Well, you're entirely wrong if you categorise me as left wing. But I do prefer leaders not to be mysogonistic, thin skinned, egotistic, dishonest, corrupt, nepotistic and bullying.
Good points, but I think any potential deal with the US would always have been problematic. Look at Obama's reaction to the BP Gulf spillage.
So who would have been the right person to lead the USA after he won the election?
A strawman argument
I cannot abide the racist, homophobic, sexist, corrupt, lying, nepotistic, bullying Trump and would rather that neither he nor indeed any of the wishy-washy, here-today-gone-tomorrow politicians were hogging the spotlight or given any credit at the D-Day anniversary commemorations, where the focus and respect should be given to the veterans and the comrades they lost. For that reason, although I have been pleased to see many people protesting against Trump's visit in London, I hope that his opponents show respect for the occasion and do not disturb or detract from the ceremonies by taking the protest to the south coast on Wednesday.
Totally 100% agree.
Definitely. +1
I think that have got every right to be fearful. Even if involving US health companies does lead to wonderful improvements (which I doubt), there isn't time for this to happen before the next election. Any decent PR person from an opposition party simply needs to interview a few of the poor and a few 'liberal' doctors in the US, ask them about health care, put it on a party political broadcast and votes would haemorrhage from the Tory's. The alternative is early election (before trade talks) and risk Farage getting enough seats to hold the balance of power. Between the devil and the deep red sea.
I would not make the assumption I have highlighted in the quote. I agree his team probably know what the NHS is but it is well documented that Trump himself has the attention span of a gnat with ADHD and struggles to read and focus on single page summaries of important issues. So when asked about this at the news conference I very much believe he simply assumed it was a company or organisation he could attempt to stiff (which is what Trump means by making a deal)
I have no doubt he 'speaks what a lot of' what your acquaintances think, but to say that is far removed from my experience can't be stated strongly enough.
Knowing how far you are to the 'right', I would say you'd struggle to find many 'forums*' that are not a long way to your left; and obvious that you do find that meet your requirements will clearly have a purpose far removed from railways or anything else that might remotely interest me!
Because the man is a complete and utter moron. He was only "some American tycoon with a high-profile divorce" to me until he decided that he'd take a pristine bit of Aberdeenshire coastline and turn it into one of his golfing theme parks. He basically decreed that because the local residents were unwilling to sell-up, he'd make their lives a nightmare by cutting off water supplies and building huge "bunds" to prevent neighbouring properties getting daylight. His security teams used heavy-handed tactics to obstruct people who were simply going about their daily business, and there was one case where some poor woman who felt the call of nature and simply had to "go" in the dunes was filmed by said security staff.
