What kind of country is the UK, if our prime minister has to be (metaphorically) dragged to the microphone to denounce Donald Trump’s defence of neo-Nazis in the United States?

We can all see, now, that she didn’t want to do it. She doesn’t see anything wrong with what happened in Charlottesville at the weekend. She supports neo-Nazis just as much as Trump, because Trump supports them and she’s hitched her wagon to his star because of Brexit.

So she tried to dismiss any attempt to get her to criticise him with a statement from a spokesman – so, one step removed: “What the President says is a matter for him. We are very clear. We condemn racism, hatred and violence. We condemn the far right.”

Not exactly a scathing attack on what happened, was it?

Yesterday, after Trump condemned the behaviour of people on both sides of the Charlottesville confrontation, Mrs May finally plucked up the courage to deliver these pre-scripted lines: “I see no equivalence between those who profound [sic] fascists views and those who oppose them. I think it is important for all those in positions of responsibility to condemn far-right views wherever we hear them.”

Strangely, she still has not condemned the far-right views that were put forward at Charlottesville. And, of course, it was still not a direct criticism of Trump himself.

On the other hand (sorry), it seems Mrs May has quite a lot to say about the silencing of Big Ben. Are we supposed to think it is the main news story of the day, rather than the fact there is a fascist in the White House?

She said the decision to stop Ben from bonging must be reviewed urgently and “can’t be right”.

No, Mrs May! It’s the decision to put a fascist in the White House that needs urgent attention. Big Ben is just a bell attached to a clock!

Yet again, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was the voice of reason. He said Big Ben going silent for four years was “not a national disaster”.

Of course Twitter has been having fun with the story. Tom London poses the big question:

And here’s the answer:

That’s right – the mainstream (right-wing) media are happy to support fascism – just as Mrs May is happy to do the same – and will distract us with the Big Ben story to keep us docile.

Well, that’s not going to happen. Here’s one of the UK’s oldest political campaigners, laying it out for us all:

And here’s the MSM, trying to distract us again:

And the response. Oh dear:

Or how about this?

I like this, from Chris Bryant:

Leading Tories seem to have got the message – but have failed to communicate it to their leader, causing serious embarrassment:

https://twitter.com/TheMendozaWoman/status/897904031850475525

Worst of all is the fact that we’re still going to have to put up with a state visit from Trump, despite his declaration of support for the Nazis:

With Trump in the US and May here in the UK, it seems the Allies of World War II have become the enemy they fought.

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