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Hey gammons you won, get over it . Hehehehehe
Happy Bank Holiday
Celerity
(46,182 posts)RussellCattle
(1,760 posts)Gammon is a pejorative popularised in British political culture since around 2012. The term refers in particular to the colour of a person's flushed face when expressing their strong opinions, as compared to the type of pork of the same name.
Celerity
(46,182 posts)Link to tweet
also:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gammon-left-wing-political-insult-twitter-racism-debate-right-charles-dickens-a8352281.html
Matt Zarb-Cousin, a former spokesman to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has also been credited with kickstarting the row after labelling a Jacob Rees-Mogg supporter a gammon following a brawl at the University of the West of England in Bristol in February.
He subsequently wrote an article exploring the significance of the phrase for Huck magazine in which he anatomised the gammon as a baby boomer typically found among the BBC Question Time audience with high blood pressure and a red meat complexion prone to wearing boot-cut jeans, loafers and an open-collared white polyester shirt and displaying a marked preference for warm ale.
RussellCattle
(1,760 posts)We really have to up our game on this side of the pond.
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not fooled
(6,070 posts)Bet it would be merciless..."you voted for this fool..."
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,668 posts)I don't get how this reflects well on Spain, calling the UK a shithole.
3Hotdogs
(13,394 posts)calling African countries, shit hole. That one was probably a dig at us,
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muriel_volestrangler
(102,476 posts)Link to tweet
The visuals are an all-purpose "laugh about someone" video track, rather like "Downfall", that people put subtitles on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56925999
This particular one has probably come up again today because British expats in Spain have been told they must get a Spanish driving licence:
From 1 May, thousands of Britons in Spain will be unable to use their UK driving licences on Spanish streets although tourists will be exempt from the ban.
The new restrictions are set to take effect after the British and Spanish governments failed to reach consensus on DVLA-issued licences by the 30 April deadline, with Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith pointing the finger at the European authorities.
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Until 1 May, Britons living in Spain were able to use their DVLA-issued licences to drive, but could now face weeks of chaos as alternative measures to reach a deal are pursued. Meanwhile, every other European nation has agreed a post-Brexit protocol in respect of British driving licences.
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From May 1, UK licence holders who have been resident in Spain for more than six months and did not exchange their licence during the transition period will no longer be able to drive legally in Spain. We have agreed to rapidly accelerate talks, and are urging the Spanish government to bring forward interim measures.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/driving-ban-spain-british-expats-brexit-b2069672.html
Celerity
(46,182 posts)geardaddy
(25,342 posts)He's calling out the UK dimwits living in Spain who voted for Brexit.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,668 posts)I'm far from being a good assessor of messaging. I thought Obama was a great messager. TFG clearly knows how to message by sounding like a jerk. Just goes to show that education only gets you so far in the 21st Century of Conflicting Grievance.