Comments on: Cameron’s choice of ally in Europe makes it harder to achieve reform

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:04:00 +0000

In reply to Sparky. Ah, the "there can only be one left winger" school of thought.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 14:49:00 +0000

In reply to Leon Wolfeson. You used to post on here as Newsbot, didn't you? I recognise the same phraseology and slightly unhinged state of mind.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 10:06:00 +0000

It may well lead to the UKIP ending up as NI’s in the EU Parliament, though, as the National Front is seemingly winning the battle of the minds for the remaining right wing parties.

Ahh, all that EU cash they’d lose. lol.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:28:00 +0000

In reply to Olli Väisälä. Yes, it's futile for you to disagree with the Chairperson of the party, who does not agree with your stance, as far as I'm concerned. My thanks for identifying yourself as an activist trying to whitewash this, though.

By: Olli Väisälä

Olli Väisälä — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:19:00 +0000

In reply to Leon Wolfeson. No, I am not a journalist, and I cannot see how this pertains to the issue. I mentioned the hamburger part of the original text so as to give an idea of its obvious tongue-in-cheek nature, but if you refuse to take my points into consideration because I am not a journalist, there is no use to pursue this futile discussion. Goodbye!

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:51:00 +0000

In reply to Olli Väisälä. Keep the apologia rolling. The chair of the party, once more, does not agree with you, and I don't believe you're a journalist in the first place.

By: Olli Väisälä

Olli Väisälä — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 07:24:00 +0000

In reply to Leon Wolfeson. Well, at least this demonstrates how difficult it is to assess people and events in foreign countries if you do not know the language and therefore do not have access to the original sources. We may agree that the author of the sleevebadge text (not armband, to be precise) showed bad judgment, but this does not alter the fact that reports stating that she "suggested" Nazi-style armbands are patently misleading and do not show good journalist ethics.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 05:33:00 +0000

In reply to Olli Väisälä.

If you read the article, the chair of the party does not agree it was humour.

Some old American senators make off-colour (literally) “jokes” as well..it’s not humour or funny there either.

By: Olli Väisälä

Olli Väisälä — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:58:00 +0000

Just for information: I am a Finn, and can say that at least those parts of this text that concern Finnish MPs and their party are grossly misleading. For example, the text that supposedly “suggested Nazi-style armbands” for minorities actually “suggested”, e.g., pictures of hamburgers for identifying Americans. Hence, a satire, obviously. Perhaps not a very funny satire, but referring to its “suggestions” as if they were seriously done is simply misinformation.