^^ :haha:

So will it be a hard Faraxit? :O:

Not sure I want to put the words Nigel Farage and hard in the same sentence, certainly not this soon after dinner... :Kaleun_Sick:

Commons Speaker John Bercow has defended voicing his opposition to Donald Trump addressing Parliament.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38889941

Makes you wonder if he's had word from the palace through the back-channels. :hmmm:

Quite possible but the hypocrite had no problem welcoming Xi Jinping.

At least Xi pretends not to be a despot. You know, at least he plays the game. Besides, the PRC wants to pick up where the US left off in international trade, no point in seeking trade with a nation which wants everything to be made in its own borders.

I don't know the rules for the speaker of the HOC but I feel he has stepped over the line. I am not sure how much he has stepped over the line but I feel he should be made to apologise for his remarks. China and Saudi Arabia are far from being squeaky clean.

The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Unlike presiding officers of legislatures in many other countries, the Speaker remains strictly non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with his or her former political party when taking office as well as when leaving the office. The Speaker does not take part in debate or vote (except to break ties; and even then, the convention is that the speaker casts the tie-breaking vote according to Speaker Denison's rule). The principle is to always vote in favour of further debate, or, where no further debate is possible, to vote in favour of the status quo.

Nah I'd only show my ass trying to understand your country from what I read in the stateside media. I'll just continue to follow along and keep my opinions to myself. :salute:

Your choice old boy, it's an international forum after all. :salute:

We're not exactly squeaky clean either. :haha: Still, you've got a fair point, he could very well have overstepped his mark, it's an unusual situation certainly.
That being said, I can't recall the Saudi royals addressing the House of Commons, and it was only that that Bercow was objecting to rather than the actual state visit which he noted was 'above his pay-grade'. Xi Jinping did though, but then he's looking to invest in other countries while the Donald is looking to invest primarily in America. America first, after all. So that probably helps sway things a bit. :hmmm: That being said, the US does have a lot of foreign direct investment in the UK, creating some 25k new jobs, whereas China has only created 2k new jobs, but has safeguarded almost as many UK jobs as the US has, although it only has a fifth of the projects invested in.
Financially...it's tricky, very tricky, but you've also got to take into account political standings and prestige, toxicity of certain leaders...it's difficult. It's pretty difficult.

Well today's PMQ's was a little bit of a come back for Labour.

TM (PM) 2-1 JC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el-nh5XpIZ4

As I have said old JC can deliver a blow and cause some embarrassment to TM but fails to deliver the knock out blow time and time again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38908462

I bet you know who is our Prime Minister is unlike some people here. :)

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entr...b076856217a030

Running low on back bencher's JC? At this rate he may have to ask the SNP if they got a spare back bencher or two.

I do but I had never heard of her before they tapped her to become PM.

AND BTW have I mentioned how much I hate the 120 second delay between posts!!! :nope: