• John McDonnell calls for Richard Branson's knighthood to be stripped over train row
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37208527[/url] [quote]British tycoon Sir Richard Branson is a "tax exile" and should be stripped of his knighthood, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has suggested. Mr McDonnell told the Sunday Mirror Sir Richard wanted to "undermine" democracy, after a row over Jeremy Corbyn's journey on a Virgin train. Earlier this week, Sir Richard's Virgin Trains released footage disputing Mr Corbyn's claims about overcrowding on one of its services. Sir Richard has not responded. Speaking to the newspaper, Mr McDonnell said former BHS boss Sir Philip Green should also be stripped of his knighthood.[/quote]
"you proved me wrong! i dont like that" is what this screams
I mean, isn't Branson strengthening democracy by showing his company's side of the story? I don't see what's undemocratic about that. Besides, as far as I'm aware there's nothing proving Branson was involved personally...?
English political titles make me giggle. What the hell is a shadow chancellor?
what the fuck is knighthood in the modern world anyway
[QUOTE=srobins;50964097]English political titles make me giggle. What the hell is a shadow chancellor?[/QUOTE]probably the sort that wears a hood over his head and shoots lightning from his fingers
[QUOTE=srobins;50964097]English political titles make me giggle. What the hell is a shadow chancellor?[/QUOTE] The Chancellor of the Exchequer manages the country's wallet, and the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer is the member of the opposition party that wants the job.
[QUOTE=srobins;50964097]English political titles make me giggle. What the hell is a shadow chancellor?[/QUOTE] Serious answer: they're an opposition politician from the other major party (so in this case the Shadow Chancellor is a Labour MP) who watches and reports on the actual Chancellor (who's the Finance Minister). They're a kind of check and balance. At-least, that's what I've gleamed from watching British politics on TV.
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;50964124]Serious answer: they're an opposition politician from the other major party (so in this case the Shadow Chancellor is a Labour MP) who watches and reports on the actual Chancellor (who's the Finance Minister). They're a kind of check and balance. At-least, that's what I've gleamed from watching British politics on TV.[/QUOTE] That sounds like it would work great on paper, but devolve into ridiculous accusations and constant character attacks in practice lol. How far off the mark am I?
Is the verb shadow, as in 'to shadow someone', not present in American English? Because 'shadow cabinet' makes perfect sense as long as you have that word
[QUOTE=srobins;50964141]That sounds like it would work great on paper, but devolve into ridiculous accusations and constant character attacks in practice lol. How far off the mark am I?[/QUOTE] I can't really answer that question (I don't follow UK politics in depth, just important events and things related to Ireland) but we have something similar here in that opposition parties make alternative budgets and try to get the current government to adopt proposals from those alternative budgets. It's not a completely ridiculous thing.
[QUOTE=smurfy;50964185]Is the verb shadow, as in 'to shadow someone', not present in American English? Because 'shadow cabinet' makes perfect sense as long as you have that word[/QUOTE] It's present, we just don't typically prepend it as an adjective like that.
[QUOTE=srobins;50964213]It's present, we just don't typically prepend it as an adjective like that.[/QUOTE] considering their still calling lights "Torches" they're a bit behind language wise that being said American English is a load of pisspuss
[QUOTE=J!NX;50964242]considering their still calling lights "Torches" they're a bit behind language wise[/QUOTE] How exactly is American English 'ahead'?
[QUOTE=J!NX;50964242]considering their still calling lights "Torches" they're a bit behind language wise that being said American English is a load of pisspuss[/QUOTE] Making your language retard-friendly by removing any sign of complexity isn't us being "behind"
[QUOTE=Saints;50964508]Making your language retard-friendly by removing any sign of complexity isn't us being "behind"[/QUOTE] i don't understand the "my dialect is slightly different, therefore [I]better[/I]" shit. american english removes some 'u's, who gives a fuck
[QUOTE=J!NX;50964242]considering [B]their[/B] still calling lights "Torches" they're a bit behind language wise that being said American English is a load of pisspuss[/QUOTE] Sometimes humor practically writes itself.
Why do Americans have to derail any threads that mention shadow ministers
Is the verb for de-knighting still called "to attaint"?
[QUOTE=smurfy;50964738]Why do Americans have to derail any threads that mention shadow ministers[/QUOTE] For someone who built their reputation on joke posts in SH I don't understand why you're so bothered, I just thought it sounded silly.
can we strip john mcdonnell of [i]his[/i] title?
[QUOTE=srobins;50964141]That sounds like it would work great on paper, but devolve into ridiculous accusations and constant character attacks in practice lol. How far off the mark am I?[/QUOTE] pretty sure it'd be 'unparliamentary behaviour' and you'd be shouted at and have white papers shaken angrily at you [editline]29th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=smurfy;50964738]Why do Americans have to derail any threads that mention shadow ministers[/QUOTE] apparently UK parliament is like hogwarts to them
[QUOTE=Bobie;50967351]can we strip john mcdonnell of [i]his[/i] title?[/QUOTE] How about they settle it in an old-fashioned duel like the good ole' days? Or if they don't want to maul each other too badly, they could try a bout of fencing instead. Bonus points if it is in a moving train, since the entire matter started over Corbyn sitting on the floor of a train in the first place.
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