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He might be a proper Charlie Hunt, but you've got to admit that's a funny line.
They're probably still smarting after losing that world-shaking titanic clash with Norwich in the Milk Cup Final of 1986 or whatever, but now they've got Galloway to get them back to Norwich's level.
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Make Rochdale Great Again! on 19:33 - Mar 4 by GeoffSentence
He does speak well. I saw his interview in front of the HoC and wish that more politicians answered questions directly and honestly like he does.
Which makes it a shame that your opening sentence is spot on.
Honestly?? Hang on this is Galloway we’re talking about right?
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 09:30 - Mar 5 by GeoffSentence
Yes, you know it is possible to be a cwnt but still to be a good orator.
That's why some cwnts do very well for themselves.
Time to invoke the Fuhrer? Saddam Hussein also had a fair bit of charm, like most despots. The growth of primitive populism is a worrying development & in the developed West, I think it's largely down to failing economic growth plus greater inequality, which means that the lives of the masses haven't improved, or have become worse.
To take just a couple of examples from the various articles (many of which post-date the Iraq war).
A chemical plant which the US says is a key component in Iraq's chemical warfare arsenal was secretly built by Britain in 1985 behind the backs of the Americans, the Guardian can disclose.
In his most recent justification of his Pentagon stewardship, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reached back to the 1930s, comparing the Bush administration's critics to those who, like US Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, favored appeasing Adolf Hitler. Rumsfeld avoided a more recent comparison: the appeasement of Saddam Hussein by the Reagan and first Bush administrations. The reasons for selectivity are obvious, since so many of Hussein's appeasers in the 1980s were principals in the 2003 Iraq war, including Rumsfeld.
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Make Rochdale Great Again! on 10:36 - Mar 5 with 2008 views
To take just a couple of examples from the various articles (many of which post-date the Iraq war).
A chemical plant which the US says is a key component in Iraq's chemical warfare arsenal was secretly built by Britain in 1985 behind the backs of the Americans, the Guardian can disclose.
In his most recent justification of his Pentagon stewardship, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reached back to the 1930s, comparing the Bush administration's critics to those who, like US Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, favored appeasing Adolf Hitler. Rumsfeld avoided a more recent comparison: the appeasement of Saddam Hussein by the Reagan and first Bush administrations. The reasons for selectivity are obvious, since so many of Hussein's appeasers in the 1980s were principals in the 2003 Iraq war, including Rumsfeld.
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The American support for Iraq was largely because they were the sworn enemy of Iran. In the world of geopolitics, the enemy of thine enemy is thy friend.
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 10:36 - Mar 5 by Radlett_blue
The American support for Iraq was largely because they were the sworn enemy of Iran. In the world of geopolitics, the enemy of thine enemy is thy friend.
The heading to the article indicates support went back much further than that.
"US intelligence helped Saddam's Ba`ath Party seize power for the first time in 1963. Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959."
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Make Rochdale Great Again! on 11:50 - Mar 5 with 1871 views
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 10:52 - Mar 5 by DJR
The heading to the article indicates support went back much further than that.
"US intelligence helped Saddam's Ba`ath Party seize power for the first time in 1963. Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959."
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That doesn't surprise me. America has always been a player in the Middle East, because of oil & the US support for Israel. I guess Saddam was seen as a "useful idiot", not bound by religious dogma, with whom the US could do business.
he's utterly repulsive. something nasty stuck to the sole of the shoe of british politics.
And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show
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Make Rochdale Great Again! on 14:33 - Mar 5 with 1662 views
Genuine question : Is it troubling that the majority of voters in Rochdale elected an MP largely on the basis of his anti Israel sentiment or is putting the plight of Palestinians ahead of more local concerns evidence of recognition that on the whole we are still a good place to live and that a concern for the much less fortunate is of more importance?
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Make Rochdale Great Again! on 14:47 - Mar 5 with 1623 views
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 14:33 - Mar 5 by monkeymagic
Genuine question : Is it troubling that the majority of voters in Rochdale elected an MP largely on the basis of his anti Israel sentiment or is putting the plight of Palestinians ahead of more local concerns evidence of recognition that on the whole we are still a good place to live and that a concern for the much less fortunate is of more importance?
it wasn't the majority of voters, it was 40% of a 40% turnout, so less than 16% of the voters, in an election where labour and the greens didn't put up a candidate and the tories and lib dems barely put in any effort.
not sure you can draw much from that yet,could just be a weird anomaly
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 14:33 - Mar 5 by monkeymagic
Genuine question : Is it troubling that the majority of voters in Rochdale elected an MP largely on the basis of his anti Israel sentiment or is putting the plight of Palestinians ahead of more local concerns evidence of recognition that on the whole we are still a good place to live and that a concern for the much less fortunate is of more importance?
Galloway isn't concerned with the plight of Palestinian people. He just sides with anything anti west. His homophobic campaign against Kim Leadbeater in Batley & Spen was disgusting.
He's a Putin and Assad apologist and his election in no way shows "that on the whole we are still a good place to live".
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 14:47 - Mar 5 by positivity
it wasn't the majority of voters, it was 40% of a 40% turnout, so less than 16% of the voters, in an election where labour and the greens didn't put up a candidate and the tories and lib dems barely put in any effort.
not sure you can draw much from that yet,could just be a weird anomaly
Lots of freaky results in by-elections. Usually a low turnout & voters know they aren't electing a government so protest votes are a free option.
Make Rochdale Great Again! on 13:51 - Mar 5 by lowhouseblue
he's utterly repulsive. something nasty stuck to the sole of the shoe of british politics.
Enough about NthQldITFC, what about Galloway? Badum tish.
He's another unflushable turd, isn't he. He's right in calling out the massacre of Palastinians, but a stopped clock and all that. As Glassers says, he's another anti-establishment populist looking to stir the pot. Much like the likes of Farage: in theory they come from different ends of the spectrum but in reality seem to be bedfellows.
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