and popular game in the world attracts the money it does and that encourages the prima donnas, but that is human nature and not the game itself.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Quite seriously football is probably the finest team game of all. Very skilled and with basically fairly simple rules requiring many skills, especially at representatative level. The fact that it is the most widely played and popular game in the world attracts the money it does and that encourages the prima donnas, but that is human nature and not the game itself.

Totally disagree with your first sentence, but its comparative simplicity is what makes it attractive and easy to play. I agree with the rest of your post though.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Totally disagree with your first sentence, but its comparative simplicity is what makes it attractive and easy to play. I agree with the rest of your post though.

I agree "finest' is subjective and some people might even say that bowls or polo or, unbelievably, American Football are the finest games. There is literally no accounting for taste.