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Thread: We live in strange times, gentlemen.

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    We live in strange times, gentlemen.

    The leader of Her Majesty's Opposition and member of the Privy Council - a man who aspires to be Prime Minister - is shown during the Cold War to have knowingly briefed a representative of a hostile foreign power on security matters and was considered an intelligence asset by that same power and HE'S STILL IN HIS JOB.

    Today we are hearing the same people who scream 'RUSSIA!' whenever Trump or Brexit is mentioned telling us this isn't a big deal and it's all just a smear.

    What the actual fück?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    The leader of Her Majesty's Opposition and member of the Privy Council - a man who aspires to be Prime Minister - is shown during the Cold War to have knowingly briefed a representative of a hostile foreign power on security matters and was considered an intelligence asset by that same power and HE'S STILL IN HIS JOB.

    Today we are hearing the same people who scream 'RUSSIA!' whenever Trump or Brexit is mentioned telling us this isn't a big deal and it's all just a smear.

    What the actual fück?
    Oh, none of that matters any more because:

    1. Thatcher met the IRA.
    2. Our NHS

    See?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    The leader of Her Majesty's Opposition and member of the Privy Council - a man who aspires to be Prime Minister - is shown during the Cold War to have knowingly briefed a representative of a hostile foreign power on security matters and was considered an intelligence asset by that same power and HE'S STILL IN HIS JOB.

    Today we are hearing the same people who scream 'RUSSIA!' whenever Trump or Brexit is mentioned telling us this isn't a big deal and it's all just a smear.

    What the actual fück?
    Yeah but Thatch met Pinochet

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Yeah but Thatch met Pinochet
    Pinochet who - whatever his faults - was a strategic ally to this country and had the right idea about commies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Oh, none of that matters any more because:

    1. Thatcher met the IRA.
    2. Our NHS

    See?
    I saw one person defending it on the basis that loads of people on the left had contact with the Soviet bloc back in the day.

    In other words: 'Everyone was doing treason back then. It was no big deal. What's all the fuss about?'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    I saw one person defending it on the basis that loads of people on the left had contact with the Soviet bloc back in the day.

    In other words: 'Everyone was doing treason back then. It was no big deal. What's all the fuss about?'
    I take it you've seen this?

    https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/964068495616040961

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    The leader of Her Majesty's Opposition and member of the Privy Council - a man who aspires to be Prime Minister - is shown during the Cold War to have knowingly briefed a representative of a hostile foreign power on security matters and was considered an intelligence asset by that same power and HE'S STILL IN HIS JOB.

    Today we are hearing the same people who scream 'RUSSIA!' whenever Trump or Brexit is mentioned telling us this isn't a big deal and it's all just a smear.

    What the actual fück?
    It was a long time ago, different era. Get over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    I did, yes. And yet apparently decent people will still vote for him. It's mystifying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    It was a long time ago, different era. Get over it.
    I'm pretty sure the definition of treason hasn't changed, p.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Oh, none of that matters any more because:

    1. Thatcher met the IRA.
    2. Our NHS

    See?
    Come on now, calm down.

    Who hasn't met a member of the IRA?

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