Subject: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Tunesmith Date: 10 May 18 - 03:59 PM There is talk that British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg could become the next Prime Minister, but some would say that he would have a mountain to climb to get there because of his strict - some would say -views on abortion and gay marriage. Youtube have a number of videos where fellow politicians say that his views are old fashioned, and out of touch with current thinking. But,of course, they are not HIS views, they are God's views...if you are believer in The Bible and it's teachings. Now, the UK has a State religion and The Queen is the head of it, so you would have thought that is cases like abortion and gay marriages, the Church would be the arbiters of what is morally correct. It seems to me that UK politicians like the idea of religion but are quite happy to disregard its teachings if it suits them. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Iains Date: 10 May 18 - 04:44 PM Personal views are not always government views. Belief or lack of belief in a deity is not required of a politician unless inflicted on an unwilling electorate. Rees Mogg certainly has the required debating skills, on a par with the former Mekon Hague. He wouldprobably make a fine PM unlike Boris kerfuffle Johnson. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Backwoodsman Date: 11 May 18 - 02:03 AM I find the concept of 'A fine PM', and a man who regards the necessity for food-banks as 'Wonderful', utterly irreconcilable. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Bonzo3legs Date: 11 May 18 - 02:38 AM I'm sure that Jacob Rees-Mogg also finds a necessity for Grammar Schools - as do I of course. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Tunesmith Date: 11 May 18 - 02:44 AM Iains, you missed my point! Rees-Moog is expressing THE BIBLE's point of view, and the Government are overriding those views which is rather strange when, as I said before, the UK have a State religion which, surely, is based on the teachings of the Bible. The Government seem to want their cake and eat it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: BobL Date: 11 May 18 - 03:41 AM R-M is expressing the point of view of a subset of Bible-bashers, one not necessarily shared with other Christians. And Biblical writings, dating as they do from different times and circumstances, often express more than one point of view. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Mr Red Date: 11 May 18 - 04:11 AM David Cameroon was fine PM. He ran the referendum to a fine line. J R-M would be a fine PM that lost the vote of the electorate of this country. But we are living in interesting times and the swivel-eyed right engender a need for the looney left. Anything could happen. And probably will. Hold on to your seats folks, it will be a bumpy ride. To use his own expression J R-M is a good egg, a curate's egg. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 04:29 AM Have to say that if I was a believer, I would add a prayer to my missal that 'How Much is that Moggie' becomes Prime Minister' THereas May, Micheal Gve, Boris the Braindead and now a wonderful caricature of over-privileged idiocy There has to be a limit of how much can a nation taker of incompetence and corruption Bring 'im on, please, I say Jim Caarroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Tunesmith Date: 11 May 18 - 04:31 AM David Cameron was a disaster! And, as to Rees-Moog's Christian view belonging a sub-set, well, his views ARE the Catholic Church's views, and that's a heck of a Christian sub-set. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 04:54 AM Should people of faith be excluded from politics? |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Iains Date: 11 May 18 - 05:01 AM No matter what a political leader thinks or believes, the party in power dictates the agenda. How many manifestos are adhered to? Is this deliberately lying to the electorate, or the actuality of realpolitik? Trump in America and May over in the UK are both sabotaged by the Administrative. In the case of America it goes even further. After all Woodrow Wilson stated the following: “Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” Many past Presidents have passed similar comments! Deep State is regarded as a myth or fairy tale by many. I wonder what they base their certainty on? The way international politics plays out is at odds with the stated aims most of the time. Would this be a case of Sod's Law or hidden choreographers? Today there would seem to be an unfettered fourth arm of government. In the US it is the multiple entities of the Intelligence Services. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 05:06 AM "Should people of faith be excluded from politics?" No - but their views should never become part of Government policy Politics and religion are one of the most toxic combinations imaginable Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 05:18 AM "Should people of faith be excluded from politics?" No - but their views should never become part of Government policy Why not? |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 05:25 AM One more time and that's my lot with you Because mritian is a multicultural and multi and non-faith State To base policeies on the supernatural beliefs of a leader is both divisive and extremely dangerius You want a state like Israel and Iran ? Religion should be personal and private otherwise you end up with Caliphates and clerically raped children - both consequences of religion and politics End of Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Dave the Gnome Date: 11 May 18 - 05:27 AM Jim, don't! You will only regret it later :-( |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Raggytash Date: 11 May 18 - 05:35 AM I wonder Jim if the people of Britain would accept a radical Muslim as their leader, I somehow think that some would blanche at the prospect. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Iains Date: 11 May 18 - 05:35 AM I see no caliphates in Rome! |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 05:55 AM We have a Muslim Mayor of London and many Muslim politicians. No-one objects. Jim, are the views of people of faith worth less than those of anyone else? |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Raggytash Date: 11 May 18 - 06:05 AM Hoops Jim, hoops. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Backwoodsman Date: 11 May 18 - 06:14 AM DFTT. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 06:14 AM Rag, I wonder Jim if the people of Britain would accept a radical Muslim as their leader, I somehow think that some would blanche at the prospect. We are a democracy. why would we vote for someone we would not accept? Hoops Jim, hoops What hoops? |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Backwoodsman Date: 11 May 18 - 06:31 AM Please God, make it stop... |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 06:34 AM Finished with the idiot lads and have made my point about religion Will you stop worrying mam - your little boy's all right The eejit is digging his own grave anyway Thanks for caring Jim |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 07:34 AM "I see no caliphates in Rome! Iains No - but I see a Catholic hierarchy which whisch facilitated and covered up for the rape of children throughout the twentieth cetury and which is now attempting to influence by way of spiritual blackmail one of the most important decisions ever taken by the Irish people Because of the Clerical abuse revelations and their opposition to same-sex marriage, religion is gradually bening written out of decision making in Ireland Later this year it will lose the right to demand baptismal rights in the 90 plus% of Irish schools it controls Religion is a dying malignant force - not before time, and you want a bible-bashing fundamentalist caricature for a prime minister!!! For the hope of the present generation, I hope you fall at this particular fence, but in the long term, maybe it's not a bad idea Perhaps then, Britain can start to clean out its political Augian Stable of the dross that has accumulated over the centuries Religion is dead - it's bad luck to bring a corpse into the house Jim Caarroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 07:41 AM religion is gradually bening written out of decision making in Ireland Was it ever written in? I thought you had a democracy. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Raggytash Date: 11 May 18 - 08:01 AM There you go Jim, a classic example of utter ignorance of the Irish political system. You'd be far better off just ignoring it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 08:18 AM Totally ignored Rag If anybody wanted a classic example of the toxic mix of politics and relighio - nip on the boat from Stranrear to Larne in two months time, but don't forget the flak-jacket and steel helmet. Jim |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Dave the Gnome Date: 11 May 18 - 09:11 AM Rees-Mogg is an anachronism that does not belong in the 21st century. Pretty much like most religious zealots I suppose. I have no issue at all with people in authority, or anyone else for that matter, having religious beliefs as long as they don't try to foist those beliefs onto anyone else. The trouble is that people like Rees-Mogg would abuse that authority to ensure that their medieval attitudes are applied to the population in general. Having him in power would be very dangerous. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 09:47 AM That is just your opinion Dave, and it sounds like prejudice. It is not held by all those who vote for him giving him his comfortable majority. Rag, I am sure I am not the only one who believed Ireland was a democracy without religion written in to decision making. Why not explain it to everyone. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: punkfolkrocker Date: 11 May 18 - 10:35 AM His constituents would vote for a decomposing dead cat as long as it's body was covered in blue flies... South West England, the land time forgot...!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 11:04 AM So like people of faith, people from the SW of England should also be excluded. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: punkfolkrocker Date: 11 May 18 - 11:11 AM It's like feeding data into an artificial unintelligence machine and seeing what random garbled nonsense sentences and conclusions it churns out...!!! We can have far more stimulating conversations with "Alexa".. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 11:28 AM Hoops again -m more likely Black Holes Don't get sucked in Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Backwoodsman Date: 11 May 18 - 12:12 PM Although I detest Jacob ("Call me Jake"?) Rich-Mong's supercilious, pompous, toffee-nosed persona, I do wonder to what degree his utterances are influenced by his desire to get himself noticed, and to position himself for a leadership-bid should the opportunity arise? I find it difficult to believe that any decent, civilised human being, let alone one who wears his Christian beliefs like a badge, would genuinely hold some of the opinions attributed to him - 'wonderful' food-banks being one. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: punkfolkrocker Date: 11 May 18 - 12:23 PM I think he is also positioning himself as a 'character' for lucrative TV light entertainment appearances when his political career is over...??? [sooner rather than later...] ..and it's not like he really needs the TV cash.. just the spotlight of attention... |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Backwoodsman Date: 11 May 18 - 12:31 PM Yes, that too PFR. Making a fast buck is in the blood of people like him. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 11 May 18 - 12:35 PM What he really said, The voluntary support given to food banks is "rather uplifting" and "shows what a compassionate country we are." Churches were and largely remain the mainstay of foodbanks. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: punkfolkrocker Date: 11 May 18 - 12:52 PM Tories always prefer church charities and volunteers to a properly funded humane public sector welfare state... It's disgraceful in the 21st Century... |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 01:10 PM YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS !!! Nice quote "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Raggytash Date: 11 May 18 - 04:49 PM Jim, that is spot on !! |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 11 May 18 - 05:53 PM The DUP wouldn’t, really be too keen on a Papist PM. I could see them demanding another £1billion sweetener before agreeing to get on board |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 11 May 18 - 07:28 PM "The DUP wouldn’t, really be too keen on a Papist PM." Arlene Foster (DUP) has declated that she would emigrate rather than live in a United Ireland It seems we might have another PHILIP NOLAN on our hands (wonderful story BTW) Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Iains Date: 12 May 18 - 04:07 AM I think the highly esteemed Mr Rees-Mogg should take control and bring back the Spanish Inquisition as his little helpers. The rack is so much more efficient at reducing the opposition than waterboarding. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Dave the Gnome Date: 12 May 18 - 04:16 AM Not the comfy chair! |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 12 May 18 - 04:36 AM "My bet is that there would be a lot of rhythmical shouting and probably to break the monotony" Might be a bit dodgy since Terry Mayfly has been forced to apologist for the torture of two Libyans (a pregnant woman and her husband) Gone are the balmy days when our betters were free to keep us in our place using whatever means they wish, as I'#m sure Moggie often reflects as he dons his nightcap and slides his po under the bed before he says his prayers Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 12 May 18 - 06:51 AM Tony Blair may not have been Catholic but his wife was and he attended Mass regularly. The DUP never had a problem with that. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: David Carter (UK) Date: 12 May 18 - 06:57 AM I suspect that Rees Mogg is a Unionist before he is a Papist. The family background is CofE, they became Catholics when they married American Catholic money after their coal mines went bust. |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Iains Date: 12 May 18 - 07:18 AM "Might be a bit dodgy since Terry Mayfly has been forced to apologist for the torture of two Libyans (a pregnant woman and her husband)" Now on the side of the angels! https://www.globalresearch.ca/rendition-to-torture-in-libya-complicity-of-u-k-government-half-a-million-pounds-of-taxpayers-mone http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5716149/PETER-OBORNE-Former-foreign-secretary-Jack-Straw-men-shamed-UK.html |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: Jim Carroll Date: 12 May 18 - 07:26 AM Blair's and Straw's 'New Labour' were two sides of the same rotten coin - you couldn't squeeze a credit card between theirs and the Tories policies All thee=se crimes emanated from Regan's and the Bush's America - "we were only obeying orders your Lordship" This is why Corbyn's new broom has put the wild shites up the entire establishment - he's "not one of us" and he's threatening to let the side down Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Jacob Rees-Mogg From: punkfolkrocker Date: 12 May 18 - 08:11 AM Life on benefits suddenly became more authoritarian and difficult, and Teacher's workloads increased significantly, whilst working conditions also became more authoritarian, not long after Blair won.... |