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Markymarkmark 22 Sep 4:10pm, 22 Sep 2017 5781 posts	Markymarkmark Yes Binks. By voting for someone else you think it's better for the role, though.	0
ChrisHB 22 Sep 6:39pm, 22 Sep 2017 15369 posts	ChrisHB I didn't realise the great Florence speech was to be given to a collection of journalists.	0
Chrisull 22 Sep 7:10pm, 22 Sep 2017 11794 posts	Chrisull and given by a AI compiled book of autoquotes from the Theresa May book of cliches.	0
ChrisHB 22 Sep 7:14pm, 22 Sep 2017 15370 posts	ChrisHB A scene from Yes, Prime Minister.	0
deslauriers 22 Sep 7:49pm, 22 Sep 2017 194 posts	deslauriers Re Abbot- Yes, her errors are woeful, but she was ill. A different world from the outright lies of Johnson. His lies are all the more appalling since a child of 10 could spot them. He really shows what he thinks of us all. In fact, can anyone explain why Abbot gets a shitload of criticism but the man who has a) been sacked for lying to his party b) sacked for lying in his role as journalist c) likely to have conspired to get another man beaten up, gets fuck all in the way of criticism in the mainstream media?	0
Chrisull 23 Sep 12:56pm, 23 Sep 2017 11795 posts	Chrisull Because of Britain's obsession with "lovable rogues"? (see also the Krays, see also the Great Train Robbers etc etc) If Diane had said what's 350 million between friends, concreted up her opponents in Northern Circular bridges, but been conspicuously nice to her mum, and said it's all a harmless bit of fun, it would have been ok.	0
deslauriers 23 Sep 1:12pm, 23 Sep 2017 195 posts	deslauriers I understand the "lovable rogue"/weapons-grade twat infatuation. But then how do we explain why Rees-Mogg (whatever he is, it isn't "lovable" or roguish) gets such an easy ride either. Then again, quite what someone who is Catholic tells himself as a member of a party cuddling up to the DUP must scale epic heights of cognitive dissonance. In fact, any Brexiteer seems to get an easy ride. All of those on fetch who were in favour of leaving the EU: Are you content with how this process has been handled by the Brexit bunch? As a Remainer, I can see that we could have had an orderly, humane and mutually beneficial departure given an appropriate time-scale and if Davis, May and co had not behaved like complete twats with breath-taking ineptitude, turning the negotiations into a dress rehearsal for jingoistic knobbery. Seems like the plan is to blame a) the EU (goes without saying) and b) those who voted Remain for "weakening our hand" in the negotiations. Interesting take on cause and effect, but any resemblance between Brexit and conventional logic is purely coincidental.	0
simbil 5:44pm 5:44pm, 24 Sep 2017 7538 posts	simbil Exit polls looking like Merkel will win in Germany.	0
postieboy 5:47pm 5:47pm, 24 Sep 2017 4790 posts	postieboy Good to see a country not being as stupid as Britain or America	0