The Politics Thread

[Dujon]

BWFC_I, you can add to that list Trump's withdrawal of the US of A from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. No mucking about, no drawn out discussions, no ballyhoo, just putting pen to paper to act as scissors and cut the tie.

[TANGODANCER]

Could there be a reason God put America so far away from everywhere else..? Just wondering....

[BWFC_Insane]

Could there be a reason God put America so far away from everywhere else..? Just wondering....

Mexico?

[Hoboh]

I will concede that since Erdoğan has decided to climb into bed with Putin, membership is now probably a non-starter.
It wasn't the case before the vote, if the flow of refugees had not been stemmed, Merkel and a few others would have changed their tune in the better interests of the EU.
I shudder to think what pressure Putin applied.

At least you lasted longer on this one, than the £350m for the NHS...

Funny, I've just been trawling back and can find no reference to me stating £350 million would be spent on the NHS.

I had a disagreement, mainly with bish, over the amount which is correct until the dwindling rebate is taken away, including that it is somewhere in the region of £248 million per week.

Still never mind

[Worthy4England]

Generalisms have never particularly seemed to perturb you...

You would probably not be able to count the number of times you post "you're all..." and "they're all..." in relation to people who voted remain....or worse still...liberals.

Suck it up.

[BWFC_Insane]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38793071" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If this was the other way round there'd be a queue of people wanting to point it out.

Important to note, there are Muslim terrorists, Christian terrorists, Jewish terrorists, terrorists of no specific religion etc etc

Ultimately they are all terrorists.

[BWFC_Insane]

Some facts:

There have been zero fatal terror attacks on U.S. soil since 1975 by immigrants from the seven Muslim-majority countries President Donald Trump targeted with immigration bans on Friday

Twenty-three percent of the Muslim Americans involved with violent extremist plots since Sept. 11, 2001, had family backgrounds in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen, according to a Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security report released this week. None of those plots resulted in American deaths. Similarly, none of the 19 plane hijackers on 9/11 were from any of those seven countries.

According to the report, that brings the total number of U.S. deaths caused by Muslim American extremists since 9/11 to 123. By way of comparison, in 2016 alone, 188 people were killed on U.S. soil in mass shootings not involving Muslim American extremists, the report says.

[Montreal Wanderer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38793071

If this was the other way round there'd be a queue of people wanting to point it out.

Important to note, there are Muslim terrorists, Christian terrorists, Jewish terrorists, terrorists of no specific religion etc etc

Ultimately they are all terrorists.

It is pretty big news here I can tell you. However, we know nothing about the motives of the attackers yet. They could be terrorists or they could be lunatics (or both).

[Montreal Wanderer]

Could there be a reason God put America so far away from everywhere else..? Just wondering....

I think you are confusing America with Australia. We have a 4000 mile border with them so they are pretty close.

[KeyserSoze]

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/826081756524716032" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

BREAKING: Trump to sign exec. order this morning requiring that for every 1 new regulation, 2 regulations have to be revoked - sr. official

So we've checked vain, racist and misogynist. And now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[TANGODANCER]

Could there be a reason God put America so far away from everywhere else..? Just wondering....

I think you are confusing America with Australia. We have a 4000 mile border with them so they are pretty close.

Nope. not at all. The continent of North America includes both Mexico and Canada ( a lot of people lump South America in with north as a continent)

[Bruce Rioja]

Blimey. The figure on here is going up at such a rate that it's like watching them update the departures board at Euston

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Worthy4England]

Blimey. The figure on here is going up at such a rate that it's like watching them update the departures board at Euston

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

you can see how many people have signed it and where. here.

http://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.co ... 28&area=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just if you were bored like...

[Bruce Rioja]

Blimey. The figure on here is going up at such a rate that it's like watching them update the departures board at Euston

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

you can see how many people have signed it and where. here.

http://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.co ... 28&area=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just if you were bored like...

Sat in a Brussels hotel room. Report and action points already written and mailed. I'll get straight onto it

[Worthy4England]

Bristol West seem particularly concerned...

[Bruce Rioja]

Bristol West seem particularly concerned...

The constituents of the Edinburgh wards appear to have their dander up, too.

[Lord Kangana]

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/826081756524716032

BREAKING: Trump to sign exec. order this morning requiring that for every 1 new regulation, 2 regulations have to be revoked - sr. official

So we've checked vain, racist and misogynist. And now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Just thought I'd make sure this made another page.

The man's a f*cking stupid c*nt. If I'm being honest. Which I have a duty to be now.

[Worthy4England]

Actually I've had a bit of a Damascus moment. We should support our special relationship with the fine, upstanding rednecks, in relation to US wall building. I wouldn't want to see those nasty Mexicans nipping round the side of the wall, so I think the global citizens of the world should club together to fund the parts of the wall going up the West Coast, East Coast and just in case the sneaky buggers try to go over the top-side, between the US and Canada too.

I would recommend no doors as they're inherently unsafe.

I would also want to see TV jamming signals along the length of the new wall, to ensure those Mexicans can't get US quality TV programming for free.

[Prufrock]

Think you need a lid, too.

[BWFC_Insane]

Read the official statement from Trump, firing the Attorney General. Accuses her of "insubordination and betrayal".

This really is, so so similar to Nazi Germany now. The tone of it, almost read like something you could imagine being drafted for someone before they are taken out to be shot.