Those twats in the #DUP who were used by the Tory tax dodging brexit tossers to force it through should be ashamed of themselves #arlenefoster

4hago 103285T Starmer's use of phrase echoing Enoch Powell was accident’, not intentional, says source close to No 10 In an interview on Newsnight last night Arlene Foster, the former DUP leader, said she thought that someone in Downing Street would have known that “island of strangers” was a clear echo of what Enoch Powell said in his Rivers of Blood speech. Asked if Keir Starmer would have been aware of the similarities in the language, she replied: 44 Somebody did Downing Street, I'm convinced of it, “Island of strangers” is a very particular form of words, it’s almost a term of art. So where did it come from? And who was the person that said this should go into the speech? But Starmer’s allies are saying it was genuine mistake, and not an intentional echo of what Powell said. “It was an accident, and not designed to cause a row,” according to a source close to No 10 familiar with what happened. The source accepts that someone should have realised that the “island of strangers” phrase had Powellite connotations. But the fact that this was not picked up is attributed to an error, and not an attempt to reference the Rivers of Blood speech.

They really take us for cretins, don't they?

Starmer 'accidentally' took on the spirit of Enoch Powell.....is this some kind of walk down?

Pathetic, even Arlene Foster is saying he's gone too far....the fucking DUP!!

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"...I think, PM, that it said "we're all coming home to roost"? #TorySleaze #NorthernIreland #ArleneFoster #Brexit #Localelections #downingstreetflat #UKcoviddeaths #BorisJohnson=#liarJohnson=#cock (not of the North) etc etc

#ArleneFoster resignation another major fuse lit on the powder kegs of 'that' #Johnson #Brexit deal precariously stacked high against the fabric & flesh of the UK. Unlike the first time round, however, does anyone care what Guy de Pfeffel Fawkes is doing, though? #LocalElections

After overseeing a massive fraud that cost the N Irish administration £500m #ArleneFoster has essentially had English taxpayers fill the gap

#TheresaMay adopted the policies of UKIP to take votes, now she's in partnership with sectarians and bigots to keep power #arlenefoster #dup

There was a time when crooked politicians like #ArleneFoster would have done the honourable thing and resigned

#Trumpian politics

#r4today