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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
Of course he is bland. He is a Muslim and a person of colour and the only way he can get elected is to be as inoffensive as possible. Some people are allowed to be colourful characters (eg posh white men)and some people aren't. Even in inoffensive form he still faces daily death threats and has extensive police protection, which presumably further hinders any efforts at sponteneity.He is incredibly bland.No. It’s not. I despise Khan. I think he’s useless and incompetent and a horrible mayor.About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
But he’s not vicious or disgusting, words which speak to him as a person rather than his performance as an elected official
Central casting for the role of “London Mayor” with one line in the movie.
Hating him is like hating a stack of printer paper.
Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
Yeah, they have different coloured ribbons so the teachers know what year they're in. I don't think the kids mind wearing them, they don't realise they might be mistaken for third sector busybody productivity wreckers by angry rightwingers. The innocence of youth!Your kids have to wear lanyards?It's the latest bizarre insult among the extremely online right. I guess it includes my kids who wear them at school, as well as their teachers and dinner ladies.What is a lanyard wearer?I guess Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe were actually black lesbian transgenders in the lanyard wearing world.No, I have absolutely no benefit of the doubt for Trump.What point are you trying to make here? "Trump is a racist, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt: maybe this particular case of name-calling directed at a brown Muslim is just pettiness." Really?Trump is racist, I agree, but he also is pathetically petty and calls anyone and everyone by stupid names.Is it political name-calling or racism? Well, it was Trump, someone who has been obviously racist for decades, and has said multiple clearly explicitly racist comments in the last few weeks, so I'm guessing the latter.Pretty sure his predecessor was called comparable names though.Oh maaaaaaaateAnyone attacking Khan in such terms is simply outing themselves as a racist.In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
I live and work in London, and the main negative adjective I would use for him is being invisible. Not really doing anything of note. Which is obviously much better than a Mayor doing lots of harm, and not as good as a Mayor who delivers lots of positive initiatives.
People like Trump using overly strong adjectives about Khan are saying more about themselves than him.
Criticising Sadiq Khan - racism 😂Come on, Taz, that's not what he said. It's calling Khan "vicious" and other "overly strong adjectives" that's racist.Oh maaaaaaaateAnyone attacking Khan in such terms is simply outing themselves as a racist.In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
I live and work in London, and the main negative adjective I would use for him is being invisible. Not really doing anything of note. Which is obviously much better than a Mayor doing lots of harm, and not as good as a Mayor who delivers lots of positive initiatives.
People like Trump using overly strong adjectives about Khan are saying more about themselves than him.
Criticising Sadiq Khan - racism 😂
Is it racism, or just petty and stupid political name-calling?
If it were only him being called names, then yes it would be, but his predecessor was called stuff life that too and so have many other politicians. Most famous politicians get called all sorts, and much of it not very polite.
Name-calling by Trump is hardly unique to minorities.
But equally he is pathetic enough that name-calling is par for the course for him. If he were only name-calling against minorities then yes that would be [another] example of racism, but when he goes for stupid and OTT names for everyone he dislikes regardless of race, then no it isn't.
I hate the damn things* - I wore one in my first 'proper' job in civil service, then didn't need one as a student, then in subsequent jobs I've been issued with an access/ID card and lanyard, but have simply kept the card in my wallet (they're all RFID or similar) and opted not to wear it. No one has objected.
*lanyards, not the people - it's aimed at civil service and academia, I guess, but they must be common in all kinds of office
Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
People in decent jobs paying high taxes on their earnings. They inhabit that part of society which is not minted enough to generate income from property, but also not desperate enough to consider voting Reform. For reasons that escape me, some people on the right think they are worthy of ridicule rather than their core voting demographic. Weird.What is a lanyard wearer?I guess Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe were actually black lesbian transgenders in the lanyard wearing world.No, I have absolutely no benefit of the doubt for Trump.What point are you trying to make here? "Trump is a racist, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt: maybe this particular case of name-calling directed at a brown Muslim is just pettiness." Really?Trump is racist, I agree, but he also is pathetically petty and calls anyone and everyone by stupid names.Is it political name-calling or racism? Well, it was Trump, someone who has been obviously racist for decades, and has said multiple clearly explicitly racist comments in the last few weeks, so I'm guessing the latter.Pretty sure his predecessor was called comparable names though.Oh maaaaaaaateAnyone attacking Khan in such terms is simply outing themselves as a racist.In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
I live and work in London, and the main negative adjective I would use for him is being invisible. Not really doing anything of note. Which is obviously much better than a Mayor doing lots of harm, and not as good as a Mayor who delivers lots of positive initiatives.
People like Trump using overly strong adjectives about Khan are saying more about themselves than him.
Criticising Sadiq Khan - racism 😂Come on, Taz, that's not what he said. It's calling Khan "vicious" and other "overly strong adjectives" that's racist.Oh maaaaaaaateAnyone attacking Khan in such terms is simply outing themselves as a racist.In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
I live and work in London, and the main negative adjective I would use for him is being invisible. Not really doing anything of note. Which is obviously much better than a Mayor doing lots of harm, and not as good as a Mayor who delivers lots of positive initiatives.
People like Trump using overly strong adjectives about Khan are saying more about themselves than him.
Criticising Sadiq Khan - racism 😂
Is it racism, or just petty and stupid political name-calling?
If it were only him being called names, then yes it would be, but his predecessor was called stuff life that too and so have many other politicians. Most famous politicians get called all sorts, and much of it not very polite.
Name-calling by Trump is hardly unique to minorities.
But equally he is pathetic enough that name-calling is par for the course for him. If he were only name-calling against minorities then yes that would be [another] example of racism, but when he goes for stupid and OTT names for everyone he dislikes regardless of race, then no it isn't.
Eabhal
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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
Quite clear that all the people moaning about Khan dont actually live in London
Tres
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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
it's the absurdly ott criticism you lemonOh maaaaaaaateAnyone attacking Khan in such terms is simply outing themselves as a racist.In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
I live and work in London, and the main negative adjective I would use for him is being invisible. Not really doing anything of note. Which is obviously much better than a Mayor doing lots of harm, and not as good as a Mayor who delivers lots of positive initiatives.
People like Trump using overly strong adjectives about Khan are saying more about themselves than him.
Criticising Sadiq Khan - racism 😂
Tres
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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
About those Epstein files.It really is shocking that Starmer hasn't said anything about this. There's timidity and then there's spinelessness
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
Roger
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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
In which case can you give three examples where Sadiq has been vicious? As opposed to from a different political party.....About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
Khan took a brave stance on clean air - the ULEZ extension was unpopular and he faced concerted opposition but he did it because he thought it was the right thing and it has worked - the air in London now meets international health standards. I can't think of another recent UK politician who has taken that kind of brave, non-populist stance. Call him what you want, but he is neither ineffective nor some kind of shallow careerist.I’m flying to the US next week so I might plead the 5th.If you "despise" Sadiq Khan what word would you reach for to sum up your feelings about Donald Trump?No. It’s not. I despise Khan. I think he’s useless and incompetent and a horrible mayor.About those Epstein files.Arguably true....
President Trump, "In my opinion many European countries will not be viable countries any longer"
"If you take a look at Paris, it's a much different place to what it was"
"If you take a look at London, you have a Mayor named Khan, he's a horrible mayor. An incompetent mayor. But he's a horrible vicious disgusting mayor"
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1998493091230257357
But he’s not vicious or disgusting, words which speak to him as a person rather than his performance as an elected official
(“Despise” may be a little strong but he’s redolent of a political class that is self interested, careerist and ineffective. We deserve better leaders. Unfortunately the voters don’t like people who tell them the truth.)
Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
PB cooking update: crushed new potatoes with garlic anchovy butter and tuna
Family rating: 9/10
Then my first ever attempt at chocolate souffle, using a Swiss meringue base. Sadly I over whipped the base, which I will learn from.
Still everyone said it was delicious and all was eaten.
Personal rating: 6/10
Family rating: 9/10
Then my first ever attempt at chocolate souffle, using a Swiss meringue base. Sadly I over whipped the base, which I will learn from.
Still everyone said it was delicious and all was eaten.
Personal rating: 6/10
rcs1000
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Re: I beg your pardons – politicalbetting.com
I thought her lessons were immaculate..Let's not even get started on RE teacher Miss Conceived.Probably a better person to ask than my ex Maths teacher, Miss Take.I will just check with my ex English teacher, Miss Nomer.What's the opposite of nominative determinism?Ah yes. Him. Well there we are - there's our Jesse Owens. Go Go Gout Gout!The Aussies have a 17yo sprinter beating Usain Bolts records who is the son of Sudanese refugees. Possibly the favourite for 2028 sprints, and has a crazy name. Gout Gout.And let's not forget the Olympics. Hopefully a Somalian superstar will come along and win the 100m, 200m and long jump.Fifa have also set it up so that the US will inevitably host it in 2038 as well.And following the precedent proudly set in 2018 for fascistic regimes representing a threat to democracy, they will be hosting the World Cup.The sale of pardons is of course an impeachable offence, but as Congress has proven it's incapable of holding the President in check by such means, it would likely be somewhat more effective to remove the unconditional power.The US government is now operating much like the Russian government. Laws no long matter for the people at the top as nobody will enforce them, where the law is invoked it is frequently arbitrary and merely follows the wishes of the leadership, everything (laws, permits, regulation, citizenship) is in effect for sale, the inner circle gets rich from very obvious corruption, the whole country is being plundered, and the people are told it's all for their safety and that they are going to become wealthier as a result even as they wonder why nothing much improves.
