Some might call that noble. I call it cowardice and bordering on treason.
Putin could get Russia to invade the uk, and him sizing up the curtain in buck palace for his summer house and corbyn would still be wittering in about not being able to launch any military action.
Lots of embarrassed faces on the Opposition benches as Corbyn tries to divert attention by talking about anything but the real matters in hand
Hearing the shadow minister on radio 5 yesterday desperately trying to claim that jezza wasn’t doubting the evidence was about as a convincing as a 5 year old trying to lie about if he took a sweetie from the jar (while the wrapper is stuck in their hair).
I'm very conflicted about Lammy. He can speak very eloquently and intelligently about certain topics, and obviously cares deeply about others. And then he says stuff that makes me thing "whaaaaat the f****k?"
Corbyn should have led on the non-recall of parliament. That is where the PM is weakest.
Correct. K Clarke filling the gap.
OTOH the paradigm case of letting parliament have a say is 2002, and that worked well, didn't it? Not only did it not work, it gave the repulsive Blair carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to a greater extent than if he were acting off his own bat.
Mr. Jessop, that's people, though. Wise in some areas, dim in others.
A couple of years ago I was talking to a man from the AA who was fixing my car. He said the worst customers were medical doctors, who often insisted that they knew best, and would get frustrated when the AA man - the expert - corrected them.
I fear the same can happen for many MPs, and indeed all of us. We may know a lot about specific area, but it's dangerous to assume that makes us an expert in others.
Corbyn should have led on the non-recall of parliament. That is where the PM is weakest.
Correct. K Clarke filling the gap.
OTOH the paradigm case of letting parliament have a say is 2002, and that worked well, didn't it? Not only did it not work, it gave the repulsive Blair carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to a greater extent than if he were acting off his own bat.
Another from Brandon's troll farm.Tories are at their worst when they're self-righteous and lose their loving feeling.
Calling a proper journalist a denizen of a party troll farm is as actionable a libel as I've seen on this site. If you have bought in to the mistaken belief that that is OGH's problem, it isn't. It is yours: see the Defamation Act 2013.
I'm very conflicted about Lammy. He can speak very eloquently and intelligently about certain topics, and obviously cares deeply about others. And then he says stuff that makes me thing "whaaaaat the f****k?"
Lammy's biggest quiver in his bow is that he is Tottenham through and through. I think it shows through in that he has an intimate knowledge of his patch and its issues re knife crime and so forth.
If Amber Rudd has to resign who would we expect to replace her?
Dominic Raab?
Generally Theresa has tried to replace like with like when one of her Ministers has had to resign.
So if Rudd goes I'd expect her to be replaced by another woman. And someone from the REMAIN side of Con.
Which I think rules out Raab on both counts?
Now I've said that watch TM promote Rabb if Rudd quits.
I think if she were to bring a Remain-er into the cabinet (Rory Stewart), and/or promote Penny Morduant at the same time, she would achieve that goal.
It'll be interesting to hear any contribution Rory has to make on this matter.
On another point, the PM has been really family-unfriendly with this statement. It is just after school picking-up time, on the first dry sunny day for some time, and then there is tea to make. Please think of all the stay-at-home dads, and make statement before 15.00. Cheers.
If Amber Rudd has to resign who would we expect to replace her?
Dominic Raab?
Generally Theresa has tried to replace like with like when one of her Ministers has had to resign.
So if Rudd goes I'd expect her to be replaced by another woman. And someone from the REMAIN side of Con.
Which I think rules out Raab on both counts?
Now I've said that watch TM promote Rabb if Rudd quits.
I think if she were to bring a Remain-er into the cabinet (Rory Stewart), and/or promote Penny Morduant at the same time, she would achieve that goal.
It'll be interesting to hear any contribution Rory has to make on this matter.
On another point, the PM has been really family-unfriendly with this statement. It is just after school picking-up time, on the first dry sunny day for some time, and then there is tea to make. Please think of all the stay-at-home dads, and make statement before 15.00. Cheers.
I'm very conflicted about Lammy. He can speak very eloquently and intelligently about certain topics, and obviously cares deeply about others. And then he says stuff that makes me thing "whaaaaat the f****k?"
Here's another point in favour of Lammy.
Lammy went to the trouble of finding out about the huge Oxbridge bias against, amongst other things, Welsh students.
In 2016, Cambridge accepted just 57 Welsh students. There are schools in London that -- alone -- sent more to Oxbridge than this.
The only reason data like this -- the overwhelming Oxbridge bias to London, the South and the East -- is more widely known is because of David Lammy.
Labour have tonnes of vacuous, space-wasting Welsh MPs.
None of them have ever managed to raise this issue, which has persisted for decades. It was left to David Lammy to make the running.
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
I'm very conflicted about Lammy. He can speak very eloquently and intelligently about certain topics, and obviously cares deeply about others. And then he says stuff that makes me thing "whaaaaat the f****k?"
Russia’s disinformation onslaught has cranked up another notch since US, UK and French air strikes this weekend on Syrian chemical weapons targets. According to the Pentagon, there’s been a 2,000 percent increase in Russian troll activity online.
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
Yep total f***ing idiot.
Unless the Russian embassy forgot to pay its newspaper bill, Mr Putin will already have seen this widely reported.
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
Why are they telling Corbyn private info, if we cannot keep his mouth shut?
I'm very conflicted about Lammy. He can speak very eloquently and intelligently about certain topics, and obviously cares deeply about others. And then he says stuff that makes me thing "whaaaaat the f****k?"
Here's another point in favour of Lammy.
Lammy went to the trouble of finding out about the huge Oxbridge bias against, amongst other things, Welsh students.
In 2016, Cambridge accepted just 57 Welsh students. There are schools in London that -- alone -- sent more to Oxbridge than this.
The only reason data like this -- the overwhelming Oxbridge bias to London, the South and the East -- is more widely known is because of David Lammy.
Labour have tonnes of vacuous, space-wasting Welsh MPs.
None of them have ever managed to raise this issue, which has persisted for decades. It was left to David Lammy to make the running.
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
Why are they telling Corbyn private info, if we cannot keep his mouth shut?
I do wonder what they tell him in the security briefings...if they aren't giving him all the facts, perhaps we can let him off his InfoWars tendencies...
Some of us have been highlighting Corbyn's danger for a long time. It's amazing how long it takes for people to wake up to this. And then they forget about it when the crisis passes. In reality, democrats of left, right and centre need to stop this man ever getting in power. Western democracy is too important.
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
Yep total f***ing idiot.
Unless the Russian embassy forgot to pay its newspaper bill, Mr Putin will already have seen this widely reported.
Not from someone who has had access to security information, though.
Some of us have been highlighting Corbyn's danger for a long time. It's amazing how long it takes for people to wake up to this. And then they forget about it when the crisis passes. In reality, democrats of left, right and centre need to stop this man ever getting in power. Western democracy is too important.
Some of us have been highlighting Corbyn's danger for a long time. It's amazing how long it takes for people to wake up to this. And then they forget about it when the crisis passes. In reality, democrats of left, right and centre need to stop this man ever getting in power. Western democracy is too important.
If you think Jezza is dangerous, McDonnell is another level above that as a) he isn't a moron, b) is willing to be extremely flexible with the truth about his real opinions to get what he wants and c) is even more extreme in his support for terrorists and d) isn't a socialist, he is a Marxist.
Some of us have been highlighting Corbyn's danger for a long time. It's amazing how long it takes for people to wake up to this. And then they forget about it when the crisis passes. In reality, democrats of left, right and centre need to stop this man ever getting in power. Western democracy is too important.
There's 4 years to get this message across.
Part of the problem is many people under 30 get their news from social media and don't watch TV news or read the papers. Social media is utterly dominated by Corbyn supporters. On platforms like reddit they can actually bury the negative stories like this. Though I do wonder how many of those Corbyn supporters are actually Russian accounts.
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That will be a great contrast to Mr Shouty McShoutface who will get to his feet shortly
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/985902908263817216
Not a high bar, to be fair, but she cleared it by a mile.
Some might call that noble. I call it cowardice and bordering on treason.
Pathetic
OTOH the paradigm case of letting parliament have a say is 2002, and that worked well, didn't it? Not only did it not work, it gave the repulsive Blair carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to a greater extent than if he were acting off his own bat.
I fear the same can happen for many MPs, and indeed all of us. We may know a lot about specific area, but it's dangerous to assume that makes us an expert in others.
Be very afraid.
On another point, the PM has been really family-unfriendly with this statement. It is just after school picking-up time, on the first dry sunny day for some time, and then there is tea to make. Please think of all the stay-at-home dads, and make statement before 15.00. Cheers.
(file under first world fathering silly problems)
Lammy went to the trouble of finding out about the huge Oxbridge bias against, amongst other things, Welsh students.
In 2016, Cambridge accepted just 57 Welsh students. There are schools in London that -- alone -- sent more to Oxbridge than this.
The only reason data like this -- the overwhelming Oxbridge bias to London, the South and the East -- is more widely known is because of David Lammy.
Labour have tonnes of vacuous, space-wasting Welsh MPs.
None of them have ever managed to raise this issue, which has persisted for decades. It was left to David Lammy to make the running.
I've got a lot of time for David Lammy.
Why are they propping Jezza up like this? Get into the meat of the issue. Respond or not?
Paul Waugh@paulwaugh
Small but important point: Corbyn said Sgt Matt Tonroe was an 'SAS sniper'. PM followed convention of not referring to special forces membership explicitly
This will become the theme and it will result in him never becoming PM
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/16/russias-trolls-propagandists-have-turned-soviet-disinformation/
Helps when the leader of the opposition uses the propaganda as the centre piece of his responses.
We should be told.
Why are they telling Corbyn private info, if we cannot keep his mouth shut?
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/985910707127332864