General Politics Thread

[tongue_tied_danny]

10 hours ago, Cerberus said:

What’s the story with Tommy Robinson arrest?

A decent article on it here....

http://archive.is/tVcw5

[Detournement]

A centrist coup seems to be underway in Italy where the unelected head of state is refusing to appoint the MS5/Lega's choice of Finance Minister. The new coallition seem determined to trigger a confrontation with the EU over fiscal rules.

I've got a feeling this is the kind of resistance we would see in the UK if Corbyn gained a majority in the house and tried to enact any genuinely progressive policies. 

[Suspect Device]

A strange sentence from the BBC report.

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In a rare move, President Sergio Mattarella said he could not appoint the Eurosceptic Paolo Savona, citing concerns by investors

 

WTF? Investors take precedence over democracy. I suppose we should admire their honesty for once.

[Detournement]

7 minutes ago, Suspect Device said:

A strange sentence from the BBC report.

 

WTF? Investors take precedence over democracy. I suppose we should admire their honesty for once.

Markets are gods in the 21st century.

This is only going to lead to more anti EU feeling in Italy and sadly push more people towards Five Star and the Lega. 

[Detournement]

The Italian President has invited an IMF apparatchik to form a government.

European elites seem determined to create crisis after crisis for no reason other than keeping the banks happy.

[The_Kincardine]

On 5/27/2018 at 04:02, Cerberus said:

What’s the story with Tommy Robinson arrest?

A coterie of Aussies are are up in arms over it

 

[DrewDon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44287640

[Benjamin_Nevis]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44287640

That is glorious. He'll hopefully get a couple of shoeings and come out with a ringpiece the size of a fucking wagon wheel [emoji38]

 

[Wee-Bey]

There are folk on social media saying Robinson is the 'white Nelson Mandela'. Close to half a million have signed a petition to free him.

The amount of people taken in by this dogwhistling simpleton is genuinely disturbing.

 

[DrewDon]

Yaxley-Lennon's supporters are as brainwashed as any religious fundamentalist.

Reading his followers on Twitter panicking that his safety might be compromised inside is absolutely delicious. Personally, I hope he converts to Islam. 

[BawWatchin]

They should stick him in the islamic extremist prison wing for 6 months. Guaranteed he'd be pro-islam within the first few days.

[JamieThomas]

2 hours ago, DrewDon said:

Yaxley-Lennon's supporters are as brainwashed as any religious fundamentalist.

Reading his followers on Twitter panicking that his safety might be compromised inside is absolutely delicious. Personally, I hope he converts to Islam. 

I hope someone forces him to eat a toley, tbh.

[NotThePars]

He’s lucky the Muslim prisoners are all fasting atm. He’d definitely still take a doing though.

[Bairnardo]

That is glorious. He'll hopefully get a couple of shoeings and come out with a ringpiece the size of a fucking wagon wheel [emoji38]  

An old massive Wagon Wheel or a new, much smaller "the EU ruined them" Wagon Wheel?

[Benjamin_Nevis]

3 hours ago, DrewDon said:

Yaxley-Lennon's supporters are as brainwashed as any religious fundamentalist.

Reading his followers on Twitter panicking that his safety might be compromised inside is absolutely delicious. Personally, I hope he converts to Islam. 

Some glorious pickings to be had on Facebook:

Edited May 29, 2018 by jupe1407

[Melanius Mullarkey]

36 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

5 hours ago, jupe1407 said:

 

An old massive Wagon Wheel or a new, much smaller "the EU ruined them" Wagon Wheel?

I suppose that’s one benefit of Brexit.

[Bairnardo]

10 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

I suppose that’s one benefit of Brexit.

^^^ Voted for a biscuits first brexit

[Jmothecat2]

Yaxley-Lennon's supporters are as brainwashed as any religious fundamentalist.
Reading his followers on Twitter panicking that his safety might be compromised inside is absolutely delicious. Personally, I hope he converts to Islam. 

Did he not come out of prison last time saying he had met Muslim prisoners and went through a six month period of being positive about Islam and denouncing Islamophobia, before going back to his prejudiced old ways?

One other frightening aspect is that UKIP have been backing him and giving weight to the 'political prisoner' shite his supporters are coming out with. As much as UKIP are a toxic party they have a level of support from people who are probably bigoted but not to the extent of the EDL and other far-right groups. The UKIP leadership backing him may actually give an element of legitimacy in the eyes of aspects of the right who wouldn't ordinarily sympathise with the far-right.

[DrewDon]

2 hours ago, Jmothecat2 said:

 

Did he not come out of prison last time saying he had met Muslim prisoners and went through a six month period of being positive about Islam and denouncing Islamophobia, before going back to his prejudiced old ways?

One other frightening aspect is that UKIP have been backing him and giving weight to the 'political prisoner' shite his supporters are coming out with. As much as UKIP are a toxic party they have a level of support from people who are probably bigoted but not to the extent of the EDL and other far-right groups. The UKIP leadership backing him may actually give an element of legitimacy in the eyes of aspects of the right who wouldn't ordinarily sympathise with the far-right.

 

He had a link with Quilliam for a while, if I remember correctly, which I think was essentially a publicity stunt for both parties. 

UKIP's Lord Pearson has written to Sajid Javid, warning that he and others are prepared to launch a private prosecution against Javid if Robinson is killed or physically harmed in prison. The Secret Barrister on Twitter subsequently explained why this is utterly incoherent.

Just more snowflake behaviour from UKIP and Robinson's fanboys, I'm afraid.

[Miguel Sanchez]

How were you a political prisoner?

I kicked a giant mouse in the butt! Do I have to draw you a diagram?