Lebedev?
The young girl Johnson put in there for some still unknown reason?
Ex RCP, IRA apologist anti HoL peer Claire Fox?

One thing Johnson did, was to expose forever the façade of the "honorable", "good chap" conventions of our political system.

The titles "Honourable Member/Right Honourable Member", "Lord", "Lady" are now exposed as ridiculous.

Trust the fucking BBC to show the Reform election broadcast first.

Tbh, depends on whether the guy who thanked her for "out Reforming Reform was being sarcastic or congratulating her.

This morning, Miliband was thoroughly grilled over Starmer and Mandelson by the same presenter who allowed Yusuf to spout fascist and racist shite about "invasions" yesterday, without any challenge at all.

#BBCBreakfast

I'm seeing idiotic comments from journalists about Starmer being compared to or worse than Johmson.

Fucking idiots.

No-one is worse than Johnson.

No-one.

a dirt road going through a desert with mountains in the background . ALT: a dirt road going through a desert with mountains in the background .

Reform's spokesman comments....
news.sky.com/story/man-ad...

After Muslims did their conquering from the 7th Century, there were still Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian communities living in their lands.

After Christians did theirs, there were no pagans left in Germany and Eastern Europe.
And not because of peaceful conversion.

Is it just me, or are other people not in the msm and political spheres that feel we are just getting confirmed what we all knew from inquiries like Hillsborough anf Covid?

Ridiculous.
No-one can be compared to Boris Johnson.

The negotiators got the best deal they could from the British Empire.
Collins was no pushover.
What he said of the deal was proven right in 1949....

“In my opinion, it gives us freedom, not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire.. but the freedom to achieve it.”

Killed by Irishmen

I reckon most of the politicians outraged by Starmer's appointment of Mandelson now, are the same ones who welcomed it then.

Northern Ireland wasn't part of the discussion.

It was the remaining as a Dominion that caused the main problem.
DeValera, who should have been there, sent Collins and the others, knowing they wouldn't get full independence, but didn't want to be the one to agree to it.
And then rejected it.

I've not watched the Robbins thing, but I gather it's been a bit foggy on detail and evidence.

Not that Starmer didn't bring all this on himself.

Wtaf was he thinking in the first place?

It shouldn't have taken anyone to tell him.

He should never have considered Mandelson.
At all.

He brought this all on himself.

That was always Ireland's problem.
All through its history.
It's failure to unite.
Unlike England and Scotland.
Even after getting independence it indulged in a civil war.

You're kidding, right?

There's a old film called The Informer, about the IRA.
The informer is played by Victor McLaglan, an American actor, famous for playing a drunken Irishman in films with John Wayne, who was born in Kent!

Just saying.

There was plenty of evidence against considering Mandelson before all this blew up.

Twice sacked, friend of a convicted paedophile, even visited him *after* his conviction.
And whose nickname was Prince of Darkness.

Now it seems to have gone from "the PM ignored the vetting", to "well, there was an impression the PM wanted him no matter what."

I mean wtaf was he thinking even considering Mandelson in the first place.

I've not watched the Robbins thing, but I gather it's been a bit foggy on detail and evidence.

Not that Starmer didn't bring all this on himself.

Wtaf was he thinking?

Was there anything about PM's central point that neither Robbins nor FCDO told him about their agreement over the vetting result?

This morning, Miliband was thoroughly grilled over Starmer and Mandelson by the same presenter who allowed Yusuf to spout fascist and racist shite about "invasions" yesterday, without any challenge at all.

#BBCBreakfast

Afaik the PM didn't know.
None the previous ones did.

It matters, if only cos of Starmer's choice of a twice sacked friend of a convicted paedophile, who visited him after his conviction, and whose nickname is "Prince of Darkness" to be ambassor to the US.

This is a country whose reward and recognition system is based on an empire that hasn't existed for over 60 years.
You don't get more "Empire Delusional" than that.

Afaik France and Spain don't give people the "Order of the.... Empire".

In which case the PM would have been aware of the rule that the PM wasn't told of the vetting result.

Which everyone agrees was the case.

Until Peter I, Russia had been a victim, from Poland, Sweden in the west, Turks in the south and the Tatars in the east.
Russia has since endeavoured to have a buffer between it and the west and south, and conquer the east.

Security through aggrandisement.
Stalin did it.
Putin is doing it now.

What made the British feel "exceptional" was the Empire.
Until c.1700, Britain was enmeshed in Europe politically and militarily.
Once it began to look westward, populating America etc and building a navy that ensured its safety, the Channel became a moat rather than a connection.
It can't escape it