UK Newspaper Front Pages: Racist Trump Banned From Speaking in Parliament.

[Doodley]

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[triron]

1. UK now superior democracy to US

which is falling toward fascism.

[triron]

2. kick for visibility

[pat_k]

3. No tweets from DT on this one?

[Denzil_DC]

4. A few more: not all sweetness and light

The Telegraph's op ed on this all but calls for Bercow's head:

John Bercow does not speak for Britain, just for his own monstrous ego

John Bercow, the Speaker of the Commons, occupies one of the great offices of state, one with an illustrious history. Perhaps the most famous Speaker was William Lenthall, who in 1642 defied a king in defence of parliamentary authority, an event that helped bring about a civil war. Lenthall told Charles I: “I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me.”

All modern Speakers stand in Lenthall’s shadow, and should live by his words, mindful that they are merely servants of the Commons. Mr Bercow has instead ignored Lenthall’s wisdom and presumed to speak for Parliament, and thus for the country. The contents of Mr Bercow’s near-hysterical rant about President Donald Trump’s planned state visit to Britain are unacceptable. So too is the fact that Mr Bercow has grossly exceeded his authority, seemingly believing himself entitled to wade deep into British foreign policy by dint of his office and his bottomless self-importance.

Mr Bercow has no business making sweeping statements about Britain’s relationship with the world’s leading economic and military power; the conduct of that relationship is a matter for ministers accountable to voters: Theresa May has sensibly chosen to engage with Mr Trump as a critical friend, eschewing the adolescent gesture politics Mr Bercow practises.

Mr Bercow also overreaches himself by implying be can speak for both Houses of Parliament, and by implying that his views are shared by all MPs. Doubtless, he will cite the applause of Labour and nationalist MPs for his performance, but that will only reinforce the impression of Mr Bercow as a divisive Speaker who has never sought, much less held, the respect of members across the House. Mr Bercow was elected with Labour votes, and he never forgets it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/02/06/john-bercow-does-not-speak-britain-just-monstrous-ego/

The Telegraph is owned by weird, reclusive millionaires the Barclay brothers.

Bercow's certainly rattled some cages.

[Cha]

9. Thank you for the additional papers, Denzil.. The Assad headline caught my interest too

So I googled..

Syria: Assad 'hangs up to 13,000 after torturing them in Damascus jail'

New Amnesty International report alleges thousands of extrajudicial killings at Saydnaya prison.

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"Saydnaya Military Prison is where the Syrian state quietly slaughters its own people," says the report, adding that the inmates are mostly those thought to oppose Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's government. It adds that detainees were executed secretly in the dead of night "after being repeatedly tortured and systematically deprived of food, water, medicine and medical care".

Amnesty also points a finger at the Assad regime itself: "It is inconceivable that these large-scale and systematic practices have not been authorised at the highest levels of the Syrian government."

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/syria-assad-hangs-13000-after-torturing-them-damascus-jail-1605136

So, there are some in England that don't mind that trump is a racist, fascist, sexual predatory, Lying asshole who bans Muslims of only countries he doesn't do business with.

[Denzil_DC]

12. "there are some in England that don't mind that trump is a racist, fascist, sexual predatory ..."

And in the rest of the UK too, though perhaps fewer in number.

Yeah, I posted these for balance against the more positive headlines above. We're the country of Brexit, after all. Like the USA, I don't think it's anywhere near a majority, but an uncomfortable strategic plurality.

[world wide wally]

5. How does that song go, Lee Hazlewood?

and I'm proud to be an American... blah blah blah

We, that makes two of you counting Trump... no wait.. he's Russian, isn't he?

[ffr]

7. Nice one U.K!

[zentrum]

8. Shouldn't the Queen heed this?

[Cha]

10. thank you, Doodley

[SHRED]

11. Burn baby burn