they have the sheen of authenticity, that Al Jazeera saw fit in part by hiring many BBC news readers, Sky News central is only a little better, they still accept the taqiya of the Gaza Health Ministry after all,

Not sure that’s entirely fair.

How were those not-untalented, professional procrastinators supposed to know that the mild-mannered Keir Starmer was going to tear off his suit, rip off his glasses and emerge a Little-Red-Book waving, Super-Meow catechist??

“ Oh no, not Dollywood too!

LOL one of those things is NOT like the others. (Another reference our foreign friend will fail, hilariously, to recognize.)”

It’s called Bathos or even comic relief. Used a lot in English drama and debate. Add something slightly odd to a serious list. Often used to make debate less confrontational- “agreeing disagreeably” is the current phrase.

But then I forgot to add you don’t trust education in the USA – I should have added it to the list 🙂

of course Brexit which was the recognition why England has stood apart from the Continent for a 1000 years, was evil because Russians, of course Cummings and co did weather this bit of lawfare, but it cost them a lot of quid, they did manage to scuttle the one think tank that stood up against this nonsense,

sometimes British politics, plays out like a run of Yes Prime Minister or Rowan Atkinson’s high jinks but often it’s much more serious, the Rochdale and Rotherdam scandals that Line of Duty won’t touch with a 10 foot barge pole
the pythonesque reactions of Effendi Sadik Khan to the epidemic of knife crime, just ban the knives, gosh why didn’t we think of that,

as to the public health service, they did a bang up job didn’t they, the lockdowns sent from on high with Feely Ferguson of Imperial College, and then handed to the health minister Hancock, who was incapable of
maintain protocols(nudge nudge) only the hypocrisy of not observing the rules, seem to sting and lead to Johnson’s retirement, of course Andrew Marr had him as a transitional figure anyways,

“Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts, Releasing Massive Ash Plume;
“Region is at highest alert status. Meanwhile, Ash clouds at 7 miles can block and scatter sunlight, causing temporary cooling at the Earth’s surface.”—
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/indonesias-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-erupts-releasing-massive-ash-plume/

Oh no, not Dollywood too!

LOL one of those things is NOT like the others. (Another reference our foreign friend will fail, hilariously, to recognize.)

The rest of the world thinks you have gone mad.

But that would only really matter if the ROW was in fact sane…or at least honest, or relatively so.
(Or am I missing something here?)

then after Romney’s pitiful effort, they decided on this silly Russian hoax gambit, which indulged any number of category errors but for weak minded souls, this notion sufficed,

And probably other aspects of the USA such as Hollywood, Dollywood and Apple computers.

All for different reasons depending on the political flag waved by that individual.

Something or somebody has sure done a number on you lot.

My guess is foreign powers don’t care what you vote or who you elect as long as you all hate each other and your countries previously astonishingly successful institutions.

The rest of the world thinks you have gone mad.