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[summerisle]

Very droll.

 

[sheedy3]

A perspective from the other side of the pond:

Opinion | The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class

With Brexit, the chumocrats who drew borders from India to Ireland are getting a taste of their own medicine.

www.nytimes.com

Excellent article built on factual history....

 

[tsubaki]

Excellent article built on factual history....

Indeed. It is also worth pointing out that the elite didn't actually build the empire either; they just took it over from the ruthless bar stewards who had traded, stole, killed, ravished, plundered etc and then lost it by being racist / incompetent (usually both).

Or to repeat a point made some time ago, in 1832 the British Empire was the most powerful, richest and successful state on the planet. Then the Tory Party was formed and they've since reduced us to the sort of strategic sitution that Edward II enjoyed.

 

[Aberblue]

Indeed. It is also worth pointing out that the elite didn't actually build the empire either; they just took it over from the ruthless bar stewards who had traded, stole, killed, ravished, plundered etc and then lost it by being racist / incompetent (usually both).

Or to repeat a point made some time ago, in 1832 the British Empire was the most powerful, richest and successful state on the planet. Then the Tory Party was formed and they've since reduced us to the sort of strategic sitution that Edward II enjoyed.

That's a distortion of history if ever I've seen it done. While I'm not defending the Tories for a minute, it should be pointed out that the British Empire was probably the richest and most powerful state on the planet until World War I.

 

[tsubaki]

I didn’t say it was instant; it’s taken them 180-odd years but they are the ones who have been in charge for most of that time.

We are after all talking about a party that looked at the state of the nation in May 1940, sat which sat through three days of the most well informed shoeings ever handed out to a British Prime Minister and voted “Yes, we have confidence in Neville Chamberlain”.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That's frankly staggering.

 

[tsubaki]

That's frankly staggering.

Why is it staggering?

They have most of the media telling people lies on their behalf, have spent tens of millions of our money on advertising themselves and the opposition refuse to do the one thing that is required to stop him (ie: unify around one person).

 

[Aberblue]

That's frankly staggering.

If that's correct, it's very worrying as well as staggering. The Conservatives and the Brexit "party" combined have almost half the votes!

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

What size was this survey?

 

[orchard]

If that's correct, it's very worrying as well as staggering. The Conservatives and the Brexit "party" combined have almost half the votes!

YouGov...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Why is it staggering?

They have most of the media telling people lies on their behalf, have spent tens of millions of our money on advertising themselves and the opposition refuse to do the one thing that is required to stop him (ie: unify around one person).

It staggered me.

 

[edge]

It staggered me.

Staggers me as well mate.

 

[DanEFC92]

That's frankly staggering.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Johnson has his deal through parliament, Farage wont be happy, neither will the Liberals or Blairites.

 

[Chewbacca]

If that's correct, it's very worrying as well as staggering. The Conservatives and the Brexit "party" combined have almost half the votes!

Almost half of the electorate proved themselves massive racists in 2016 so not that surprising