btb Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 56 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: The landlord seems like a total w****r. Yup - I'm no big fan of Starmer but he seemed interested in debating the point with landlord (living up to the Al Murray caricature) which is a rarity in politicians today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, andrew21 said: John McFall has his nose even further into the trough. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56829380 The dregs of the dregs. Another reason to leave the rancid U.K. set up. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Pato said: Isn't it mad when a journalist doing basic journalism makes so many people impressed these days It’s because so few do this. Channel 4 is very good, I’m pretty sure Johnson refuses to be interviewed by them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Nothing really to do with the party or the person. Oh so vain, but...Sarwar is really starting to look like his Dad and in five years when what's left up top is gone, he'll look even more so like him. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Pato said: Isn't it mad when a journalist doing basic journalism makes so many people impressed these days Maybe as an outsider he's thinking of asking the big, general questions that Scottish media journalists just take for granted. Sometimes a candidate can have great answers on health, education and economics, but ask them why they want to be president or whatever and they fold. Also, Scottish-based political journalists are mostly right-wing hacks, gossip-mongers or courtiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 9 hours ago, GordonS said: Maybe as an outsider he's thinking of asking the big, general questions that Scottish media journalists just take for granted. Sometimes a candidate can have great answers on health, education and economics, but ask them why they want to be president or whatever and they fold. Also, Scottish-based political journalists are mostly right-wing hacks, gossip-mongers or courtiers. I could be wrong but was Anas not sacked by Leonard as Health spokesman in late 2018 and he was on the backbenches till Leonard resigned? So he would not be speaking on behalf of the front bench in March last year-or he is just dissembling/lying? Just as well he does not play games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Tony, King of Boomers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Sarwar on LBC radio there saying how he calls Ruth Davidson a friend.Have these p***ks ever studied the history of the Labour party?Cnut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, DublinMagyar said: Sarwar on LBC radio there saying how he calls Ruth Davidson a friend. Have these p***ks ever studied the history of the Labour party? Cnut Did'nt hear it obviously but how does that square with him saying he "detests" Boris Johnston--oh maybe she does as well , so that's his pal now. He only returned to Holyrood in 2016 when she was at her "Peak Ruth" so it would be natural for two UK Nationalists to become friends--or maybe he had none in the branch office? He does not want to go back to "Old arguments" from Labour history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Didn't Mhairi Black say that she was friends with Jacob Rees-Mogg? Just because they don't share their politics doesn't mean they can't get on. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Anas Sarwar is a wee weasel. He doesn't have any real points to make on anything and everything he says is to sook up someones arse. Depending on who he's talking to/about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 19 hours ago, DublinMagyar said: Sarwar on LBC radio there saying how he calls Ruth Davidson a friend. Have these p***ks ever studied the history of the Labour party? Cnut The majority of the party leaders and the political journalists are from the same social circles. Scotland is a small place and the places the likes of Sarwar, Dugdale, Davidson, Sturgeon etc frequent are tiny. The best example of that is when Gordon Aikman died and the fawning multiday BBC coverage had every politician and journalist on to gush about a guy 99% of people had never heard of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Poor Sarwar is in a very difficult position. He knows the Westminster bosses will have his guts for garters if he weakens on a referendum, even if he gets gubbed next week even though many in the party favour at least a referendum if not actual independence. He also knows that Scottish Labour policy is against Trident and that it's a clear conflict with the party high heid yins down south. He is in a bit of a zugzwang. (Sorry, just found that word a wee while ago and was desperate to use it ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Poor Sarwar is in a very difficult position. He knows the Westminster bosses will have his guts for garters if he weakens on a referendum, even if he gets gubbed next week even though many in the party favour at least a referendum if not actual independence. He also knows that Scottish Labour policy is against Trident and that it's a clear conflict with the party high heid yins down south. He is in a bit of a zugzwang. (Sorry, just found that word a wee while ago and was desperate to use it ) Does it mean arsehole? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Granny Danger said: Does it mean arsehole? Nearly... I think it is from chess or draughts a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one's turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage. "black is in zugzwang" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, Pato said: Oi! Don't knock education... All parties are very keen on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Sannox Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 28/04/2021 at 20:02, DublinMagyar said: Sarwar on LBC radio there saying how he calls Ruth Davidson a friend. Have these p***ks ever studied the history of the Labour party? Cnut It is possible to have friends with different political beliefs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 13 hours ago, scottsdad said: Didn't Mhairi Black say that she was friends with Jacob Rees-Mogg? Just because they don't share their politics doesn't mean they can't get on. Diane Abbott was friends with Jonathan Aitken before he went to jail. Maybe it is easier to be friends with a politician from another party that isn't chasing the same votes and your main opponents are rivals in your own party. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 18 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Oi! Don't knock education... All parties are very keen on it. Yes... But not all parties are keen on paying those who teach a proper wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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