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[–] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Why does this douche look like his mom picked his clothes out for picture day and no other thoughts are rolling around up in his head… lol!?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I guess they figure if pedos get elected in Murica, why not in the UK?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 hours ago

crime, morality and “law and order”

When they use those words, they don't mean what anyone else means by them.

Crime: whatever Nige doesn't like.

Morality: whatever Nige doesn't like.

Law and Order: keeping the proles subdued.

None of those will be applied to those in power.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

JFC, that guy looks creepy. Forget the pedo thing just for a second, just that face. I'm really not sure what it is, but it's off and it creeps the hell out of me. This guy is a psychopath at least. Now add the pedo thing back and the picture makes sense, and yeah, what the fuck Is happening here?

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

Cover the bottom half of the face, this man isn't smiling using his eyes.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

What the fuck is up with all of the fucking kid touchers in positions of power?

Eh, I guess the behavior is sort of aligned.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The right love their nonces.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

It's like so many other things. I'm not saying everyone on the right is <insert racist/pedophile/sexist/etc> but I guarantee you if you find me a <racist/pedophile/sexist/etc> they vote for the party on the right.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

If your gonna fuck kids you gotta get yourself above the law!

[–] clav64@lemmy.world 110 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Convicted. Not even 'alleged' or 'accused', and these are the same party who are scared people are coming over on plastic dingys to cause harm. This guy's and actual predator.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

who scares their base so they can drum up xenophobia*

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 hours ago

Which means their vetting process probably knew about it but let it pass.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 8 points 11 hours ago

If any face was punchable, this is one. At least it's got the proppa pedo look

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

What a style! So classy that you immediately see he's a British convicted paedophile, not just any convicted paedophile!

[–] scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Cannot believe they didn't do a background check on Malcolm Tucker's estranged nephew.

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Uk just wants to repair the relationship with the USA

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Of course they do, because the US is so much younger than the UK

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

250 years vs. 319 years. Not as much of a gap as you might think.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Well crap, we’re not sexy to them at all.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 58 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, what a picture of a human. It really is the ones you most expect.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

Nosferatu-looking motherfucker.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 22 points 15 hours ago

Denny had previously been convicted of possessing indecent images of children. The offence led to a community order and his placement on the Sex Offenders Register for five years . It was not a minor regulatory breach or an administrative oversight. It was a sexual offence involving children.

Those things aren't forever? Huh.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 47 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 49 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He's a paedo, yes, but do we know for sure that he's also racist?

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 30 points 17 hours ago

Well he joined the reform party so the racism is implied.

The hate for brown people all depends on age, if they are older than about 15 then yes, he hates them completely.
However if they are younger than 15 then no, he realllllly likes them. The younger they are the more he wants to 'come into contact with his constituents'.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I swear to God conservatives are all fucking pedos.

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

There is no god though

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Starmer also appointed a pedo buddy, I wouldn't clear non-conservatives that easily.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That assumes the leader of the Red Tories isn't a conservative... He's certainly not a progressive!

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

For the average lemming, every politician seems conservative too :)

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The Reform UK party has had this sort of thing happen over and over, where, despite them saying that they have the highest moral standards, one of them turns out to be a very immoral person. Usually they're caught saying something incredibly racist.

LBC's James O'Brien recently imagined that their entire interview and vetting process must consist of only one question, "Are you a wrong'un?"

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

has had this sort of thing happen

You say this like they just have bad luck. They're actively making these choices.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes, it's ironic speech.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 20 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Paedophiles makes me wonder if we should bring back branding as a punishment.

Clearly any register you need to manually go and look up the person is too easily missed, but a brand on a shoulder would not be overlooked as easily.

[–] fistac0rpse@fedia.io 14 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

forehead is much more visible

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Why is there a tat on your forehead that says REDO?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 13 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, but I don't want to force them further into crime to be able to survive.

That is bad for society, I'd rather make sure that they would be able to feed themselves and not causing any more trouble.

The brand would still be easy to check.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago

As I said in an earlier comment, that would just isolate them further from society, forcing them into further crime to survive.

I'd rather they are able to feed themselves and contribute to society than to be a further drain on resources.

[–] rmpbklyn@lemmy.org 2 points 11 hours ago

don't, youll have another Epstein like cult

[–] NorskSud@piefed.social 9 points 17 hours ago

Isn't that a requirement?

[–] ccunix@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well at least he wasn't chosen as President

Politicians need to interact with the community, even at the very least to show up places and shake people's hands and meet their children. Convicted child abusers are just about the worst possible choice for a job like that. I'm not saying their lives have to be over, they did their time paid for the crime, but then be a political adviser in the background, work on strategy in offices where there are no children. It's just so batshit insane we have these paedos in all these public facing jobs, and yet important wealthy people trust them around their own kids and the public's kids, it makes me feel like I'm the one going crazy!!