Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Sky News Australia" channel.

  1. In ther next series of the Crown, I believe he is to be played by Hugh Laurie, in the same style as he played the Prince Regent in Blackadder III.
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  2. Likes the word 'literally' doesn't his speechwriter?
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  3. Isn't what this woman was saying akin to claiming that she put her life savings on a horse in the 3.30 at Kempton Park, because a bloke in a pub told her it was a dead cert?
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  4. Yes he will. The British system of governance has been described, correctly, as an elective dictatorship. With around 33.7% of the actual vote, equating to around one in five of those eligible to vote in the UK, the Dear Leader has a huge majority. For so long as his MPs continue to troop mindlessly through the voting lobbies (and, for £91,000 per year, expenses which are effectively unlimited, and the opportunity to make lots of 'contacts' who wouldn't?) he is untouchable, whatever the irrelevant 'little people' and their petitions might hope.
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  5. Surely you know the first think you are taught at Secret Service school? If the person you are protecting is under attack, make sure your dark glasses are on straight.
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  6.  @DennisMcCoy-b2r  It should be reasonably clear. Kaur, apart from being a notorious race baiter, is part of the Markle team.
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  7. This Kaur person is a notorious race grifter who has wandered around the new outlets for years, generally shouting, and interrupting anyone who tries to debate with her. It is her vile outbursts which keep her in business.
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  8. Your caps lock has jammed. You should tell your carers and they will have it repaired for you.
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  9. As Dr. Samuel Johnson might have said had he been around today, and before he was cancelled, of course :- ''Sir, Sir Keir Starmer's Premiership is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It's not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all. ''
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  10.  @peterraidal6659  I don't know if your post is addressed to me personally. However, if it is, I have a First Class Honours Degree from Manchester University, in Modern History. I fail, however, to understand why this might be relevant.
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  11. I look forward to the day when two politicians in an election debate on British TV argue about who has the better batting average, and who is the better player of spin on a worn wicket. Of the present crop, my money would be on Sunak, whose Indian ancestry might give him a natural advantage.
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  12. Charles & William, or at least their advisors, seem to have instituted a policy of attempting to ingratiate themselves with the new racial superiors of the indigenous white native population of Great Britain. It will not work, but will probably destroy the post Elizabeth II monarchy. I can't recall when either last said anything positive about we peasants, even though we are the ones who fund the modest lifestyle the pair enjoy. Oh well. Off to Naseby I go.With my pike!
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  13. It does seem odd that Ngozi Fulani, aka Marlene Headley, should be able to remember the exact words of a longish conversation. I suspect most people assume that she deliberately engineered this 'incident' but I wonder if she was recording it as well. Couldn't someone running a charity exclusive of white women be considered rather 'RAYCIST!!!' herself?
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  14. As Maori invaders eradicated the people they encountered when they landed, are the effects of Maori colonialism being addressed as well?
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  15. One assumes that all people living there who cannot prove Maori ancestry will be given a reasonable amount of time in which to leave?
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  16. How dare you use the word 'dark?' You are a shameless RAYCIST!
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  17. Harris should have asked the British MP and mathematic genius Diane Abbott to read out the result. In her world, Harris would have been deemed the winner.
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  18.  @joannashworth2396  Exactly how many times do I need to explain what sarcasm is?
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  19.  @robnunurbiznezz7618  Thank you! Those bruises on my forehead are from banging it against a brick wall trying to explain what sarcasm is?
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  20.  @Tucknroll88  I will try again. As you seem unable to grasp the concept of sarcasm, I will give you the Merriam-Webster definition :- 'Sarcasm refers to the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone, or to show irritation, or just to be funny.' Does that make my original comment clearer?
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  21.  @joannashworth2396  Alas. You must be American and thus do not understand the concept of sarcasm!
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  22. Is the Mayor Far Right, then?
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  23. You need to look a little more deeply into German politics in the 1930s. In November, 1932, the nazi party won 33.1% of the vote. Even after a campaign of violence, by March 1933, immediately after the Reichstag fire, it had only increased to 43.9%. There was opposition, which was systematically crushed by the German police, and by 'Peoples' Courts, set up in 1934 to try those accused of “crimes against the state”. Protective custody was introduced for those who 'might' commit a crime. This meant people could be arrested and interned. even if they had not broken the law. You might think that this has a familiar ring to it. I could not possibly comment.
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  24.  @PJRayment  I know he didn't say "Musk did not create the disturbances in Britain" because I did. 'Apparently' is an adverb meaning "evidently" or "obviously." Nowhere in that definition is any suggestion that it is an explanation of what others thing or feel.
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  25.  @simongross3122  Then feel free to state the source of your 'reference.'
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  26.  @simongross3122  So you didn't write 'to observe is to disturb, apparently' after all, then? Perhaps you need to attempt more clarity in your comments?
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  27. Hasn't the young lad done well?
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  28. If he was Hitler, and it was 1940, then the United States would be neutral, although happy to sell arms and supplies to the British & Commonwealth, albeit at the full market rate.
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  29. I would have thought that the one thing any bridge is intended to do is to help people get over things. Seemingly not?
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  30. As the famous Eccles once said in a long ago episode of 'The Goon Show,' 'I like chips with gravy.' That, at least, made sense.
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  31. Hic. You're my best mate you are. I really love you. Hic.
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  32.  @ithamarlowe6158  Which was averted when a staffer gave her a third bottle of Vodka, of course.
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  33.  @keithhoss4990  As I said. How are medals awarded in WW2 relevant?
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  34. @1JohnnyUTAH Read the comment again. Contempt for Harry Markle should not assume admiration for Prince William. I really cannot make it much clearer.
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  35. @1JohnnyUTAH I wasn't trying to help. I was simply explaining.
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  36. The traditional British term for that condition is 'Tired and emotional.' Several glasses of vodka, or pints of beer, tend to create the condition.
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  37. Sod that! We don't want her either. We already have enough problems.
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  38. This is what generally happens when people who have failed in their own countries seek refuge somewhere where the imagined 'authority' they gain is totally beyond their actual abilities or intellect. Perhaps it is time that rational states withdraw from the clown show that is the United Nations and the many offshoots thereof.
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  39. However, a Domestic Servant with an upper class English accent will probably go down well in the White House.
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  40.  @nyscersul42  I urge you to listen to his comments again.
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  41. Interestingly, within a month Britain might well be a pseudo Marxist state off the coast of a predominantly right of centre Europe.
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  42. What a racist comment!
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  43. I had assumed that President Biden would have been, in a few weeks time, found dead in bed, and the democrats would initiate a campaign of 'he died for YOU. Support Kamala in November to honor his memory' in order to grab a sympathy vote in the election. An unpleasant and perhaps unworthy thought, but we should always bear in mind that these people are politicians, not normal human beings.
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  44. Wasn't Biden with Teddy Roosevelt during the charge at San Juan Hill, as well?
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  45. Of course she turned up looking for trouble. That berk Prince William has simply made things significantly worse. Why is it that both the Prince of Wales and his younger brother are such irredeemable idiots? Genetic, perhaps?
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  46. What are those creatures called who leave sinking ships? Please inform me.
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  47.  @trickyboy1517  I am sorry that you don't understand how 'First Past The Post' actually works. There was a similar situation in 1933, when the nazi party won power with only 43% of the vote. Didn't that work out well? The number of seats does not often represent overall sentiment within a nation, as FPTP was designed for a two party state, and cannot cope properly when there is a greater number of parties. In 1979, the Tories won 13,697,923 votes. Labour & the Liberals won a total between them of 15,846,022 I wonder if, given your fairly clear political opinions, you would have been celebrating the glories of FPTP then? Perhaps when you become a little more mature, you will begin to learn that any FPTP system usually leaves, in many cases, the majority of people in a nation feeling that their opinions are not represented. That comment applied just as much to Thatcher's government in 1979 as it does to Starmer's in 2024.
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  48. The Left in France won sufficient seats to become the largest party, but the Right won much more of the popular vote. Similarly, in Britain, the most successful party won only 34% of the popular vote. Like it or not, support for right of centre parties is increasing. Falsely calling them 'fascists' does not alter this fact.
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  49.  @michelebourke4340  I would give you a reasoned reply, but it is evident that you are so profoundly ignorant of history that it would be akin to trying to teach my cat to play chess.
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  50. @Blue 'of course you think like that.' Sorry, old chap but I really don't need a half-wit like you to attempt to tell me how I feel or don't feel.
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