France Again (you couldn’t make it up)

Unfortunately, Jersey is being bullied by their huge neighbour, preventing them from “sorting it”. Which is why their big brother has turned up to back them.

If this was the 19thC, France would have invaded by now. If it had not been for the Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar Old Boney would have done so. So, it is perhaps somewhat anachronistic that the Channel Islands have survived historically as independent countries.

Which is giving the French the hump. We will have resolutions in the United Nations if they carry on like this. I did say immediately after Brexit that the Royal Navy would need a lot more coastguard cutters.
Went there on buisness few years ago - found them proud of their heritage and British links but very independent. Bit like Yorkshire.
 
I don't defend our actions. Gunboat diplomacy is 19th century nonsense.

If we'd let them sail in, they'd make their point and leave. No harm done. It's like calling in water cannon at football protests, a total over reaction.

And you're still wrong about automatic promotion🤣 and at no time have you acknowledged your error.
We haven’t got a water cannon. The only one we had was bought by that total fuckwit, Boris.

It got scrapped, at a loss of £300K. However, I suppose it’s peanuts, considering what the lieing, cheating, morally bereft, privileged loon has in his list of incompetence.
 
We haven’t got a water cannon. The only one we had was bought by that total fuckwit, Boris.

It got scrapped, at a loss of £300K. However, I suppose it’s peanuts, considering what the lieing, cheating, morally bereft, privileged loon has in his list of incompetence.
You referring to the bloke who’s just kicked Starmer’s ass?
The same bloke who the majority of U.K. voters voted for yet again? 😂
 
Another sweeping assumption from Jaffa the Nut. I don’t like Boris, so I must be a fan of Starmer. That’s not the case.

Forget the politics and look at the individual. If you honestly think Johnson is fit and proper to lead any party, then you’ve got pretty low standards.
 
You referring to the bloke who’s just kicked Starmer’s ass?
The same bloke who the majority of U.K. voters voted for yet again? 😂
You do know that that last sentence is technically untrue? They have certainly had an outstanding night but that doesn't mean the majority of UK voters voted for his party. You had a pop at Sturgeons SNP earlier with nearly 48% of the those that voted. You can't have it both ways.
 
Another sweeping assumption from Jaffa the Nut. I don’t like Boris, so I must be a fan of Starmer. That’s not the case.

Forget the politics and look at the individual. If you honestly think Johnson is fit and proper to lead any party, then you’ve got pretty low standards.
Seems to have done a great job with the vaccine roll out. Indirectly possibly saving your life in the process. I know it must hurt.
 
You do know that that last sentence is technically untrue? They have certainly had an outstanding night but that doesn't mean the majority of UK voters voted for his party. You had a pop at Sturgeons SNP earlier with nearly 48% of the those that voted. You can't have it both ways.
Your right my humble apologies I should have said in England where he kicked Ass.
 
Macron has a big issue with the UK. Even has a English wife, who I can imagine gets a good hiding every night.

Do you mean Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux from Amiens 😉

Fact of the day: 40 year old Brigitte met 15 year old Emmanuel Macron when he was a pupil in the class where she was teacher.
 
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Another sweeping assumption from Jaffa the Nut. I don’t like Boris, so I must be a fan of Starmer. That’s not the case.

Forget the politics and look at the individual. If you honestly think Johnson is fit and proper to lead any party, then you’ve got pretty low standards.
More people than not think he is, they voted for the conservatives knowing who would be prime minister.
 
More people than not think he is, they voted for the conservatives knowing who would be prime minister.
That’s a scary thought. Given he clearly demonstrates he’s a cheat, liar, turncoat, and morally vacuous.
The only thing Boris Johnson cares about is...Boris Johnson.
 
Another sweeping assumption from Jaffa the Nut. I don’t like Boris, so I must be a fan of Starmer. That’s not the case.

Forget the politics and look at the individual. If you honestly think Johnson is fit and proper to lead any party, then you’ve got pretty low standards.
He has no standards
 
Another sweeping assumption from Jaffa the Nut. I don’t like Boris, so I must be a fan of Starmer. That’s not the case.

Forget the politics and look at the individual. If you honestly think Johnson is fit and proper to lead any party, then you’ve got pretty low standards.
There must be millions then with low standards in this country.

Romped home in the general election romped home in the Brexit vote and romped home last Thursday.

It’s not just about me telling you so. 😉
 
There must be millions then with low standards in this country.

Romped home in the general election romped home in the Brexit vote and romped home last Thursday.

It’s not just about me telling you so. 😉
If they actually think Johnson is fit and proper, yes.

It’s not about the party, it’s about the individual.
 
That’s a scary thought. Given he clearly demonstrates he’s a cheat, liar, turncoat, and morally vacuous.
The only thing Boris Johnson cares about is...Boris Johnson.

Some of the papers today are speculating that Boris could beat Maggie Thatcher's 11 years in office or stay as long as he wants the job. Apparently, he's the most popular PM with voters for decades. And with the Labour party in self-destruct mode it looks increasingly like only his boredom or a back bench tory revolt will shift him. That's quite funny. A cheating, lying, morally vacuous turncoat becoming one of the best loved leaders in history.
 
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Some of the papers today are speculating that Boris could beat Maggie Thatcher's 11 years in office or stay as long as he wants the job. Apparently, he's the most popular PM with voters for decades. And with the Labour party in self-destruct mode it looks increasingly like only his boredom or a back bench tory revolt will shift him. That's quite funny. A cheating, lying, morally vacuous turncoat becoming one of the best loved leaders in history.
Well, at least we agree on that.
 
In London, your capital, everyone is still a Looney Left voter and kicked out the Tories again by electing Sadie Khan the great Pakistani boxer.

anyone with any sense is plannng to leave the UK as its run at national level by dishonest Cow People (that includes all types of despot) and move to a better world eg Germany

this has been highlighted by border control in stats compiled on applications for EU passports eg Rep of Ireland has received 400,000 applications from when Brexit became official only policy by a certain PM and is obviously just one EU country

that’s the Health statement on the UK
 
anyone with any sense is plannng to leave the UK as its run at national level by dishonest Cow People (that includes all types of despot) and move to a better world eg Germany. This has been highlighted by border control in stats compiled on applications for EU passports eg Rep of Ireland has received 400,000 applications from when Brexit became official only policy by a certain PM and is obviously just one EU country

Wow!! I find that hard to believe 😲
 
Some of the papers today are speculating that Boris could beat Maggie Thatcher's 11 years in office or stay as long as he wants the job. Apparently, he's the most popular PM with voters for decades. And with the Labour party in self-destruct mode it looks increasingly like only his boredom or a back bench tory revolt will shift him. That's quite funny. A cheating, lying, morally vacuous turncoat becoming one of the best loved leaders in history.
I keep saying that Joe but for some reason these people constantly slagging Boris off just don’t seem to understand. 😳😊
 
Going back to the OP, couldn't The UK provide power for the Channel Islands, even though they are only about 15 miles from France?
 
Isn’t it to do with the infrastructure required ?
We’d presumably have to lay a cable on the seabed from the U.K. to Jersey. I imagine the cost would be prohibitive, it hey, we Seasiders could pitch in, we can achieve anything we want.
 
In London, your capital, everyone is still a Looney Left voter and kicked out the Tories again by electing Sadie Khan the great Pakistani boxer.

anyone with any sense is plannng to leave the UK as its run at national level by dishonest Cow People (that includes all types of despot) and move to a better world eg Germany

this has been highlighted by border control in stats compiled on applications for EU passports eg Rep of Ireland has received 400,000 applications from when Brexit became official only policy by a certain PM and is obviously just one EU country

that’s the Health statement on the UK
Were you pissed when you typed that?
 
Going back to the OP, couldn't The UK provide power for the Channel Islands, even though they are only about 15 miles from France?

No, but the Islands do have their own generating capacity, it's just marginally cheaper to import the electricity instead of generating it themselves.
 
If you're happy to support a cheating, lying, corrupt, lazy charlatan of an Old Etonian then that's your prerogative.

What does it say about you though?
Told you before I’am a labour supporter have been all my life my old man was a Yorkshire mine worker so I had it rubbed into me from a very early age.

Ive voted Tory once in my life and that was the last general election in 2019 and I did it for 2 reasons.
1. To get Brexit done Boris being the only leader who was behind the leave campaign.
2. To stop Jeremy Corbyn getting in, it would have been an absolute disaster for this country had he got in.
He wanted rid of nuclear weapons and wanted to severely reduce the Army, Navy, Airforce, both personnel and hardware and when you’ve worked in the business for 35 years then sorry none of that is for me.
He also wanted to start negotiations with Argentina over sovereignty over the Falklands and with Spain over Gibraltar so fu*k that.
I totally agree Boris comes across as a bit of a clown at times but he’s well liked by the people as he appears to get things done and he stands up against the bullies of Europe.
For what it’s worth I actually think Starmer will come good by the next election, once Brexit and the pandemic is history people will start seeing Boris for what he really is and the Labour support for Starmer will slowly start to grow in a couple of years.
Time will tell I suppose.
 
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I don't think starmer will be leader by yhe next election jaffa is a cake
Time will tell.
Absolutely no one else who’s anywhere near to replacing him, would have said Andy Burnham but having just been re-elected Mayor of Manchester for next 4 years kind of him rules him out.
And any clone of Jeremy Corbyn has no chance at all.
 
Time will tell.
Absolutely no one else who’s anywhere near to replacing him, would have said Andy Burnham but having just been re-elected Mayor of Manchester for next 4 years kind of him rules him out.
And any clone of Jeremy Corbyn has no chance at all.
He reminds me a bit of Teresa May. He's a bit of an automaton. He's really not unpleasant but he's also lacking any charisma. I'm inclined to refer to old spitting image and John major eating a plate of peas lol
 
Renewable sources of energy could also be part of the solution.
They already are. And part of the problem. A huge wind turbine farm is being installed in French waters south of Jersey that the French regarded as their traditional productive fishing grounds. That’s also had an effect in displacing them into Jersey waters thus putting pressure on the sustainability of Jersey stocks.
 
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Time will tell.
Absolutely no one else who’s anywhere near to replacing him, would have said Andy Burnham but having just been re-elected Mayor of Manchester for next 4 years kind of him rules him out.
And any clone of Jeremy Corbyn has no chance at all.

I'm not sure there's time to replace him anyway.

The Fixed Term Parliaments Act is being repealed so the logical date for the next election becomes May/June 2024, although the PM might be tempted to bring it forward to 2023 depending upon circumstances, is it really wise to be changing leader within 2 years of a likely election?

I wonder if this might also cause problems for Burnham, would he be able to stand in a leadership election in 2024 whilst still Mayor of Manchester? I have my doubts.
 
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