XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: hex@unseen.ac.am 
  
 On 14/07/2019 11:54, Pamela wrote: 
 > On 08:55  14 Jul 2019, Keema's Nan  wrote: 
 >> On 13 Jul 2019, Norman Wells wrote 
  
 >>> 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. 
 >> 
 >> The €€€on message€€€ but totally naive right wing response - 
 >> 
 >> €€€It€€€s just not ambassadorial conduct€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> €€€He was left with no choice€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> €€€Position was untenable€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> €€€Government not involved€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> €€€The OSA has been broken€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> €€€This is a case for the police€€€ - Harrumph 
 >> 
 >> Repeat at least 30 times...... 
 > 
 > Not forgetting his other point that "Boris isn't PM yet and therefore has 
 > zero influence" 
  
 Are you disagreeing with that then?  Or are you just joining nan in an 
 epidemic of harrumphing as if that disproves anything? 
  
 > I don't think all this is necessarily a right wing response.  Instead I 
 > think Norman has found a new subject for trolling and is milking it. 
 > 
 > He repeats his simplistic black and white interpretation (it's probably 
 > his Asperger's again), without understanding it properly. 
 > 
 > This has been a major breach of protocol and an unprecedented attack on 
 > our diplomatic service. 
  
 Indeed it has.  But it has happened and it can't now be unhappened. 
  
 > However poor Norman is lost in musings about "no 
 > one could prevent it, so let the Americans walk over us at whatever cost 
 > to our international standing". 
  
 Maybe you'd share your wisdom with us as to how we could have prevented 
 it then?  In any case, it seems to me that we have to deal with the 
 situation as it is now, not as it should have been, while of course 
 taking all diplomatic steps we can to prevent a recurrence. 
 > He probably thinks he's reducing the matter to its cre principles but in 
 > fact he's vastly oversimplifying to the point of absurdity.  That's Norman 
 > for you. 
  
 At least I don't just pathetically harrumph. 
  
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