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Didn’t Boris prove himself to be “all show and no go”, or were there mitigating circumstances that could allow for a rerun?
When it all came down to it, Boris, a charming and amusing man of great intellect, showed himself to have feet of clay and his brain in his manhood. He uttered the words ‘Build back better, in a more feminine way’… What on earth were we thinking..?
“‘White-centricity’ of folk music investigated in £1.5 million academic study”
I continue to be amused and angered by those television series about travel or food where someone with a familiar face is sent on a nice holiday to study the regional delights, customs, foods, traditions and heritage of tiny bits of France or Italy or Greece. Their gushing commentary at finding communal singing in Kazakhstan, or religious festivals in Albania. Then they come back to England and trash everything we’ve done for 1000 years. C**ts
Yes , great turn of phrase Neil ✅ + Palin recently took his creaky old self on what will be one of his last Worldly excursions only to walk along a route with some local shoulder chipped local woman that slaves took before boarding English ships ! I have loved all of his output over the years particularly his pre internet circumnavigation of the world only for him to sully his legacy !
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“A generation of young women is being driven mad by woke ideology”
Hardly. The young, middle-class female has always been driven by ’causes’, from environmental concerns to votes in Parliament. They may have got themselves in a tizzy about woke, but the madness has always been there…
Exhibit ‘B’ for my downticking chums. US Prohibition and Frances Willard.
Whenever you find something well meaning, but out of touch with the realities, and a disaster when followed through, it seems to have a middle class white woman in the middle of it somewhere. Downtick away. It doesn’t stop me being right.
Well maybe but plenty of men get on board with stupid ideas
I think we should stay united
I got on board with a few stupid ideas myself when a youth. Nuclear disarmament and Anti-Apartheid to name but two. Mostly of interest because that’s where the ‘smart set’ activist girls ended up, and it was a surefire way of meeting and talking to attractive young women.
Agreed. As always on here we get the women-haters who have to deny reality in order to try and cobble together some semblance of an argument which can be debunked in a nanosecond. So obsessed are they in their endeavor to paint the opposite sex as the architects of society’s fragmentation and demise, so blinded by their obvious resentment towards us and compulsion to scapegoat us, that what we end up with is something that can only be said to be true if we play, ”Let’s pretend that men don’t exist”. It’s that absurd.
For instance, which gender were these nutters who vandalized Stonehenge the other day, or trashed Barclays, spray paint or throw soup on everything or block the roads? Were there no males present?
Which gender are the ‘Trantifa’ mob? The trans imposters infiltrating women’s sports? The drag queens reading to kids? The doctors giving hormones and gender affirming surgery to the vulnerable?
Which gender are the pro-terrorist/anti-West yobs? Which gender is Biden, Khan, Turdeau? Just a few quick examples of penis-owners who’ve fully embraced all things ‘woke’.
As has been obvious for a long time now, scratch the surface of this site and what you see is a whole lot of animosity towards women, none of it rational, none of it justified. But like I’ve asked before: where are all the female posters? There’s a clue, don’t you think?
Not possible to be 100% sure but does seem to be more blokes than women here – not sure why that would be. Think there might be more of a balance on the Lockdown Sceptics subreddit to which many of the original BTL crew here decamped. I don’t think there are many/any posters here who truly “hate” women. Perhaps one or two. As I’ve said before, while one could perhaps characterise some of the ideas behind “woke” as “feminine”, I am not sure it’s overly helpful for us to divide ourselves – we have enough trouble with the real enemy.
”I don’t think there are many/any posters here who truly “hate” women.”
Oh I don’t *think* it, I know it. Maybe it’s only expected that some bias on your part will cloud your opinion, but take it from me, this is 100% true based on my personal experience. And I have a good memory.
No one is preventing women from commenting on this website. It’s just more endless whingeing from one poster about “misogyny” one day, or “Anti-Semitism” another day, desperate for attention. It’s boring.
Example 1:
”This guy thinks “a woman is someone who identifies with a female body.” He insists that is not a circular definition.
He also says words mean whatever people decide they mean.
Indeed, that’s how trans activists and our governments operate. A cult invented new meanings for ‘woman’ and ‘man,’ and we’re expected to play along? Not gonna happen.”
https://x.com/BillboardChris/status/1804343343985627624
Example 2:
”This is Biden’s new White House Associate Communications Director.
Tyler Cherry, who identifies as non-binary is:
• Anti-Israel
• Pro-Palestinian ‘Resistance’
• Anti-Police
• Anti-Capitalism
• Pro-BLM
• Calls to Abolish the Police
• Supports extreme antisemite Linda Sarsour calling her a ‘fierce Muslim woman.’
• Wants to stop all arms shipments to Israel”
https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1804908264976425168
Pick a government-pushed agenda and you will see people of both sexes involved, both behind the scenes at the very top, and on the ground on the front line.
But this basic fact doesn’t support the misogynist’s viewpoint so it will always be ignored, denied, omitted.
STOP WHINING!
No one is preventing women from commenting on this site, so stop with the Feminist Hypocrisy.
Bingo! And there it is. 🎯 Thanks for stepping up to the plate and proving my point so perfectly.😁 Willpower ( or politeness ) isn’t your strong suit, is it? But now you’ll get much support from the anonymous manosphere posse, so it’s all good.😴
You can have your straw man back, however. There you go…👍
Actually I quite like the sound of “male pattern incel rage”. I believe that lady in the vid was on to something and it most certainly exists in the chronically online, particularly those that are regularly unpleasant with an evident personality disorder.
But never mind all that. Carry on hating!😃🤡
You sound like a typical Jewish mother, as described by Brother Nathanael: always bitter and complaining, never satisfied with anything their children accomplish, making them stand before her in a row once a week to describe their achievements, to which her response is always “Meh!” with a shrug of her shoulders.
Their excuse is that they do it to make their children achieve more by treating them harshly as they grow up, like Richard Branson’s mother driving him miles away from home as a child in the countryside, forcing him out of the car, and then driving away, telling him to find his own way back.
But Brother Nathanael said their real reason is to give themselves something to boast about to the other Jewish mothers down at the synagogue. They probably treat their browbeaten, hen-pecked husbands the same.
He is on the List of Honour of Heroic Jews who tell the truth about Judaism to the public.
And you sound like one obsessive, nasty f*cking nutcase.
I’m not nasty, just honest, without stooping to profanity to express my views.
And I admire others who are honest, not hypocrites.
Don’t take yourself so seriously. They are only opinions, and I don’t think that its of particular value to try to extrapolate the entire belief system of posters from one or two remarks.
I do feel though that its solid leftie playbook to try and shut people up with insults of misogynist or incel, or the random ‘hater’ (about as meaningful as ‘racist’. What does that even mean? This is with respect, a place where free discussion is permitted, so why wouldn’t we use that. Not everyone is going to agree with everything, but that’s not an excuse to try and shut them up.
As for men predominantly being here, I dont think that is by design in any way. I never met a woman who lacked the courage to express herself.
Occasionally on here I see an article or commentator talking about how the left wing is full of woke women (rather than a balance of the sexes). My own dear husband mentioned this the other day – I’ll say it here as I said to him, it’s hardly surprising given how mysogynistic many right of centre men are towards the women who do largely agree with them.
I grew up in a house full of men, have always got on well with them but a few of them are hell bent on blaming us for everything. It’s not a good look but luckily most men are fairly sane even if only one or two, ToF here, points out the unfairness! I mentally hand the projections straight back every time.
Surprisingly, many of the women who declare they are feminists and complain about misogyny are actually happily married to very compliant, obliging husbands, who have provided their wives with everything they need, and allowed them to stay at home without working even years after the children have grown and left home.
One such admitted that as soon as her faithful husband of 40 years retired, she divorced him, because she didn’t want him to find out how little she did every day.
I’m not sure what point you’re making here? If it’s this woman is terrible – quite possibly, I don’t know her.
Yes you’re right. They rely heavily on projection, that’s for sure. It’s the same names droning on like a broken record about how all the problems in the world are down to the ”feminisation of the nation” and whinge about how hard done by they are, all thanks to women, but apparently *we* are the ones who hold the ‘victim cards’. But when do we ever see women saying the same about men on here? They display textbook misogynist behaviour but apparently *I* am a ”misandrist” or ”narcissist” for challenging them or speaking up for female sex-based rights. I post my opinions in my usual plain-spoken way, but that is deliberately mistranslated as being ”angry/aggressive” and ”with a chip on your shoulder”. Always the same names…so what does that tell you?
I just feel like some men demonstrably feel threatened or intimidated by women who are not backwards in coming forwards in speaking their minds. Perhaps they’re surrounded by females in real life who are submissive and obliging, always agreeable, I don’t know. But maybe you can tell me if you’ve ever read any posts by women on here that are insulting or slag off men, or who blame men for all the ills of the world? Because I’m yet to come across one.
I think that’s because we stay rational, acknowledge that bad, power-mad people come in both genders and we stick to the evidence available, of which there is an infinite amount, which contradict their misogynistic views. We are also too sensible to tar an entire gender with the same brush. But all we get from the resident women-haters is ”women this” ”women that”, like half the adult population of planet Earth are not made up of individual people with unique personalities, varying opinions, strengths and faults. They lump us all together because that way we’re easier to dehumanize. Just generalize *all* females of the world as we clearly have no differences worth speaking of.
You’re right, most men are okay, but it’s becoming more and more apparent that many aren’t and they seemingly enjoy hanging out here. ”Birds of a feather flock together” doesn’t seem to apply to the lady posters, apparently.
Let’s get confirmation of that final paragraph shall we?: 3,2,1 GO! 😉
“Why it’s too late to stop World War 3 – according to one of Britain’s greatest military historians” –
The Daily Telegraph does seem to like a spot of global conflict. They can’t wait for the bombs to start falling.
C-nts will suffice here too !
We don’t want to go to war
But, by Jingo, if we do,
We’re short of men,
The guns are gone
And we’re out of money too.
For months now they’ve been trying to seed the idea of war in our minds.
Luckily not too many people read the Telegraph.
“To defend our freedom, we must trust the Tories, writes Kemi Badenoch”
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Anyone know what it is when they fool you five times in a row..?
WEF / WHO / NATO for starters !
I had a visit from a Tory canvasser yesterday. He admitted his job is somewhat depressing but said at least the sun was shining.
https://spb.aif.ru/society/v-lenoblasti-otmenili-tradicionnyy-massovyy-zaplyv-na-seks-kuklah
In solidarity with Mr Farage, here’s some complete and total nonsense:
Thanks to NATO passive aggressiveness, the traditional rafting competition on sex dolls along the Losevsky threshold in the Leningrad region “Bubble Baba Challenge” has been cancelled.
‘“Participants, accompanied by inflatable rubber women, swim along the Losevsky rapids. Whoever swam faster wins. The event is not for the faint of heart.”
Now, thanks to NATO, no more ‘interesting feeling’ for thousands of St Petersburg citizens.
‘By the third semi-final, people had already realized that it was better to swim on a doll more slowly. Almost everyone began to tie her from behind with her own legs. And I decided to swim anyway. But in a “classical” pose, without rushing. It rocked slightly and the waves hit my face. It’s like swimming in the sea during a storm, such an interesting feeling.’
https://www.bubblebabachallenge.ru/
Thanks NATO……really unfeeling……..
Did you spot this on your regular shopping site?
Where on a road to nowhere
It seems that the UK is about to elect an anti-car labour government, they are planning to bring back the 2030 ICE car sales ban and push EVs. As the article above;
“Huge percentage of EV owners want to go back to normal cars, study finds”
EVs are not going down too well in the consumer market. At the same time you can find articles on ‘you-tube’ that discuss the demise of the budget car market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSgrshgiYso
We seem to be heading for a future with much less private motoring. Ford have stopped making the Fiesta, which was one of the mainstays of budget motoring. The demise of budget motoring seems like the first step to wipe out private motoring. Whilst at the top end EVs based on current lithium-ion battery technology are of limited use and appeal. Motoring is being squeezed from both ends and the future for motoring looks bleak.
The ramifications of this are huge, not just for the immediate motor industry itself but so much of life is now tied to car usage, housing, tourism, leisure. It is hard to foresee how this will all play out? best hang on to your bike and don’t lose your bus pass!
No change really from the new age tories then , who were / are under instruction from higher up the chain helping this agenda along !
Ruddy bikes are no damned use in the Pennine hills.
Boris’ intervention in the Farage affair is a classic case of his trademark ill-informed bluster.
Nigel is clearly on target with his comment about Ukraine. Unfortunately he didn’t go far enough.
The on-line comments on the DM article reveal that many of the readers aren’t falling for their “interpretation” of the Farage story either.
Completely OT
i am waiting at a VW dealership where a large display recalls the evolution of their models. it starts in 1930 and proceeds in decades.
I am surprised they want to remind us their origins.
Yes didn’t we resurrect VW after the war .
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350319203/free-speech-about-protecting-ideas-and-values
Maybe but more importantly it’s essential to a functioning democracy
Well, and to freedom really, no?
Both the recent Glenn Greenwald Tucker Carlson and the Freddy Sayers Paul Coleman interviews paint a bit of a disheartening picture of the state of freedom of speech.
Informative but disheartening.
Good points. Very few people seem to actually believe in freedom of speech, they just like to think they do, but they nearly always mean freedom of speech that they like or at least don’t find hateful. I guess my issue with the headline about “protecting ideas and values” is that you could take it to mean ideas and values of which you approve.
I liked Matt Gaetz (Republican congressman)’s recent interview after a speech he made – clip attached.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1803619283588522452
Interviewer: is it safe to say that, based off of your comments, you’re suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?
MG: yes
Interviewer: What do you say to people who think that those comments are offensive?
MG: Be offended.
Marvellous
Can you imagine a UK MP saying that?
”Very few people seem to actually believe in freedom of speech, they just like to think they do, but they nearly always mean freedom of speech that they like or at least don’t find hateful.”
Yes, absolutely. I think there are examples aplenty on here of certain people being totally fine with somebody expressing their opinions, their disgust, their frustration etc when it’s a subject in which we’re all pretty much in agreement about. Such as the scamdemic restrictions, death jabs, shenanigans of the globalists and politicians etc. But as soon as somebody expresses an opposing opinion they just can’t handle it. The strawmen get flung, the ad hominem and playground insults are hurled, the person’s original post gets deliberately misconstrued, and all for what? Because certain people resent being challenged and take umbrage with anyone who has a differing of opinion on a particular topic. It evidently rankles them. So rather than scroll past a post or debate in a polite and rational manner people resort to throwing unsubstantiated accusations, in effect having a hissy fit and spitting their dummy out.
Their bleating on about how they support free speech goes well and truly out the window when they perfectly demonstrate a lack of tolerance for somebody else’s right to free speech, all because they don’t like what that person is saying. It’s nothing short of hypocrisy and shows them up for who they really are. Free speech is a one-way street to many, including on here, and the only way they can deal with their double-standards is by attempting to invalidate the person they’re targeting or debating with. It’s just a bummer for them that ”when you resort to name-calling, you’ve lost the argument”. ( Anthony Watts ) They can close ranks and whinge as much as they like, but Watts hits the nail on the head. The way I see it you’ve basically got two options: you either have a debate in which you remain civil, focusing on the argument at hand, not the person, or you STFU. Pretty succinct, I think.
Mogwai – I agree with pretty much everything in your comment, except that your argument does not seem to be about free speech but about remaining civil and respectful when discussing something controversial.
And the right to offend is an important part of free speech. So-called “hate speech” arguments are being used as a trojan horse to enable censorship and isolate dissenters – people naturally recoil against offensive or bullying language, so instinctively support hate speech legislation.
The DT reports the death of 5 holiday makers, including 3 children, on holiday on a Sevastopol beach. Over 100 injured by “shrapnel” from the cluster warhead on the American ATACMS missile. Of course, the Russians are to blame for shooting down the missile, imples the DT.
Holiday makers on a Crimean beach means it’s not really much of a war situation, is it?
Zelensky’s Office called Crimean residents who suffered from a missile strike on Sevastopol beach “civilian occupiers”.
The Express going full steam ahead with fear, 3 new covid variants filling hospitals.
People need to stop using these rags, owned by the cabal.
Golly gosh, three new varieties of “flu. A bit of a way to go to reach ’57.’
😀 😀
Tends to suggest that the old ‘Common Cold Unit’ had a sensible idea. That is, it was not practical to develop specific vaccines that would work (under the definition of the day) to prevent infection by things that change rapidly over time.
“Ireland’s Health Minister rejects proposed amendment to prohibit paedophiles, sex offenders from buying children via surrogacy”
The horrific practice of surrogacy, mad scientists selling Frankenstein babies, endlessly experimenting with human reproduction, and evil women renting out their wombs like filthy prostitutes, must be banned worldwide.
If God meant for you to have children, you would have them naturally within your own ethnic group, as God intended.
We should follow the excellent example of the great Ethnic African Cassius Clay, who bravely spoke out against miscegenation, saying he preferred his own African women, and wanted his children to look like him.
Muhammad Ali – Racial Integration – YouTube
Evidence based communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXOh8qCatyw&list=WL&index=1 A half hour lecture by Dr. John Campbell. Well worth watching.
“Just Stop Oil and Palestine mob prepare to hit Wimbledon”
and Emma Thompson, who made her fame & fortune as a British actress, led a Just Stop Oil march:
Emma Thompson backs Just Stop Oil at London protest (msn.com)
Dame Emma Thompson has backed Just Stop Oil, just days after the climate action group attacked Stonehenge with orange paint.”
Luckily for her, not many will remember her declaring her real opinion of the UK, when she celebrated emigrating to Italy because of Brexit:
Emma Thompson backs the In campaign: ‘Britain is a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island’ | The Spectator
“‘A tiny little cloud-bolted, rainy corner of sort-of Europe, a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island’”, she sneered. Then the instant Covid Lockdowns came, she came scuttling back to Britain from Italy, to live in Scotland permanently.
Hypocrite!