at right angles, they all seem to do it. Must be a secret sign meaning "We are gona shaft you"

You mean the "Clinton thumb" ?

I think it's just Clinton.

And Tony Blair

……… 'cause the sponge brain copied him.

its something that body coaches teach them
every nuance these twunts make is a product of pr and spin
its a sexual dominance thing, i kid you not

No different to that, they push the backs of hands forward and touch finger tips – hand to hand, whilst sticking the thumbs on both hands straight up. Cameron and brown both do it.

its a sexual dominance thing

I thought that was the middle finger ? 😕

http://thereligionofpeace.com/images/GordonBrown.jpg

anyway not a big deal just bloody annoying.

Ah, that……….

It means : "awlright mate ……..howz i' goin' gee-za……..fancy a knees-up"

In the expectation that someone will swivell on them?

some pr/media training company did some research that suggests it will make them 0.00001 % more popular. so they all do it to be twice as popular.

out of the 4 pics, id prefer we were governed by the gorilla

I thought it was a coliseum thing, thumbs up meant "Show mercy, let them live", as opposed to thumbs down in a stabbing motion, which means "Kill them".

Graham – I think thumbs up originally meant death & thumbs down was mercy ??

I heard it as thumb up mercy, thumb closed in fist for the chop.

And politicians do it to appear chummy and positive, and
not what they really are, which is C*nts.