Momentum Mock the Army
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Momentum Mock the Army
For those considering voting Labour as Momentum and their ilk take charge of the party.........
Momentum Mock Injured Soldiers
HT Guido Fawkes.
"......Some charming anti-war merchandise on sale at the Momentum conference in Liverpool…"
Momentum Mock Injured Soldiers
HT Guido Fawkes.
"......Some charming anti-war merchandise on sale at the Momentum conference in Liverpool…"
Can believe that with the trash on the left wing of the labour (what do they know about work). Surely must contravene the Disability Discrimination Act and be seen as a "hate crime". Get in there Merseyside Police and sort these people out
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I suspect Merseyside Pólice would be overrun by volunteers to fullfil such duty and no shortage of willing backup from other forces.
Can believe that with the trash on the left wing of the labour (what do they know about work). Surely must contravene the Disability Discrimination Act and be seen as a "hate crime". Get in there Merseyside Police and sort these people out
I suspect Merseyside Pólice would be overrun by volunteers to fullfil such duty and no shortage of willing backup from other forces.
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The action man battle casualty figures are not new, and aren't momentum items. There are three or four different types. Each has its own YouTube video, and were also in display at the 'Dismaland' art exhibition.
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This is the ad for the action man featured at the start of the thread.
https://youtu.be/YstIrarh2iE
As for momentum. It's simply a new name for the usual suspects who have been protesting (and clearly not really wanting to be in power and accountable) since the '70s IMHO.
https://youtu.be/YstIrarh2iE
As for momentum. It's simply a new name for the usual suspects who have been protesting (and clearly not really wanting to be in power and accountable) since the '70s IMHO.
Sickening. Beyond the pale.
I don't want to share my country, my oxygen, with these low-lifes.
I don't want to share my country, my oxygen, with these low-lifes.
One of the consequences of this attitude is a lack of national coherence & the dismissal of national institutions, values and interests.
Contempt for the armed forces appears to have become more widespread & I fear will increase as societal divisions mature & solidify...in my opinion.
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"doomed irrelevance" ..Their present unelectability doesn't diminish the danger and toxicity of these people. They will always hate the military and all it stands for. if they came to power it would be irrelevant; we'd be such a basket case that any aggressor could force us to follow their will without the expense of invading!
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Im thinking of forwarding the link to editors and also to the police
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I'm just glad I emigrated.
God, if you're there, please help the UK
God, if you're there, please help the UK
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As for momentum. It's simply a new name for the usual suspects who have been protesting (and clearly not really wanting to be in power and accountable) since the '70s IMHO.
Corbyn is a teenage protestor.
McDonnell a nasty Fascist Trot.
Watson is in it for the pies.
Burnham will just go along with anything to stay in power.
Thornberry is our only defence against white vans.
Abbott is well placed to pressurise her leader for NHS funding
Oh, yes, and Lewis gives us a clue for the future (they wish) by the power-crazed manner in which he was treated.
McDonnell a nasty Fascist Trot.
Watson is in it for the pies.
Burnham will just go along with anything to stay in power.
Thornberry is our only defence against white vans.
Abbott is well placed to pressurise her leader for NHS funding
Oh, yes, and Lewis gives us a clue for the future (they wish) by the power-crazed manner in which he was treated.
The Labour Party will become an irrelevance after the next General election with the current leadership. The right wing press will crucify Corbyn about his past. In spades.
His apparent tolerance of the IRA will be a particular bugbear to those of us of a certain age. His ridiculous statement on Trident (If I'm in charge I'd never use it) shows he lacks any sort of strategic thought.
Expect UKIP to rout Labour and become the oppo to a massive contingent of Tory MP's.....
His apparent tolerance of the IRA will be a particular bugbear to those of us of a certain age. His ridiculous statement on Trident (If I'm in charge I'd never use it) shows he lacks any sort of strategic thought.
Expect UKIP to rout Labour and become the oppo to a massive contingent of Tory MP's.....
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We have a man who: has shown consistent disloyalty to his party; has changed (or said he's changed) many of his very long held ideals and views within days of election; is trying to become leader if a parliament he doesn't believe in under a monarch he'd like to abolish and yet his devotees see him as a man of principles!
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Not having a coherent opposition is not a good thing. It promotes complacency in the governing party. I can't see Labour ever pulling back from this, I bet they split soon.
The anti-war stuff, if true, is completely tasteless and insulting.
The anti-war stuff, if true, is completely tasteless and insulting.
It looks like the organisation behind the "toys" is "Veterans for Peace."
https://vfpuk.org/
https://vfpuk.org/2016/veterans-back-sick-toys/
"On Sunday night two establishment media outlets tried to use a veteran-endorsed satirical art project to attack Momentum and Labour.
Let us be clear. The superb ‘Army, Be The Meat’ project and the ‘Action Man: Battlefield Casualties‘ films, which were launched 18 months ago, are nothing to do with Labour or Momentum.
The credit belongs to the artist who conceived and created it and, spiritually, to the hundreds of veterans who endorsed it. This work was conceived in response to years of dishonest army recruitment material and we continue to endorse it.
The establishment response has shown two things.
Firstly, it has highlighted the important and popular work done by Darren Cullen and VFP to educate people about the brutal reality of modern warfare and the possible negative outcomes of military service . For this we are grateful.
Secondly it has brought into the open the amateur journalism of sections of the press and the willingness of the elite to exploit soldiers and veterans for political capital.
We might linger over the appalling journalism involved in this pathetic hit piece. In their jingoistic ardour for clicks, the reporters clearly did not even bother to check into the background of the project.
That this project was backed by hundreds of veterans – many of whom bear the wounds of active service in wars from D-Day to Libya – was as difficult to discover as typing words into a search engine and pressing enter.
We might also note that Johnny Mercer and Dan Jarvis, both former military officers turned politicians, both self-appointed “veteran’s champions”, used the Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper as a platform to attack the project and, by extension, attack the veterans involved in it.
This is the same newspaper group whose senior editorial staff acquired the personal details of dead soldiers, apparently by paying MoD officials.
The same Sun newspaper which slurred the working people of Liverpool over the Hillsborough disaster – a city from which many soldiers are recruited and to which many veterans return after service.
The same Sun newspaper which cheered on the misconceived, illegitimate and ultimately failed wars which saw thousands of UK troops killed, mutilated and mentally injured.
Johnny Mercer and Dan Jarvis, if you attack the efforts of former service personnel in the Sun, or even speak to the Sun, you are no champions of soldiers or veterans.
The British establishment, the Sun, the ‘hero’ charities, Jarvis, Mercer and their like, have for too long been trading off the backs of ordinary veterans and soldiers to push their pro war agenda. Those days are drawing to a close.
Veterans For Peace UK"
https://vfpuk.org/
https://vfpuk.org/2016/veterans-back-sick-toys/
"On Sunday night two establishment media outlets tried to use a veteran-endorsed satirical art project to attack Momentum and Labour.
Let us be clear. The superb ‘Army, Be The Meat’ project and the ‘Action Man: Battlefield Casualties‘ films, which were launched 18 months ago, are nothing to do with Labour or Momentum.
The credit belongs to the artist who conceived and created it and, spiritually, to the hundreds of veterans who endorsed it. This work was conceived in response to years of dishonest army recruitment material and we continue to endorse it.
The establishment response has shown two things.
Firstly, it has highlighted the important and popular work done by Darren Cullen and VFP to educate people about the brutal reality of modern warfare and the possible negative outcomes of military service . For this we are grateful.
Secondly it has brought into the open the amateur journalism of sections of the press and the willingness of the elite to exploit soldiers and veterans for political capital.
We might linger over the appalling journalism involved in this pathetic hit piece. In their jingoistic ardour for clicks, the reporters clearly did not even bother to check into the background of the project.
That this project was backed by hundreds of veterans – many of whom bear the wounds of active service in wars from D-Day to Libya – was as difficult to discover as typing words into a search engine and pressing enter.
We might also note that Johnny Mercer and Dan Jarvis, both former military officers turned politicians, both self-appointed “veteran’s champions”, used the Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper as a platform to attack the project and, by extension, attack the veterans involved in it.
This is the same newspaper group whose senior editorial staff acquired the personal details of dead soldiers, apparently by paying MoD officials.
The same Sun newspaper which slurred the working people of Liverpool over the Hillsborough disaster – a city from which many soldiers are recruited and to which many veterans return after service.
The same Sun newspaper which cheered on the misconceived, illegitimate and ultimately failed wars which saw thousands of UK troops killed, mutilated and mentally injured.
Johnny Mercer and Dan Jarvis, if you attack the efforts of former service personnel in the Sun, or even speak to the Sun, you are no champions of soldiers or veterans.
The British establishment, the Sun, the ‘hero’ charities, Jarvis, Mercer and their like, have for too long been trading off the backs of ordinary veterans and soldiers to push their pro war agenda. Those days are drawing to a close.
Veterans For Peace UK"
