Bannon arrested and in prison for fraud ...

Didn't Bannon think rather highly of Johnson?

Met him frequently in London and helped him to write his resignation speech when Foreign Secretary.

And he's fulsome in his praise for Cummings..

I like Michelle Obama!
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As thread distractions go, that's not one of your better efforts Urmstongran.

Me too Urmston.

I was trying to convinceGillT57 I’m not a right wing nut job.
Charming turn of phrase isn’t it?

Love how the liberals get personal and mean.

Play the ball and not the man?

I was trying to convinceGillT57 I’m not a right wing nut job.

'Liking' Michele Obama doesn't really quite hack it.

Perhaps you could try condemning the increasingly corrupt and undemocratic government we are suffering, Ug and stop making Trumplike comments. Then we might believe you...

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Urmst, i can see you in a rather fetching headress based on the above, a la micky or minnie mouse.

Urmstongran

I like Michelle Obama!
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Her speech for the Democratic Convention was brilliant.

careful, i can feel a consensus coming on...
that would never do.

Impressive drone photography! This video was filmed by a drone controlled by a man sitting in a lawn chair. He would move his location to different sections where wall construction was taking place. Music and title work were then added to the film and . . VOILA! . . the resultant video.

The filming was done in January 2020. Donald fulfils his promise to build the wall.

www.youtube.com/embed/RJ6FX1_yXJU

Not sure if it will play-maybe cut and paste it, if you are interested.

so where did the wall money go.

Quizqueen. Yes .? Your point is ?

MaizieD

Didn't Bannon think rather highly of Johnson?

Met him frequently in London and helped him to write his resignation speech when Foreign Secretary.

And he's fulsome in his praise for Cummings..

I really am surprised that anybody who has taken any notice at all of American politics over the last four years and the connections between Trump, Breitbart, Farage and Cummings has never heard of Steve Bannon.

Could it be that people don't want to discuss him?

I don't think he was ever that friendly with Johnson, who dislikes Farage. Both Johnson and Rees-Mogg have distanced themselves from Bannon. Cummings is the link via Cambridge Analytica. Bannon called Cummings a "brilliant guy" in an interview.

Bannon has also been implicated as a link with Wikileaks and Russian intelligence services in the indictment and subsequent conviction of Roger Stone.

Farage is on video thanking Bannon for his help in delivering Brexit.

Bannon discussed with Farage the idea of fronting a global alliance of populist and far-right politicians, including Viktor Orban, with Farage in charge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lzJ_8hC-yE

They had plans to undermine May and install Johnson as Prime Minister, despite Bannon's reservations about him.

This is the clip of Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for Brexit. Apparently, he's tried to get the clip removed from social media.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeYue9mVyeo

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so where did the wall money go.

In the indictment, it's alleged the money was used for personal expenses.

I don't think he was ever that friendly with Johnson,

He is on video record claiming to have helped with that speech. Would he exaggerate his influence do you think?

I've always seen Bannon as something of a Bond villain. Mysterious influence, desire for world domination. I'm not going by the way.

His influence isn't mysterious. He was Trump's closest adviser and founded Breitbart, which wasn't at all mysterious about its right-wing and racist agenda. He's now in partnership with Raheem Kassam, who was Farage's adviser in UKIP.

Maizie I'm not sure. Farage has been going round trying to say Bannon influenced Johnson, but I think that could be an attempt to undermine Johnson. Bannon definitely had a meeting with Rees-Mogg, but he's tried to distance himself too. I think Bannon is too toxic for even them.

Is petty crime typical of extreme right politicians, or do they usually do bigger crimes like depriving the masses of right to roam?

By definition, right wingers care more about individuals (themselves) than society and, therefore, have little respect for laws, which have been created to protect society.

Unless, of course, they are laws which prevent opposition to their cause.

I've always seen Bannon as something of a Bond villain. Mysterious influence, me too, I see him as the smoking man in The X Files. As an irrelevant aside, I always thinks he looks as if he needs a good shower and shave.