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Tory MPs getting attacked for doing what they’re supposed to - disgraceful comments (according to the Mail anyway) by Alberto Costa MP, Andy Carter MP, Sir Patrick Jenkin MP and Laura Farris MP (who, in fact, stepped down from the Committee last month).
they said the committee's remit had been 'rewritten in order to facilitate a guilty verdict' before it even began work.
I thought everyone knew he was guilty or are they hoping that the committee will rewrite history
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
The Daily Mail seems to be multi-tasking.
Not only selecting the next Prime Minister but at the same time acting as bodyguard and lie-washer for the last Prime Minister.
Power indeed!
The comments make interesting, and surprising, reading.
I can't quite work out whether he was dethroned for implementing WEF policies, or not being committed enough to those policies.
Wales-Bales in 'I can't work things out' shock!
Let me help you because I (and many millions of others) have worked it out. He was dethroned because a majority of self-interested (and certainly not principled) Tory MPs decided they would lose the next election (and their own seats in many cases) with him as leader.
They were using the latest opinions polls, not a Klaus Schwab checklist, to make that decision.
You are forgetting that it was Boris who made the decision to crack on with ESG policies (amongst other things) which have now brought countries like Germany and Sri Lanka to their knees. You don't know what is going on behind the scenes and who is onboard, and who isn't. The next general election is scheduled for 2024, but for some reason there was a sense of urgency to get rid of him right now.Wales-Bales in 'I can't work things out' shock!
Let me help you because I (and many millions of others) have worked it out. He was dethroned because a majority of self-interested (and certainly not principled) Tory MPs decided they would lose the next election (and their own seats in many cases) with him as leader.
They were using the latest opinions polls, not a Klaus Schwab checklist, to make that decision.
I doubt if anybody here have even read about Fascism. It's the pantomime "bread and circus" version of Fascism for the plebs who follow MSM slavishly
"anybody here HAVE" (sic) ???
The top tip to work out whether you live in a fascist state is whether you can go around insulting the government daily and get away with it. If you can, hey presto! No fascism
Can one not point out that we're on the road to "fascism" (or more correctly, autocracy) or do we have to wait until we're there before calling it out, by which time it's obviously too late?The top tip to work out whether you live in a fascist state is whether you can go around insulting the government daily and get away with it. If you can, hey presto! No fascism
Certain individuals within and actions from the current government suggest to me that this road is being travelled. I'm sure you disagree but don't attempt to silence those of us who can see the direction of travel
But Digital ID and Central Bank Digital Currency will be so convenient, and bugs are actually very tasty.Can one not point out that we're on the road to "fascism" (or more correctly, autocracy) or do we have to wait until we're there before calling it out, by which time it's obviously too late?
Certain individuals within and actions from the current government suggest to me that this road is being travelled. I'm sure you disagree but don't attempt to silence those of us who can see the direction of travel
There's no attempt to silence. Just stating my position.Can one not point out that we're on the road to "fascism" (or more correctly, autocracy) or do we have to wait until we're there before calling it out, by which time it's obviously too late?
Certain individuals within and actions from the current government suggest to me that this road is being travelled. I'm sure you disagree but don't attempt to silence those of us who can see the direction of travel
That you interpret that as an attempt to silence may mean that other things are equally misinterpreted as fascism?
I see no evidence of it whatsoever to be honest. Our prime minister has been held to account by the press, by the judiciary and by protesters in recent months. Having been democratically elected in 2019 he stood down and the new leader will face an election within the next 3 years.
I do have concerns about creeping authoritarianism, most notably about an economy shifting away from cash which I consider a very dangerous precedent, the power of big tech, as well as the ease with which Covid restrictions were imposed and stuck, but I don't think we are remotely close to fascism.
You may want to revaluate your position when the climate restrictions drop.
If you seriously think that Boris Johnson "has been held to account by the press" then you are seriously deluded or perhaps you are just guilty of doing what you constantly accuse others of i.e. misinterpreting your own bias into fact.
The majority of our media were besotted with him and most remain so, mainly as he did their owners bidding and are now awaiting their reward. You may have noticed the concerted campaigns against the Commons Standards committee due to them actually holding him to account.
May I ask where the judiciary have held him to account in recent months?
Protestors? How very dare they! Never mind, they have legislation in hand to stop that nonsense.
Your final paragraph could have been written by Wales-Bales or Organ Morgan so I'll ignore that as I do them.
Just to be clear:
1/Most British people wanted the PM to resign, and he did.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ma...125507669.html
2/Much of the media criticised him for weeks on end with no repurcussions. Many called for him to resign. He did.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...alls-to-resign
3/Boris Johnson was fined by the police for a criminal act.
4/ People daily protested against Boris Johnson in person and online with no repurcussions.
NONE Of the above happens in fascist states. To say the UK is fascist, or slipping anywhere near it is ridiculous at best and rather an insult to the genuine victims of fascism throughout history at worst. Shock jocks like James O'Brien may peddle this stuff, but it doesn't make it true. The very fact people are allowed to peddle it is evidence itself that what they are saying is not true.
Fundementally, you don't agree with everything he did, which is absolutely fair enought, and the media, the police, the people were free to hold him to account and now he is soon to be replaced.
Rather than an example of fascism, it is in fact a rather good example of exactly how liberal democracies can and do work.
Paul Mason's book is an interesting argument that right wing populism and authoritarian Conservatism is morphing into fascism. Not there yet but well on the way - with numerous parallels between now and the 1920s/1930s. And this is a global threat.
I went to a talk he did to promote the book last year (Sheffield's Off The Shelf Festival) and was convinced by a lot (not all) of what he said and wrote.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...o-stop-fascism
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So much of Mhairi Black (a fine speaker, devoid of reality) and Paul Masons (same qualities) output is fundamentally ill informed though, and in many cases just factually wrong.
They use cherry picked arguments to back up an opinion that they will never ever deviate from. Mhairi Black probably the worst example of that. Just a rabble rouser - her tone and content are far closer to a history of political fascism than anything she accuses the government of.
Essentially they present an alternative reality and then present largely ineffective solutions to that alternative reality that will never work because they have been untruthful about the reality in the first place.
We are well on the road to fascism under this government according to this political scientist. https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Many members on this forum actively support much of the list above.
We aren't well on the way to fascism under any of those 14 conditions.
Every democratic country on earth will have some traits with some of those issues, it doesn't mean they are on the road to fascism.
It's like saying that you are on the road to communism if you believe in a well funded army, universal healthcare or the wealthy paying more taxes.
That's exactly the kind of thinking that Senator McCarthy used in America and it's absolute nonsense.
The great irony is that in a contemporary British setting, those who accuse everyone else of being fascist are typically the least tolerant of other views, the most likely to want to shut down media they don't like and - in some cases - the most happy to ignore election or referendum results that they don't like.
I’d say nos. 1,2,3,7,9,10,11,12 and 13 could be applied to this Government.
Jesus, that's bonkers. You honestly think Britain is "well on the road to fascism"? Christ alive, Bob.
No, it’s different to what you think that’s all.Jesus, that's bonkers. You honestly think Britain is "well on the road to fascism"? Christ alive, Bob.
Point One - union flags everywhere including use by Labour and attacks on “wokeism” - whatever that is.
Point Two - proposed leaving of the European Court of human rights. Crackdown on the right to protest.
Point three - endless “culture wars and attacks on “wokeism” - wherever that is.
Point seven - “secure our borders”, sending people to Rwanda.
Point nine - Obsession with “business” over people by some Conservatives during lockdowns.
Point ten - They been doing it for decades, if not centuries.
Point eleven - BBC public enemy number one, privatising Channel 4.
Point twelve - Always been the “hang ‘em, flog em” party.
Point thirteen - where do you start with this lot? PPE is as good as anywhere.
I don’t for one moment believe that you actually think we are ‘well on the road’ to fascism, Bob.
Citing the flag of the country being on display or proposed privatisation of Channel 4 or decades old policies on capital punishment are not good examples at all. There are about 30 Welsyh flags flying from Cardiff Castle. Are we on the road to fascism too?
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