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During Mrs May's 2018 visit, she was warned to get dressed in bed to avoid hidden cameras capturing compromising footage. Starmer's team must also be aware of being caught with their trousers down as their security precautions remain so high.
Incredibly funny how they complain about the same surveillance they subject their own country to.
Projection and deflection.
"Don't try to diddle minors in your hotel room"
Are pictures of them changing really that compromising? Everyone already hates them I dont think seeing their ass or balls is really going to change anything. Unless every prime minister has to get some compromising tattoo or something they need to hide.
Giving china nuclear secrets to keep the size of my pp secret
maybe he has a buddhist symbol tattoo...
A "pirate" skull maybe...
Awful lot of buddists in Europe these days.
well, europe does have buddhapest, the birthplace of buddha, so that makes sense.
Maybe he's got a really weird penis.
all Oxford men have two 90° bends in their crank from playing "doorsies", a "game" dating back to 1250.
I can't remember which VP it was, maybe Al Gore? Went to Israel and their security team was looking through the hotel room as they were leaving, he said he heard someone inside the ceiling in the bathroom. They did nothing about it, just told this story as a 'isn't it funny the stuff that happens while working security?'
I recall reading about hotels in Israel having a huge issue with bugs in everything; I would never visit Israel, but if I did I'd rather stay at.....actually there's probably nowhere safe, it's probably the most surveilled country in the world.
Is he also gonna not shower for a week?
Who says he doesn’t already
How else is he supposed to smell British
Well he is the leader of a country that once went 300 years without taking a bath.
And definitely do not invite hookers to your room to pee on you. DJT fell for that one in Moscow.
Polish catholic bishop Śliwiński once went to christen the new Polish church in Siberia, media made huge deal from it since it was an opportunity to do some Russia and USSR bad propaganda. But he never arrived there and went missing for 2 weeks. Media and even Foreign Ministry screamed bloody murder about it, accused Russia of kidnapping and even murder.
Then everything suddenly was cut out and never mentioned again when bishop emerged from the brothel in Moscow where he spent that entire time.
Maybe he just ordered chickpeas for room service and with the language barrier they got it wrong
the daily star is a weird newspaper that is mostly a joke but has some actual articles
i think this one is a joke
Thesis - Morning Star
Antithesis - Daily Mail
Thesis - Daily Star
synthesising has been banned
Shit lmao good pickup im gunna leave it as is tho
Nooooo how will I make my bleeps and bloops now?!?
Chinese spy watching British politicians fuck would have to be the most stomachs churning job in the world, other than sex worker with a client who is a British Politician
Chinese spy watching British politicians fuck would have to be the most stomachs churning job in the world, other than sex worker with a client who is a British Politician
The spy would literally have to be strapped to one of those chairs with the eyelid holders like in clockwork orange.
Also no spying needed, it's probably already being broadcast on one of those weird Japanese game shows where they have people do demeaning things to themselves.
Keir Starmer told don't get naked, by woman he's pestering
He sees you when you're sleeping.
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake.
C'mon, let us peer at kier's spear
Starmer, why the fuck are you projecting yer fantasies?
stays winning
Maybe its who he is getting naked and changing with....
They think anyone wants to see them naked? Greek mythology called it wants it's narcissist complex back.
You know your power as a nation is tanked when your stinky ruler is cowering in her bed, getting all tangled up in the sheets trying to adjust her spanx under a big hotel comforter lest someone obtain documentary evidence that she puts on her trousers one leg at a time.
starmuh, put your dick away starmuh, I don’t want to have sex with you