The members of Parliament are not impressed with Traitor Tot, and they have written several letters to the heads of each side to request tRump NOT be allowed to address Parliament. Personally, I think they are spot on. He doesn’t DESERVE to address them. He’s such a crap shoot when it comes to speaking. You never know what’s going to come out of his mouth! He has no self-control and doesn’t pay attention to anything except what *he* wants.
From The Independent: Labour MPs and ministers have generally avoided openly criticising Mr Trump as the UK government attempts to secure a trade deal with the US to dodge sweeping tariffs imposed on countries across the world. “I have written to the Lord Speaker urging him not to agree that Trump should address parliament as previous presidents have done, because he does not respect democracy, the courts or the rule of law and he does not condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as all parties at Westminster do,” Lord Foulkes told The Independent.
Meanwhile, Labour MP Kate Osborne asked Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to follow his predecessor John Bercow in blocking an address from Mr Trump. In a letter to Sir Lindsay, she said: “I am asking you as the Speaker to agree it would be inappropriate and mirror the previous Speaker’s recommendation.” “It is, of course, up to our government to decide if they use the state visit to engage with Trump on a wide range of issues as above, but that does not translate to giving him the honour of addressing the UK parliament, the decision of which I believe should reside with you.” “The risk of low attendance could also have negative or unintended consequences”, she wrote.
See? Isn’t that interesting? There’s going to be lots of protests again, and I can hardly wait to see the Orange Baby Balloon come back out! Let me show you a little more. One Labour MP reportedly said: “Parliament has nothing to learn from a serial liar, cheat, womaniser and bankrupt. We don’t need Trump to lecture and dictate his unilateral terms to our elected representatives. If Trump’s serious about engaging with the UK in good faith, he should start by removing his foolish tariffs, which will only punish both US and UK consumers.”
Better get something for that BURN! I knew the UK had always been unhappy with him, but this looks like outright rebellion! I know my friends in the UK want *nothing* to do with him. Yea, I don’t think it would be worth their time to let him speak. Who knows what he would actually say! We *know* he goes off script at the drop of a hat. Imagine him treating Parliament to “The Weave”. Good grief, no, No, and HELL NO. Please, let them snub him. Might make King Charles a little unhappy, but I feel it would be worth it.
And speaking of King Charles… Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office last week, Mr Trump said: “They’re going to do a second, as you know, a second fest … that’s what it is: a fest, and it’s beautiful, and it’s the first time it’s ever happened to one person. “And the reason is we have two separate terms, and it’s an honour … I’m a friend of Charles, I have great respect for King Charles and the family, William, we have really just a great respect for the family.” Suuuuuure you do. Nope. They will be publicly polite but “a friend of King Charles”? I don’t think so! El Presidente Imbécil will not have an idea of what I mean when I say “Hiding behind a public face”. King Charles won’t actually *tell* Agent Orange what he *really* thinks of him. It’s bad enough to have promised a visit with the king, but to actually believe what he says? *We* all know never to believe it. I don’t think the Royals will, either. And if he touches one of them, which you know has a good chance of happening, protocol be damned? Oooooof.
I also have no idea what Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will do. I know he was all polite and positive and such when he came over. What will he do? Probably continue to be polite. He’s kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. Since he came over here to visit, it would only be polite to receive him in the UK.
So, it’s bad enough for us that we have him as a president. And with all he’s doing here, I happen to agree that it would be a Very Bad idea for him to address Parliament. The best thing he could do would be to put the tariffs on hold for the UK, and *then* go over to visit. Does anyone want to place bets on if he’ll leave the tariffs in place? I think he will. And others seem to think the same. We haven’t even quite hit 100 days, and the administration isn’t just one, but multiple train wrecks. Don’t touch that dial. Thanks for sticking with me!
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As long as he wears his shrink-wrapped busboy’s uniform again. The palace was in stitches last time.
I was horrified and *then* in stitches. I can only imagine the non-public comments for that gaffe! Holy cow, was it horrifying. I wonder if Susie will say anything.
If only there was some device that could have read (and published) the thoughts going through Queen Elizabeth’s head having to walk down the hall with that fucking buffoon. What I’d love to know is whether he was pissed that his white-tie getup was SO ill fitted, or if his interpretation of it was an intent to show how white-tie should actually look when worn. IOW did he think he was “stylin” as we used to call it? “Lookin Good?” If only Chris Farley was still with us, to reprieve his “Fat man in a little coat” thing from Tommy Boy. Only painted orange and with a Trump wig! Take another look and tell me this would dominate the following week’s punditry if such a gag was done by Farley on SNL
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And, just for more fun here’s a side-by-side, a tale of ‘Two State Dinners” in the UK with OBAMA showing how it’s supposed to be done!
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FYI: When you said “reprieve his “Fat man in a little coat” thing, I think that the word you were looking for was “reprise.” I couldn’t think of it, either, so I searched online for “sounds like reprieve.”
reprise: repeat (a piece of music or a performance)
I hope this helps.
It would be a shame if they went down over the Atlantic.
I wouldn’t cry any tears, that’s for certain!
I wouldn’t cxray any tears, that’s for certain! And it’s hard to type when a cat wants to sit on your shoulder.
Also, I have no idea how that reply got in here twice. Must have been the cat.
Well, if it were to be like when the P.M. appears (on a regular basis) to “talk” to Parliament it could actually be entertaining as hell! If you’ve never seen one of those sessions I’m sure you can find one on YouTube or somewhere. Members give the P.M. unshirted HELL, shouting insulting questions and making snide comments and leveling pointed, devastating criticisms (oh how delightful it is to hear the “speaker” loudly intoning “OR-DER! OR-DER!!!” over, and over and over. And being ignored. Some have suggested U.S. Presidents should have to endure the same in the House and Senate! Not a bad idea as it would give President’s a dose of humility to sit there and have to “take it” from a shitload of the country’s top elected officials for an hour. What happens in the U.K. is something we can only dream the WH press corps would do!
Please. And let the Royals be too busy to deal with him. Except maybe Andy. They can reminisce about their time with Jeffy Epstein.
The weave…BWAHAHAHA!