XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: hex@unseen.ac.am 
  
 On 13/07/2019 11:23, 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. 
  
 The UK did not remove him.  He decided to resign.  Off his own bat. 
  
 > 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 
  
 Leaving us with no amabssador in the USA.  How would that help? 
  
 > -- except that after Brexit we have no other 
 > place to go than America. 
  
 The UK doesn't have to 'go' anywhere. 
  
 > 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. 
  
 It may have escaped your attention, but Boris does not 'run this 
 country'.  He's not Prime Minister.  He's not even in the government. 
 He doesn't appoint ambassadors, nor remove them. 
  
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