Wonder if any previous PM has been fined by the police as much as this prick
Only he seems to be trying to set a record.
Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt during Lancashire visit
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:41, Share, Reply)
Only he seems to be trying to set a record.
Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt during Lancashire visit
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:41, Share, Reply)
\o/
That's twice.
We should probably have a 'three-fines-and-you're-going-to-jail' rule or something.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:47, Share, Reply)
That's twice.
We should probably have a 'three-fines-and-you're-going-to-jail' rule or something.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:47, Share, Reply)
We used to have something better than that,
being the principle that ministers resign *before* bringing a public office into disrepute. I don't know if we'll ever get it back again, since shame and disgrace don't seem to exist any more.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:27, Share, Reply)
being the principle that ministers resign *before* bringing a public office into disrepute. I don't know if we'll ever get it back again, since shame and disgrace don't seem to exist any more.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:27, Share, Reply)
A career in politics now probably attracts a very different sort of person to, say, 60 to 70 years ago.
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I'm not sure about that.
The modern breed of politician is far less intelligent and capable, for sure, but I doubt they're more corrupt than their predecessors. The old politicians had more institutional power to keep scandals secret; they commanded a lot more respect so could get away with a hell of a lot more.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:10, Share, Reply)
The modern breed of politician is far less intelligent and capable, for sure, but I doubt they're more corrupt than their predecessors. The old politicians had more institutional power to keep scandals secret; they commanded a lot more respect so could get away with a hell of a lot more.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:10, Share, Reply)
I blame PPE
At least Maggie had a proper trade under her belt.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 12:20, Share, Reply)
At least Maggie had a proper trade under her belt.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 12:20, Share, Reply)
There’s probably something in that
If your entire career has been targeted at high office then you’ve not got anything to fall back into.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 12:59, Share, Reply)
If your entire career has been targeted at high office then you’ve not got anything to fall back into.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 12:59, Share, Reply)
Isn't it weird that we're supposed to sneer at career politicians, but not at career doctors or career car mechanics, etc?
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You’re begging the question there.
We don’t sneer because we’re supposed to; we inevitably do it because they earn our scorn.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:49, Share, Reply)
We don’t sneer because we’re supposed to; we inevitably do it because they earn our scorn.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:49, Share, Reply)
He needs to start throwing other people under the bus, like a REAL prime minister would.
"My driver assured me that all road safety and vehicle rules were being followed at all times."
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:07, Share, Reply)
"My driver assured me that all road safety and vehicle rules were being followed at all times."
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:07, Share, Reply)
He now bears the dubious distinction
of being fined by the police more often than the most morally corrupt person to hold that office in several hundred years.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:43, Share, Reply)
of being fined by the police more often than the most morally corrupt person to hold that office in several hundred years.
( , Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:43, Share, Reply)
The most uncharismatic, vacuous, patronising cunt we could have ever ended up with.
We've hardly been blessed with the best of the best when it comes to PMs of late, but May was somewhat loveable in her own weird, socially awkward way; Bojo had the oratory skills and entertainment value to make him at least bearable to sit through, even if you didn't like what he had to say; Truss...well, she was fascinating.
This twat, though. If I want to be spoken to like I'm still a fucking child, I'll go visit the parents. And don't get me started on that gormless fucking smirk he's constantly got on his face. Or the way the thinks emphasising certain words in his wearisome monologues somehow makes him a compelling public speaker.
Plus, he's Gerry Anderson scale. Just look at him Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 7:28, Share, Reply)
We've hardly been blessed with the best of the best when it comes to PMs of late, but May was somewhat loveable in her own weird, socially awkward way; Bojo had the oratory skills and entertainment value to make him at least bearable to sit through, even if you didn't like what he had to say; Truss...well, she was fascinating.
This twat, though. If I want to be spoken to like I'm still a fucking child, I'll go visit the parents. And don't get me started on that gormless fucking smirk he's constantly got on his face. Or the way the thinks emphasising certain words in his wearisome monologues somehow makes him a compelling public speaker.
Plus, he's Gerry Anderson scale. Just look at him Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 7:28, Share, Reply)
Maybe politicians should be judged by their policies
rather than the sound of their voice, or the shape of their features.
You say May was loveable, but she was a shit prime minister.
You say Bojo was entertaining, but he was shit prime minister.
You say Truss was fascinating, but she was a shit prime minister.
The job of a prime minister isn't to be someone that people like, yet that appears to be the principle criterion by which they're chosen and judged.
Maybe some uncharismatic, vacuous, patronising, cunty, gormless, wearisome, pigmy bastard that you don't like will do a better job.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 11:29, Share, Reply)
rather than the sound of their voice, or the shape of their features.
You say May was loveable, but she was a shit prime minister.
You say Bojo was entertaining, but he was shit prime minister.
You say Truss was fascinating, but she was a shit prime minister.
The job of a prime minister isn't to be someone that people like, yet that appears to be the principle criterion by which they're chosen and judged.
Maybe some uncharismatic, vacuous, patronising, cunty, gormless, wearisome, pigmy bastard that you don't like will do a better job.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 11:29, Share, Reply)
Guys, at least try to keep your racism geographically accurate.
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Yes, not being racist is a virtue.
By criticising virtue signalling you are trying to signal the virtue of not signalling virtues. It is a massively stupid thing to do. Sort your brain out.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 16:53, Share, Reply)
By criticising virtue signalling you are trying to signal the virtue of not signalling virtues. It is a massively stupid thing to do. Sort your brain out.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 16:53, Share, Reply)
My sig was taking the piss out of him specifically.
Him being Mr. Swagatha Penis.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:25, Share, Reply)
Him being Mr. Swagatha Penis.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:25, Share, Reply)
Fair enough I suppose.
I find it hard to follow the various feuds here, much less keep track of who’s wearing which sock.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:51, Share, Reply)
I find it hard to follow the various feuds here, much less keep track of who’s wearing which sock.
( , Sat 21 Jan 2023, 19:51, Share, Reply)
Is it racism though
if they are only pointing out the abnormally small stature of a person and criticizing the way they speak (and pointing out that they are a cunt)?
Or are you focusing on the colour of the prime minister's skin and implying that is his only obviously negative attribute, which is supposedly supporting the point you seem to be making that any criticism of him must be referring to that?
I know there's a word for people who fixate on the colour of people's skin in that way, it escapes me for the moment.
As for geographical correctness, wasn't he born in Southampton?
Or again, are you suggesting that the colour of his skin means we could reasonably ask "Yes, but where is he *really* from?"
You have to admit, though, he is a very tiny man. Abnormally so. He is a definite outlier on the scale of males.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 13:36, Share, Reply)
if they are only pointing out the abnormally small stature of a person and criticizing the way they speak (and pointing out that they are a cunt)?
Or are you focusing on the colour of the prime minister's skin and implying that is his only obviously negative attribute, which is supposedly supporting the point you seem to be making that any criticism of him must be referring to that?
I know there's a word for people who fixate on the colour of people's skin in that way, it escapes me for the moment.
As for geographical correctness, wasn't he born in Southampton?
Or again, are you suggesting that the colour of his skin means we could reasonably ask "Yes, but where is he *really* from?"
You have to admit, though, he is a very tiny man. Abnormally so. He is a definite outlier on the scale of males.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 13:36, Share, Reply)
Yes it is, as supported by a sober reading of your own rhetoric.
The use of a racial/ethnic identity as a slur ("Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck.") to deliberately highlight the negative qualities of an individual is quite obviously using racist language.
My (admittedly clumsy) joke about geographical accuracy is based on the fact that his race originates from a different continent. There's no excuse for lazy inaccurate racism. If you're going to do it, do it right.
He is very short. Controversially, I don't think someone's lack of height is a useful predictor for how cunty they are.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 16:35, Share, Reply)
The use of a racial/ethnic identity as a slur ("Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck.") to deliberately highlight the negative qualities of an individual is quite obviously using racist language.
My (admittedly clumsy) joke about geographical accuracy is based on the fact that his race originates from a different continent. There's no excuse for lazy inaccurate racism. If you're going to do it, do it right.
He is very short. Controversially, I don't think someone's lack of height is a useful predictor for how cunty they are.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 16:35, Share, Reply)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_(Greek_mythology)
I'm starting to think your obsession with race (as well as your unrelenting virtue signaling) might be a case of psychological projection.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 19:18, Share, Reply)
That's an interesting wikipedia link. Even more interestingly, if you remove _(Greek_mythology) from that link it automatically directs you to
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples
I didn't psychologically project racist language into your brain and make you type it out on the internet.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 20:15, Share, Reply)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples
I didn't psychologically project racist language into your brain and make you type it out on the internet.
( , Sun 22 Jan 2023, 20:15, Share, Reply)
Questionable only by racists and their apologists, I assure you.
Calling out bigotry is just standard decency, letting it go unchallenged is standard cowardice.
Now you have admitted to using racist language, why not try correcting it? Just try out a little decency, see how it makes you feel.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 13:54, Share, Reply)
Calling out bigotry is just standard decency, letting it go unchallenged is standard cowardice.
Now you have admitted to using racist language, why not try correcting it? Just try out a little decency, see how it makes you feel.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 13:54, Share, Reply)
"Now you have admitted to using racist language"
Where was that, then? You're the only one showing any signs of racial prejudice in this thread, matey.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:22, Share, Reply)
Where was that, then? You're the only one showing any signs of racial prejudice in this thread, matey.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:22, Share, Reply)
Literally your previous post in this conversation.
I said, "I didn't psychologically project racist language into your brain and make you type it out on the internet." You replied "No, but your obsession with race is questionable."
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:37, Share, Reply)
I said, "I didn't psychologically project racist language into your brain and make you type it out on the internet." You replied "No, but your obsession with race is questionable."
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:37, Share, Reply)
I'm racist because I agreed with your assertation that you didn't psychologically project racist language into my brain and made me type it out on the internet?
Eh?
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:50, Share, Reply)
Eh?
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:50, Share, Reply)
I'm glad you continue to agree with my assertion that you used racist language.
Are you struggling to make the connection between doing racism and being racist? I'm not sure how to help you make that logical step.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 16:48, Share, Reply)
Are you struggling to make the connection between doing racism and being racist? I'm not sure how to help you make that logical step.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 16:48, Share, Reply)
And if they had used some other term for being short
like dwarf, midget and so on, you'd have called them out for some other ism.
I don't know why you're so fixated on his skin colour, and where his ancestors emigrated from, but he was born in Southampton.
His 'race' is English...
Unless, of course, you segregate people based on their skin colour and whether their name is British sounding enough. You know, the word for people who make that distinction that will come to me anytime soon, I'm sure.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:09, Share, Reply)
like dwarf, midget and so on, you'd have called them out for some other ism.
I don't know why you're so fixated on his skin colour, and where his ancestors emigrated from, but he was born in Southampton.
His 'race' is English...
Unless, of course, you segregate people based on their skin colour and whether their name is British sounding enough. You know, the word for people who make that distinction that will come to me anytime soon, I'm sure.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:09, Share, Reply)
Come on now, Birb can't possibly be racist.
Just look at how much time he spends pointing out how racist other people are!
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:23, Share, Reply)
Just look at how much time he spends pointing out how racist other people are!
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:23, Share, Reply)
...When they use racist language on the internet
like "Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck."
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 19:32, Share, Reply)
like "Horrible little pygmy bastard. Yuck."
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 19:32, Share, Reply)
English hasn't been considered a race for about a century or so.
This approach of yours ('the anti-racists are the real racists') is not working. You should try an honest approach.
You are right about the terms for being short, if you'd used other bigoted words like dwarf or midget I'd have called you out on those too. Weird how this ideological consistency is seen as a weakness by bigots.
You are literally the only one fixating on skin colour in this conversation. Nobody else has even mentioned it until now.
I advise you to sober up before continuing to embarrass yourself online.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:34, Share, Reply)
This approach of yours ('the anti-racists are the real racists') is not working. You should try an honest approach.
You are right about the terms for being short, if you'd used other bigoted words like dwarf or midget I'd have called you out on those too. Weird how this ideological consistency is seen as a weakness by bigots.
You are literally the only one fixating on skin colour in this conversation. Nobody else has even mentioned it until now.
I advise you to sober up before continuing to embarrass yourself online.
( , Mon 23 Jan 2023, 14:34, Share, Reply)
Honest approach? Wasn't it you that said
"My (admittedly clumsy) joke about geographical accuracy is based on the fact that his race originates from a different continent."?
That's racist, and not in the 'anti-racists are the real racists' way either (what a clumsy, trite, attempt at deflection).
Race is a Racist Concept
I also was not the one that used that term. All my words are still there for you to quote if you want to point out where I was being a bigot rather than point out your inconsistency.
You have no high horse to be sat on when you yourself use racist terms in your argument against others using racist terms. Criticizing perceived racism does not give you carte blanche to use racist terms and concepts yourself. If you avoided being fixated on Sunak's 'race', by which you blatantly mean the colour of his skin and the geographical location his ancestors are from, you might have been able to maintain some credibility here.
But you didn't. You yourself used racist terms and concepts, which removes any right you have to criticize others for doing the same. All this shows is you really just wanted to bully someone on the internet and show them how you are so much smarter and socially evolved.
And that's what makes it virtue signalling instead of having virtues, because you yourself hold, and use, racist concepts.
Now before you ignore this post and ad-hominem in return, I don't claim to be perfect, but then I'm not going round shouting 'Racist!' all the time...
( , Fri 27 Jan 2023, 12:12, Share, Reply)
"My (admittedly clumsy) joke about geographical accuracy is based on the fact that his race originates from a different continent."?
That's racist, and not in the 'anti-racists are the real racists' way either (what a clumsy, trite, attempt at deflection).
Race is a Racist Concept
I also was not the one that used that term. All my words are still there for you to quote if you want to point out where I was being a bigot rather than point out your inconsistency.
You have no high horse to be sat on when you yourself use racist terms in your argument against others using racist terms. Criticizing perceived racism does not give you carte blanche to use racist terms and concepts yourself. If you avoided being fixated on Sunak's 'race', by which you blatantly mean the colour of his skin and the geographical location his ancestors are from, you might have been able to maintain some credibility here.
But you didn't. You yourself used racist terms and concepts, which removes any right you have to criticize others for doing the same. All this shows is you really just wanted to bully someone on the internet and show them how you are so much smarter and socially evolved.
And that's what makes it virtue signalling instead of having virtues, because you yourself hold, and use, racist concepts.
Now before you ignore this post and ad-hominem in return, I don't claim to be perfect, but then I'm not going round shouting 'Racist!' all the time...
( , Fri 27 Jan 2023, 12:12, Share, Reply)