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Thread #171879   Message #4174598
Posted By: Steve Shaw
15-Jun-23 - 07:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Brexit & other UK political topics - 2
Subject: RE: BS: Trump INDICTED AGAIN (NO new Trmp threads) 2
Strange, or not so strange, how these two men show the same behaviour. Try to sidestep democratic conventions. Break the rules, break the law. Lie in your teeth. Deny all responsibility. Blame others for their downfall in torrid terms. Accuse opponents of running a witch hunt. They are both a serious threat to democracy. As long as the Commons accepts the committee report, which I think it will, Johnson is banned from Westminster for life. He will never again be an MP or prime minister. Of course, whatever we achieve against him, he will always be able to snipe from the sidelines, and the right-wing press (which is nearly all our press) will always afford him the publicity he craves. You'll never rid yourself of Trump for the same reasons, but he seriously needs to be permanently sidelined and never allowed to participate in mainstream politics again. I don't think you can rely on either the Republican Party or the electors to do that. I can hardly say watch and learn as it ain't over until the fat man swings (metaphorically), and the wheels of change grind too slowly. But, once the Trump saga is over (hopefully), the US has to have a serious think about how to stop the kinds of threats to democracy perpetrated by Trump. Its not just a US issue. It's a world issue.