Agent Cob Unites The House!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-43402905/jeremy-corbyn-statement-on-uk-russian-political-relations
Torys cheering Labour back benchers! yvette Cooper siding with the government! COB seems out on his own on this one.

[Gromit]

Did that one yesterday

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1597502.html

[ToraToraTora]

well Gromit I've been a bit rasp-berried by that naffing ad of late so forgive me if I've missed things.

[ichkeria]

I watched this earlier: he was hapless, hopeless, embarrassing. His speech was littered with questions which the PM had actually already answered.
I don't think for one moment that he supports or has any time for Putin and co, but he plainly has no idea how to conduct himself in these situations. His brain is fixed to "combat" mode perpetually it seems.

[ToraToraTora]

hang on gromit it was PMQs today, how did you do that yesterday?

[Gromit]

Apologies if it was two different Statements TTT.
Seems Corbyn is stuck in some sort of groundhog day over this.

[sevenOP]

"hang on gromit it was PMQs today, how did you do that yesterday?"

Simple, the conclusion was reached beforehand TTT. {;¬ 0

[ToraToraTora]

poor old fella must be tricky to choose between his country and his spy masters.

[ichkeria]

"Simple, the conclusion was reached beforehand "

That sounds like the Russian election to me

[Jackdaw33]

How very true, Ich. it would be a very foolish man who bets on Putin losing this election. I don't know what it is like now but in Soviet elections people were presented with a ballot paper which listed all the candidates which they just stuffed into the box without any mark. Theoretically you could ask for a pencil and go into a polling booth to strike out any candidates you did not favour. Very few actually did.

[ichkeria]

Sky News now covering the Security Council meeting, if anyone interested

[Jackdaw33]

Mrs Balls siding with the Tories? Now there's a novelty.

[ichkeria]

There are 8 ‘candidates’ in the Russian election (including a millionaire communist and the daughter of Putin’s patron in St Petersburg back in the day: she is actually an outspoken critic of Putin)
There is no way anyone but Putin can win and in fairness even without the highly dubious nature of the election he would win anyway. But if push came to shove no one seriously doubt that the figures would be doctored

[ichkeria]

The UN representative for Kazakhstan now speaking at the UNSC. You can almost see the Russian delegate pulling his strings :-)

[sevenOP]

"That sounds like the Russian election to me"

Only it didn't happen in Russia, it happened in the UK... in the Mother of Parliaments, Rule of Law ??

And Corbyn had the temerity to 'ask for proof'.

[ichkeria]

Is your avatar a golden turd? Sorry to digress but then the point has long since been lost

[sevenOP]

By you; you had no point, only bile. {;€ ¦

[sevenOP]

"it was the sarcasm that proved it"... by jingo

[ichkeria]

Perhaps my hearing failed me but I am sure I heard russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya condemn the UK for not allowing Yulya Skripal (the one Russian citizen affected) consular access. I mean, you really could not make this stuff up ...

[Khandro]

Apart from his gaffe at 3:50 minutes in about cuts, (and I can't believe I'm saying this), but I think it was a good speech. May and her government were far too quick in accusations, threats and the issuing of ultimatums.

Corbyn was correct in saying that more should have been done on a diplomatic level to ascertain exactly what happened in Salisbury before taking the actions she did..

[youngmafbog]

Probably going to be a few gasps on this but on the proof thing I agree with him and Macron.

I think we are charging down the confrontational route too quickley and after Bliars shenanigans on Iraq I am not comfortable with it.