Re: Snap General Election called
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:50 pm
Mellsblue wrote:That moment you realise Banquo is Michael Gove:
Mellsblue wrote:That moment you realise Banquo is Michael Gove:
Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?Digby wrote:Will lying about a wreath lay to rest Corbyn's time as leader, or like Trump can he do as he wants and take no hit to his base? And even if they ditch the walking apology machine for terrorism would the next leader be any better?
Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?Digby wrote:Will lying about a wreath lay to rest Corbyn's time as leader, or like Trump can he do as he wants and take no hit to his base? And even if they ditch the walking apology machine for terrorism would the next leader be any better?
I'm not just as scathing of Boris in this instance, Boris made a self aggrandising comment that distracted from a quite reasonable underlying point, whereas the Dear Leader supported terrorism back when nobody paid attention to him and lies about it now they doMellsblue wrote:Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?Digby wrote:Will lying about a wreath lay to rest Corbyn's time as leader, or like Trump can he do as he wants and take no hit to his base? And even if they ditch the walking apology machine for terrorism would the next leader be any better?
Couldn’t agree more.Digby wrote:I'm not just as scathing of Boris in this instance, Boris made a self aggrandising comment that distracted from a quite reasonable underlying point, whereas the Dear Leader supported terrorism back when nobody paid attention to him and lies about it now they doMellsblue wrote:Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?
PLO aren't terroristsMellsblue wrote:Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?Digby wrote:Will lying about a wreath lay to rest Corbyn's time as leader, or like Trump can he do as he wants and take no hit to his base? And even if they ditch the walking apology machine for terrorism would the next leader be any better?
How you can compare someone stirring up racial hatred with someone else promoting peace, I do not know..Sandydragon wrote:Both Corbyn and Johnson provide repeated evidence for why neither should be in a position of major responsibility. At some point the grassroots of Labour and Conservatives will wake up to that, but who knows when that will be given that these are strange times politically.
That’s one ticked off the list. Now for all the others.Zhivago wrote:PLO aren't terroristsMellsblue wrote:Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?
This is the funniest thing I’ve read in ages. Kudos.Zhivago wrote:How you can compare someone stirring up racial hatred with someone else promoting peace, I do not know..Sandydragon wrote:Both Corbyn and Johnson provide repeated evidence for why neither should be in a position of major responsibility. At some point the grassroots of Labour and Conservatives will wake up to that, but who knows when that will be given that these are strange times politically.
Then you don't read enoughMellsblue wrote:This is the funniest thing I’ve read in ages. Kudos.Zhivago wrote:How you can compare someone stirring up racial hatred with someone else promoting peace, I do not know..Sandydragon wrote:Both Corbyn and Johnson provide repeated evidence for why neither should be in a position of major responsibility. At some point the grassroots of Labour and Conservatives will wake up to that, but who knows when that will be given that these are strange times politically.
Good grief.Zhivago wrote:PLO aren't terroristsMellsblue wrote:Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.canta_brian wrote:Was that the wreath laying ceremony from 2014? I can't imagine why there is a fuss about it now, can you? Any anti-islamic telegraph columns that need attention being drawn away from?
He laid a wreath to victims of an attack on the PLO in Tunis by Israel, an attack killing civilians, flagrantly violating the UN charter and condemed by almost all the world's governments, including Thatcher, and the UNSC in a vote 14-0 against Israel.Sandydragon wrote:Good grief.Zhivago wrote:PLO aren't terroristsMellsblue wrote: Classic whataboutery. Corbyn’s seeming inability to stop himself from with fraternising with those deemed terrorists by the U.K. has been an ongoing theme for decades and has been front and centre ever since he was elected leader of the Labour Party. A lot of those highlighting this latest (in a very long line) of Corbyn’s dodgy circle of friends are being just as scathing about Boris.
Peace maker Corbyn ain’t; at best he is naive at worst he is providing support to terrorists. There was no good reason to visit the graves of dead terrorists. None. Yet he did and then lied about having done so.
Given that Corbyn has a long history of association with extremists, I don’t believe him. If that were his genuine rationale, why deny he attended? Utter nonsense for the gullible young idiots who think he is the Messiah.Zhivago wrote:He laid a wreath to victims of an attack on the PLO in Tunis by Israel, an attack killing civilians, flagrantly violating the UN charter and condemed by almost all the world's governments, including Thatcher, and the UNSC in a vote 14-0 against Israel.Sandydragon wrote:Good grief.Zhivago wrote:
PLO aren't terrorists
Peace maker Corbyn ain’t; at best he is naive at worst he is providing support to terrorists. There was no good reason to visit the graves of dead terrorists. None. Yet he did and then lied about having done so.
Stop with the lies, it's pathetic and dishonest.
So he did attend an act of remembrance to dead terrorists. So just to be clear, he participated in an event designed to commemorate dead terrorists, condemned across the world for their actions. Corbyn has openly sympathised with terrorists.Mr Corbyn has admitted he was “present” at a memorial event which commemorated those from the Black September group responsible for the 1972 attack in Munich, despite his office previously insisting he was only at the event in question honouring Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike.
That 'quote' is a bit contextless. The quote from Labour is that he was present at a gathering in support of Palestine and went to the cemetary in a ceremony to lay a wreath for the civilians killed in the air strike and, while he was there, other members of the delegation laid a different wreath for the terrorist. It's notable that the only word that the Independent has quoted is "present".Sandydragon wrote:This is the quote from the Independent which was provided by Labour
So he did attend an act of remembrance to dead terrorists. So just to be clear, he participated in an event designed to commemorate dead terrorists, condemned across the world for their actions. Corbyn has openly sympathised with terrorists.Mr Corbyn has admitted he was “present” at a memorial event which commemorated those from the Black September group responsible for the 1972 attack in Munich, despite his office previously insisting he was only at the event in question honouring Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike.
I think it’s pretty clear. It’s also clear that his presence to be at that location purely to honour dead children was a bit of a lie.
The man isn’t fit to be prime minister. How gullible do you need to be to think otherwise?
I believe the grave the contentious wreath was laid on was that of Arafat's second in command in the PLO, not "a group of dead terrorists". He was generally assumed to have been in charge of the group that did the bombing, but he was also part of the Palestinian leadership, as were the people who laid the wreath. I agree that Corbyn's splitting hairs about being "present but not involved" however if you're politicking on the Palestinian side then they're people you have to associate with, just as dealing with the Israelis used to mean associating with Sharon, dealing with the IRA meant Jerry Adams, etc. Both sides have horrible innocent-murdering fuckpots in charge and we've shown respect to worse.Sandydragon wrote:The past associations bit is easy to understand. When a terrorist, such as Arafat, becomes necessary from a diplomatic point of view, ie they run a country or can reasonably be viewed as the official representative of a national group, then we have to deal with them. If they renounce terrorism then so much the better. It doesn’t mean we have to like them.
Corbyn was in attendance at a commemoration for a group of dead terrorists. He has form for these associations so I don’t believe his protestations that he didn’t realise what was going on.