Captain Obvious wrote: » It never ceases to amaze me how little they understand the border.
That Spiked magazine’s US funding arm received $300,000 from the Charles Koch Foundation suggests a hidden agenda. ... The organisation the Charles Koch Foundation has chosen to fund is at first sight astounding: a US organisation established by an obscure UK-based magazine run by former members of a tiny Trotskyite splinter group. Some of its core contributors still describe themselves as Marxists or Bolsheviks. But the harder you look at it, the more sense the Koch donations appear to make. The name of the magazine is Spiked. It emerged from a group with a comical history of left factionalism. In 1974, the International Socialists split after a dispute over arithmetic in Volume 3 of Das Kapital. One of the new factions formed the Revolutionary Communist Group. In 1976 it split again, and one of the splinters formed the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. It was led by a sociologist at the University of Kent called Frank Furedi. In 1981 it changed its name to the Revolutionary Communist party.
Shelga wrote: » Urgh. I need to scrub my eyeballs after reading that. Fortunately I started zoning out halfway, such utter rubbish that it is.
LeinsterDub wrote: » https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/who-does-leo-varadkar-think-he-is/ A must read for everyone the above quote is just one of half a dozen such gems
Captain Obvious wrote: » I think Corbyn is just prepping for a hard Brexit. He is giving everyone on the Tory side a chance to fly their colours so they can't claim innocence when the economy dips after a hard exit. They will have to own their support of May and her deal.
J Mysterio wrote: » That is an absolutely disgraceful article. Unbelievably this repugnant buffoon is very often on Sky's Press Preview. 'The Editor of Spiked Online'. Edit: also snap.
The way Varadkar, the Taoiseach, talks about Britain is astonishing. It is motored by the elitist, practically imperial belief that what is good for his government — his foreign government
ancapailldorcha wrote: » Mod: Please do not drag the thread off topic.
Fionn1952 wrote: » Funnily enough, I'd imagine the term, 'Northerner" is probably considered in a similar light. Ultimately pretty inoffensive, particularly with context, but I'll bet there are plenty of numpties out there who'd be horribly offended by it. If you're anything like my closest friends down here, you're safer with, 'Nordy c**t'. I won't mention the folk I know who still refer to this end of the world as, 'The Free State"....primarily from the Nationalist/Republican end of the Nordy community.
downcow wrote: » So does that mean yous own the rugby team? Serious question
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Interesting Sky poll just out. 31% of people think May is the best person to lead Britain through Brexit. Unsurprisingly, only 24% think Corbyn is best. Labour really have missed their opportunity. Regarding Brexit, 54% want to remain, 32% want to crash out., 14 % want May's deal. The tide might definitely be turning but a split remains.
Bambi wrote: » Historically I think the reason for the annoyance was that Irish people looked on it as a reference to Saorstat Eire. I don't mind Northerners using a term like "The South", it makes sense if you're a Northerner but English people saying "The South" and "Southern Ireland" is a different kettle of fish
LeinsterDub wrote: » I think it's just polite to use the preferred name of a country unless disambiguation is required. You made a genuine mistake, fair enough let's just move on so. Ps speaking of names my username is right there on the screen. It has an I.
Thargor wrote: » I dont see how anyone could think an opposition parties performance could be called as bad as what the Tories have done over the last few years. Tory behaviour since the day the referendum was called is unprecedented in modern politics, literally putting the country in danger for completely self serving reasons that have completely blown up in their faces.
Hurrache wrote: » It's hard to know what to do in such a situation, publicly shame them, or starve them of the publicity they crave.
Laois_Man wrote: » The current performance of the Labour Party shows Labour in no better light than if they did "jump into the breach and take all the blame just as it gets really bad". If there is a General Election soon, I could see them being overtaken by the Lib Dems!
Laois_Man wrote: » Apparently, Corbyn thought he could get no confidence vote against May done before Thursday's Christmas recess - but he didn't realise the vote cannot be held until January 15th and now there's talk that they might hold a no confidence vote in the government itself, which would be voted upon this Wednesday!
Akrasia wrote: » No deal brexit is really bad for Ireland and could be a catalyst for a return to violence in NI. As much as the Tories deserve to lie in the bed they have made for themselves, there are a lot of innocent bystanders, including us on the island of Ireland who will also suffer if that happens
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Sky should have put their cameras on them and made it headline news.
Fionn1952 wrote: » I HAVE found that the majority of people back 'up North' who use EIRE tend to be somewhat pejorative, but nothing that would upset me.
Hurrache wrote: » It got pretty nasty alrighthttps://twitter.com/KateEMcCann/status/1074699565218086912?s=19
Professor Moriarty wrote: » I agree. Let them continue to crash and burn. I think their missed opportunity was in electing Corbyn. Someone like Starmer would have e crushed May and the Tories by now.
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