‘David Cameron is stupid and inefficient’: Argentinian ambassador to UK launches shocking attack on

[oldironside]

‘David Cameron is stupid and inefficient’: Argentinian ambassador to UK launches shocking attack on Prime Minister over Pope’s stance on Falkands

Argentina’s ambassador to the UK has launched a shocking attack on David Cameron, branding the Prime Minister “stupid and inefficient’ for criticising the Pope’s stance on the Falkland Islands.

Alicia Castro made her controversial comments during a speech to the Argentine senate. She was immediately asked by fellow politicians if she felt it appropriate to refer to Mr Cameron as “stupid” in parliament, but Ms Castro refused to go back on her words and later described Cameron as “foolish”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-is-stupid-and-inefficient-argentinian-ambassador-to-uk-launches-shocking-attack-on-prime-minister-over-popes-stance-on-falkands-8778677.html

How many different directions can you be pulled by a single headline? Yes, he is a congenital idiot, no, the Bishop of Rome's opinion on anything is worthless, and it's nice to see Argentina's diplomats are as charming as their football team.

[LeftishBrit]

1. I am reminded of an old joke from the Soviet era...

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about a man who stood in a street in Moscow, and shouted 'Brezhnev is an idiot!'

He was arrested and sentenced to 21 years in prison: one year for sedition, and 20 years for revealing a state secret.



I wonder if Theresa May and the other security-nuts are now going to investigate who revealed this deep dark state secret to Argentina!



And yes, this 'diplomat' does seem to be in the wrong job.

[Ghost Dog]

2. With reference to his EU and other 'foreign' affairs policies

(and perhaps also as regards any 'lowly' non-elite US-UK considerations), as far as I've been able to observe from here, this does appear to be a fair characterisation.

[COLGATE4]

3. Well, I for one can certainly see why

they made this lady an Ambassador. Great diplomatic qualities. Does nuance well. Measured speech. Thoughtul.

[LeftishBrit]

4. In fact...

I'd say that she was just about as suitable for the post of ambassador, as Cameron is for the post of Prime Minister!

The latter, of course, sadly carries more power.

[truebrit71]

5. Aaaah....Argie economy in the shitter again is it?

...those silly sods only start bellyaching about the Falklands when there's something at home they need to gloss over...

[oldironside]

6. I think the Argentinian economy...

... is the financial equivalent of a man who's eaten a Vindaloo set meal for twelve. This bellyaching could run and run.

[non sociopath skin]

7. "Argie"? Now there's a Thatcherite blast from the past.

I hope you're not a Moaning Minnie!



The Skin

[truebrit71]

8. Sod that for a bowl of cherries...

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...sod the Argie bastards...they should concentrate on fixing their own problems rather than digging up old colonial whinges destined solely to divert attention...

[oldironside]

9. Inelegantly phrased...

...but factually accurate.

[non sociopath skin]

10. Looking at recent statements by British politicians, I don't think they have a monopoly on that ..

... and do we have to do the "Argie bastard" thing?

I thought we tried to be reasonably respectful to other countries in this group?

The Skin

[truebrit71]

11. Generally speaking i'm not that respectful...

...of countries that invade sovereign land and kill people...makes them bastards in my book..

[non sociopath skin]

12. That would be a pretty long list, if we count previous offenders.

Not sure I have that much hate in me.

But it's your stuff, I guess.

The Skin

[LeftishBrit]

13. To be honest - wouldn't that include the UK, for what we did in Iraq?

And Argentina isn't invading anywhere now. That was under the vicious dictator Galtieri, who was indeed a bastard, not least to his own people.

The current lot are indeed, I'm sure, trying to deflect voters' attention from their economic crisis by a bit of rah-rah-rah dog-whistling and sabre-rattling - equivalent to British politicians making rabble-rousing speeches about the EU and immigration. I'm sure they won't be invading the Falklands again (with whose money and whose army?)

[truebrit71]

14. Sort of...hence the lack of respect for The Poodle...

...but for me, the main difference between the two is that the Falklands invasion was a cynical attempt to divert the attention of an increasingly hostile Argentine population away from the real problems at home and get them to start waving the flag...ironically just like Maggie did during the entire process to much better effect..

Whereas the Iraq invasion was a criminal enterprise from beginning to end...