Magrat Garlick
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He's a former communist. Run!!!
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The British Politics Thread
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PhoenixFire
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Haha, was he heck. He is a socialist bloke, not communist.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Oh come on, the guy is a dead set tool. I CBF right now but I shall hunt out some of his quotes to present my argument
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Sarcasm detector failed to ping, I see.
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
If Livingstone is a tool, I'd hate to think of what Boris Johnson is, he Bloke has the worst case of foot-in-mouth disease that I've ever seen.
BoJo is a complete muppet, I wouldn't be surprised if the 2012 games were cancelled due to his incompetence.
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
Haha, indeed it did. You'd be surprised by the amount of people who actually think he is a communist though tbh.
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
For every stupid comment that Livingston has made, your friend Boris has made about 50. Anyways, you'd be hard pressed to find a politician who hasn't said somethiong stupid.
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
I think you are understating the amount of things Boris has said, some of them weren't just 'strange' as you said. Admitted, Ken's statement you quote was pretty idiotic, but as I said, what politician doesn't say stupid things?
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
it would be funny if he didn't hold such an important position.Boris Johnson will at least be amusing
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Finegold: Mr Livingstone, Evening Standard. How did tonight go?
Livingstone: How awful for you. Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: How did tonight go?
Livingstone: Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: Was it a good party? What does it mean for you?
Livingstone: What did you do before? Were you a German war criminal?
Finegold: No, I'm Jewish, I wasn't a German war criminal and I'm actually quite offended by that. So, how did tonight go?
Livingstone: Ah right, well you might be Jewish, but actually you are just like a concentration camp guard, you are just doing it because you are paid to, aren't you?
Finegold: Great, I have you on record for that. So, how was tonight?
Livingstone: It's nothing to do with you because your paper is a load of scumbags and reactionary bigots.
Finegold: I'm a journalist and I'm doing my job. I'm only asking for a comment.
Livingstone: Well, work for a paper that doesn't have a record of supporting fascism.
"I have nothing to apologise for"
Livingstone: How awful for you. Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: How did tonight go?
Livingstone: Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: Was it a good party? What does it mean for you?
Livingstone: What did you do before? Were you a German war criminal?
Finegold: No, I'm Jewish, I wasn't a German war criminal and I'm actually quite offended by that. So, how did tonight go?
Livingstone: Ah right, well you might be Jewish, but actually you are just like a concentration camp guard, you are just doing it because you are paid to, aren't you?
Finegold: Great, I have you on record for that. So, how was tonight?
Livingstone: It's nothing to do with you because your paper is a load of scumbags and reactionary bigots.
Finegold: I'm a journalist and I'm doing my job. I'm only asking for a comment.
Livingstone: Well, work for a paper that doesn't have a record of supporting fascism.
"I have nothing to apologise for"
PhoenixFire
Well-known member
Obviously that's a completely ridiculous thing to say and admitted, he shouldn't have said it.
Tom Halsey
Well-known member
cpr
Well-known member
Sorry, but old red Ken is a tool, always has been, always will be. Even his own party knew that (though backed down when they found out he was a popular tool, oh how New Labour held those standards high).
Boris gets painted as a bit of a muppet, but y'know, back in the olden days everyone laughed at the court jester, but he was the only one who could get away with telling the King how it is. Behind that public image of the foppy haired public schoolboy with no social grace is actually quite a decent political mind (Christ sake if he survived the debacle that was the Conservates between 94 and 05 and come out both in positions of trust and being liked then he must be doing something right). Be nice to have a mayor not in the pockets of big business, might actually get the olympics sorted on time, because lets face it, if its owt like Wembley or the Millenium Dome, were ****ed.
And dont worry Martyn, we can both get knocked out in round one through a political witchhunt....
Boris gets painted as a bit of a muppet, but y'know, back in the olden days everyone laughed at the court jester, but he was the only one who could get away with telling the King how it is. Behind that public image of the foppy haired public schoolboy with no social grace is actually quite a decent political mind (Christ sake if he survived the debacle that was the Conservates between 94 and 05 and come out both in positions of trust and being liked then he must be doing something right). Be nice to have a mayor not in the pockets of big business, might actually get the olympics sorted on time, because lets face it, if its owt like Wembley or the Millenium Dome, were ****ed.
And dont worry Martyn, we can both get knocked out in round one through a political witchhunt....
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
The problem with forums is that they are usually weighted towards a heavy student/late teens-early 20s membership, both of these groups tend to have a disporportionate amount of liberals and socialists in comparison to the rest of the population
I mean being a Tory round these parts (or a foreign equivalent, Republican etc) is heavily stigmatised yet in this country is is the most popular party atm, in terms of opinion polls, and also according to local elections.