Liz Truss hails 'hard-headed' AUKUS submarine deal as French foreign minister calls UK 'spare tyre'

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-hails-hard-headed-aukus-submarine-deal-amid-deepening-row-with-france-12411869
.....we are "spare tyres" apparently!

[webbo3]

https://ibb.co/M7ggf09

[Togo]

You read Notes From The Country too then Webbo, I posted the image on t'other thread. Made me laugh.

It is indeed getting typically Ill mannered and French TT. The recalled, from Australia, ambassador Jean-Pierre Thébault said that France had had “very reliable reports” that “the crime was prepared for 18 months,” !! Crime. He even called it a treasonous act. Remember the frogs were protesting that this cancellation of a flawed contract came as a complete surprise and shock just 2 day ago, but now they say that they knew it was planned 18 month ago? Typical duplicitous French. Also accusing the Australians of treason? Treason? As ever do as I say not what I do. They have obviously been taking lessons from the Germans. Also remember there are thousand of Australians buried in France who died protecting the undeserving spiteful frogs. There are precious few French soldiers buried in Australia who perished defending them. Another snippet about the contentious subs. About 7 years ago France was in talks to supply Australia with nuclear powered submarines. Yo know the sort that they now say we should not supply in the name of controlling nuclear proliferation. The Australian government at the time was afraid of the furore from their own left wing loonies and asked if the French could supply the subs, same spec, but with a non nuclear power source. The greedy frogs, despite knowing that this was impossible, as every nut and bolt on the vessels was designed around a nuclear ship said yes. 6 years of escalating costs and delay as the Chinese threat got ever more pressing was enough for the Aussies. The frogs never saw it coming? Someone is being parsimonious with the truth.

[webbo3]

I didn't see it on the other thread I came across it on Twitter.

[THECORBYLOON]

Who or what are, "The Old Firesides"?

[Togo]

Fireside dogs ... keep up.

[THECORBYLOON]

I did wonder if that were the case.

[Gromit]

About 1.5 billion people in the world speak English.
It would be wonderful, if one day ToraBora would one day join them and dispense with his juvenile childish prattle.

[gulliver1]

22.45 "Best answer" to Gromit.

[Mamyalynne]

Ah but he's not alone Gromit, there seems to be a queue forming as to who can spout the most garbage.

Why on earth anyone thinks you'd take them seriously is anyone's guess.

[Gromit]

The Answerbank site discourages racism.
The exception is that if you deploy your casual racism in Rupert the Bear rhyming couplets, then you get away with it.
Any foreigners that you cannot bear to even write their name, can be give a derogatory rhyme to and pass comment and by pass the Site Rules.
Fireside dogs - Frogs = French people. Good grief.

[THECORBYLOON]

It's been reported.

[New Judge]

So any of our French friends referring to UK citizens as "Les Rosbifs" or - among the wider world - "Brits" (something I particularly dislike but manage to get over it whenever I hear it uttered) would be similarly castigated, then?

[naomi24]

The charge of ‘racism’ is pathetically snowflakey. TTT uses daft and often unintelligible language for practically everything. He calls kids ‘saucepans’. What shall we charge him with for that?.

[bhg481]

Perhaps we should charge him with being anti-British because he doesn't use standard English.

[naomi24]

There are one or two others around here who ought to be joining him then.

[bednobs]

perhaps we should "charge" him with not being clear what he wants to talk about - he seems to throw that accusation around a lot himself.
Just like adding links, it's customary to actually have people understand what you are saying if you wanna have a discussion about the topic, rather than a discussion about your mangled english

[Bobbisox1]

Arh leave him alone, he’s not harming anyone in the grand scheme of things, I have fun second guessing what he means :0))))

[naomi24]

To be honest it gets on my nerves. I often have no idea what he’s talking about - but this silliness with ‘racism’ gets on my nerves more.

[Bobbisox1]

I’ve no idea about the fireside one, I came up with rugs = thugs
( I’ll get me coat )