Monday 30th October 2023

[refitman]

Morning all.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Good morefternoon to all, it looks like Sunak might be looking at a Haloween election next year. Trick or treat?

[refitman]

This is sad. I will miss his views and commentary

[refitman]

Yay, it's good that Labour didn't pay any attention to the rest of the words McDonald said, like the ones about "Palestinians and Israelis"

[refitman]

Case in point

[refitman]

Holy actual fuck. I hope that the name of this shit leaks

[refitman]

[frog222]

" river sea from to the"

Please refit, can I too be expelled from the Starmer Partei ?

With Cruella doing her regular Rivers of Blood speeches and the former 'Labour Party' indulging in ridiculous show trials I have to wonder at the acceptance of such time-travelling ...

[frog222]

[AnatolyKasparov]

I know what McDonald said, I also know that "from the river to the sea" has become an extremely offensive phrase to the vast majority (95% or more) of Jews.

That is because a certain (even if not precisely quantifiable) number of people who chant it *do* mean it as genocidal.

He could have expressed his largely laudable sentiments without using that phrase. And if he apologises for that, I expect he will get the whip back.

[refitman]

You're doing that thing again, where you're ignoring what was actually said and just applying your own interpretation.

Also, "largely laudable"? He's actually calling for peace, unlike his party leader.

[AnatolyKasparov]

There is no interpretation involved, genuinely none, in the fact he *did* utter the words "the river to the sea".

Why?

What made it so necessary??