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Just a reminder to everyone that this guy fucked a pig when he was at uni.
He also fucked over the entire country, the people, it's businesses and economy, by arranging the vote for Brexit.
Don't forget austerity, that in itself had a huge impact.
Let's not forget the Bullingdon Club shenanigans.
For those not aware of the notoriety of the Bullingdon Club take a look here .
Isn't there no evidence of that?
The internet never let's facts get in the way of memeing about people.
You're right, we should go with verifiable facts.
Just a reminder, this is the guy that promised a Brexit vote to stop his party from splitting in half, actually followed through with that promise, and pikachu faced when he got outplayed by his own party's propaganda machine, then ran away to leave everybody else to deal with the mess.
You're correct there is no evidence, and in fact the people who published the story (not even journalists just people trying to write a scandalous book) eventually retracted it.
However it's stuck because it's the sort of thing they probably would do. The Tories are like that.
It annoys me though because there's many many many many many reasons to criticize him, and a potentially untrue story isn't one of them. Even if he'd actually done it, it would have probably been the least worst thing he's done, but people repeat it because it's funny. Unlike the other stuff which is just depressing.
Ahh who doesn't remember those uni days fondly. 🥲 I was in Beta Kappa Oink!
Still not as bad as the best likudnik
This is a good development, especially considering how direct a role the UK played in the region (and thus, the laying of the foundations of the conflict that’s been going on since then) in the decades leading up to the establishment of Israel as a country.
Came here to say this. Imagine the backroom conversations going on in Parliament when the chickens came home to roost. I'm not saying they're wrong, btw, but it just seems wild that they were the one suggesting a Palestinian state when they carved out Israel back in the day and have done literally nothing to actually make it happen.
The irony if this happens. From the county that took the land away and made Israel.
Spelling
If Cameron said it was going to be a sunny day I'd take an umbrella.
Good, although I'd like to register my protest that this guy is relevant once again.
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