Maybe it's time the British gave the EU a taste of its own fake news medicine...
ROD LIDDLE Let’s brief the EU press about how Jean Claude Juncker tried to cop off with Theresa May
As EU monkeys continue to leak absolute rubbish to the press about Brexit negotiations to weaken Britain's position, maybe it's time we fought back
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By Rod Liddle
27th October 2017
The Sun
WELL, Jeremy Corbyn got one thing right, at least.
As the Prime Minister stood before the House of Commons to report on the latest Brexit negotiations, Jezza said: “I get the feeling of Groundhog Day.”
EU monkeys keep leaking rubbish to the press about negotiations
Yes, quite. But Corbyn was right for the wrong reasons. Because the real reason for feeling it’s Groundhog Day comes from the behaviour of the European Union negotiators. A pattern has been set — and they do it every time.
What happens is this. The Brits meet up with their EU counterparts. They talk for a bit.
Our side emerges and says the talks have been constructive and we’re progressing a bit. The EU monkeys say nowt.
But then they leak to the press a stream of spite, nastiness, untruths and patent bollocks.
We could easily make up ridiculous rumours about Jean Claude Juncker too
This time it was to suggest that our Prime Minister was despondent. She looked like she hadn’t slept. And she “begged” Jean Claude Juncker to help her.
Listen, if I was sinking fast in a gigantic vat of pig excrement and Juncker was the only human being in proximity, I still wouldn’t beg him to help.
I’d rather drown in the s**t, frankly. And I suspect Theresa May feels the same way. This latest lie was so absurd even Juncker was forced to deny it, point blank.
And yet it happens every single time the talks take place. We are dealing with people without an iota of principle, without scruples or common decency. Third-division politicians from third- division countries and gravy train bureaucrats.
Leave her alone, Junker!
I half think we should do the same sort of thing* at the next talks. Say nothing officially but later brief the European press. “Juncker was incredible. First he tried to cop off with Theresa, then he started snorting some weird substance at the table. Later he sicked up his dinner, farted and just passed out. Incredible performance.”
Something like that would redress the balance a little. The EU pols do it to undermine the confidence of our Government negotiators, to sow division among our ranks. One week it’s briefing against Boris Johnson, the next David Davies and now Theresa May.
The problem we have, of course, is that this isn’t a united Government. And it is not being very well led. Even without the likes of Juncker and the idiot Donald Tusk, our negotiating position is being undermined. By members of Theresa May’s own Cabinet.
Even without the likes of idiotic Donald Tusk, our negotiating position is being undermined
Philip Hammond and Amber Rudd, both saying it is “unthinkable” we would walk away from talks without a deal. When threatening to do just that is the biggest threat we have to offer.
You can’t play poker against a monster if you have no cards. And that’s what Hammond and Rudd are ensuring — that we have no cards.
We should be far more bullish in our approach to these talks. The European Union is in crisis. One by one, new governments are elected which reject key elements of the EU project. Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czechia.
One of the biggest members, Spain, is falling apart. And, in its treatment of the Catalans, returning to 1970s fascism.
Whatever problems Theresa May has, they are dwarfed by the crises engulfing the EU. So call their bluff. Threaten to walk away. And begin striking deals with EU countries which respect our position.
Bloomin' idiotic
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's been bashing Brexit
THE latest very, very rich person to criticise Brexit is American billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
He said it was the single most stupid thing any country had ever done apart from electing Donald Trump.
Hmm. How about the Iraq War, Mikey? That was fairly stupid, wasn’t it? But then, you were all in favour of that, weren’t you?
He also said that the UK would have to pay a penalty to leave the EU because otherwise, “Everybody would want to drop out”.
Consider that statement for a moment, huh. If it’s such a great institution, why would everyone want to get the hell out of it?
JUST take a look at what’s happening in good ol’ democratic Spain.
The Spanish government is trying to crush the Catalan separatist movement.* It’s imposed direct rule over the breakaway territory.
The Catalan leaders have been arrested. And the Catalan people have promised riots and mass public disobedience as a result. When the Catalans tried to vote for independence, voters were clubbed by the Spanish police.
And everything the Spanish government is doing is ignored by the European Union.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4768220/eu-brexit-press-jean-claude-juncker-theresa-may-lies/
ROD LIDDLE Let’s brief the EU press about how Jean Claude Juncker tried to cop off with Theresa May
As EU monkeys continue to leak absolute rubbish to the press about Brexit negotiations to weaken Britain's position, maybe it's time we fought back
Comment
By Rod Liddle
27th October 2017
The Sun
WELL, Jeremy Corbyn got one thing right, at least.
As the Prime Minister stood before the House of Commons to report on the latest Brexit negotiations, Jezza said: “I get the feeling of Groundhog Day.”
EU monkeys keep leaking rubbish to the press about negotiations
Yes, quite. But Corbyn was right for the wrong reasons. Because the real reason for feeling it’s Groundhog Day comes from the behaviour of the European Union negotiators. A pattern has been set — and they do it every time.
What happens is this. The Brits meet up with their EU counterparts. They talk for a bit.
Our side emerges and says the talks have been constructive and we’re progressing a bit. The EU monkeys say nowt.
But then they leak to the press a stream of spite, nastiness, untruths and patent bollocks.
We could easily make up ridiculous rumours about Jean Claude Juncker too
This time it was to suggest that our Prime Minister was despondent. She looked like she hadn’t slept. And she “begged” Jean Claude Juncker to help her.
Listen, if I was sinking fast in a gigantic vat of pig excrement and Juncker was the only human being in proximity, I still wouldn’t beg him to help.
I’d rather drown in the s**t, frankly. And I suspect Theresa May feels the same way. This latest lie was so absurd even Juncker was forced to deny it, point blank.
And yet it happens every single time the talks take place. We are dealing with people without an iota of principle, without scruples or common decency. Third-division politicians from third- division countries and gravy train bureaucrats.
Leave her alone, Junker!
I half think we should do the same sort of thing* at the next talks. Say nothing officially but later brief the European press. “Juncker was incredible. First he tried to cop off with Theresa, then he started snorting some weird substance at the table. Later he sicked up his dinner, farted and just passed out. Incredible performance.”
Something like that would redress the balance a little. The EU pols do it to undermine the confidence of our Government negotiators, to sow division among our ranks. One week it’s briefing against Boris Johnson, the next David Davies and now Theresa May.
The problem we have, of course, is that this isn’t a united Government. And it is not being very well led. Even without the likes of Juncker and the idiot Donald Tusk, our negotiating position is being undermined. By members of Theresa May’s own Cabinet.
Even without the likes of idiotic Donald Tusk, our negotiating position is being undermined
Philip Hammond and Amber Rudd, both saying it is “unthinkable” we would walk away from talks without a deal. When threatening to do just that is the biggest threat we have to offer.
You can’t play poker against a monster if you have no cards. And that’s what Hammond and Rudd are ensuring — that we have no cards.
We should be far more bullish in our approach to these talks. The European Union is in crisis. One by one, new governments are elected which reject key elements of the EU project. Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czechia.
One of the biggest members, Spain, is falling apart. And, in its treatment of the Catalans, returning to 1970s fascism.
Whatever problems Theresa May has, they are dwarfed by the crises engulfing the EU. So call their bluff. Threaten to walk away. And begin striking deals with EU countries which respect our position.
Bloomin' idiotic
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's been bashing Brexit
THE latest very, very rich person to criticise Brexit is American billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
He said it was the single most stupid thing any country had ever done apart from electing Donald Trump.
Hmm. How about the Iraq War, Mikey? That was fairly stupid, wasn’t it? But then, you were all in favour of that, weren’t you?
He also said that the UK would have to pay a penalty to leave the EU because otherwise, “Everybody would want to drop out”.
Consider that statement for a moment, huh. If it’s such a great institution, why would everyone want to get the hell out of it?
JUST take a look at what’s happening in good ol’ democratic Spain.
The Spanish government is trying to crush the Catalan separatist movement.* It’s imposed direct rule over the breakaway territory.
The Catalan leaders have been arrested. And the Catalan people have promised riots and mass public disobedience as a result. When the Catalans tried to vote for independence, voters were clubbed by the Spanish police.
And everything the Spanish government is doing is ignored by the European Union.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4768220/eu-brexit-press-jean-claude-juncker-theresa-may-lies/