That political discussion with occasional humour thread

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Not side-splittingly funny, but hope Putin’s spitting feathers

‘Keir Starmer has announced a fresh package of military aid for Ukraine – this time paid for using the UK’s interest haul from frozen Russian assets.’

Not only are the missiles made in the UK, but they’ll be launched from British made trucks.

Not usually very patriotic, but that’s more like it KS.

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I don’t want to visit USA anyway :grin:

I have no idea who that is (possibly a good thing).

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Possibly the next President of the USA… But having that picture allegedly prevents you from entering America…

I see the US has taken a step closer to being an out and out dictatorship. :rage:

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Not a like, a :rage:

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Which segues right into today’s Guardian’s Beyoncé and Buffalo Soldiers controversy. Beyoncé faces backlash after wearing shirt with anti-Indigenous language | Beyoncé | The Guardian

For a more insightful take on it see 5 Things to Consider When Thinking About Beyoncé’s Buffalo Soldier T-Shirt | Friday Things

Most confess that even before reading the above, I knew rather more about the Buffalo Soldiers than I did about Beyoncé…

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Thanks for that - I know the phrase ‘buffalo soldier’ through Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier heard when I was much younger. Had no knowledge at all beyond that, but it’s not a surprise to read that about them. :slightly_frowning_face:

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From Letters to The Times

Sir,
Ben Macintyre’s article brought back memories from the late 1960s, when an Iranian student friend told me that in Iran, should someone trip over a stone, you could be sure that an Englishman had put it there.

Richard Albright
Rottingdean, Brighton & Hove

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Glastonbury, where irony goes to die…

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I see Ben Habib, having fallen out with Farage, has started a new party. I wonder how he will out-Farage his old boss.

Sorry but I am suffering from acronym fatigue, what is PAC please, and why should I be bothered with it? I did follow and read the link but learnt nothing new. He’s not the bloke who was Reform chairman was he, the one that resigned and then came back in a new suit of clothes? :confused:

You and me both, David. It’s the same as in the States, political action committee.

Yes that’s the one.

it’s like the People’s Front of Judea / Judean People’s Front / Popular Front of Judea etc in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. :slight_smile:

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