Sunak’s speech

[BlindBoyGrunt]

There will be absolute anarchy if they try it. I honestly think people who would previously never even consider going on peaceful demonstrations, will be lining up to storm 10 Downing St to lynch them.

Absolutely, it's human nature to react when that way when you think your freedoms are being taken away and here we see the threat of protest marches becoming illegal and elections delayed for nefarious reasons.
I've just read a post online from Albert Camus which sums it up neatly. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

 

[delgrapos]

Watched the Sky news coverage and you could clearly hear someone shouting, all the way through it from somewhere nearby

 

[outoftown]

Absolutely, it's human nature to react when that way when you think your freedoms are being taken away and here we see the threat of protest marches becoming illegal and elections delayed for nefarious reasons.
I've just read a post online from Albert Camus which sums it up neatly. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

So his speech is half clever ..
He's telling the Tories and reform voters , he's hoping red wall ( closet racisty types ) hear him too ....

" Your freedoms and beautiful perfect democratic country ( you know the type that gave you a brexit win ) is being taken away from you by extremists
( not yourselves though ) "
Whilst
Doing actually as you've posted to anyone else who actually believes in such freedoms for all.

 

[outoftown]

If he even THINKS about delaying an election...
No protests .. general strike first

Give him a week or two with an ' unprovokeable " objection..

 

[Billyzin]

What a nefarious little pr1ck he is.

 

[ThePrisoner]

These fckrs should be hung, drawn and quartered and their heads put on spikes in Trafalgar square for what they’ve done to this country over the last 14 years.

Harsh but fair.

 

[TeessideCleveland]

There will be absolute anarchy if they try it. I honestly think people who would previously never even consider going on peaceful demonstrations, will be lining up to storm 10 Downing St to lynch them.

I honestly think they won't care - don't forget the 'They're all the same' narrative
I don't see Sunak going down this route, but he's certainly setting the possibility up

 

[TeessideCleveland]

If he even THINKS about delaying an election...
No protests .. general strike first

Give him a week or two with an ' unprovokeable " objection..

If he does it I don't think it will upset that many enough, unfortunately
Most will disagree, but hey ho

 

[1finny]

He’s right extremists are all over the place disrupting this country

The speech, by the way, is being interpreted by the FT as the election launch and they reckon it will be announced for May

Sunak stands with net zero and climate conspiracy group at farming protest

Demonstration against Welsh Labour policy included No Farmers No Food campaign calling for end to climate measures, and Welsh Tory leader

www.theguardian.com

 

[h_m_boro]

Was this Lil' Rishi's "Rivers of Blood" speech......but in his own special way absolutely sh*t?

 

[1finny]

Loved this review

Rish! purposefully grips his lectern – but shows he has no grip of the country

PM spends 10 minutes sharing his innermost fears with the nation without offering any solutions

www.theguardian.com

 

[h_m_boro]

"....... innermost fears" ????

Bollox. That's getting a thorough going over by HMRC. Or being forced to use public transport.

 

[Chris_Boro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1763662974378471506

 

[WeeGord]

"....... innermost fears" ????

Bollox. That's getting a thorough going over by HMRC. Or being forced to use public transport.

OR possibly even bumping into anyone working class. He doesn't know anyone like that.

 

[Chris_Boro]

"....... innermost fears" ????

Bollox. That's getting a thorough going over by HMRC. Or being forced to use public transport.

He was in Aberdeen a few hours before his glorious speech, I wonder what form of public transport got him to Downing Street?

 

[Nero]

Didn’t watch the propaganda, but can guess it was designed to incite fear and suspicion. Watch at the Tories try to win the election based on Britain being invaded and on the brink of being taken over by others. They will claim to be the only party capable of stopping the made up nonsense.

 

[masquesmog]

.... it may all be too late. The Economist this week (can't get it out from behind its pay wall) has a very detailed analysis of why the numbers and demographics are moving in Labour's favour.

The data underscore how the tide is going out after 14 years of Conservative rule. All of the biggest population groups have turned away from the government (see chart). Only 4% of the 51m adults in Britain are more likely to vote Tory than they were in 2019. They are from such unusual groups that you may struggle to find them (try older renters in the south-east, rural British Indians and young British Bangladeshi homeowners).

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

Didn’t watch the propaganda, but can guess it was designed to incite fear and suspicion. Watch at the Tories try to win the election based on Britain being invaded and on the brink of being taken over by others. They will claim to be the only party capable of stopping the made up nonsense.

I did watch it (with gritted teeth) and that's exactly the tone, which was sadly very predictable.

 

[Jedi boro]

I did watch it (with gritted teeth) and that's exactly the tone, which was sadly very predictable.

Don’t forget this is from the govt that made it illegal ( yes in law) to say Rwanda wasn’t a safe country regardless of any evidence provided.

So will it now be illegal to say Gaza is being bombed. ??

 

[ThePrisoner]

It's blindingly obvious from the timing of this rushed, deranged speech - Friday evening - that Sunak has plans to cause disturbances at today's demonstrations. He must be colluding with intelligence agencies and the police to achieve this.