Banning milkshakes to save Farage

Too late, Brendawymms. He's hoist by his own petard.

Remember that a lie can run halfway round the world before the truth has got its shoes on....

(A phenomenon used to their advantage by the Leave Campaigns)

MaizieD

What a great quote and so true. I can’t wait to use it in general conversation.

Rather than commenting on whether this is fake news or not I am more concerned that it now appears to be acceptable to threaten anyone with violence simply because they hold views some people disagree with.

I think everyone agrees with that Beckett

I really think that we need to establish a meaning for the word 'violent'.

Milkshakes are not violent. They don't cause physical hurt or injury.

This thread is well into snowflake territory.

He's lucky it wasn't Carnation in a tin.

Can't believe that there seems to be more discussion/concern about milkshake throwing than MP's being threatened with rape, death or, in fact actually being murdered. If and when this country returns to some sort of normality/sanity I think we should have an annual National Milkshake Day to celebrate.

I would count that as violence, Beammeupscottie...

Agreed, Labaik. Not sure we'll ever return to any sort of normality, though.

labaik absolutely with you on that

Maizie just seen your post above so please ignore what I said on the other thread.

Day6 I think I have asked you before why you think "by a parliament determined to remain in the EU". Please explain.

I can't understand why N didn't just take off his jacket and carry on instead of throwing a hissy fit.

Why do we not have the same level of pearl clutching and faux horror about Yaxley and the milkshake. Surely he is a politician going about his business?

Most of parliament claim to want Brexit , but yet keep changing their minds about what that is. The promised made are undeliverable, there just needs some sane/ brave person to say that.

Of course it’s milkshake and thankfully not acid and the charges and punishment that may follow would clearly be massively different.

However throwing things at anyone because you don’t agree with their views is horrible and anti democratic whether it’s over Farrage or the smashing of an egg into Corbyn s head.

It’s utterly unacceptable. To anyone on anyone for any reason

I think we should concede that Parliamentarians are possessed of fact and figures, re; Brexit, not aware of/interested in by Joe Public. Brexit, as hoped for in an emotional sense by Brexiteers is not deliverable, imo, unless you put the economy of the Country at peril. So not worth it.

In the good old days, it was rotten eggs or dead cats, etc. Milkshakes!
I don't know what the country's coming to

I'm quite proud of living in a country where anger and frustration results in the throwing of milkshakes, especially as no one now has to actually throw one; just carry one. And I haven't felt proud of my country for a long time [and will possibly feel even more 'unproud' after the EU election results...] How long before we have to introduce a rule that no one carries a milk shake in a public place. It's Monster Raving Loony stuff [having said that they actually had some pretty sensible policies...]

Witzend

Times have changed though hasn’t they?

Acid attacks and violent stabbing are on the rise and we had an MP murdered in a terror attack.

I think you have to be clear on what Is and isn’t acceptable and abide by the law rather than seek to frighten and intimidate by actions.

This story amused me. A drunk in central Manchester threatened Police with an object about to be hurled from his hand. Police fell back and drunk shouted "wanna share my Pot Noodle, come and take it from me".

Can anyone explain to me why when the milkshake was thrown in the centre of Newcastle the bloke who did it has to appear at North Shields Magistrates court? (It's about 8 miles away) Could it be that the police think there might be demonstrations of support for him in Newcastle?

Many people in politics have lost the plot if they behave in this way. Momentum are on Twitter tweeting opponents covered in milkshake and Corbyn is calling people who want Brexit as being part of the far right by the looks of his tweet. It's not encouraging me to vote for Labour, I haven't been to the polling station yet.

Out of about 350 entitled to vote in my ward, at 4 pm I was no.39!

trisher I wondered about that. Maybe he comes from North Shields?
Or the Newcastle magistrate's court has bigger things to worry about.
As I said at first, it was a childish action.

A lot of cases from Newcastle are heard at North Shields magistrates since a shake up of the courts system a couple of years ago. Apparently Newcastle only hears criminal cases that can't be fit in at any other court and no custody cases as they have no holding cells since the adjacent police station was demolished.

Thanks for the explanation halfgran.

Mycatisahacker, I don't know - I can think of a few politicians who'd be improved by a rotten egg or two. Self-serving, lying slimeballs, so many of them - interested only in gaining power and staying there - who never give a straight answer, but slither around questions like oiled snakes.
I know they're not all the same, but there are more than enough who IMO deserve the egg treatment.