Good Morning America

Posted by: Bruce Woodhouse on 08 November 2016

...and goodnight?

Hate to be smug but I seem to recall mentioning after the Brexit vote that US contributors should be careful as one day in November they may wake up to a bad feeling too.

So many thoughts. How wonderful that anyone can become President. Liars, racists, serial philanderers, bullies, people with no experience of politics or government. You just need a shed load of money, a high media profile and an electorate that is so p~~~d off with the political class they they will respond to a simple message and vote for you in their droves. it helps if your opponent is so unappealing of course, albeit somewhat more qualified.

With Republican control of both Houses is he now going to actually do some of the things he said he would do? Can he be stopped?

Or maybe the election was rigged after all, Donald certainly felt this was the case. I wonder if he will change his mind now?

Bruce

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Hmack

So, it appears that Nigel Farage (with support from "The Donald") thinks that he should be the UK's Ambassador to the US, and is apparently extremely unhappy that Theresa May is not keen on rubber-stamping the deal!

The very idea of Nigel Farage representing me, and the rest of the UK, in the US is utterly abhorrent. I trust that May won't back down on this one, but if she does then I will be voting SNP and offering my services as a bricklayer to Nicola Sturgeon to help rebuild Hadrian's Wall.

Perhaps British Supermarkets should stock up on Brown Shirts just in case.

It can't happen, or can it?

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by wenger2015

I'm sure the May, will firmly kick the idea of the Farage representing the UK government well and truly into touch...

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Don Atkinson

Hmack posted:
So, it appears that Nigel Farage (with support from "The Donald") thinks that he should be the UK's Ambassador to the US, and is apparently extremely unhappy that Theresa May is not keen on rubber-stamping the deal!
The very idea of Nigel Farage representing me, and the rest of the UK, in the US is utterly abhorrent. I trust that May won't back down on this one, but if she does then I will be voting SNP and offering my services as a bricklayer to Nicola Sturgeon to help rebuild Hadrian's Wall.
Perhaps British Supermarkets should stock up on Brown Shirts just in case.
It can't happen,or can it?

aarrhhhh!!!

...........how about "Special Envoy"............

....shades of Tony B Liar in the Middle East (quite harmless in reality ?)

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Don Atkinson

Given the performance to date by Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, i'm sure things can't get any worse.............

.......can they ?

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by u77033103172058601

No 10 has said it has 'full confidence in' the current ambassador to the US. I suggest he starts packing.

The (UKIP) MEP on R4 a few moments ago......you could hear his knuckles dragging on the floor.

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by wenger2015

Nick from Suffolk posted:
No 10 has said it has 'full confidence in' the current ambassador to the US. I suggest he starts packing.
The (UKIP) MEP on R4 a few moments ago......you could hear his knuckles dragging on the floor.

Possibly a moisture alert as well.....

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by tonym

Don Atkinson posted:
aarrhhhh!!!
...........how about "Special Envoy"............
....shades of Tony B Liar in the Middle East (quite harmless in reality ?)

I was thinking more "Cultural Attaché". Which puts Farage on the same level as Sir Les Patterson.

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Hmack

Don Atkinson posted:
Given the performance to date by Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, i'm sure things can't get any worse.............
.......can they ?

They certainly can, as far as I am concerned.

I dislike Boris Jonson, and any last vestige of respect I once had for him is gone.

However, I utterly detest the pompous Farage and everything he stands for, and the idea of him gaining personally from recent events is just too obscene to contemplate.

In fact, the words 'utterly detest' don't do justice to my feelings for Farage. I scoured my Thesaurus for alternatives, but the only suitable ones I found were not suitable for posting on this forum.

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Cdb

Here's the quote I would like to see from Farage paralleling what he said about Obama:

" That "creature" Trump should "butt out" of British sovereign decisions.'

Clive

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by ianrobertm

Trumps recent posts on Twitter remind me of some sort of child, who cannot get his own way. Is this the sort of behaviour from a supposed World Leader...? Who will complain on Twitter if anything goes against him...? Will this stop when he is actually in office, I wonder....? Couple that with his attitude towards the media, demonstrated again - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38064854 . Again, its Me No Likey - Me Complain....!!! WTF.

Still, here in the UK, we have Mrs May who wont say what the plan for Brexit is - because there isn't one....!

Which is worse - Trump or May......?

Posted on: 22 November 2016 by Don Atkinson

Hmack posted:
Don Atkinson posted:
Given the performance to date by Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, i'm sure things can't get any worse.............
.......can they ?
They certainly can, as far as I am concerned.
I dislike Boris Jonson, and any last vestige of respect I once had for him is gone.
However, I utterly detest the pompous Farage and everything he stands for, and the idea of him gaining personally from recent events is just too obscene to contemplate.
In fact, the words 'utterly detest' don't do justice to my feelings for Farage. I scoured my Thesaurus for alternatives, but the only suitable ones I found were not suitable for posting on this forum.

My .......can they ? above was a rhetorical statement of despair !

In fact. the whole Brexit, Farage, Jonson, May, Trump line-up leaves me wondering just how bad things really, really could get. There is more clarity about the origins of the universe than where this crowd and the British Press could lead us !

Posted on: 23 November 2016 by Don Atkinson

Jeremy Vine is discussing whether HMG should seriously consider appointing Farage to role of UK Ambassador to the USA.

Is it open season these days in politics ? or have the USA/UK just lost the plot ?

Or will I wake up soon and find Naim completely independent of VAG/Focal, John Major still the PM and the EU calling for the UK to lead the way for sensible Rules and Relationships....zzzzzzzzz

Posted on: 23 November 2016 by MDS

Trump seems to misunderstand the role of an ambassador which in this case is to represent the UK's interests in the USA, not to advocate the USA's interests to HMG. There's a US ambassador in London who is meant to do that. Still it's well know that foreign affairs isn't one of Trump's strengths.

And yes, Don. I too have those feelings that I'm in some kind of Pythonesque dream and that I'll wake and all is 'normal' again. Maybe the case to legalise marijuana has more going for it than I previously thought confused

Mike

Posted on: 23 November 2016 by Christopher_M

Maybe we Brits could have Hillary.