Don't do anything with the military say former good DFID Minister

[Jeneral2885]

http://www.lbc.co.uk/labour-we-wont-automatically-back-syria-military-action--119813

What ever happened to the Hilary Benn who was one of the best DFID SoS?

[Denzil_DC]

1. Try harder ...

[LeftishBrit]

2. I'd been hoping this was a spoof, but no

I thought that there was nothing that the Sun could do to shock me; but using gutter-gossip Guido Fawkes as a columnist - without even requiring him to use his real name - does shock me.

Isn't it appropriate that the real name is 'Staines' - he is a complete stain on our society and our journalism.

[Denzil_DC]

3. Well, old Guido the Elder wasn't exactly a unionist ...

... some might even describe him as an insurgent, or worse.

He also wasn't that keen on the Scots, as scurrilous sources like Wikipedia will attest:

He denounced Scotland, and the King's favourites among the Scottish nobles, writing "it will not be possible to reconcile these two nations, as they are, for very long."

...

Fawkes gave his name as John Johnson and was first interrogated by members of the King's Privy chamber, where he remained defiant. When asked by one of the lords what he was doing in possession of so much gunpowder, Fawkes answered that his intention was "to blow you Scotch beggars back to your native mountains."

Staines is presumably aware of this, unless - heaven forbid the thought - he's just an ignorant, bought-off establishment troll, inadvertently following in his namesake's footsteps.

[LeftishBrit]

4. In any case, there is an exquisite irony...

in accusing Jeremy Corbyn of sitting with 'insurgents who want to destroy Britain as we know it' while deliberately taking the pen-name of one of the first modern-style terrorists.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. And now our pet bomb thrower is quoting Guido in GD to spin a Corbyn story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027352757

along with the trademark foolish comment.

[Denzil_DC]

6. I believe the last time he stuck his head above the parapet

in GD with the usual, it resulted in a hide.

Don't mind the clicking, I'm just busy knitting here ...