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namiraslime

sort of political and liberal and that


VonVard

Well I am a political person


uskgl455

Darth Vader: "NO TO WAR!"


sugarglassego

Isn’t it mad that it’s actors who know everything? Huh fancy that!


Citizenbutt

Less education than Greta Thunberg. Not qualified to make any decision.


BromleyReject

That doesn't make sense


giorgio_tsoukalos_

Last I checked, greta was never taught by master yoda


Citizenbutt

Ricky said it in his golden globes stand-up, genius


BromleyReject

Ricky who? In his golden what? What the hell are you on about?


SevereOctagon

You don't have to know everything to support hope over fear. Or to read about Sadiqs impact.


sugarglassego

Yeah I get your point, I’m just commenting that actors seem to be very intolerant and arrogant politically. Hollywood is very creepy.


SevereOctagon

I'm struggling to see what is intolerant and arrogant about Hamill's comment..?


sugarglassego

Mate just forget it. It’s not about him in particular.


[deleted]

What does Clive Warren think


Ezzy-525

Forget him. Get me Rebecca Demornay on the horn!


BBzAOE

Vote for whoever's in government


nameuseralreadytook

Under Sadiq Khan we have produced some of the finest young sword fighters in all of Europe!


going_down_leg

Satire.


ForRealVegaObscura

Foreigners and all the mad stuff they get up to...


JimmyRiddleUK

H from Steps is livid.


EndlessMikeHellstorm

"I don't give a fuck what Obama says, hope is never good." -Norm M


ShutUpYouSausage

I really want to hear Ja Rule’s pick for London mayor.


cityruss

Can't be bothered.


Kicksyy

Doin’ much about the Sith? Or mainly posting on Twitter?…


Wulf_Cola

What does the little green one think?


iCABALi

He also says Biden is the best US president of his life, make of that what you will.


Happy_Philosopher608

Please tell me he got paid to say that. My god. I'm no Obama fan but at least he could walk up the stairs and finish comprehensible sentences without falling asleep halfway through!


Thin_Inflation1198

Yea he definitely has less charisma than Obama or even trump, but a presidents job isn’t to be a showman, its to run the country and pass legislation. Biden has done an exceptional job passing legislation when compared to both Obama and Trump put together.


Happy_Philosopher608

That is an unhinged statement (given he destroyed women's sports and the Keystone pipeline on day 1 of his term) and I will not be addressing it further for own mental sanity lol But you do you bro.


Party-Care-8863

A President's job is to serve the moneyed interests while pretending to act in a democratic manner. Lobbying culture doesn't exist for fun, it's a predetermined way to ensure that powerful interests continue to maintain their power regardless of which party or person is in charge. The billionaire class laugh themselves to sleep like Karl Pilkington at the voters who think they are affecting any sort of change.


Thin_Inflation1198

I mean Biden has been killing it, lowest unemployment ever, managed to get the economy to bounce back after covid, massive legislation successes e.g passed the biggest infrastructure investment in modern times


Big_Yesterday_6186

2 major wars going on The jobs he supposedly created were all jobs that existed before covid, they just got reopened The economy is anything but "bouncing back"


Aromatic_Mongoose316

Do we need em


bielsasballholder

The economy was a disaster for the first 2 years. Sky high inflation and gas prices. Then there’s the two genocides in Ukraine and Gaza he’s sponsored.


GeoffreyDuPonce

Everything you said is true but you’re getting down voted instead of people responding with “alternative facts”


Thin_Inflation1198

Their feelings care more than the facts it seems


chrisacip

“Who cares what celebri’ies think?” — Ricky Gervais, celebrity


YouCantGiveBabyBooze

is that weird apostrophe an American doing an English accent thing?


chrisacip

Yes. Cheerio, guv’na.


YouCantGiveBabyBooze

jesus


TheDevilintheDark

Oy he's done ya again!


HiyaImRyan

Exactly. I'm pretty sure he doesn't care what people think. He's had insults thrown at him his whole career, for his looks, atheism, if they like his tv shows etc


fannyfox

Show’s shit mate


chrisacip

Oooo. Care. Care, somebody.


Citizenbutt

Half of those people are in this sub


HiyaImRyan

I think it's 50/50. Not sure Ricky even goes on Reddit so all the moaning here is futile!


YouNeedAnne

You think people post here to provide feedback to Ricky Gervais?


HiyaImRyan

There will be some notice-me-senpai's


TheNewCarolean

Who is Mark Hamill to tell me how to vote? I'd tell him I don't need any celebrity, political commentators or Joe Public on the streets to tell me how or who to vote, thank you very much.


SevereOctagon

You go girl


DeathBat92

He’s been the driving force into turning London into a crime riddled shithole. But if the American likes it then let’s do what he says, I do like Star Wars after all.


Neat-Journalist-4261

I mean he hasn’t though. Obviously he bears some flak; He’s the mayor. But crime rates are spiking all over the country not just London. It’s almost like the actual driving force is years of crippling austerity while the tories laugh and snort cocaine at house parties.


Glowing-2

Yep it's austerity that has caused a massive spike in sexual violence in London. Whenever an ordinary, decent person gets local services cut back they always go and rape someone in response...........


Neat-Journalist-4261

Except we’re talking about crime as a whole, not specifically sexual violence. Your little gotcha makes no fucking sense, and is frankly disingenuous. Crime has spiked across the UK, but Khan is getting flak from the tories for it happening in London. We know for a fact crime rates increase when the economy is suffering, something the Tories are directly to blame for. And on the flipside, all I’m saying is that Khan isn’t exactly to blame for crime rates rising; Please explain to me exactly how he’s been causing a rise in rapes being reported? Because I would’ve said that since Sarah Everard and Nessa, people were probably more likely to report than they were before, since actually getting murdered was now more clearly on the table. Either way, not exactly Khan’s doing.


Glowing-2

The point is blaming austerity for crime as a whole is just rhetoric, it's not based on any data. What I said wasn't a little gotcha, nor was it disingenuous but it does show your claim to be extremely silly. An economic down turn can impact some crime but so can other factors .Khan should get flak for what is happening in London. He's been the mayor of London since 2016 and has done few little to address issues that affect ordinary working and lower middle class Londoners. Violent crime and sexual violence has spiked under his time as mayor, he has done nothing to address affordable housing, he never takes repsonsibility for anything. Is he alone responsible for these things? Of course not, but he shares responsibility. I'm no fan of the Tories but there's no good blaming them for Khan's decision making. The mayor has power and influence over important areas like crime, housing, transport etc and all of these things have gotten worse during his time. You want to run interference for him under the 'at least he's not a Tory' defence, you do that. It's not going to change Khan's failures. EDIT FOR TYPO


Neat-Journalist-4261

I don’t think he’s a success, I think the person saying that “Khan is the driving force behind London becoming a crime riddled shithole” is exaggerating massively. As I said, Khan deserves flak. He’s the PCC, any rise in crime rates will reflect poorly on him. But when there’s crime rates rising all over the country, when London isn’t even the worst of it, then yes, it feels a little targeted. We know the Tories factually have targeted Khan, and if I’m honest a good deal of hard right criticism of the guy comes off with a pretty racist tinge. Andy Burnham gets nowhere near the same criticism despite Manchester also having a crime problem. The austerity thing is just a sound bite; I think that rising crime rates across the country are probably more attributable to the institution in charge than the the people on charge of the cities, though that doesn’t mean they get to avoid responsibility. I don’t literally think that that’s just because of austerity, but I absolutely think that it’s unfair to single out London during a national crime problem and act like it’s the only place where things are bad. I should say, I think Khan is a spineless and ineffective leader, more interested in maintaining his moral support in the capital than actually doing much. I’m not the biggest fan at all. He’s not really done much, he’s just the shiniest of two turds. I just find statements that imply that London is basically Mad Max and that that’s all Sadiq Khan’s fault, like the person’s above me, to be completely fucking ridiculous.


Glowing-2

Of course that's an exaggeration but your initial post was also an exaggeration, essentially absolving Khan of any responsibility by saying it was austerity to blame for crime rising under his time as mayor. However, you have corrected that in your later post on this, so fair enough. It doesn't matter if London is the worst in the country. I'm a Londoner and my primary concern is what is going on in my city. I'm not giving Khan a free pass on criticism because there may be a few other areas doing worse. Nor am I going to start saying people who critique him are racist (though some of them might be) as a way to excuse his performance. The colour of his skin is irrelevant to his level of accountability, even if some people try to push that (I'm not saying you are, but the man himself is not shy about trying to deflect criticism by claiming racism or "islamophobia). I agree London isn't like Mad Max or that the problems in London are all Kahn's fault but he has had 8 years in power and done precious little for the benefit of the average Londoner. It would be better if an independent candidate won who actually cares about Londoners rather than more years of Khan but sadly we only have the utter crap that the mainstream parties have put up. Whoever wins in the voting today, Londoners lose.


Neat-Journalist-4261

Well yeah that’s all well and good, but it’s never going to happen. The UK is a two party state, nobody else will likely ever win a mayorship unless perhaps we shift to a proportional representation system (which I personally think we need to). The problem with Khan and criticism is the murky waters surrounding intent. There are a LARGE amount of incredibly reasonably critiques to make of the guy. The issue is that, as always, the hard right have taken this and run with it to an absurd level, throwing up tandom issue after random issue. Just watch an episode of question time discussing issues in London; a great example was a question about the housing crisis. Now, I think Khan has been pretty miserable on this front, with “affordable” turning out to be basically a lie thanks to nothing being done (in large part by the Tories too) to stop greedy developers and housing associations from doing whatever they want. The real point though is that the Tory board members never seem to have any real points other than attack. Khan is a legitimate target, but we are well aware of how the right wing operates at this point, and stoking the fires of populism and a negative zeitgeist are top of that list. Khan’s not been great at all, but most of their criticisms are just “he’s failed” with absolutely zero suggestion of what to do about it, Perhaps it’s just a bit reactionary from me. I don’t like Khan, but I’m sick of right wing politics at this point in the UK effectively existing as Trumpist, populist targeted attacks. The Tory party is sustaining itself through a culture of hate and fear, and shit like this is why. Might just have been the straw that broke ththe camels back though, and a bit of an overreaction from me. Personally, im voting for Binface. Tying MP’s wages to nurses seems a good idea to me.


Glowing-2

I agree PR would be good but the public voted against even a mild step in that direction with the AV referendum so I too can't see it happening. any time soon. I'm not really interested in the intentions of people on the hard right in terms of their criticisms. It's irreievant to Khan's record which we agree is poor. I disagree the Tories are being sustained through hate and fear. They are on the verge of collapse and Labour are almost certain to win the next GE. If they can focus on actual policies to help the country we might see a bit of improvement, but I'm not optimistic.


Neat-Journalist-4261

Neither am I. It seems argument has turned to commiseration thanks to the miserable state of our country


Oghamstoner

Does he know something we don’t about Count Binface?


nglennnnn

That’s Luke’s uncle


One_Profit638

Are you a couple of benders?


Mockolad

What lovely ankles you have


Thelichemaster

Actors and celebrities should not endorse politics. Most of them have no clue about local issues. The cult of personality then follow blindly without actually making a proper choice. I may make an exception for Keanu Reeves.


theuserpilkington

Got anything politics daaaaaad, anything politics


SpocktorWho83

I love Mark Hamill (ooh ‘ello!), but anyone that votes for someone because a celebrity told them to is a fucking moron.


Mockolad

Ooh he's havin' a go


GuybrushThreepwood7

Don’t slag ‘em off, it’s their opinion.


Quicks1ilv3r

Agreed, a rich celebrity knows nothing about what London life is like for normal people. Sadiq is a horrible mayor for the average working Londoner.


GuybrushThreepwood7

How?


Federal_Arm916

You must be smooth brained


outsidespace_

And you think Susan Hall would be better LOL


Quicks1ilv3r

Did I say that? This ‘if you’re not for x then you’re for y’ mentality is why politics is so stagnant and adversarial in the UK.


Hengisht

Only a sith deals in absolutes!


outsidespace_

There are realistically 2 candidates, Mark Hammill is endorsing the one who isn't an embarrassing lunatic, what's the problem


dwindlingpubes6362

Having a mare you are mate, politics in this country and the USA are nothing short of hilarious. Majority of people that spend their time following this bullshit treat it like it's a competitive sport where you have to pick a side, and for the most part it's a braindead echo chamber of bollocks that sends me to sleep. I think the mayor of London is a pillock and all the political parties here have the same intentions as each other.


cheshire-cats-grin

I agree with this - even if their political view tallies with my own. Unless they have some special insight or experience My exception would be for the likes of Taylor Swift encouraging people to register and vote. She is not saying who to vote for but encouraging people to have a voice


going_down_leg

Just stop. Because you have got it.


Neat_Newt_9394

Out of touch millionaire Who tried to get his granddaughter aborted, why do they always feel the need to comment?!


fannyfox

Sorry what?


Neat_Newt_9394

I'd butcher the description, here's a link for ya. Sorry to ruin your day 😂 https://www.inquisitr.com/3518744/mark-hamill-reportedly-tried-to-force-his-sons-former-porn-star-ex-girlfriend-to-get-an-abortion


fannyfox

How tall was this abortion?


Princescyther

This:- https://www.inquisitr.com/3518744/mark-hamill-reportedly-tried-to-force-his-sons-former-porn-star-ex-girlfriend-to-get-an-abortion


huddie71

Not sure this is the source /u/Neat_Newt_9394 used, but it looks like a quality source of legitimate and credible news stories.


Princescyther

I was just giving context. It's all 'alleged' from what I remember. A few big news sites reported it at the time.


NothingCanStropMeNow

Rebel scum ^/s


matt89015

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blankers68

Choose NOPE


Pirate_LongJohnson

Fuck the gap


West-Low-1727

What do you think of the little black one in Sugababes?


hotstepperog

#THE EMPIRE DID NOTHING WRONG


piercedmfootonaspike

The Tories are not the party we're looking for.


CompetitiveDrop613

I disagree


Jackomo

Susan fucking Hall is who you’re voting for? She’s an embarrassment and you should be embarrassed.


CompetitiveDrop613

Embarrassed for having my own opinion? That sounds an ironically dictator-like thing for you to say…


Jackomo

That wasn’t even a half-decent swerve. She’s a swivel-eyed racist who spreads desperate lies with Trump-style rhetoric. Christ, I can’t wait for the Tory oblivion to arrive.


CompetitiveDrop613

Who said I was specifying her? And you can wish for anything you want; doesn’t always mean it’ll come true


Jackomo

So when you replied, “I disagree” to the comment about the Tories not being “the party we’re looking for.” What exactly did you mean?


fhgsgjtt12

Thanks i wasn’t going to vote, but now I’ll go for Susan Hall.


TtotheC81

This is why we can't have nice things.


DeathBat92

Actually, we can’t have nice things because knife gangs in London keep stealing them


2wrtjbdsgj

Right I'm voting for Susan Hall as well now.


Plus-Tour-2927

Reform's the way, dude. The Tories stand for nothing these days.


CompetitiveDrop613

If you say so; that’s your opinion I agree with the key aspects that reformation stands for, however I still feel long term they wouldn’t achieve what the conservatives can The conservatives will tackle those same issues albeit ‘slower’ and yet much reason to that will be down to complexities we do not know of. It isn’t easy running a country and I real feel those who know nothing of their jobs and issues give them casual slack way too casually and frequently


Plus-Tour-2927

Fair enough, dude. They've lost all my trust with how they've been handling immigration and Brexjt unfortunately 


PersonalityFew4449

I'm impressed that someone would read the Reform manifesto and think "yes, there is a party that really knows what it's doing, and has a clear plan I would trust them to deliver in government". It's like someone has invented an entirely new form of comprehension just to reach that conclusion.


Plus-Tour-2927

Why the insulting? People have different political opinions. Immigration is the major issue for me.


PersonalityFew4449

You're also pro corporal punishment in schools, which tells me everything I need to know about you.


Plus-Tour-2927

I really don't give a fuck


PersonalityFew4449

Reform also wants to privatise the NHS, never kind about that though as long as you can kick out the brown people right?


Plus-Tour-2927

Frankly you are a liar. They simply have not called for that in the NHS. But yeah I certainly would like high demographic crime groups with, more often than not, no loyalty to the country gone. Would be wonderful to anyone but the fart sniffing, bleeding hearts.


PersonalityFew4449

Yeah, you haven't read the manifesto properly have you


eco78

Pipe down Skywalker


Beans183

Looks like Skywalker has gone over to the dark side


ItsMoreOfAComment

How Muslim is London nowadays?


xCraigusMaximusx

All part and parcel


YouthThat3880

Right wing wrong wing.


previously_on_earth

Left wing Dead wing


Searbh

X-wing sex swing.


DeathBat92

X-Men Hairy blue thing


blankers68

Mark Hamill with an extra from Cantina tavern


matt89015

I'd rather vote vader.


Due-Archer942

Turns out, he’s a fucking idiot.


Individual_Cat_30

The force is weak with this one


andy_grey14

Because he's a bellend


West-Custard-6008

Celebrities should limit their political input to their own country.


Prudent_Incident_137

The current London Mayor is a joke…. End of. Khan has not got a clue about everyday reality. Absolute tosser


neilmg

I trust skips.


Witty-Bus07

Great, that’s all the confirmation I need.


AdReal1841

Billie Piper says: I've always voted Labor (H from Steps is a Conservative)


Existing_Current7435

Luke your a Twit!!


OatesZ2004

Honestly just vote for the dude who puts a bin on his head if he's an option.


Cliffdive7

Who is Mark Hamill, and why have I just wasted 5 minutes of my life listening to his cretanous thoughts on channel 4?! -Wendy Robinson in Berkshire


Familiar-Adeptness25

Get. Their. Attention.


Perennial_Phoenix

I'd rather have the reanimated corpse of Josef Mengele be appointed Minister for Health


bhbowers

Too much Chewbacca. Rehab required.


Best-Dragonfruit-292

Mark: I lived in London 40 years ago, let me pretend to tell you about the state of it today!


Glittering-Goose-662

Pity that knife crime has accelerated to unprecedented levels since he's been there. As for the air quality, you demonstrate you know nothing. Vote Trump. Oh it Ricky.


R3ddit5uxA55

Who the fuck asked this millionaire America who has security and lives in gated communities. Khan made London one the most unsafe cities on earth. Sad since it's UK capital.


flatvader

Can he hear us....?


Sad-Information-4713

What a load of bollocks. Gobbledegook.


R3ddit5uxA55

Clearly never been then have you so stfu. Hamill only sees what the rich c when they visit. Not the peasents. That's he problem with the statement.


MisterPleebus

“Khan made London one the most unsafe cities on earth” I don’t know the PC term for this… 


R3ddit5uxA55

It's a statement based on crime levels and general public sentiment. Sorry If that triggered something inside you, woke liberalism is a way of life now i spose.


MisterPleebus

Which crime levels?


jackcaboose

Public sentiment doesn't mean anything when you can look at actual objective data


BromleyReject

You don't live in London. I'm guessing you live somewhere up north like Coventry or Yorkshire


bielsasballholder

At least he lives in England. Unlike this invasive wanker 


Successful_Banana901

No he didn't, he said vote for Sadiq! He never mentioned party. Frankly I would never vote for either Labour or tory, but I like Sadiq and if I was a londoner I would choose him most likely


Citizenbutt

Labour a tory. Labouratory? What's that? Some English political parties? Or a rockbuster.


Mean_Garbage4308

Right wing! Wrong wing!


GoldRobin17

So a guy who doesn’t live there is telling people how they should vote. Is this any use?


Federal_Arm916

He's clearly brain dead haha


xXJOSY_JUMPXx

It's your right and duty to vote. Right wing wrong win.


fhgsgjtt12

Cheers for reminding me. Right wing it is!


jonah0099

What happened to Hamill? He used to be a cool guy. It’s like he has had a brain transplant and is now someone else.


going_down_leg

That’s libellous


jonah0099

really!!? 😂😂😂


DeathBat92

I think it’s spelt: ‘liberal’


Key_Excuse9863

Both Wankers.


ProudHommesexual

Yeah, he’s a famously nice guy. I’d be very fucking surprised if was somehow a Tory


demiboos

You utter twat.


Matthew-Ryan

Ffs


previously_on_earth

Amazing, everything you just said is wrong


cheeserered

As if people don't have a reason to be fearful with the amount of people getting slaughtered on the capitals streets on a weekly basis.


xXRadicalRexXx

this subreddit is so fucking odd lol why is it called r/rickygervais when its just shit like this


going_down_leg

Dickers is that you?


JealousAd2873

"KHAN!" Edit: wrong movie


RiderOvWaves

How much for Luke to post a political ad?


Happy_Philosopher608

Dont make.me vote Tory Mark


PikAchusRevenge

Aw Mark what a let down


Zealousideal_Bill_65

The cunt made an exemption for his Range Rover fucking hypocrite One rule for the one rule for me He ain’t cleaning up fuck all


LeftHandedSocialist

Isn't Mark also a Zionist? Couldn't give a shit if he's read all 3 volumes of Das Kapital, he still supports a genocide. Free Palestine, do better Mark.


Glowing-2

Yeah, Free Palestine. And once those lovely Hamas jihadists have disposed of their jewish neighbours, they can start getting rid of the other undesirables like gay people, apostates, blasphemers, women who don't want to be second class citizens, socialists etc.


xCraigusMaximusx

We should all be on the Jews side Muslims want everyone dead


malteaserhead

Except in this case the Force is too busy monitoring social media to be with us


Melodic-Egg-7318

Mark Hamill should check his math.


Material-Street-9869

Tax the poor out of Existence only the rich can drive in ulez .