Well, sure, but it was at least slightly amusing that a fund run by David Cameron’s father avoided paying tax in Britain http://gu.com/p/4tvn6/stw (as far as I can tell just about legal, but very shady) and watching FIFA squirm (again) could provide some amusement too.

Maybe my outlook is coloured by living in a country where although we don't have a huge problem with corruption (at least compared to Brazil, or the US) we can very much appreciate the Brazilian saying about corruption inquiries ending in pizza...

Three pieces for your entertainment:

The Grauniad ran an opinion piece by former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson abtly titled "This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest". The headline is enough to make my head spin, nevermind the content. Not worth spending time on, really. You can guess what the comment section thought of it. Not surprisingly, it was closed after an hour.

Worth a read, however, is a recent polemic by Sean Kerrigan: Will We Elect Hillary After Her Many, Many War Crimes?

What made me laugh was this: the supposed presidential frontrunner would have been hanged if judged by the standards set at the Nuremberg Trials, yet Amal Clooney, a human rights lawyer, holds a fundraiser for Clinton at $350k per pair for seats at her majesty's table. Who the hell needs satire anyway, not even Doug Stanhope could come up with most of the twisted shit reality confronts us with day in, day out.

Last but not least, Robert Fisk wonders why neither Cameron nor Obama seem to be celebrating the retaking of Palmyra from the IS.

"Here are the Syrian army, backed, of course, by Vladimir Putin's Russkies, chucking the clowns of Isis out of town, and we daren't utter a single word to say well done."

Your video, David Cameron exposed, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

"We won't let the terrorists change the way we live our lives." -- Almost every politician right after something happened.

"Here's the list of things you have to give up in order for us to be able to meet the new threat." -- Same people 24h later.

Case in point, David Cameron:
"In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which […] we cannot read?"

Yes, Dave, we do. Now kindly sod off.

This is the only thing i look forward to about new years. Lol at max clifford "mimicking a human".

A-FUCKING-MAZING bit at the middle about non-linear rule based on confusion. God, god i wish everyone could get to grips with that. That's everything i ever wanted to say about politics.

It's even got a rap-off between david cameron and alex salmond.... we're not even done!

@A10anis you'd have to be ignorant, blind or worse to not understand the plain facts.
Immigration is not the problem. That has been the conclusion of every study into it. Immigrants add to the economy we need more.
The real answer is that the U.K. was raped by the city and dickheads like David Cameron. Sun and Mirror reading drones are why they might actually get away with it. It is the conservatives closing schools and hospitals not immigrants. It is the conservatives that refuse to invest in new homes or jobs.
Furthermore Brand is a comedian ! Just because he is the only person making sense does not mean he needs to run for office, which would likely kill his perspective as an outsider. Take that point up with Jon Stewart.

@dannym3141 Bravo mate !

I tried, I really did, but I only got a minute or two into before I just wanted to punch him in the face.

I'll try again.....

nope, can't do it. He's just so fucking self-satisfied.

That doesn't mean I agree with David Cameron either (terrible excuse for a human that he is), simply that I wish we had someone better than Brand.

I've said before that he can be eloquent and impassioned when he's talking about something he has experience with, but he's just mugging it up here and I have no interest in it.

R.B. is anything BUT nonsensical. Did you even watch ?
He's speaking far more reason than privileged shit bags like David Cameron.

I suppose a fiery rant every once in a while is also more acceptable than blowing up effigies of David Cameron in one's backyard. Not sure about puppets of Iain Duncan Smith though, those might be considered appropriate kindling.

Anyway, if I was involved in any popular social media, I'd be prone to make statements that might get me into trouble at some point. Mum's the word.

By the way, later this month, I'll be in the presence of people who are already on Uncle Sam's shit list.

People are starving in Greece, fascists are marching in the streets of Athens.

And given that SNAP participation went from ~26 million in January of '07 to ~39 million in January of '10 to ~47 million in January of '13, I'd say the US is getting there as well. The planned cuts to SNAP will only accelerate it further.

But everything's good in the UK though. People are not likely to starve, now that food banks are popping up everywhere and the Red Cross is distributing care packages for the first time since the end of WW2.

Besides, those likely to starve will freeze first anyway. They had ~31k of excess winter deaths last year, while this year's prognosis was going for ~35k, last I heard. Food or fuel, can't have both.

Those riots in London two years ago, they were a singular occurence. All the underlying issues have been addressed. Youth unemployment is #1 on David Cameron's list, I'm sure of it. Well, maybe #2. Privatisation of the NHS has priority after all.

I apologize for my sarcasm and my cynicism, but mass violence is not unimaginable anymore in the Old World and it's pissing me off. We are in the process of flushing an entire generation of people down the toilet. These current rates of youth unemployment are unsustainable in a democratic society. The banlieus of Paris, the boroughs of London... shit will hit the fan eventually, unless there's a radical change of policy from within the system.

The elections to the European Parliament in May next year will be an indicator. As of now, it looks as if a whole lot of (far) right wing parties will enter the stage.

Also, keep an eye on the island of bliss(ful ignorance) within Europe: Germany. We're heading straight for a grand coalition that would control ~80% of parliament, rendering all instruments at the opposition's disposal inert. Did I mention they also have the neccessary 2/3 majority to institute changes to our constitution? Fucking awesome!

Again, sorry for being a grumpy fuck, but everytime I open the paper, it's a bloody nightmare -- and that's before you take away the sugar coating.

Always am.

And I already had a sore throat from yelling at my screen when I read the parts about expanding patents on "diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals".

Then I saw this picture of our beloved Dave who rose from his golden throne to declare to the peasants that austerity will be made permanent, since it's such a wonderful sight to see hundreds of thousands of people at food banks.

What a day...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/13/david-cameron-austerity-public-sector-cuts

So Dave is done with all the pretence now, is he? Declaring permanent austerity from a golden throne...

What's the deal with Cameron these days?

Even he is not ignorant enough to believe that he can just wave around D notices without getting his ass lit on fire.

I feel like this is just embarassing for both Murthy and Tarantino (acting like a kid).

I think that in his own mind, Murthy thinks that he's the hard hitting interviewer for the modern age, getting to the hard issues by asking the hard questions. We could do with one of those. But not talking to bloody Tarantino. How about having a go at David Cameron or something? This film director made a film and didn't force anyone to watch it so your tenacity is misplaced. Cameron has been forcing shit down our necks for years now and stealing money from our pockets, people want someone with tenacity to hound him until he breaks or screws up.

I'm just waiting for the one person to advocate guns for all AND complaining that movies promote violence. At that point you really may as well give up, grow your beard out and go live in a cave in just your underpants, cos there's no hope.

But he never called Carr, personally, morally anything, just his behaviour. Anyway, the story here is the hypocrisy, not the words he chose (or didn't).>> ^alien_concept:

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Except he never said "morally repugnant". The interviewer tried to get him to say that, and he refused.

I know However, "morally wrong" he did stretch to. He just admitted he had to be careful what words he used.