Quite.Well that was all a bit bizarre and bonkers. "The country's divided??" Wonder who divided it, Sunak? "Extremists on all sides"? So you're gonna sack Braverman, Truss, Anderson etc al are you??
Braverman should be put through the Prevent programme IMO, she wouldn't be the least extreme individual to be I'm sure.Well that was all a bit bizarre and bonkers. "The country's divided??" Wonder who divided it, Sunak? "Extremists on all sides"? So you're gonna sack Braverman, Truss, Anderson etc al are you??
Rushi's supporters are those who called judges enemies of the people, who complain constantly about people they want to lock up or deport getting fair legal representation, who want to change the law to allow them to do what courts have stopped them doing, who have very recently introduced restrictions on who can vote and how you can protest and who are now complaining about a democratically elected MP bieng elected (regardless of what you think of Galloway, he was elected by the people of Rochdale), yet of course its "other people" who are a threat to our democracy. It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous. We need a general election now before they do any more damage.
It's desperation from Rishi, for some of the reasons you state, it's mainly confected nonsense and lies which he hopes will make people more likely to vote Conservative than otherwise would have been the case. I'm more likely to choose to poke out my eyes with a blunt stick than vote Reform UK, but I'm even less likely to vote Conservative now than I was, which was admittedly unlikely to start with.Why has Sunak waited until now to make such a speech? It sounded nice but not a damn thing will be done. I've had enough of them and decided long ago to bugger off to Reform, I've never registered a protest vote in my 60 years but enough is enough! I'm politically homeless.
Rushi's supporters are those who called judges enemies of the people, who complain constantly about people they want to lock up or deport getting fair legal representation, who want to change the law to allow them to do what courts have stopped them doing, who have very recently introduced restrictions on who can vote, and how you can protest, who tried to mislead people by changing an offical party social media account to mimick a fact checking account and who are now complaining about a democratically elected MP bieng elected (regardless of what you think of Galloway, he was elected by the people of Rochdale), yet of course its "other people" who are a threat to our democracy. It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous. We need a general election now before they do any more damage.
Naming someone in his own party, or Tommy Robinson who was name-checked by someone sharing a platform with Truss at the American wacko conference, would stir up the Tory right wing - an extremist faction he isn't prepared to call out or confront.Weird how he named George Galloway but rather than someone like Tommy Robinson (or, say, one of the many Tories who are far right) he mentions Nick Griffin?!
Weird how he named George Galloway but rather than someone like Tommy Robinson (or, say, one of the many Tories who are far right) he mentions Nick Griffin?!
In brief, Islam is the religion, adherents of which are Muslims. Islamism is a political ideology that draws its tenets from Islam, someone who has that ideology is an Islamist.What exactly do people mean by an "Islamist" I've only heard it used as a pejorative term for a Muslim?
Naming someone in his own party, or Tommy Robinson who was name-checked by someone sharing a platform with Truss at the American wacko conference, would stir up the Tory right wing - an extremist faction he isn't prepared to call out or confront.
I did not watch it (I haven’t a TV), but from the reports it sounds as though he was trying to give the impression of a being a statesmanlike leader of the nation, a bit like Johnson, although not so flamboyantly. However, the rather anodyne delivery and the uninspiring content seem to have produced a feeling of, “Is that all there is?”
I watched his speech on GB News YouTube channel not just for convenience but also to read all the reactions from the Right, and I can tell you they are furious at being compared to the pro-Palestine crowd and/or Galloway. Their anger is being directed at a Sunak-led Tory party and many more will jump ship to Reform now. Mentioning Nick Griffin probably got a bit closer to the truth of many of their convictions than they'd like to admit. By the way, Galloway in one of his many interviews in the early hours of this morning 'revealed' he'd been contacted by Tice begging him to stand as a Reform candidate and he claimed to have a recording of the conversation.Naming someone in his own party, or Tommy Robinson who was name-checked by someone sharing a platform with Truss at the American wacko conference, would stir up the Tory right wing - an extremist faction he isn't prepared to call out or confront.
The joke being that what this country needs protecting from the most is Rishi and his party, it's another case of blame everyone else. And blaming the far-right is a bit rich given some of his parties members, though they're completly different arn't they?
Hopefully in the not to distant future the country will get together and our biggest problem will be relegated to the opposition.
Given the grave threats that Mr Sunak has discovered perhaps he should be given emergency powers to take back control of the country?
It will mean suspending the election for a year or two and restricting the press and people from spreading extremist views but it's a price worth paying if we can stop the country being destroyed by dark forces.
I for one welcome our new protectors and saviour of the nation and hope others will as well.
I can see the situation arising where the Tories will do anything to cancel the election and I don't know what anyone including Charles can do to stop them, think civil disorder on a scale not seen in my lifetime would descend.
Agreed - whatever Sunak is, he isn't Trump.I don't think they would do that; if that happened the UK would effectively become a dictatorship. As you say the anger towards Sunak and the Conservative Party would be on a scale unseen in modern times. I can literally see people trying to storm Parliament and Downing Street if that happened.
It's all about Sunak wanting to look big and important. Any instability now would be magnified a thousand-fold if they attempted to cancel the election and the Conservative Party would probably become extinct as a result as no-one would vote for them (assuming their attempts to cancel were unsuccessful).
Even Trump didn't use Covid as an excuse to cancel the US election; it'd be Sunak out-Trumping Trump.
Yes, I can see it happening because they've done it before, they are the Blue Anarchist party and have been since Boris Johnson took over, and they are prepared to break the law to get what they want.Hmm, "dark forces" huh? I have another term for them..."voters"!!
I can see the situation arising where the Tories will do anything to cancel the election and I don't know what anyone including Charles can do to stop them, think civil disorder on a scale not seen in my lifetime would descend.
Yes, I can see it happening because they've done it before, they are the Blue Anarchist party and have been since Boris Johnson took over, and they are prepared to break the law to get what they want.
Last time the Supreme Court eventually called them out, but next time they'll find a way to circumvent it "interfering" with their plans.
I don't think it's likely, but I don't think it impossible, which I would have said before 2019.
As I said yesterday, they are going to be annihilated in the next election unless they can change things significantly, either by breaking the law or by subverting the rule of law in a way that convinces voters who would otherwise not vote for them to do so. Pretending that the country is in some way controlled by dark forces, "Islamists" or whatever, and they are the only party which can counter this fabrication is one way of achieving this, but I think (and hope) enough people see through this nonsense.