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Seventh meeting of Cristina Fernandez and Francis, this time in Cuba
Argentine president Cristina Fernández has formally accepted an invitation by her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro to attend a mass Pope Francis will deliver in the Plaza de La Revolucion in Havana on September 20. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesLike a tenacious dog humping your leg, the poor guy can't shake her so he can do his job.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0@1
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Great analogy, it is great when it stops humping, anything is possible
I can only conclude she has an awful lot to confess.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Praying won't help.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Preying, on the other hand...
The next and first ever female pope,
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0we give you==?????????????????
anything is possible.
mr corbyn has been elected new leader of labour,
so why cant CFK be the new ??
@5 I know! Tom and Jerry are now running the Labour Party.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0We need a strong opposition, nor a hopeless one.
Agreed, I have just been watching them on the BBC.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0PMQs will be interesting.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hump hump hump
Sep 12th, 2015 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@8
Sep 12th, 2015 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Elaine - i doubt he will ask many questions at all. The best way to avoid weekly ridicule is to let others ask the questions. Comrade Corbyn will share the humiliation out like the generous guy he is.
But surely as party leader of the opposition he cannot avoid it. The Prime Minister has to answer questions from him first and then it goes down the line.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 03:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tom, of the Tom and Jerry duo, has already issued a 'watch your back' statement. Honestly, this is not South American politics.
@11
Sep 12th, 2015 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The leader of the oppositon gets to ask 6 questions but there is no obligation to use them all and my understanding is that they can be delegated. Of course no serious PM-in-waiting would ever actually do this but my guess is that Corbyn will. It will make him look generous and new-broom while allowing him to avoid the weekly kicking that Miliband got by Cameron and IDS got by Blair. Whether it is perceived by the electorate as self-confident or cowardly will remain to be seen.
CFK has just tweeted her congratulation to Corbyn. Says it all.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's the Labour Party stuffed for the next few years.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 04:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@13
Sep 12th, 2015 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Gerry Adams beat her to it. He looked delighted.
@15 You may be right about Corbyn, he has bailed on the Andrew Marr Show tomorrow. Why would he do that? Do you think he has a touch of the Alexis Tsipras'? He never expected to win either.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@16
Sep 12th, 2015 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Exactly. Anyway he was too busy singing the Red Flag with Billy Bragg at the Refugee Solidarity rally today to be bothered putting a shadow cabinet together from the people who haven't yet refused him. I guess he'll do it tomorrow when Marr is on.
Anyway if you were selling what Corbyn is selling would you want to go on telly and have it forensically dissected? I'm guessing he will stick to communicating with us through Owen Jones' You Tube channel or its equivalent. If the BBC thought the Tories and SNP had it in for them then they ain't seen nothin yet.
Interestinly he cant do much for at least 5 years,
Sep 12th, 2015 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Leaving aside all the questions about his policies Corbyn will be 71 in 2020. I can't see any way he will be elected. I will be astonished if he even gets a chance to compete in an election. The worst bit is it will give the Malvinistas wet dreams and make them think there is a section of British public opinion that has doubts about the Falklands.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe he will do an 'Alexis Tsipras' when he realises he has to deliver on his policies and they turn out to be completely unworkable.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Remember the fantastical policies of the LibDems they never imagined they would have to deliver on?
Unless he sticks his fingers in his ears and shouts laaa laa, Corbyn will be unable to follow up all his ideas without some compromise with the rest of the Labour Party.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 07:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0His ideas of talking to Argentina over the Falkland Islands are going to be hard to follow through if Falkland Islanders are allowed to talk to him, and I hope some will attend the Labour conference and put their case re: the history, how the Islanders have made the Falklands a success to compensate for the sacrifice given in attaining their freedom, and surely the very fact that the Islanders have much that is run by the public sector (legacy of Lord Shackleton), should be explained to Corbyn.
Given that he rightly supports the return of the Chagos islanders to their home, I cannot see him being credible to the British people by selling out the Islanders into a joint sovereignty deal.
I imagine he will want power mainly to achieve his anti austerity agenda(he's admitted he won't be able to abolish the monarchy or get the UK out of NATO), but with his anti military agenda, I can't see him getting support from the electorate to get into power.
Also his pro immigration stance is not going to sit well with Labour Voters who voted UKIP last time, unless immigrants are more evenly spread over the UK (i'e. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland taking more ).
To be fair, none of us know much abt the man,
Sep 12th, 2015 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He was a back bencher, never had power or responsibility never held a post, and has always remained far left and kept himself to himself,
I myself can only give an opinion, on what I have read,
But I do understand that in 1975 he voted to come out of the EU,
Now as long has he does not change his mind, his policy may well help us to come out,
Then again we know not yet what his polices will be,
They say, he has yet to find a shadow cabinet,
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His first wife has come out and stated that he is a one topic person and it's politics, nothing else interests him.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You could always tell the ones who played politics in industry: they were the first out of the door when 'changes' were made.
Oh dear!
The Labour Party ought to have a Mass to celebrate the election of Jeremy Corbyn as their new leader and invite the Pope to officiate. Thus he, the Holy Father, can prove he is totally neutral in the matter of the Falklands/Malvinas.
Sep 12th, 2015 - 08:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously, the above is posted with my tongue in my cheek - I am slowly being convinced the Pope is involved in some sort of conspiracy concerning the British archipelago in the South Atlantic.
Looks like the Pope took the hint dropped by Fidel and Raulzito. CFK will be getting on her knees for more than praying.....gobble, gobble, gobble...“oops, don't get it on my dress”!
Sep 12th, 2015 - 08:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Corbyn is an advocate of a united Ireland. Could he kindly explain how he would deal with the civil war this would trigger? Does he prefer to ignore the murderous consequences of his actions? Is this yet another example of his facile, simplistic, right-on Marxist solution to every problem?
Sep 12th, 2015 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No doubt we will all find out.
Sep 13th, 2015 - 12:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Humphumphumphumphumphumphumphump
Sep 13th, 2015 - 12:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ooops missed the point . I thought this thread was about Kirchner meeting the Pope once again.
Sep 13th, 2015 - 06:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0A poll released today predicts the Labour Party are out for the next two elections. I doubt we will ever have to test Corbyn. I also doubt he will remain long term as leader of the Labour Party.
Sep 13th, 2015 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Christmas came early for the Conservative Party.
@30 ElaineB
Sep 13th, 2015 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good afternoon on this peaceful and quiet Sunday afternoon.(after bbq lunch!)
Did Corbyn vote on the Assisted Dying bill before Parliament on Friday last? Have you seen any voting list?
@31 Why do you ask?
Sep 13th, 2015 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0perhaps mr corbyn needs some help..lolol
Sep 13th, 2015 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0she and dilma are jewish
Sep 13th, 2015 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What is all this fuss about Corbyn...doesn't Self Determination mean anything....
Sep 14th, 2015 - 12:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0....;-)))))
@35 “voice”
Sep 14th, 2015 - 01:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0You and “Think” seem to be so closely aligned that your cycles are in almost in sync!
Remarkably, you both sign your caustic barbs in the same manner...
” ...;-))))) ”
http://en.mercopress.com/2015/09/09/don-t-be-fooled-by-dialogue-argentina-only-wants-one-answer-to-the-falklands-question#comment414019
Why would be a problem in Cristina meeting with Pope Francisco? It makes you people nervous?
Sep 14th, 2015 - 04:19 am - Link - Report abuse 037 Enrique
Sep 14th, 2015 - 05:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0CFK is only worried about her own salvation - she doesn't care who she maligns to get it.
Nervous? No, just critical.
Why do you feel she needs saving?
@37 When are you going to answer me on the other thread?
Sep 14th, 2015 - 05:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0@37 We are not worried; we are laughing at her.
Sep 14th, 2015 - 09:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0@37 Reekie
Sep 14th, 2015 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Who even suggested it would be a problem ? or did your feeble brain come to that conclusion all on its own ?
The Pope might even be looking forward to the meeting....while he's speaking to the 'faithful' ones, CFK could crawl under his robes and gobble away .....taking the Pope to Paradise on Earth...
And, you still haven't replied to my question about why you remain in Canada, enjoying the benefits of a serious country, while you praise the political systems in Argieland and Brazil ?? What's the matter with you ? Are you a coward, or just plain stupid ?
It seems the yanks are worried that somebody is going to be “nasty” to The Dope of a Pope” when he starts his visit to the States on the 22nd September.
Sep 14th, 2015 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0However they have already stopped 'something', what it is we are not told, I wonder if they know themselves?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/11862792/US-disrupted-plot-to-harm-Pope-Francis.html
To have one Pope shot (Pope John Paul II in 1981) is 'unfortunate', to have a second one shot would be hysterical.
@42 You are making an idiot of yourself - again!
Sep 17th, 2015 - 06:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0@43 gordo1
Sep 17th, 2015 - 01:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you are biting: again!
They didn't kill the first one, are you saying they have improved and are capable of killing the second one?
Have a bit of faith! It seems I have more faith than you and I am an atheist.
Ha, ha, ha.
PS
The Secret Service would be destroyed if The Dope was injured, never mind killed.
But would his death really matter?
It would be marvellous for The Dope as he would get to see 'The Boss', isn't that a good thing for him personally or are you unsure IF there is an afterlife?
Look on the bright side: there would not be another argie Pope in our lifetime!
#41 Jack Bauer
Sep 18th, 2015 - 05:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Funny how some posters here feel they have a right to where somebody has chosen to reside, and even feel like asking personal questions that are not in the least related to the news.
Look now, Jack. I do not know where you live or what time you get up, and I couldn't care less.
I do pay attention to the content of the postings in this board. I got to say, yours are rather unbalanced: much rambling and little substance.
@45
Sep 18th, 2015 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Voting scandal in Tucuman, surely not LOL, everyone and his dog knows that Argentina lies about everything, one of the most corrupt countries on earth. Good god, in the 1900's Argentina was rich and years of decadence has reduced it to a corrupt non country.
@45 Reekie
Sep 18th, 2015 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is funny how YOU think “some posters here feel they have a right to where somebody has chosen to reside, and even feel like asking personal questions that are not in the least related to the news”....
Really funny. I asked you why, while you live in Canada, praise the Argie and Brazzo governments ? that is not personal, I'm simply questioning a contradictory statement made by you, referring to the issue being discussed at the time. Now, if you fell offended by being exposed as an idiot, it's your problem.
And just fyi, I live in São Paulo - which is in Brazil, in case you don't know - and I get up when I feel like it.
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