TheDonbytheDee Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, 2stars said: Anyone else find it funny that Sarwar decides to break cover and denounce Starmer but appears to have chosen the wrong day? modern politics really has a dearth of intelligent folk maybe his advisors told him today was the day He clearly had support from somewhere and agreed to break rank first to have a pop at Starmer and then it all backfired on him. Did the same thing not happen with Douglas Ross, when Johnson was PM. I am sure someone else will break rank, as I think this whole Mandleson story still has more to come in the coming days, I think that's why they holding off. Starmer is a sitting duck and someone is waiting for the right moment to finish him off. Only a matter of when. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278063
RicoS321 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I'll jump in the freezing pool with you Anas, don't worry. After three, okay? 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278064
Jute Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 8 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said: He clearly had support from somewhere and agreed to break rank first to have a pop at Starmer and then it all backfired on him. Did the same thing not happen with Douglas Ross, when Johnson was PM. I am sure someone else will break rank, as I think this whole Mandleson story still has more to come in the coming days, I think that's why they holding off. Starmer is a sitting duck and someone is waiting for the right moment to finish him off. Only a matter of when. Sarwar is looking at taking a hiding in May and is trying to shift the blame. Yesterday was purely an act of attempted self preservation and a very poorly executed one. I suspect the reason that nobody else put their head above the parapet is that they also know that Labour are likely to lose in the upcoming coming by election and have a terrible result in May elections so they are as well leaving Starmer in place to take the blame and punt him afterwards. 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278070
Mason89 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Just saw Wes Streeting described as ‘The offspring of Ruth Davidson fucking Thomas the Tank Engine’ Anyway, it looks like it was him that encouraged Sarwar to commit political seppuku. 2 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278078
Jupiter Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Sarwar should resign, he really shot himself in the foot there. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278088
Mason89 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Jim Ratcliffe can go take a right good fuck to himself. We’re surely reaching the ‘heads on spikes’ part of end stage capitalism This is a prick who played hungry hippos with uk taxpayers cash, then points the finger at immigrants? Its amazing that folk still fall for this pish 2 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278142
Slim Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Unfortunately enough people have already fallen for it, this just emboldens them. Even in the reporting of it, you need to go a lot further into the story than any flag shagger has the attention span for to see that he was spouting a load of absolute bollocks. The headlines are framed at the insensitivity (triggering the "woke agenda" numpties) rather than the inaccuracy. 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278151
swaddon Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Not the same Jim Ratcliffe who lives in Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK? What a patriot. 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278155
Mason89 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, swaddon said: Not the same Jim Ratcliffe who lives in Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK? What a patriot. The guy who got the Pom Poms out for Brexit to make everything shitter, then fucks off because everything is shitter and he’ll have to pay money he won’t notice going missing on schools n stuff* Im so bored of billionaires offering up their opinions. The only people worse than them, are the plebs who rush to defend them. * ye ken… Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278164
mondo_notion Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 18 minutes ago, Mason89 said: The guy who got the Pom Poms out for Brexit to make everything shitter, then fucks off because everything is shitter and he’ll have to pay money he won’t notice going missing on schools n stuff* Im so bored of billionaires offering up their opinions. The only people worse than them, are the plebs who rush to defend them. * ye ken… He's sorry......... if his comments have offended anyone. What a guy. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278165
TheDonbytheDee Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 21 hours ago, swaddon said: Not the same Jim Ratcliffe who lives in Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK? What a patriot. A big backer of Brexit, but moved a proposed car factory from the UK to Europe, because it was cheaper. Still though, he is loaded, so he must be right... Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278191
Jupiter Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 He's nowhere near as bad as Newcastle's owners who like beheading people. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278235
TheDonbytheDee Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 (edited) Rupert Lowe has started a new political party, to rival Deform. They used to say that the left couldn't win elections, as their vote was too fractured. Who knew their was so must choice for unhinged racists now. Edited February 14 by TheDonbytheDee Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278259
TheDonbytheDee Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Sir Keith Starmer has told Europe that it must be ready to fight. I'm not quite sure who we're fighting though. We've went back to the 1930s. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278260
Mason89 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Rupert Lowe splitting the spud vote is good news for the rest of us Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278406
Bukta Bertie Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 14/02/2026 at 12:57, TheDonbytheDee said: Sir Keith Starmer has told Europe that it must be ready to fight. I'm not quite sure who we're fighting though. We've went back to the 1930s. Russia who have been struggling for four years to take back their territories from the Ukraine are supposedly a huge risk and if we don't stop them now they'll be up for taking the rest of Europe. I think not. Every government that wants to look strong needs a bogeyman and it would seem Starmer and his EU bum chums have chosen Putin. I'd train my cannons on America. That's where the real trouble makers are to be found. 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-278407
TheDonbytheDee Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 The Alba party don't have the funds to contest the upcoming Holyrood elections. 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279051
Bukta Bertie Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Suppose that's good news for the SNP and all nationalists. No split vote. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279052
Mason89 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 A collection of utter spuds. They had the smoothest brains in politics Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279053
TheDonbytheDee Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 7 minutes ago, Bukta Bertie said: Suppose that's good news for the SNP and all nationalists. No split vote. How it should be. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279055
Bukta Bertie Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Lot to be said for only having two political parties. One of each side. Personally I'd quite like there to be only the one but you don't get away with that these days. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279056
Bukta Bertie Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Nigel Garage on a jolly in the Indian Ocean (think that's where it is but I can't be bothered doing an internet search) how ridiculous. None of the right wing cranks who are making such a massive fuss over the Chagos Islands sketch had even heard of the place before and now it's all about helping the Chagosians. University of Wikipedia glecks. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279058
tom_widdows Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Dangers of trying to form a 'society' when every resident has their own agenda The book this references is 'A libertarian walks into a bear' by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 1 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279186
Bukta Bertie Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Glad I'm not in Mexico at the moment. What a place. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279187
Mason89 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, tom_widdows said: Dangers of trying to form a 'society' when every resident has their own agenda The book this references is 'A libertarian walks into a bear' by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling That was great Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/4156-dt-politics-thread/page/45/#findComment-279199
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