All this is pretty much certain. Add variables like a Trump victory, a revived Tory opposition led by the exciting young Badenoch, grim news from Ukraine, and whatever the next unexpected global disaster will be, and Kier may well be wishing he never got the job. But you never know... He may get lu...

Most of the people I knew who grew up being LOTR fans ended up being based. Most of the people I knew who grew up being Harry Potter fans ended up being cringe. (There were exceptions though) SILENCE HAS BEEN BROKEN! Please remember protocol everyone, and stay calm, Fluminator has decided to END th...

The Green Party is hurting the Lib Dem because it's being increasingly seen as the go to party of protest, especially for younger voters. The Lib Dems looked too much like the establishment in the coalition era, and their political stunts designed to attract attention are making them look rather sil...

There's always the possibility that Labour will destroy itself, but that is a difficult task in the time available even for them. A Labour civil war is coming, but I think they will hold off until after the election. Then Kier will have a hell of a time. Labour will have a big enough presence that r...

I'm trying to form an opinion about Sir Kier Starmer I wouldn't bother. He's fine. Born in a political family who were the sort of Labour members who are perfectly happy to send their son to grammar school. Became a human rights lawyer, ended up leading the Crown Prosecution Service which is the so...

In all honesty, I don't think anyone cares. We have two party leaders who were both chosen to lead their respective parties primarily because they were nothing like Boris. Starmer has all the appeal of a cheese and salad cream sandwich that has been left overnight in a lunchbox. Sunak is a slightly ...

I don't know what Bible the other Christians have been reading, but it's pretty evident from what Jesus said that he spent rather a lot of time not being all knowing. Whether or not you consider him to be all knowing now, the Jesus praying in Gethsemane obviously didn't know everything, and I assume...

Absolutely. No man is an island, every bastard's death enriches us all, and all that. And I have to say that I found their funeral, in which their coffins were draped in the cheap plastic table cloths and laminated menus of the greasy spoon cafes of respect, deeply appropriate. But as for American g...

Relative to what?

It just feels that, in the relatively small group of people that can be loosely defined as "foreign politicians prominent enough for me to be aware of" the mortality rate due to unnatural causes is at an all time high

I was thinking the leader of the Russian opposition dying in prison, the president of Slovakia fighting for his life after been repeatedly shot, the President of Iran and other senior ministers dying in a helicopter crash, the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan....

Has anyone else noticed that quite a few prominent politicians have been dying lately?

Or perhaps he's mourning the missed opportunity the USA had to become the head of a global empire when it was the only nuclear power and could have conquered every nation on Earth

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2024 9:46 am

Why is this discussion in the politics thread?

Is it because US Republicans are seen as being more pro-elephant than the donkey-loving Democrats?

If you were being generous you could use it as a metaphor for the West's attempt to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons...

What's the point of chatting about these things online if you're going to tell anyone who disagrees with you to shove off? I'm sure there's a subreddit you could go instead where you wouldn't accidentally run into someone with a different view on the conflict. You're probably right. I just get angr...

You'd have thought it might have occurred to the Palestinian government to give up the hostages by now.

The traditional view of the right is that everyone should have the right to protest about any issue so long as it doesn't inconvenience anyone else. The ideal protester stands on his soapbox in Speaker's Corner where he either makes for an amusing tourist attraction or is ignored completely. This is...

Ain't no way y'all are supporting Eurovision while it's distracting from an ongoing genocide I went to the pub last night which was a lovely distraction from genocide. Watched an episode of taskmaster, which again was a great distraction. I might even get around to putting on Swift's new album so I...

It would make for a far shorter story if the two worlds were combined

Gandalf "Keep it secret, keep it safe"

Meanwhile, in Mordor
Sauron "Accio ring"

Gandalf "Fuck"

MajorMitchell wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 9:43 am

Alas I have to dash the hopes of young Diplomacy & Warfare by informing that whipper-snapper and other whipper-snappers & fledglings that Dipbro Brainbomb and I do not "fight each other" as that only gives advantages to our common foes and rivals.

Damn it. We've been rumbled!