Rayvin

Why are we doing Brighton a favour by loaning them Krul...

£10?

Yep, absolutely no fucker made that clear. One of the main arguments we were having across the nation was a) how suicidal such a thing would be, and b] how pointless Brexit would be without doing it. If Farage had come out and said that this was the plan, the latter point would never have been in the discussion.

We all know where this is going to end up

He's surely not going to go back to Sunderland though, they fucking hate the guy

Well I didn't actually read it ffs.

It was definitely a journalist but I didn't think it was Hardy. The journo in question later admitted he made it up... slightly concerning that Hardy still thinks it's true.

I can't wait until they're back on the map as a vaguely normal country. The stories those people must have...

I would have absolutely no problem with China just taking North Korea themselves. I suspect that'll be what happens in the end, one way or another.

Was an anti-aircraft gun wasn't it? Yep, I get what you're saying. Still though, hard to imagine there isn't some manner of domestic front. Human beings are not exactly compliant.

Yeah fair enough I suppose. Hard to imagine a state exists where he has absolute domestic control but I suppose that's how it is. Impressive regime, based on that. I wondered to a degree if he felt a need to pander to his generals, and put up a strong front - see off any potential coup.

Well if that's true then you're right. I don't see what he thinks he's gaining though, unless he's just hopelessly under-informed about US military power...

Pointless scaremongering... I assume that vote will go through pretty easily to be honest, although the bid to appeal to Chinese households there will likely be successful.

It's all to paint a picture on the domestic front though, isn't it? If it is, that suggests that he actually is under internal pressure on the home front, to some degree. I'm not sure exactly how, but it's there nonetheless.

I'm all ears if there is any. I'm just saying that I've not seen it - and keep in mind, I watch all manner of right wing shite in a bid to understand issues from all sides. If such people (who are always slating Corbyn) aren't setting up a convincing case for a cult of personality around the guy, then I'm really not sure there is one. He's popular, but I would suggest that's because of what he represents.

Ah apologies, we're talking about a personality cult? Again, with Corbyn, I've only seen right wingers and Blairite Labour voters talk about such a thing existing, but haven't seen any actual evidence of it myself. The guy is a hugely flawed politician on many levels but as you say, is a net positive in the political climate.

Depends on how Brexit goes. If Corbyn remains the only viable alternative when it all falls apart, he'll clean up. I've seen a lot of people suggesting Momentum are cult like but I've not seen it personally. I think they're confusing them with a fringe group (progressives) that admittedly have some presence within that movement, but which aren't guiding it (thank fuck). I genuinely think Dugdale has gone because of the mess she made in the GE. Can't comment on the SNP as I've not looked into them, but tribalism in politics is on the rise sadly. At the expense of rational pragmatism.

I wonder when the regime will collapse in NK. It has to happen one day.

Maybe she was, but she encouraged people to vote Tory in the GE (to keep out the SNP). That's unforgivable iyam.

Kezia Dugdale has resigned as Scottish Labour leader, which, given the Scottish Labour performance in the GE, is absolutely a good thing. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/29/kezia-dugdale-resigns-as-scottish-labour-party-leader

I'm fully resigned to this shit now I have to say. I don't know what the Brexiteers expected, but I note with interest that all shareholders in the business I work for, including our CEO, have relocated to Europe in the past few months. The rich escaping as usual.

That's the sort of deal we should be all over. Charnley doing some of his best work here clearly.

Yeah but why would they have sold the other guy in order to net spend 3m for basically the same result... Was it a release clause?