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Fair play to him? Balderdash. He and his party have spent the last decade stoking the fires or extremism. He needs to boot all the racists, homophobes and islamophobes out of the party. There is one key factor in the rise of extremeism in the UK - tory party policy and public pronouncements
The man is a gross hypocrite
John Crace is on the money as ever, highlighting how crap Sunak is at this whole politics lark
With the tone of that speech I was waiting for the ‘We are protecting democracy by declaring Marshall law’ line.
Agree with this. Felt genuinely sick listening to it. Democracy is under threat from imaginary forces so we must crack down on uour freedoms to protect you.
Straight out of 1930s Germany.
The voters of Rochdale have exercised their democratic right to elect Galloway, for whatever reason. That doesn't threaten democracy, and the people saying it does would be better off looking at WHY they voted for him, and for an indy candidate in second place.
Probably the most doublespeak statement from a UK politician of all time. Just when you think we're at the bottom, the Cons keep on digging.
That doesn’t threaten democracy, and the people saying it does would be better off looking at WHY they voted for him, and for an indy candidate in second place
Indeed. But self awareness is very out of fashion this week.
Sunak doesn't mind a bit of extremism, it just has to be the right government approved extremism.
Probably the most doublespeak statement from a UK politician of all time. Just when you think we’re at the bottom, the Cons keep on digging.
am no fan of Sunak, but still think it was right for him to denounce extremism on all sides
obviously his own party have done nothing but stoke division for the past 8 years and the hypocrisy is off the scale
anyway with every single Tory retweeting Sunak's "Powerful" speech for the first time im thinking they might actually be going for a May election
Bonkers beyond belief with such a huge gap in the polls
Just call a **** election.
just over 3 more weeks before it's too late to hit the Locals in May (and if they do it at a different time itll cost an extra £100milliin)
Agree with this. Felt genuinely sick listening to it. Democracy is under threat from imaginary forces so we must crack down on uour freedoms to protect you.
Straight out of 1930s Germany.
Was having this exact conversation with my History teacher wife this evening.
So much of what comes out of the Tories right now smacks of the 1930s playbook. Not being alarmist and saying that's where we're actually heading, but the tactics being used to stir up mistrust of the 'other' and create divisions within society are worryingly similar.
Both of Sunak's recent declarations stink of wanting to use the police and the law as a (party) political weapon.
When the Tory Party officially churns out extremist hate-filled shite like this:
https://www.suellabraverman.co.uk/news/islamists-are-bullying-britain-submission
It comes as no great surprise that the good people of Rochdale didn't rush out to vote Conservative yesterday.
I don't believe for a moment that the Rochdale by-election result came as any sort of shock to Rishi Sunak.
But I can see from his little speech outside Number 10 that he intends to exploit the result to whip up even greater fear of "Islamists" taking control of the country.
Sunak has an unavoidable general election coming up soon, he is both desperate and a Tory, that was obvious from his Downing Street speech this afternoon - he wants to scare people into voting Tory.
Sunak was right about one thing this afternoon - there is a problem with division and hate in our society. Him and his party are indisputably part of the problem - they have contributed so much in that respect.
Some nice barbs at Sunak in this. Leaving the interviewee and the surrounding subjects aside.
"you're talking to him as if he was god. We're talking about little Rishi Sunak in the fag end of his prime ministership"
"don't keep telling me about the prime minister as if he was Moses"
https://twitter.com/HensonJames11/status/1763633326202438109
The whole interview was hilarious. Enjoy this segment.
I didn't find it funny. I said about a week ago that Galloway's ego would be insufferable if he won Rochdale. The smug patronising contempt he treats that Sky reporter confirms my worse fears.
And of course with the laughing female fans in the background to egg on Gorgeous George.
just loony liz waa busy sticking 2 fingers up at sunak whilst he gave his speech
https://twitter.com/christiancalgie/status/1763696711367639197?t=C8NtkrkTS_eLYw2iEpQE1Q&s=19
I said this to specifically try and keep the lid on this can of worms.
Fairy nuff. But it made me uncomfortable to see him ridiculing the Sky reporter. I reckon Galloway has sufficient talent to make his point forcefully without showing that level of contempt to the person who is interviewing him.
It didn't make pleasant viewing for me.
It didn’t make pleasant viewing for me.
Nor me.
galloway has no redeeming features - at all.
He is objectionable and his comments/views have no relevance.
The voters of Rochdale will soon find out how empty his words are - irrespective of his grandiloquence.
He is a self-serving and egotistical money grabber.
Rochdale, to him, is nothing more than an opportunity.
galloway is so far up his own arse that he sees no need to be polite/pleasant to or considerate of others.
Truck him and his followers.
Just call a **** election
This government is creeping towards not calling one at all.
However it's not going to be May. As late as possible if they play ball.
Mortgage approvals up - house market starting to move and interests rates pivot soon. This is the only bit of 'good' news they can hope for
That's my guess anyway.
So much of what comes out of the Tories right now smacks of the 1930s playbook. Not being alarmist and saying that’s where we’re actually heading
I suspect a lot of Germans in the 1930s thought it wasn't where things were heading either.
Thats the worry
Mortgage approvals up – house market starting to move and interests rates pivot soon. This is the only bit of ‘good’ news they can hope for
They'd best hope this list of Tory economic record doesn't get too wide an airing then....
John Crace nails the PM's urgent speech last night...
They’d best hope this list of Tory economic record doesn’t get too wide an airing then….
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/02/conservatives-economic-record-budget-deficit-gdp-tax-tory-budget/blockquote >
I came to post this. Let's not forget that the Tories are the party of the economy....
Talking about money and the economy....
https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/1763357390936723903?t=xwFb-hSr1JnQAleFsgAHIA&s=19
This government is creeping towards not calling one at all.
It feels that way. Hopefully we’re paranoid. But “saving democracy” by “delaying” an election using emergency means does feel like the destination with recent announcements. Don’t want to believe it… but that could just be British exceptionalism at play. Put it this way, there are USA backed groups that have had people fully embedded in government under a string of different Tory PMs, including Sunak, who wouldn’t blink at Trump having more than two terms in office over there… why wouldn’t they be pushing for similar “games” to maintain influence back here?
failing Rwanda scheme that Tories desperately tried to hide
Which is presumably why Rishi Sunak is shifting from weirdly treating the deportation of refugees to Rwanda as the most important issue facing the UK, to now staging emergency announcements outside Number 10 about the threat to the country from "Islamists".
If he's clever he will put Starmer on the spot by declaring the need to introduce emergency legislation to tackle the threat of mob rule from Israel-hating Islamists on our streets.
Obviously there isn't a problem and the demonstrations expressing opposition to the slaughter currently occurring in occupied Palestine are perfectly peaceful and family friendly affairs. In fact the half a dozen or so arrests that inevitably occurs when hundreds of thousands demonstrate is apparently less than the rate of arrests at Glastonbury.
But the Tory press has been pushing the Braverman "hate marches" narrative for months and no doubt some people believe that they represent mob rule.
If he’s clever he will put Starmer in the spot by declaring the need to introduce emergency legislation to tackle the threat of mob rule from Israel-hating Islamists on our streets.
If Starmers clever, he will point out that legislation already exists, and have a long list of quotes from Tories to demonstrate who has been stoking the fires.
Of all the areas to start a fight with Starmer, the former DPP, I'd think the application of existing laws and legislation probably isn't the wisest one.
Given Sunaks clueless political instincts I fully expect him to choose that hill to die on.
Talking about money and the economy….
But the Rwanda scheme is about putting people off coming to UK rather than the numbers it is sending but as we know those desperate people who are even aware of the scheme will take their 1% chance of being one of the people sent to Rwanda and still risk it anyway.
Hmm £580m for 300 people.
May as well throw them a million quid and send them to Portugal/Spain to sort out a house and golden visa 🙂
£580 million could build a lot of affordable housing.
That’s for the poor people,who need to buy less lattes and work harder thou ,the important work is keeping out the immigrant invasion and the ‘Islamists’ who are going to change our culture 🙁
IMHO it’s all a bit worrying the speed the new rhetoric has moved.
IMHO it’s all a bit worrying the speed the new rhetoric has moved.
"I am concerned about democracy!"
"Umm...do you fancy holding a general election at some point...?"
"NOT THAT SORT OF DEMOCRACY!"
He told us what he was cheesed off about but gave no statement on how he plans to deal with it.
He’s good at doing that.
However, I’ve just heard on the news that he intends to fix it all by…
*checks notes*
… changing the legal definition of what constitutes extremism.
Presumably it’s ‘anything I don’t like’ then?
He really is absolutely useless, isn’t he? He thinks he’s going to just scrawl something on the back of a fag packet and everyone’s just going to nod that through parliament, are they?
I’m guessing we can file that alongside the 40 new hospitals and flights to Rwanda in the ‘things that are never going to happen’ folder
£580 million could build a lot of affordable housing.
Or sort out Home Office immigration delays....
… changing the legal definition of what constitutes extremism.
Presumably it’s ‘anything I don’t like’ then?
When I was talking about the 1930s German play book....
He’s really struggling with the meaning of this ‘democracy’ lark he’s always rattling on about
He’s clearly not got a clue what it actually means and seems to think he gets to define what it is on any given day
He really is a dangerous, totally clueless little dweeb.
Did I mention that I hate even more today?
… changing the legal definition of what constitutes extremism.
Committing genocide: Would you like to buy some weapons?
Protesting against genocide: Extremist! Down with your protests!
Being an MP and inciting hatred: If I absolutely have to I'll remove the whip from you although actually I agree with everything you said.
Protesting against inciting hatred: How dare you infringe on our great freedom of speech! Down with your protests. You nasty little extremist!
When Mrs. S sees Sunak, she sees a snail.
It makes me laugh.
He's a tidgy bellend.
He doesn't have the legislative time to do anything before the election now, regardless of what date he calls it for.
So file this under 'damage-limitation-gammon-luring' before polls open.
It’s also got ‘torn to pieces in the house of Lords’ written all over it, which may also be the point
Just more culture war bollocks from a man who’s never had an original thought in his entire cosseted life
Clearly Sunak is concerned about attacks on MPs by extremists. Such as the attack on George Galloway which left him with scars that he now covers with a hat.
https://twitter.com/raggedtp/status/1763529414170558674?s=46&t=0EdQH2VaJpSkNmaw8CsUvg