A Political Thread pt. 2

[AlRums]

https://us.cnn.com/2025/01/02/politics/johnson-speakership-election-trump-certification/index.html

This could be fun, if they don't elect a speaker before Monday, they may not be able to certify the election for trump.

 

[Saintjay]

Oh to be David Lammy and Peter Mandelson. They're going to have a busy time of it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

All this Tommy Robinson **** is actually insane

 

[Saintjay]

It get's better. It's not like Elon has the ear of anyone important or he's getting upset over the upcoming online safety act where firms might get fined................

 

[ncurd]

It's mad to think people don't get charged for rape and violent crimes. It's even madder when you know one of the things Kier did as head of CPS was decrease the burden of evidence the CPS required in these instances to decide if they felt it was worth prosecuting.

 

[ncurd]

BTW social media clearly needs to be better regulated.

 

[McTallshort]

It get's better. It's not like Elon has the ear of anyone important or he's getting upset over the upcoming online safety act where firms might get fined.........View attachment 22533.......

Bloke spends his life on Twitter. My parents always told me money doesn't make you happy and in Musk there is proof.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

The guy is utterly deranged... I hope Starmer stops pretending we can have any sort of productive relationship with the USA and pivot back to the EU. **** what any far right fuckwits say about that, it's once again them destabilising the west. The sooner the far right is kicked to the long grass the better, they offer absolutely nothing but division, hypocrisy and now acting like ******* children. I personally expect those in positions of power to function above the level of internet trolls but nope, that's the level Trumpists and the Brexiteers here are operating at.

Whilst it will hurt in the short term, I think the west needs to turn their back on the USA. Whilst they are still a dominant economic power, the hubris in that nation is tearing it apart and maybe they need to be brought back to the hard reality that they aren't invincible.

 

[AlRums]

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

truthsocial.com

No shortage of delusion here

 

[AlRums]

Nick Clegg OUT at Facebook owner Meta

Nick Clegg is set to be ousted as Meta's President of Global Affairs and replaced with a Republican ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration this month.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Facebook running scared

 

[McTallshort]

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The guy is utterly deranged... I hope Starmer stops pretending we can have any sort of productive relationship with the USA and pivot back to the EU. **** what any far right fuckwits say about that, it's once again them destabilising the west. The sooner the far right is kicked to the long grass the better, they offer absolutely nothing but division, hypocrisy and now acting like ******* children. I personally expect those in positions of power to function above the level of internet trolls but nope, that's the level Trumpists and the Brexiteers here are operating at.

Whilst it will hurt in the short term, I think the west needs to turn their back on the USA. Whilst they are still a dominant economic power, the hubris in that nation is tearing it apart and maybe they need to be brought back to the hard reality that they aren't invincible.

Notice he doesn't say anything about China

 

[AlRums]

Notice he doesn't say anything about China

Because he's dependent on china for his batteries and factories and how much he's invested there

 

[General Melchett]

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The guy is utterly deranged... I hope Starmer stops pretending we can have any sort of productive relationship with the USA and pivot back to the EU. **** what any far right fuckwits say about that, it's once again them destabilising the west. The sooner the far right is kicked to the long grass the better, they offer absolutely nothing but division, hypocrisy and now acting like ******* children. I personally expect those in positions of power to function above the level of internet trolls but nope, that's the level Trumpists and the Brexiteers here are operating at.

Whilst it will hurt in the short term, I think the west needs to turn their back on the USA. Whilst they are still a dominant economic power, the hubris in that nation is tearing it apart and maybe they need to be brought back to the hard reality that they aren't invincible.

As soon as Trump is back in office Starmer and other UK ministers need to drop phrases like 'special relationship'. Anyone half a brain can see that Israel is America's BFF and our politicians need to stop pandering to them like some needy lapdog. We have far more in common with the rest of Europe than we do with that clusterfuck of a country.

 

[Yulia]

Sure Vlad, anything you say.

Putin apologises for Azerbaijan plane crash - but blames Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has apologised for the Azerbaijan Airlines crash but stopped short of accepting responsibility for what he described as a “tragic incident”.

www.yahoo.com

That one is terrible.. thankfully almost a half of people survived
Vlad is not a short for Vladimir by the way, it's a short form of another male name. I noticed foreigners often confuse it.

 

[BiggusLaddus]

Vlad is not a short for Vladimir by the way, it's a short form of another male name. I noticed foreigners often confuse it.

So Vlad is short for Vladislav?

Out if interest is there a standard shortened form or Vladimir in Russia? Wiki lists several.

 

[Yulia]

So Vlad is short for Vladislav?

Yes,it is. Same in other Slavic languages by the way.

Out if interest is there a standard shortened form or Vladimir in Russia? Wiki lists several.

Most common is Vova, can be also Volodya or Vovka/Vovochka (but last two forms are more for little boys and Vovochka is used in anecdotes often )

 

[Which Tyler]

Vlad is not a short for Vladimir by the way, it's a short form of another male name. I noticed foreigners often confuse it.

I never knew that - thank you for the correction.
Not that I respect Putin enough to care about offending him, but it's always good to learn these things.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Yep there is no way in hell we can hope to have anything short of a hostile relationship with the USA. The Trump administration seems to have decided they want to demonise Labour. Unless someone starts reining in these lunatics (unlikely), we will have to view the USA as a nation run by people fundamentally opposed to our nation. It probably won't be long before they start alienating other left leaning (LOL) democracies.

 

[ncurd]

How is genocide connected to grooming gangs? Or do they just like to connect words together to sensationlise?

Interesting how even the Tories are keeping arms length on this one especially because of Robinson comments.

The decision was criticised by several senior Tories, despite the previous Conservative government turning down a similar request in 2022.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has called for a full national public inquiry into what she called the UK's "rape gangs scandal".

But the party has also criticised Musk for "sharing things that are factually inaccurate" and distanced itself from his call for Phillips to be jailed.

Alicia Kearns – who shadows Phillips as the Conservative spokesperson on safeguarding – told BBC Radio 5 Live Musk had "fallen prone" to sharing things on his X platform "without critically assessing them".

She accused Musk of "drawing away attention from the survivors and from the victims" of rape gangs, and "lionising people like [far-right activist] Tommy Robinson - which is frankly dangerous".

Probably because most of the public do know Robinson for who/what he is and backing him is definitely a vote loser.

 

[Welsh Exile]

How very decent of them to distance themselves from calls for her to be jailed. ******* lol. We're in the matrix aren't we. Please tell me we're in the matrix.