Whether it was the impact of Russia or a desire to get out a good sound bite, but the UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt compared EU to the Soviet Union and a prison. No way that could have gone down well on social media. Trying to warn Brussels against rejecting UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit […]
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‘Mentally tortured’ Tommy Robinson complains of no TV during prison stint, likens it to GITMO
Recently released Tommy Robinson claims he was ‘mentally tortured’ in prison complaining of no TV, inability to eat prison food and being moved to facility with larger Muslims population. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) got a 13 month sentence in May for contempt of court. On […]
Sudo-history: BoJo likens Crimea’s accession to Russia to Nazis’ occupation of Czechoslovakia
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson seems to have become fixated on comparing Russia with Nazi Germany. Most recently, he has likened Crimea’s reunification with Russia to Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland. The trouble with raising the specter of an enemy is that one can very easily take it too far. Johnson has apparently been so […]
Husband of British parliamentarian killed by ‘Britain First’ sympathizer likens Trump’s retweets to promoting the KKK
Reuters The widower of a murdered British parliamentarian responded to President Donald Trump’s social-media interactions with the far-right group, Britain First on Tuesday night. Brendan Cox suggested that Trump’s online behavior can only hurt the US in the long run. British Prime Minister Theresa May scolded Trump over his retweets of anti-Muslim videos posted by […]
SNL Likens Harvey Weinstein Scandal to 'A Full Season of Law & Order'
Saturday Night Live this weekend put disgraced Hollywood exec Harvey Weinstein on blast during a fiery Weekend Update segment. VIDEOSSamantha Bee Obliterates Harvey Weinstein, Warns Remaining ‘Hollywood Creeps’ What began with commentary on Apple’s new emojis slowly but surely digressed into full-blown commentary on the alleged serial sexual harasser. “Apple has announced that it is […]
Stranger Things' Shannon Purser Likens Rise to 'Friday Night Lights With Music'
In spite of the musical within the drama, Stranger Things casualty Shannon Purser doesn’t think of her upcoming NBC series Rise as the next Glee. Rather, “I like to think of it as kind of like a Friday Night Lights with music,” she told TVLine founder Michael Ausiello on the Emmy red carpet Sunday. “It’s […]
Piers Morgan likens Alan Sugar to genderless Doctor Who villain amid Jodie Whittaker chat
After Jodie Whittaker made history yesterday, becoming the first female regeneration to take on the role, Piers set to debating whether the character can physically be a woman. The 56-year-old presenter started by asking Richard Arnold and Doctor Who expert, Matthew Sweet, whether Daleks can be “gender-fluid”. Matthew added that the Doctor’s (currently played by […]
Bannon friend likens him to ‘terminally ill family member who had been moved into hospice care’
Thomson Reuters In more evidence of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s waning influence, an unnamed friend has compared him in a Washington Post report to “a terminally ill family member who had been moved into hospice care.” The Post reported that Bannon is struggling to hold onto his job, and President Donald Trump himself […]