FreeRangeHexagon posted:

Gordon Brown being caught on a hot mic calling some old Anglo lady a "bigoted women" because she told him that there were too many Polish people in Britain. iirc despite the media making a scandal out of this the seat where it happened was one of the few seats where Labor's vote actually increased in 2010.

MikeCrotch posted:

Brown was right

Orange Devil posted:

Did he apologize? Because if he did that was the actual mistake. The correct way forward was to double down.

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Asked by Forsyth what Duffy had said he replied: "Oh everything, she was just a sort of bigoted woman. She said she used to be Labour. I mean it's just ridiculous."

Brown was then played back his remarks on a live Radio 2 phone-in. He covered his face with his hands, and said he blamed himself. He apologised to Duffy on the phone, and was then going to hold a press conference in Manchester to apologise again, before agreeing to drive back to Rochdale and say sorry to her in person.

He met her in private in her front room, spending 40 minutes at her home before emerging declaring himself the "penitent sinner" and claiming he had been forgiven. The prime minister said: "If you like, I'm a penitent sinner. Sometimes you say things you don't mean to say, sometimes you say things by mistake and sometimes you say things you want to correct very quickly. So I wanted to come here and say that I made a mistake but to also to say I understood the concerns she was bringing to me and I simply misunderstood some of the words she used. I made my apology."

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

also all the people who were saying it is just George Bush that is evil and America is good have gone on to decide that George Bush is good too actually, now it is just Trump that is evil, or maybe Ron Desantis, watch this space

Dr. Kyle Farnsworth posted:

give it a couple years and let the libs get a new thing to be angry about and all big don will have to do will be do a little dance on ellen or something and they'll love him again

erosion posted:

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, going on Alex Jones and professing his deep love for Hitler while wearing a stocking over his head. And when his cohosts attempted to reframe his message, doubled down on that message.

Kitfox88 posted:

A net and a bottle of yahoo

erosion posted:

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, going on Alex Jones and professing his deep love for Hitler while wearing a stocking over his head. And when his cohosts attempted to reframe his message, doubled down on that message.

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vyelkin posted:

people think goons are bad at song rhythm and poetic metre but this is way worse than all the bad goon rhymes I've seen

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vyelkin posted:

wtf

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vyelkin posted:

reading these is making me stupider

projecthalaxy posted:

“I think it’s important to stress that this book’s purpose is not to teach our children political ideologies, rather it’s to teach them morals, and how to develop into a good person. Whether you are a Democrat who despises Trump, or a Republican who think’s he’s the best thing since bacon-wrapped bacon, this book will be entertaining, educational and most importantly, a tool for your child’s development,” Ed Krassenstein stated.

projecthalaxy posted:

Futanari Damacy posted:

HACKER
HACKER

vyelkin posted:

reading these is making me stupider

Kitfox88 posted:

A net and a bottle of yoohoo

War and Pieces posted:

why does he have a small man living in his head?

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

remember Trump firing Bannon because he got mad at an SNL sketch