UN UK Snap election 8th June 2017 - Oh boy another U turn.

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Sorry if this video has been posted already, I wasn't able to keep up with the thread and still catching up...

I really don't know what the fuck happened in the past 2 years. Europe is sinking into chaos, terrorism is a global problem, the climate is fucked, the banks are yet again engaging in shenanigans and here we have a video of a guy called Lord Buckethead, a guy in an Elmo costume and a guy with a cowboy hat on stage with Theresa May etc. after an election.

The world is going completely crazy and I love every damn second of it.
 
I could look this up on wikiapedo or something, but lets be honest conversation with knowledgeable people makes us the civilized people we are.

Isn't the official name of the Conservative party The Conservative and Ulster Unionist Party?

And don't the UUP consider the DUP splitters?
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
He's shared platforms with a Jihadi group which was related to the London bridge/Borogh Market attack and basically done everything he could (while a back bencher) to bat for groups he sees as "disenfranchised" but are mostly terroristic arseholes.
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I thought you were just exaggerating, but then I looked up his Wikipedia article:

Corbyn has been vocal on Middle East foreign policy. He is a member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, campaigning against conflict in Gaza and what the organisation considers to be apartheid in Israel.[203] At a meeting hosted by Stop the War Coalition in 2009, Corbyn said he invited "friends" from Hamas and Hezbollah to an event in parliament, referred to Hamas as "an organization dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people," and said that the British government's labelling of Hamas as a terrorist organisation is "a big, big historical mistake."[204] Asked on Channel 4 News in July 2015 why he had called representatives from Hamas and Hezbollah "friends", Corbyn explained, "I use it in a collective way, saying our friends are prepared to talk," and that the specific occasion he used it was to introduce speakers from Hezbollah at a Parliamentary meeting about the Middle East. He said that he does not condone the actions of either organisation: "Does it mean I agree with Hamas and what it does? No. Does it mean I agree with Hezbollah and what they do? No. What it means is that I think to bring about a peace process, you have to talk to people with whom you may profoundly disagree … There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas and I think everyone knows that", he argued.[205] He has called for the lifting of sanctions as part of a negotiated full settlement of issues concerning the Iranian nuclear programme, and the starting of a political process to decommission Israel's nuclear arsenal.[206][207][208]
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I love how he frames the issue as simple ideological disagreements. No, people hate Hamas and rightfully call it terrorist organization because
And that's only a few reasons.

I cannot believe a terrorist apologist has such a high political position.
 
Is this Lord Buckethead because of the timeline, or am I a dumb American that can't understand UK politics?
 
Cosmos said:
I thought you were just exaggerating, but then I looked up his Wikipedia article:



I love how he frames the issue as simple ideological disagreements. No, people hate Hamas and rightfully call it terrorist organization because
And that's only a few reasons.

I cannot believe a terrorist apologist has such a high political position.
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An you thought I was underselling it when I called him not just a idiot but a dangerious idiot who shouldn't be allowed within smelling distance of a modicum of power, When you look at Corbin your looking at a slightly more competent and more power hungry version of Phil except this one isn't fueld by asspats he fueld by vegies an smug.

NeverHappened said:
Is this Lord Buckethead because of the timeline, or am I a dumb American that can't understand UK politics?
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Bit of both, while we take politics very seriously in the UK (well for a given value of seriously) we have always had folks like this who dress up in funny costumes and throw in stupid policies but then mix them in with some quite serious and very valid points just to make them stand out that bit more, I mean we have a legitimate political party called "The Monser Raving Looney party".
 
NeverHappened said:
Is this Lord Buckethead because of the timeline, or am I a dumb American that can't understand UK politics?
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British politics has a rapidly developing tradition of joke candidates, we tend to to treat them quite seriously since it helps the joke and forces politicians into slightly awkward situations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catmando
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Cosmos said:
I thought you were just exaggerating, but then I looked up his Wikipedia article:



I love how he frames the issue as simple ideological disagreements. No, people hate Hamas and rightfully call it terrorist organization because
And that's only a few reasons.

I cannot believe a terrorist apologist has such a high political position.
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That's because he's come out as a cuddly grandad and actually a good interviewer during this campaign. He talks softly and steadily in a cadence that is very soothing and relaxing while actually telling you fuck all. He's also appealed massively to the demographic of 18-24 who don't remember the pants shitting terror of the Troubles and their impact here on the mainland, mostly because anyone over 40 was a lot less likely to vote for him due to these links.

A lot of the success seems to have come from the self inflicted gunshot of a Tory manifesto who's ideas were not road tested before launch, was likely written by 4 people who were far less competent than they appeared and a shifting campaign which took in far wider issues rather than that of Brexit and Brexit alone.

The only stuff I tend to exaggerate will be when I write about Rural East Pillockshire and its local Allotment and Cannibal club and other such oddities that are here in rural britain.
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
A blog-esque Parish Council newspaper?
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That would be fucking epic, there is this old milltown just outside of Manchester than has a local newspaper who's name escapes me that had headlines like "Horse escapes to pub 3rd time in a week", "Psychic helps RSPCA track down missng cat" and such like.
 
Oakshott's off her fucking lithium again
 
...were people really framing this election as a Brexit thing, or was that just the people they had in the audience being uh, audience members.
 
NotAKitty said:
The best part is that nobody cared about the DUP (or even knew about them for some people) less than 24 hours ago.
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To be fair, it's not unreasonable to pay a party no mind as long as they're pretty much considered considered completely insignificant and powerless, and it's not unreasonable to become concerned about them when they attain significant power. People don't really mind or think about the tide, but they might start worrying about it if they find out it'll flood their house.

People are more concerned about who's leading them than about every party trying to get into leadership positions. That's not really very strange at all.
 
Rio said:
it's not unreasonable to pay a party no mind as long as they're pretty much guaranteed to not hold significant power
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Unfortunately, that logic doesn't seem to apply to the BBC executives who insisted on inviting Leanne Wood, Caroline Lucas and Paul Nuttall to the election debate.
 
NotAKitty said:
Unfortunately, that logic doesn't seem to apply to the BBC executives who insisted on inviting Leanne Wood, Caroline Lucas and Paul Nuttall to the election debate.
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I thought it was generally implied that I was talking about the average joe, not so much debate organizers or tv execs. Obviously small parties should still have their chance to speak, but I'm saying that most people aren't worried about small parties they don't hear anything about. If nobody talks about a party, it's generally not going to draw many people to look into what they represent. If that party is suddenly significant in the make-up of a new government, their policies and ideas suddenly become a lot more important. Especially when we're talking about a party that not many people voted for suddenly gaining power.
 
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