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Thread #162855   Message #3937063
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
13-Jul-18 - 05:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Just to remind everyone, Dave's original point was about the press reaction to a US president interfering in UK politics.

Thanks for the reminder. The original (rhetorical) question was:
I wonder where all the people are, including the arse-wipe media, that were railing against Obama when he suggested that Brexit would not be a wise move? How come they are not screaming and shouting about US interference in UK policy now?
In answer to the question as posed, I would imagine the people and newspapers are roughly where they were then.

If you intended to ask why there was not the same outrage to the intervention, I believe I answered that already:
Obama's intervention was in support of what the government of the day wanted (some have even said it was specifically requested by someone within the government).
Trump's intervention is in support of what the people of the UK voted (by majority) for, and does not sit well with the intentions of the current government.