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Post by wagsastokie on Nov 9, 2020 18:28:02 GMT
Sorry about that! I'll paste it in here: What A Joe Biden Presidency Might Mean For The U.K. November 3, 20209:26 AM ET With Joe Biden ahead in the polls, many in Europe are wondering what U.S. foreign policy might look like if the former vice president wins the White House. If President Trump is defeated in Tuesday's election, one loser in the region could be British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Trump's closest ally in Europe. While Trump has often denigrated other European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, he's chummy with Johnson, who, like Trump, is seen as a populist showman. "He's a good guy," Trump said of Johnson last year. "He's a friend of mine." More significantly, Trump has backed two of Johnson's key policy priorities: Brexit and a free-trade deal with the U.S., the world's largest economy. But Biden, who opposed Brexit, would have different priorities if he becomes president. Unlike Trump, Biden values the trans-Atlantic relationship with Europe and hopes to rebuild ties with allies like Germany and France that Trump has insulted and alienated. Over the past four years, Trump characterized some NATO countries as freeloaders for not spending enough on defense, and he has called the European Union a "foe." Mending fences could take Biden some time and would delay Britain getting a trade deal with the U.S. until 2022 or beyond. "The symbolic importance and value of that agreement cannot be overstated," said Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe with Eurasia Group, a risk management firm. "The entire legitimacy and credibility of Brexit on some level hangs on the government's ability to land an agreement with the U.S." A Biden presidency would also put more pressure on Johnson to abandon his threat of a no-deal Brexit and conclude a trade deal with the European Union. The United Kingdom is in a Brexit transition period that expires at the end of this year. Biden, who is of Irish descent, has warned Johnson not to mess around in negotiations with the EU or do anything that could undermine the 1998 Northern Ireland peace agreement. "Joe Biden's personal stake and role in this has been absolutely key in forcing a change of position in Downing Street vis-à-vis the EU in those talks," Rahman says. The coronavirus pandemic, which has deeply damaged the British economy, also makes it more difficult and costly for Johnson to follow through on his threat of a no-deal Brexit. While a Biden presidency could create challenges for Johnson's administration, the two governments would probably find common ground on issues including combating climate change and managing Iran's nuclear ambitions. And there might be another clear upside. "Downing Street has found dealing with Trump a nightmare," Rahman says. "He's unpredictable, difficult to work with, has made the government's life on a whole swath of multilateral issues very difficult to navigate." Thanks for that interesting stuff. So reading between the lines not looking good for the U.K.? Well we should tell the ira supporting wanker to fuck off
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 9, 2020 19:22:10 GMT
Perhaps Trump's latest genius idea is that he'll be one of two Presidents, like we used two have two Popes...
I do hope he hangs on and is then forcibly removed from the White House!
I wonder if Biden will pardon Trump if and when his past catches up with him...
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Post by desman2 on Nov 10, 2020 12:22:56 GMT
Getting good now. Bidens lost his president elect status. Seems plenty of shenannigans going on.
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Post by noustie on Nov 10, 2020 14:23:18 GMT
Perhaps Trump's latest genius idea is that he'll be one of two Presidents, like we used two have two Popes... I do hope he hangs on and is then forcibly removed from the White House! I wonder if Biden will pardon Trump if and when his past catches up with him... It could get really bat shit mental if there's 'faithless electors' come the college election in mid-December. Majority of States have legislation to protect against it so would render such actions invalid - Pennsylvania and Wisconsin however don't have these protections.
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Post by vokeswagen on Nov 10, 2020 14:32:15 GMT
Classic partick mate. He only really has other people’s opinions to fall back on, none of his own. He did this on another thread some time ago, passing off 20 year old opinion columns as if they were academic theses He’ll be along with some screen shots of a film about multiple personality disorder anytime now because he doesn’t have an argument Whereas you have several personal opinions to fall back on. Lucky you. Liked by the shallow end of the gene pool Keep reassuring yourself mate. Still got fuck all to say have you
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 10, 2020 14:45:03 GMT
Perhaps Trump's latest genius idea is that he'll be one of two Presidents, like we used two have two Popes... I do hope he hangs on and is then forcibly removed from the White House! I wonder if Biden will pardon Trump if and when his past catches up with him... It could get really bat shit mental if there's 'faithless electors' come the college election in mid-December. Majority of States have legislation to protect against it so would render such actions invalid - Pennsylvania and Wisconsin however don't have these protections. I mentioned them earlier, noustie. If it's as distinct a result as it appears to be, it won't make a difference. If it's a handful of electoral college votes, it might. There were 10 in 2016, so who knows! I didn't know there was legislation to prevent it, makes sense I suppose.
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Post by partickpotter on Nov 10, 2020 15:20:27 GMT
Whereas you have several personal opinions to fall back on. Lucky you. Liked by the shallow end of the gene pool Keep reassuring yourself mate. Still got fuck all to say have you
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 10, 2020 15:24:56 GMT
The fruit loop is still clinging on.
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Post by vokeswagen on Nov 10, 2020 15:40:16 GMT
Liked by the shallow end of the gene pool Keep reassuring yourself mate. Still got fuck all to say have you See previous post
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 10, 2020 17:34:20 GMT
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Post by partickpotter on Nov 10, 2020 19:13:53 GMT
I think Erin won that pretty comfortably. Fat lazy journalist tries to bully someone he disagrees with. He should listen to her argument and counter what she says. He is unable to do that so reverts to insulting her, which she rightfully calls out. Good for Erin. She may be barking, but she’s more than a match for Adam Boulton.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Nov 10, 2020 19:20:55 GMT
My word Erin would eat any man alive in the bedroom. 😍
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Post by partickpotter on Nov 10, 2020 19:35:20 GMT
A bit of an aside...
Has there even been a better song about an election than this gem...
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 15, 2020 12:34:22 GMT
Thank fuck there's only 60 odd days of this dangerous fucking lunatic left.
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Post by spitthedog on Nov 15, 2020 12:44:01 GMT
Thank fuck there's only 60 odd days of this dangerous fucking lunatic left. The guy needs certifying. Pathologically insane and dangerous. These 60 days are going to be one hell of a roller coaster. People voted for Hitler and Mussolini so it happens.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2020 13:15:39 GMT
This nutter is looking for civil unrest he wants a certifying
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Post by elystokie on Nov 15, 2020 13:17:38 GMT
Anyone know who has access to "the red button" currently?
I'm not saying he's fruitloop enough to press it out of spite but I'll feel a lot more comfortable when I know he no longer has access to it.
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Post by mattyd2 on Nov 15, 2020 13:20:43 GMT
Anyone know who has access to "the red button" currently? I'm not saying he's fruitloop enough to press it out of spite but I'll feel a lot more comfortable when I know he no longer has access to it. The " Red Button " is a bit of a myth tbh. It would take so many levels of executive power to hit it, and he alone can simply not do it.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 15, 2020 13:26:29 GMT
This nutter is looking for civil unrest he wants a certifying I'm guessing the nutjob will never actually concede. He'll leave the White House, but forever after say that he won. Arranging counter-demonstrations to these Trump rallies is daft too. Just let them blow themselves out, allow the legal process to go ahead and it'll no doubt find that there is little, if any, evidence of voter fraud, then Trump has nowhere to go, except to bugger off to set up his TV station. By then, even the Republicans who are currently allowing him to blow off steam, will have moved on too.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 15, 2020 13:27:31 GMT
Anyone know who has access to "the red button" currently? I'm not saying he's fruitloop enough to press it out of spite but I'll feel a lot more comfortable when I know he no longer has access to it. The " Red Button " is a bit of a myth tbh. It would take so many levels of executive power to hit it, and he alone can simply not do it. At least we know Biden won't start a nuclear war, he won't be able to remember the codes...
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Post by elystokie on Nov 15, 2020 13:27:45 GMT
Anyone know who has access to "the red button" currently? I'm not saying he's fruitloop enough to press it out of spite but I'll feel a lot more comfortable when I know he no longer has access to it. The " Red Button " is a bit of a myth tbh. It would take so many levels of executive power to hit it, and he alone can simply not do it. All the same, I'll be far happier when he's out of the picture completely and has no influence whatsoever.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2020 13:38:48 GMT
Anyone know who has access to "the red button" currently? I'm not saying he's fruitloop enough to press it out of spite but I'll feel a lot more comfortable when I know he no longer has access to it. The " Red Button " is a bit of a myth tbh. It would take so many levels of executive power to hit it, and he alone can simply not do it. I think I heard that how it works in the uk is that, upon taking office, one of the first duties of the new PM is to decide in advance a protocol for what our response would be if we found out that nukes were heading our way - basically deciding if our final act in the face of impending oblivion would be to respond in kind or not. I imagine the USA does the same.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 15, 2020 14:16:26 GMT
The " Red Button " is a bit of a myth tbh. It would take so many levels of executive power to hit it, and he alone can simply not do it. I think I heard that how it works in the uk is that, upon taking office, one of the first duties of the new PM is to decide in advance a protocol for what our response would be if we found out that nukes were heading our way - basically deciding if our final act in the face of impending oblivion would be to respond in kind or not. I imagine the USA does the same. This was a really interesting, and quite scary, programme about the UK involvement in escalating tensions leading to nuclear war. Might still be available... www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/05/inside-the-war-room
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Nov 15, 2020 18:09:44 GMT
Some pretty nasty clips of Republican supporters being attacked today. Lamestream media inevitably silent.
It's so bizarre how the left has literally been seized by big corporations, the lamestream media and Middle class white people. We've had the same as the US in this country.
Old, traditional working class Labour voters who don't have perverse hostile, woke, cancel culture agendas (of which there are many) must wonder what the fucks happened to their ideology. No wonder the North have turned on the left.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Nov 15, 2020 18:11:41 GMT
I think I heard that how it works in the uk is that, upon taking office, one of the first duties of the new PM is to decide in advance a protocol for what our response would be if we found out that nukes were heading our way - basically deciding if our final act in the face of impending oblivion would be to respond in kind or not. I imagine the USA does the same. This was a really interesting, and quite scary, programme about the UK involvement in escalating tensions leading to nuclear war. Might still be available... www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/05/inside-the-war-roomAhh there's enough depressing shit happening in the world, not sure I can take anymore!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 15, 2020 18:15:48 GMT
Some pretty nasty clips of Republican supporters being attacked today. Lamestream media inevitably silent. It's so bizarre how the left has literally been seized by big corporations, the lamestream media and Middle class white people. We've had the same as the US in this country. Old, traditional working class Labour voters who don't have perverse hostile, woke, cancel culture agendas (of which there are many) must wonder what the fucks happened to their ideology. No wonder the North have turned on the left. I saw the Proud Boys finally showed up in D.C last night. Egged on by the criminally insane fuckwit in The White House.
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Nov 16, 2020 3:36:00 GMT
Some pretty nasty clips of Republican supporters being attacked today. Lamestream media inevitably silent. It's so bizarre how the left has literally been seized by big corporations, the lamestream media and Middle class white people. We've had the same as the US in this country. Old, traditional working class Labour voters who don't have perverse hostile, woke, cancel culture agendas (of which there are many) must wonder what the fucks happened to their ideology. No wonder the North have turned on the left. I saw the Proud Boys finally showed up in D.C last night. Egged on by the criminally insane fuckwit in The White House. Proud Boys are right wing terrorists.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 16, 2020 7:24:21 GMT
I saw the Proud Boys finally showed up in D.C last night. Egged on by the criminally insane fuckwit in The White House. Proud Boys are right wing terrorists. I know.
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Post by The man from Utch on Nov 16, 2020 20:10:38 GMT
Some pretty nasty clips of Republican supporters being attacked today. Lamestream media inevitably silent. It's so bizarre how the left has literally been seized by big corporations, the lamestream media and Middle class white people. We've had the same as the US in this country. Old, traditional working class Labour voters who don't have perverse hostile, woke, cancel culture agendas (of which there are many) must wonder what the fucks happened to their ideology. No wonder the North have turned on the left. I saw the Proud Boys finally showed up in D.C last night. Egged on by the criminally insane fuckwit in The White House. So did Antifa in large numbers. None of the violence is being reported on any of the mainstream news outlets.
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Post by The man from Utch on Nov 16, 2020 20:15:43 GMT
I saw the Proud Boys finally showed up in D.C last night. Egged on by the criminally insane fuckwit in The White House. Proud Boys are right wing terrorists. The difference between the 2 terrorist groups Antifa and the proud Boys and the mayhem being caused by them at this moment in time , is like Stoke, Millwall and Cardiff joining together and showing up away to Harrogate.
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