One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
The truly appalling Matt Frei..speaking in hushed reverential tones about Zelensky...like he's a cross between Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King.
When most people are beginning to recognize he is about to be consigned to the back street coke dens of Kiev.
You've lost it bigtime, Comrade.
The personal level insults of Zelensky, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of arguments about the war or the disputed approach that should be taken towards it, are the sign of a genuine, unapologetic Putinista.
No amount of 'Oh, but I'm not a fan of Putin' explains it away, not when others can support the Trumpist approach without sinking to those depths.
It's almost refreshing to get someone who is not a bot who is a fan of Putin. They do exist, and you think you won't come across them, but here we are.
And I don’t know about you, but it fills me with levels of disgust I hadn’t felt about someone on here before. After all, these are only words. But his words….
The truly appalling Matt Frei..speaking in hushed reverential tones about Zelensky...like he's a cross between Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King.
When most people are beginning to recognize he is about to be consigned to the back street coke dens of Kiev.
You've lost it bigtime, Comrade.
The personal level insults of Zelensky, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of arguments about the war or the disputed approach that should be taken towards it, are the sign of a genuine, unapologetic Putinista.
No amount of 'Oh, but I'm not a fan of Putin' explains it away, not when others can support the Trumpist approach without sinking to those depths.
It's almost refreshing to get someone who is not a bot who is a fan of Putin. They do exist, and you think you won't come across them, but here we are.
Reminds me of the time I was approached by someone I knew vaguely, who told me all about how Andrew Bridgen and RFK Jr are very interesting guys with a lot of insight.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in For Your Eyes Only… and that parachute jump…
Again, I am become Alan Partridge. “Stop getting Bond wrong!”
I see Trump has called Trudeau the Governor again today.
Trudeau should simply adopt a sarcastic moniker for a Trump, like “Great Panjandrum”, or “Giant Poobah”, or perhaps just “Very Strong and Stable Trump”.
Something VERY Canadian. Their equivalent of “pillock”.
Hoser.
What currency does The Lumberjack Song have?
Alternatively maybe today's American leaders would prefer to hear that in German?
From Twitter "BREAKING: President Trump has halted all US weapons shipments to Ukraine.
No more".
If the Coke Head of Kiev makes any further critical remarks i reckon he will divert them to Moscow!!
Given Bucha is there no part of you that is concerned for the people to live under the aegis of that regime?
People demanding peace at any cost (and indeed, effectively that there should have been instant surrender because winning was 'impossible') never count the cost of living under a dictatorial, murderous regime. It's how they maintain morally pure righteousness.
I prefer the 'realpolitik' crowd - we may disagree on things, but at least they acknowledge there are difficult moral lines to be drawn amidst practical possibilities, they don't tell the oppressed they should like it.
We need to step up and start filling in the gaps that are going to occur all too soon. I fear we are not moving nearly fast enough, caught out by the reckless speed of Trump's dishonest bullying.
I get the impression Trump never expected any real pushback from Ukraine, because it is true Ukraine really needs the USA, as the way he has flipped out in such a personal way seems to be his goto move when he gets even an inch of resistance to what he considers his due. His brain struggles to deal with the shock, so he immediately escalates beyond all reason.
I see Trump has called Trudeau the Governor again today.
Trudeau should simply adopt a sarcastic moniker for a Trump, like “Great Panjandrum”, or “Giant Poobah”, or perhaps just “Very Strong and Stable Trump”.
Something VERY Canadian. Their equivalent of “pillock”.
Hoser.
What currency does The Lumberjack Song have?
Alternatively maybe today's American leaders would prefer to hear that in German?
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in For Your Eyes Only… and that parachute jump…
Again, I am become Alan Partridge. “Stop getting Bond wrong!”
That’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
What's the one where the laser beam goes up his jaffers?
The truly appalling Matt Frei..speaking in hushed reverential tones about Zelensky...like he's a cross between Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King.
When most people are beginning to recognize he is about to be consigned to the back street coke dens of Kiev.
You've lost it bigtime, Comrade.
The personal level insults of Zelensky, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of arguments about the war or the disputed approach that should be taken towards it, are the sign of a genuine, unapologetic Putinista.
No amount of 'Oh, but I'm not a fan of Putin' explains it away, not when others can support the Trumpist approach without sinking to those depths.
It's almost refreshing to get someone who is not a bot who is a fan of Putin. They do exist, and you think you won't come across them, but here we are.
And I don’t know about you, but it fills me with levels of disgust I hadn’t felt about someone on here before. After all, these are only words. But his words….
I'm trying understand if it could be a lame attempt at trolling, lord knows some people do try that sometimes even to amusing effect, but there's something about it that just comes across as genuine, particularly as it's aligned to a political core ideal.
Speaking of lame attempts, I see Farage is trying to excuse himself with the old 'Don't take Trump literally' line. Which has never really worked, but especially when his actions are following up his angry words.
I don't think Farage will suffer much in the long term, I think the general political zeitgeist is still fabourable to him cause, but he supports Trump's view, and we all know he does, but he knows he has to present a slither of difference for plausible deniability.
'Gen Z will fight' - conscription divides Europe | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast"
Today, as Donald Trump calls President Zelensky a ‘dictator’, we look at the conundrum facing Europe: to speak out and risk fraying American support, or to stay quiet, and not articulate their sense of betrayal. And, later, we talk about the strategic options available, and dive deeper into the British plans of putting boots on the ground.
Talking about conscription to fight in the east will destroy support for the Ukraine in this country.
Large chunks of the young will reject it and, when middle class parents realise an undergraduate course or a degree won’t be an automatic escape route, you’ll sour their parents on it too.
I see Trump has called Trudeau the Governor again today.
Trudeau should simply adopt a sarcastic moniker for a Trump, like “Great Panjandrum”, or “Giant Poobah”, or perhaps just “Very Strong and Stable Trump”.
Something VERY Canadian. Their equivalent of “pillock”.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in For Your Eyes Only… and that parachute jump…
Again, I am become Alan Partridge. “Stop getting Bond wrong!”
That’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
What's the one where the laser beam goes up his jaffers?
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in For Your Eyes Only… and that parachute jump…
Again, I am become Alan Partridge. “Stop getting Bond wrong!”
That’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
What's the one where the laser beam goes up his jaffers?
If only he and you did not support and defend Putin's actions and put blame for his crimes on his victims, even as you preach that criticising him somehow cancels that out.
It doesn't, and you insult yourself as much as others by pretending otherwise.
Would you claim someone who opposed miscegenation was not a racist because they say loudly they are not a racist? Of course not. Their core beliefs reveal their other words to be a lie.
I see Trump has called Trudeau the Governor again today.
Trudeau should simply adopt a sarcastic moniker for a Trump, like “Great Panjandrum”, or “Giant Poobah”, or perhaps just “Very Strong and Stable Trump”.
Something VERY Canadian. Their equivalent of “pillock”.
Hoser.
What currency does The Lumberjack Song have?
Alternatively maybe today's American leaders would prefer to hear that in German?
I was today years old when I discovered that they did a German edition. Watch until the end, it gets even better.
The story behind that- the Pythons making two shows for German TV- is the sort of thing that could have had Graham Chapman marching in and saying "stop that, it's silly" at any moment. There's a Radio 4 documentary about it here;
Hmmm. They are still quoting Trump's claims uncritically - eg the USA has spent $350bn on supporting Ukraine (which is BS), just as when discussing the inauguration speech they chattered on about eg 'China controlling the Panama Canal', when it does not. Nor then did they engage with the 20 or more items that were just not true.
But they are also pointing out that the Trump claims around "dictator" and so on are nonsense.
Here, they are where some of our righties are on Starmer "doing as well as can be expected with a bad hand", whilst comparing him badly on "mettle". Playing "what would Maggie do" games.
I don't sense perception of the USA as a rival / potential opponent yet, which I think is where they may be forced to go by circumstances.
Interesting changes in balance of the their Right (choose your word, as per usual) position.
The truly appalling Matt Frei..speaking in hushed reverential tones about Zelensky...like he's a cross between Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King.
When most people are beginning to recognize he is about to be consigned to the back street coke dens of Kiev.
You've lost it bigtime, Comrade.
The personal level insults of Zelensky, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of arguments about the war or the disputed approach that should be taken towards it, are the sign of a genuine, unapologetic Putinista.
No amount of 'Oh, but I'm not a fan of Putin' explains it away, not when others can support the Trumpist approach without sinking to those depths.
It's almost refreshing to get someone who is not a bot who is a fan of Putin. They do exist, and you think you won't come across them, but here we are.
And I don’t know about you, but it fills me with levels of disgust I hadn’t felt about someone on here before. After all, these are only words. But his words….
I'm trying understand if it could be a lame attempt at trolling, lord knows some people do try that sometimes even to amusing effect, but there's something about it that just comes across as genuine, particularly as it's aligned to a political core ideal.
Speaking of lame attempts, I see Farage is trying to excuse himself with the old 'Don't take Trump literally' line. Which has never really worked, but especially when his actions are following up his angry words.
I don't think Farage will suffer much in the long term, I think the general political zeitgeist is still fabourable to him cause, but he supports Trump's view, and we all know he does, but he knows he has to present a slither of difference for plausible deniability.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
If only he and you did not support and defend Putin's actions and put blame for his crimes on his victims, even as you preach that criticising him somehow cancels that out.
It doesn't, and you insult yourself as much as others by pretending otherwise.
Would you claim someone who opposed miscegenation was not a racist because they say loudly they are not a racist? Of course not. Their core beliefs reveal their other words to be a lie.
The traditional version is simpler
“Don’t get me wrong, some of my best friends… BUT…”
Becoming a trend. What will break the Tories out of their doldrums? Badenoch seems workmanlike but their former voters want to be excited, and a fresh break with Reform at least has the appearance of that, it offers them something which the Tories cannot even if they try, not right now, due to the baggage of 14 years in office.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
When all out war breaks in europe I v much doubt anyone will give Farage the time of day
Let's hope and pray that all out war does not break out and as for Farage he is now firmly in the Trump- Putin camp
This is an opportunity for Kemi to differentiate the conservatives from Reform and how she performs over the next few months may well determine her time as leader
That will be - Jeremy "Nothing Wrong with Putin/Russia poisoning people in the UK" Corbyn you are talking about...
Why are you putting quotation marks round something he never said?
Jeremy's complete lack of condemnation is the reason why there are quote marks...
Then again your inability to notice his refusal to condemn is hardly surprising when you claim that everyone should pay the correct amount of tax while seeking to avoid doing so yourself...
When all out war breaks in europe I v much doubt anyone will give Farage the time of day
The idea that you might be actively hoping for shit to kick off to save the utter waste of space you support for no reason other than tribal habit is really quite repulsive.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
The truly appalling Matt Frei..speaking in hushed reverential tones about Zelensky...like he's a cross between Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King.
When most people are beginning to recognize he is about to be consigned to the back street coke dens of Kiev.
You've lost it bigtime, Comrade.
Any minute now it will be
“ Mein Führer, I can walk!”
I'm not going to joke about this nor respond to whatever BJO's political point actually is. I put in the original flag because my substantive response would have crossed lines. I will withdraw it having found a reply more in keeping.
But @bigjohnowls you have become more monomaniacal, more obsessed with time and your arguments are not what they were pre Corbyn. If your mind's faculties are not being checked by a doctor, just get them checked, please. You don't seem right.
I don't know how much this place provides your community these days, but the old leftie fire is misfiring and you need to be a lot milder to remain valued on here. And that from someone who opened this evening by referring to Trump as twatface as his second word.
That will be - Jeremy "Nothing Wrong with Putin/Russia poisoning people in the UK" Corbyn you are talking about...
Why are you putting quotation marks round something he never said?
Jeremy's complete lack of condemnation is the reason why there are quote marks...
Then again your inability to notice his refusal to condemn is hardly surprising when you claim that everyone should pay the correct amount of tax and while seeking to avoid doing so yourself...
I don't think you understand how to use quotation marks
That will be - Jeremy "Nothing Wrong with Putin/Russia poisoning people in the UK" Corbyn you are talking about...
Why are you putting quotation marks round something he never said?
Jeremy's complete lack of condemnation is the reason why there are quote marks...
Then again your inability to notice his refusal to condemn is hardly surprising when you claim that everyone should pay the correct amount of tax and while seeking to avoid doing so yourself...
I don't think you understand how to use quotation marks
So you don't deny that your hero refused to condemn Russia poisoning people in the UK.
At least we are getting somewhere...
Nor the fact that when it comes to tax you don't see anything wrong with trying to avoid it...
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
The best Bond film is the first one you see as a child.
YOLT in my case.
Dr No, in my case. Though, as a kid, I thought Thunderball better - the underwater fight sequence, amazing.
But you couldn't tell who was who down there. They all looked the same in their underwater clobber.
The good guys wore orange (how times have changed). And Bond was in shorts.
The repetitive underwater music riff does get very old in that film though.
The hydrofoil, though. It doesn’t really hold up now, but for a kid back then…
Best Brosnan Bond was the remake of the Thomas Crowne Affair
I liked Rene Russo too.
Rene Russo, being in possession of a great haircut, is forced to do a love scene on a marble staircase whilst being topped by Brosnan. Whilst it is tastefully filmed, I was muttering to myself throughout "that's going to ruin her back" A gentleman would have offered her a cushion, or at least carry her to a place where adequate and comfortable lumbar support was available. Nor did he offer to make her a sandwich afterwards. Honestly Bros, you could have done better. Tut.
Truly disturbing report in the WSJ: Lawyers at Twitter are threatening advertisers to spend more money on X "or else" X owner Elon Musk will leverage his close relationship with Trump to torpedo mergers. This goes beyond a conflict of interest. It's straight up extortion https://x.com/bungarsargon/status/1892659483806924994
Oh that's being trundling on for about 2 years now - and Musk keeps on doubling down on it..
"You do not have shared values if you're jailing people for saying we should close down our border. You don't have shared values if you cancel elections because you don't like the result. And that happened in Romania. You do not have shared values if you're so afraid of your own people that you silence them and shut them up."
You do not have shared values if you repeat populist right-wing conspiracy theories and have no regard for the truth.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
The best Bond film is the first one you see as a child.
YOLT in my case.
Dr No, in my case. Though, as a kid, I thought Thunderball better - the underwater fight sequence, amazing.
But you couldn't tell who was who down there. They all looked the same in their underwater clobber.
The good guys wore orange (how times have changed). And Bond was in shorts.
The repetitive underwater music riff does get very old in that film though.
The hydrofoil, though. It doesn’t really hold up now, but for a kid back then…
Best Brosnan Bond was the remake of the Thomas Crowne Affair
I liked Rene Russo too.
Rene Russo, being in possession of a great haircut, is forced to do a love scene on a marble staircase whilst being topped by Brosnan. Whilst it is tastefully filmed, I was muttering to myself throughout "that's going to ruin her back" A gentleman would have offered her a cushion, or at least carry her to a place where adequate and comfortable lumbar support was available. Nor did he offer to make her a sandwich afterwards. Honestly Bros, you could have done better. Tut.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
There was 11.2% turnout in Northbury ward, back in November.
I had a polling card through my door today. I didn't even know there was a council by-election and I'm relatively tuned in to politics. Dread to think what the turnout will be.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
I do not believe I have said nor would ever go anywhere close to saying that it's a pity any member of the forum had not been killed in their hotel bedroom.
If you think saying that is acceptable, no matter how much you disagree with someone's views maybe you should take a long hard look at yourself
Just caught up. I've consulted Jeremy Corbyn, and he would like to completely disassociate himself from the comments made by one of his supporters this evening.
One of the joys of having kids was rediscovering the Roger Moore Bond films. Just fun. Far easier to share with the boys.
From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more than a whiff of Blaxsploitation is quite some casting.
From Russia with Love is excellent, definitely top 5.
I find Live and Let Die almost unwatchable today.
The downhill skiing in the spy who loved me… and that parachute jump…
I do not believe I have said nor would ever go anywhere close to saying that it's a pity any member of the forum had not been killed in their hotel bedroom.
If you think saying that is acceptable, no matter how much you disagree with someone's views maybe you should take a long hard look at yourself
Comments
https://x.com/LongShortTrader/status/1892364631152136586
Any pontifications I make in the next hour are probably stupid.
That’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVOG199X2c
I was today years old when I discovered that they did a German edition. Watch until the end, it gets even better.
I prefer the 'realpolitik' crowd - we may disagree on things, but at least they acknowledge there are difficult moral lines to be drawn amidst practical possibilities, they don't tell the oppressed they should like it.
Speaking of lame attempts, I see Farage is trying to excuse himself with the old 'Don't take Trump literally' line. Which has never really worked, but especially when his actions are following up his angry words.
I don't think Farage will suffer much in the long term, I think the general political zeitgeist is still fabourable to him cause, but he supports Trump's view, and we all know he does, but he knows he has to present a slither of difference for plausible deniability.
Large chunks of the young will reject it and, when middle class parents realise an undergraduate course or a degree won’t be an automatic escape route, you’ll sour their parents on it too.
It doesn’t really hold up now, but for a kid back then…
You could end up President.
“No, Mr Bond. I expect you to die.”
He at least I think is taking the piss of others when he does it.
If only the Politician most consistently critical of Putin had been elected in 2017.
https://x.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1501272849759170560
It doesn't, and you insult yourself as much as others by pretending otherwise.
Would you claim someone who opposed miscegenation was not a racist because they say loudly they are not a racist? Of course not. Their core beliefs reveal their other words to be a lie.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010y1wr
But they are also pointing out that the Trump claims around "dictator" and so on are nonsense.
Here, they are where some of our righties are on Starmer "doing as well as can be expected with a bad hand", whilst comparing him badly on "mettle". Playing "what would Maggie do" games.
I don't sense perception of the USA as a rival / potential opponent yet, which I think is where they may be forced to go by circumstances.
Interesting changes in balance of the their Right (choose your word, as per usual) position.
All I can see on Betfair is most seats which is a bit pointless (other than betting large sums for a 4% return in 4 days).
“ Mein Führer, I can walk!”
➡️ REF: 26% (+1)
🌹 LAB: 25% (-1)
🌳 CON: 22% (=)
🔶 LDEM: 12% (=)
🟢 GRN: 7% (-1)
From @techneUK
From 19th - 20th February
Changes with 13th Feb"
https://x.com/PolliticoUK/status/1892679300064666031
https://www.thelocal.es/20250220/us-embassy-demands-spanish-suppliers-reject-diversity-policies
hahahahahahahahahha. aaaaahhahahaha
https://bsky.app/profile/eladiobobadilla.com/post/3linbuzpwqk2f
“Don’t get me wrong, some of my best friends… BUT…”
I've deleted your comment.
When all out war breaks in europe I v much doubt anyone will give Farage the time of day
The rest was brilliant though. Even the touches as to *why* he was bored.
One of my mum's favourite jokes was about how a chihauhau killed a rottweiler by blocking its throat up.
This is an opportunity for Kemi to differentiate the conservatives from Reform and how she performs over the next few months may well determine her time as leader
Then again your inability to notice his refusal to condemn is hardly surprising when you claim that everyone should pay the correct amount of tax while seeking to avoid doing so yourself...
turnout
1144 votes
12.33%."
https://vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/19301/local-council-elections-18th-february?page=3
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/keir-starmer-uk-defence-spending-ukraine-war-russia-b1212268.html
But @bigjohnowls you have become more monomaniacal, more obsessed with time and your arguments are not what they were pre Corbyn. If your mind's faculties are not being checked by a doctor, just get them checked, please. You don't seem right.
I don't know how much this place provides your community these days, but the old leftie fire is misfiring and you need to be a lot milder to remain valued on here. And that from someone who opened this evening by referring to Trump as twatface as his second word.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0q1z88gvv7t
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0q1z88gvv7t
At least we are getting somewhere...
Nor the fact that when it comes to tax you don't see anything wrong with trying to avoid it...
Good night all.
You are just making stuff up.
You are living in a disinformation bubble
But, whatever Comrade Tax Avoider...
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=N&CON=22&LAB=25&LIB=12&Reform=26&Green=7&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVReform=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=&SCOTLAB=&SCOTLIB=&SCOTReform=&SCOTGreen=&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=&display=AllChanged&regorseat=(none)&boundary=2024base
Bullies, in fact.
If you think saying that is acceptable, no matter how much you disagree with someone's views maybe you should take a long hard look at yourself
I've consulted Jeremy Corbyn, and he would like to completely disassociate himself from the comments made by one of his supporters this evening.