Let's Get Political!

[horlock07]

What a strange, strange country man.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63754702

FIFY, FWIW it may split the Trump vote as he seems to be mainly aiming at the same audience?

[mystical_goat]

I seriously doubt that Kanye's attempt will get him anywhere near being an actual candidate.

[Batch]

may as well just shred the money or, you know, do something more worthwhile

[flammableBen]

Kanye is a bit of a genius though. He's like the Andy King of hip hop.

[Batch]

but could he hip-hop on a cold Tuesday night in Grimsby?

[Broadbents Tackle]

He used to smoke a blunt on the touchline while watching the game. The man was the fifth element of hip hop.

[mystical_goat]

Kanye is a bit of a genius though. He's like the Andy King of hip hop.

He's definitely following in the footsteps of quite a lot of genuises, in that he's losing his mind.

[mystical_goat]

He used to smoke a blunt on the touchline while watching the game. The man was the fifth element of hip hop.

[RobertT]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-holocaust-speech-twitter-latest-b2271958.html?page=2

I cannot work out if this is just a truly absurd public exposing of an utter fraud, or some sort of bizarre "joke" from an organisation to see how far they can push it.

[dalumpimunki]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-holocaust-speech-twitter-latest-b2271958.html?page=2

I cannot work out if this is just a truly absurd public exposing of an utter fraud, or some sort of bizarre "joke" from an organisation to see how far they can push it.

How are you still surprised by the sorts of nutters and hucksters that are able to get elected on the GOP ticket. After Trump it's really anything goes, any tin foil hat wearing loon or criminal can get themselves selected as long as they toe the "Trump was robbed: the election was stolen" line.

[RobertT]

I get that, but this one is absurd.  It's like a gradual long drawn out joke on the GOP - finding photos, videos and a contact in Brazil who remembers his Drag Queen period, current demons of the GOP.

The boring reality will be them finding out he was financed by someone from Russia though.

[dalumpimunki]

I get that, but this one is absurd.  It's like a gradual long drawn out joke on the GOP - finding photos, videos and a contact in Brazil who remembers his Drag Queen period, current demons of the GOP.

The boring reality will be them finding out he was financed by someone from Russia though.

It's when he gets re-elected despite all this being in the public domain that it'll be a concern. And at the moment in the US that's not out of the question.

[Nemo]

Nicola Sturgeon resigning. SNP are no doubt scrabbling to find another fish-surnamed individual to take the helm as the pattern seems to be working for them.

Had a bit of trouble recently but seems a long way from being forced out by her party/public opinion (particularly compared to Sunak!) so can only imagine she's just had enough of the whole charade.

[Batch]

so can only imagine she's just had enough of the whole charade.

Seems so. Wonder if there is a behind the scenes backlash against  her wanting to make the next election a one policy campaign (indyref2).

[Nemo]

All going well up here in the great white north at the moment as the most competent First Minister candidate takes a one way trip down the Tim Farron highway. Get ready to see lots more of Humza Yusuf on your news down south, he's a shoe in at this point unless he decides to say it's immoral to deep fry a Mars bar or something.

In a way, it's a symptom of the absolute hegemony the SNP have had up here- there's simply no way Kate Forbes should be in a progressive party, but she joined it because it was that or eternal opposition. One party being dominant is not good for democracy.