Are you the farmer?
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Of course he's the fucking farmer!
The key word here is "traditionally". It's 2025 not 1975. Trade union power is a fraction of what it once was, and the UK is far better because of it.
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The key word here is "traditionally". It's 2025 not 1975. Trade union power is a fraction of what it once was, and the UK is far better because of it.
If Vance is nominated, it'll be like shooting fish in a barrel for whoever the Dems nominate. All they need to do is work their way through a list of Trump's failures, corruption, illegal acts and repeatedly ask "Do you support what Trump has done?". If he answers "no" Trump will do the rest...
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If Vance is nominated, it'll be like shooting fish in a barrel for whoever the Dems nominate. All they need to do is work their way through a list of Trump's failures, corruption, illegal acts and repeatedly ask "Do you support what Trump has done?". If he answers "no" Trump will do the rest...
Vance is a paper tiger. He lacks charisma and electability. Although I despise him, I understand why certain people have been drawn to Donald Trump; the excess, the bragging, the self indulgence. It's an act Vance can't replicate. Who is therefore his constituency? Tech Bros? Who?
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Vance is a paper tiger. He lacks charisma and electability. Although I despise him, I understand why certain people have been drawn to Donald Trump; the excess, the bragging, the self indulgence. It's an act Vance can't replicate. Who is therefore his constituency? Tech Bros? Who?
But let's face it, we all know what this is actually about. Oil. Trump is out to line his pockets with more backhanders and brown envelopes of cash, this time paid by the world's oil companies for the rights to extract Venezuelan oil. It's so fucking transparent.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
But let's face it, we all know what this is actually about. Oil. Trump is out to line his pockets with more backhanders and brown envelopes of cash, this time paid by the world's oil companies for the rights to extract Venezuelan oil. It's so fucking transparent.
And also, what drugs are they claiming Venezuela is exporting to the US? Most of the US's cocaine comes from Colombia. Venezuelan produced drugs mainly end up Europe and the Carribbean. And isn't this allegedly about Fentanyl, which isn't produced there in any great quantity.
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
And also, what drugs are they claiming Venezuela is exporting to the US? Most of the US's cocaine comes from Colombia. Venezuelan produced drugs mainly end up Europe and the Carribbean. And isn't this allegedly about Fentanyl, which isn't produced there in any great quantity.
Forgive my ignorance, but if they're claiming it's a war, doesn't it need Congress to approve? And if it is, who is the war supposedly against? If it isn't, and these people are suspected of committing crimes, where is the due process? Drug smuggling doesn't carry the death penalty in the US...
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Forgive my ignorance, but if they're claiming it's a war, doesn't it need Congress to approve? And if it is, who is the war supposedly against? If it isn't, and these people are suspected of committing crimes, where is the due process? Drug smuggling doesn't carry the death penalty in the US...
How do you know the "six million trade union members" don't have a party that represents them? Have you consulted them, or are you claiming they all think like you and are seemingly crying out for a far left party that'll be a distant memory in less than three months?
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
How do you know the "six million trade union members" don't have a party that represents them? Have you consulted them, or are you claiming they all think like you and are seemingly crying out for a far left party that'll be a distant memory in less than three months?
Aside from a few people in the lower sixth and the odd Trot, who exactly are they supposed to appeal to? All the political bases in the UK are well and truly covered. If you're far left, you're going to vote Green, not for this bunch of limp lettuce leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Aside from a few people in the lower sixth and the odd Trot, who exactly are they supposed to appeal to? All the political bases in the UK are well and truly covered. If you're far left, you're going to vote Green, not for this bunch of limp lettuce leaves.
They don't help themselves, do they? A disorganised drum circle of collective leadership, where the two best known (actually the only two anyone has heard of) clearly hate each other more than they hate Farage, a silly name and zero chance of anyone outside Islington giving a toss...
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
They don't help themselves, do they? A disorganised drum circle of collective leadership, where the two best known (actually the only two anyone has heard of) clearly hate each other more than they hate Farage, a silly name and zero chance of anyone outside Islington giving a toss...
As if it's "hate speech"! It's certainly rude and unpleasant, but it's a bit much to claim using it incites hatred. And yes, it's exactly the sort of uncouth and childish word Donald Trump would use, but it shouldn't stop anyone using it when quoting him, or referring to it as the grating"R word".
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As if it's "hate speech"! It's certainly rude and unpleasant, but it's a bit much to claim using it incites hatred. And yes, it's exactly the sort of uncouth and childish word Donald Trump would use, but it shouldn't stop anyone using it when quoting him, or referring to it as the grating"R word".
And if you really want to, you can add in the DUP, who propped up the May government of 2017-2019. But hey, two parties...
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
And if you really want to, you can add in the DUP, who propped up the May government of 2017-2019. But hey, two parties...
Only two parties? And yet just over 10 years ago we had a coalition government, and sadly there's now another party that are at risk of being elected. I make that four... Oh, and that's obviously not counting the SNP and Plaid... So we're already up to six...
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Only two parties? And yet just over 10 years ago we had a coalition government, and sadly there's now another party that are at risk of being elected. I make that four... Oh, and that's obviously not counting the SNP and Plaid... So we're already up to six...
I'm guessing the word here is "retard"? There, was that really so bad? No, it's not a nice word, and not something anyone should use, but there shouldn't be any issue quoting that Donald Trump called someone a retard, and that he did it in an offensive way.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'm guessing the word here is "retard"? There, was that really so bad? No, it's not a nice word, and not something anyone should use, but there shouldn't be any issue quoting that Donald Trump called someone a retard, and that he did it in an offensive way.
What on earth is the "R word"? Why can't you just use the actual word to avoid confusion. We're all adults, we can take it, and we're sophisticated enough to know the context it's being used in (whatever the word is). When you're too afraid to say or write a word it's a sorry state of affairs.
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
What on earth is the "R word"? Why can't you just use the actual word to avoid confusion. We're all adults, we can take it, and we're sophisticated enough to know the context it's being used in (whatever the word is). When you're too afraid to say or write a word it's a sorry state of affairs.
Not sure how Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett sleep at night. Imagine studying and practicing the law for decades, having expert knowledge of ethics and legal impartiality, knowing the Constitution inside out, and then one day saying "Ah, fuck it" and becoming the gimp of a corrupt maniac.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not sure how Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett sleep at night. Imagine studying and practicing the law for decades, having expert knowledge of ethics and legal impartiality, knowing the Constitution inside out, and then one day saying "Ah, fuck it" and becoming the gimp of a corrupt maniac.
Those are, but your originals definitely weren't.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Those are, but your originals definitely weren't.
You don't seem to understand how the Leader of the Conservative Party is elected... Clue, it's not through a public vote, so "hello" right back to you...
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You don't seem to understand how the Leader of the Conservative Party is elected... Clue, it's not through a public vote, so "hello" right back to you...
Which of the above are oxymorons?!
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Which of the above are oxymorons?!
Exactly my thoughts. How can you pause something permanently? In proper English, which Donald Trump wouldn't understand, we'd call this "stopping" something... The man is an idiot.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Exactly my thoughts. How can you pause something permanently? In proper English, which Donald Trump wouldn't understand, we'd call this "stopping" something... The man is an idiot.
And please don't tell me "but 65% of people didn't vote for Labour in the last election". That's not how UK politics works, and is all the better for it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
And please don't tell me "but 65% of people didn't vote for Labour in the last election". That's not how UK politics works, and is all the better for it.
Ever voted in another country? I can assure you that FPTP and Westminster politics is superior to anything else. That is unless you like being governed by all sorts of weird and wacky coalitions that literally no-one voted for...
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ever voted in another country? I can assure you that FPTP and Westminster politics is superior to anything else. That is unless you like being governed by all sorts of weird and wacky coalitions that literally no-one voted for...
Only a bunch of people trying to bluff their way through on a daily basis. If you think Donald Trump has a secret double life like he's in some crappy Dan Brown novel, let me reassure you he doesn't. Real life just isn't like that...
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Only a bunch of people trying to bluff their way through on a daily basis. If you think Donald Trump has a secret double life like he's in some crappy Dan Brown novel, let me reassure you he doesn't. Real life just isn't like that...
Have you, or anyone in your family or close friends ever worked in government? Mine have, and I can assure you that most people involved are extremely incompetent and know next to nothing about what they're actually supposed to be doing. There are no grand conspiracies or secret cabals in charge.
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Have you, or anyone in your family or close friends ever worked in government? Mine have, and I can assure you that most people involved are extremely incompetent and know next to nothing about what they're actually supposed to be doing. There are no grand conspiracies or secret cabals in charge.
That's not a false dichotomy at all. It's merely stating that incompetence is the root cause of most things. I'm not offering you an either/or choice.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
That's not a false dichotomy at all. It's merely stating that incompetence is the root cause of most things. I'm not offering you an either/or choice.
Maybe Lance Stroll is secretly a really good driver, and only pretending to be a spoilt nepobaby whose daddy bought a racing team for him because based on talent Uber wouldn't even give him a drive...
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Maybe Lance Stroll is secretly a really good driver, and only pretending to be a spoilt nepobaby whose daddy bought a racing team for him because based on talent Uber wouldn't even give him a drive...