XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: abelard3@abelard.org 
  
 On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:12:44 -0000 (UTC), Incubus 
  wrote: 
  
 >On 2019-07-13, Pamela  wrote: 
 >> On 11:07  13 Jul 2019, Keema's Nan  wrote: 
 >> 
 >>> On 13 Jul 2019, Pamela wrote 
 >>> (in article ): 
 >>> 
 >>>> On 08:40 13 Jul 2019, Ian Jackson 
 >>>> wrote: 
 >>>> 
 >>>> > In message<0001HW.22D9288F002BB4A67000018152EF@news.giganews.com>, 
 >>>> > Keema's Nan   writes 
 >>>> > > On 12 Jul 2019, Ian Jackson wrote 
 >>>> > > (in article <+b$nYvBG9OKdFwZ1@brattleho.plus.com>): 
 >>>> > > 
 >>>> > > > In message, Pamela 
 >>>> > > >   writes 
 >>>> > > > 
 >>>> > > > > 
 >>>> > > > > Nor should our ambassador be allowed to resign almost 
 >>>> > > > > immediately because that causes considerable damage to 
 >>>> > > > > Britain's image. 
 >>>> > > > 
 >>>> > > > No. 
 >>>> > > > 
 >>>> > > > "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em 
 >>>> > > > Know when to walk away and know when to run" 
 >>>> > > 
 >>>> > > Do you really think Trump would make any kind of decent poker 
 >>>> > > player? If he had a bad hand he would throw a hissy fit, and if 
 >>>> > > anyone beat him, he would stick them on death row for crimes 
 >>>> > > against the president. 
 >>>> > > 
 >>>> > > Which all goes to prove we should have called his bluff. 
 >>>> > No. It's unlikely that Trump will ever say "Let's kiss and make up." 
 >>>> > When his private communications to the UK government were made 
 >>>> > public, Darroch's position became untenable, and his job impossible. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Trump respects those who stand up to him. 
 >>> 
 >>> Precisely, and walks all over those who back down. 
 >>> 
 >>> Notice how the sycophants are endlessly repeating the "Darroch's 
 >>> position became untenable, and his job impossible line, which will 
 >>> continue until they realise just how much they have been duped by a 
 >>> power mad nut job. 
 >>> 
 >>> Once they realise their mistake they will go deathly silent on the 
 >>> subject, and revert to the no-deal Brexit nonsense. 
 >> 
 >> The real danger comes from showing Trump how a few noisy tweets can force 
 >> the UK to remove its carefully selected ambassador within a mere 72 hours. 
 >> Trump now knows the UK doesn't fight back when he gets angry. 
 >> 
 >> We should have dragged this out for months, perhaps recalling Darroch, and 
 >> put up with Trump's petulance -- except that after Brexit we have no other 
 >> place to go than America. 
 >> 
 >> No other country in Europe would have rolled over so fast.  It's hard to 
 >> be proud to be British when Quislings run this country.  Thank you for 
 >> nothing, Boris. 
 > 
 >In which reality would his position have been tenable?  Certainly not this 
 one. 
  
 the playground socialist reality 
  
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