London Mayor Sadiq Khan Blimp to fly over London (Sat 1/9/18)

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/sadiq-khan-blimp-to-fly-over-london-one-month-after-donald-trump-balloon-stunt-11485378

why ever not

starts 9:30AM Saturday


https://e3.365dm.com/18/08/1096x616/skynews-sadiq-khan-blimp_4405317.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20180830090233


[Almost £60,000 has been raised for an enormous blimp of Sadiq Khan
to fly over London in a bid to oust the mayor from office.
It comes a month after a similarly huge balloon depicting a
spray-tanned Donald Trump in a nappy with a smartphone soared above
the capital during his first presidential trip to the UK.]

[Now, protesters on the other side of the ongoing row
between the two politicians have plans in place to hit back.]

[Elliot]

Discourse in 2018: flying giant blimps of whoever you dislike over London

[arista]

Discourse in 2018: flying giant blimps of whoever you dislike over London


Not its a Fun Event
like when Blimp Trump was Up in the air
in Westminster

[Tom4784]

Not its a Fun Event
like when Blimp Trump was Up in the air
in Westminster

I can remember a lot of the Trump supporters calling it childish and looking down on those that organised it but they were all for the Sadiq balloon.

The word of the day today is: Hypocrisy

[arista]

I can remember a lot of the Trump supporters calling it childish and looking down on those that organised it but they were all for the Sadiq balloon.

The word of the day today is: Hypocrisy


Sure Dezzy
you can say that.

[arista]

https://e3.365dm.com/18/08/750x563/skynews-sadiq-khan-blimp_4405319.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20180830090326

[Cherie]

I can remember a lot of the Trump supporters calling it childish and looking down on those that organised it but they were all for the Sadiq balloon.

The word of the day today is: Hypocrisy

I dont agree with this either, but Khan has set the precedent so can hardly complain

[Mokka]

Why is he in a bikini? Where's the joke in It?

Like with Trump... there was a connection to the baby out fit... it wasn't done just because. People identified Trump as a big baby? Is your London mayor connected to this bikini somehow?

[arista]

Why is he in a bikini? Where's the joke in It?

Like with Trump... there was a connection to the baby out fit... it wasn't done just because. People identified Trump as a big baby? Is your London mayor connected to this bikini somehow?

the Joke - The mayor never has a bikini on.
like the President was in a nappy

[arista]

I dont agree with this either, but Khan has set the precedent so can hardly complain



Yes he is silly to reply to Trumps tweets
he should ignore Trump

[Cherie]

the Joke - The mayor never has a bikini on.
like the President was in a nappy

Didnt he ban women in bikini adverts on the tube or did I make that up

[arista]

Didnt he ban women in bikini adverts on the tube or did I make that up



Yes he backed that removal

[Tom4784]

I dont agree with this either, but Khan has set the precedent so can hardly complain

I don't mind the blimp flying, it's freedom of speech as long as it's not a health risk. I just take issue with the people who were against the Trump blimp supporting this, that is just plain hypocrisy to me.

They should either be for both or against both, they can't pick and choose.

[Oliver_W]

I'm guessing the "joke" is that he banned bikini posters on the underground...? Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit, and it's literally just "lol a man in a bikini"

Either way, wouldn't he have to approve its flight anyway?

[Cherie]

I'm guessing the "joke" is that he banned bikini posters on the underground...? Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit, and it's literally just "lol a man in a bikini"

Either way, wouldn't he have to approve its flight anyway?

He can hardly say no

[Withano]

Why? What message are they trying to send to him/Londoners?

[Mokka]

He can hardly say no

I'm guessing he could. He won't win over anyone who is pushing for the balloon of him anyways... and I doubt he'd lose any votes from those who protested Trump.

This middle ground stuff looks weak... and that is what makes politicians lose their positions

[Beso]

Waste of bloody money.

[jaxie]

As silly and childish as the Trump one and what a waste of money. It would have been better donated to charity.

[jaxie]

I don't mind the blimp flying, it's freedom of speech as long as it's not a health risk. I just take issue with the people who were against the Trump blimp supporting this, that is just plain hypocrisy to me.

They should either be for both or against both, they can't pick and choose.

Well I find both childish but people certainly can and do pick and choose. :shrug:

[arista]

The mayor will let it go up,
he has said he does not mind.
its going up around the mayors office
so its no a major crowd problem

[arista]

As silly and childish as the Trump one and what a waste of money. It would have been better donated to charity.


Yes both blimps are childish.
http://secretldn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Trump-Baby-2018.jpg

[arista]

Waste of bloody money.


but it will go on FoxNewsHD

[arista]

Why? What message are they trying to send to him/Londoners?


To show the mayor
how silly it all is.

[Withano]

To show the mayor
how silly it all is.

To show the mayor how silly blimps are, they’ve made a blimp?

[Northern Monkey]

I don’t think they should.They’ll look as pathetic as the anti Trump protesters who were a laughing stock when they did it.

[arista]

I don’t think they should.They’ll look as pathetic as the anti Trump protesters who were a laughing stock when they did it.


The Mayor has said
so long as the Police approve it
it can go ahead

[Northern Monkey]

He can hardly say no

Yeah he kind of walked into this by approving the Trump one.

I do think it’s childish though.

[Tom4784]

Well I find both childish but people certainly can and do pick and choose. :shrug:

Then they are hypocrites.

[bots]

Why? What message are they trying to send to him/Londoners?

That people think he is a bit of a knob basically. Nothing overly deep

[Kizzy]

Wonder if the same company made both blimps? Bonus year for single use plastics.

£58,000 for 2hrs too, was the counter protest worth it?... the message seems a little disjointed tbh. And the nose?...Antisemitism?

[Mitchell]

Pmsl his response was rhat yellow isn’t his colour :joker:

[Alf]

I suppose it takes the focus of the murders which seem to be happening daily now in Khans London.

[arista]

I suppose it takes the focus of the murders which seem to be happening daily now in Khans London.


Yes that what he just said on London News BBC1
he crowd funded the project.


The Mayor
stated if that what people want to do on Saturday
its up to them.

[Kizzy]

I suppose it takes the focus of the murders which seem to be happening daily now in Khans London.

And the reduction in the police numbers have nothing to do with the rise in crime?... there's your focus.

Could someone attempt to explain how who the mayor has been in recent months could affect the crime rate so dramatically?...

[arista]

It's Make London Safe Again
Campaign Fella.
behind the Blimp.

Paid for by Crowd Funding.

[Alf]

And the reduction in the police numbers have nothing to do with the rise in crime?... there's your focus.

Could someone attempt to explain how who the mayor has been in recent months could affect the crime rate so dramatically?...If people were more civilised and stopped murdering other people, then the Police cuts would be a good thing.

[arista]

And the reduction in the police numbers have nothing to do with the rise in crime?... there's your focus.

Could someone attempt to explain how who the mayor has been in recent months could affect the crime rate so dramatically?...


Yes that sadly has alot
to do with the Violent Crimes

[Kizzy]

If people were more civilised and stopped murdering other people, then the Police cuts would be a good thing.

And with rising poverty how is that possible? Higher rates of socioeconomic deprivation = higher crime. That's how society works, people essentially become considerably less 'civilised' over a protracted period of time.

Again how would who the mayor has been over recent months effectively immediately reverse that trend?

[Alf]

And with rising poverty how is that possible? Higher rates of socioeconomic deprivation = higher crime. That's how society works, people essentially become considerably less 'civilised' over a protracted period of time.

Again how would who the mayor has been over recent months effectively immediately reverse that trend?Has he brought back stop and search yet, or is that still racist?

[Kizzy]

Has he brought back stop and search yet, or is that still racist?

He's an advocate of stop and search.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43678988

[Oliver_W]

And with rising poverty how is that possible? Higher rates of socioeconomic deprivation = higher crime. That's how society works, people essentially become considerably less 'civilised' over a protracted period of time.

Yeah when I'm having a bad month financially, a knife just appears in my hand and I just have to stick it in someone.

[armand.kay]

Where are people getting these made? and whoever is doing them should start a balloon company they would be loads of fun at parties or hen/stag dos

[arista]

Where are people getting these made? and whoever is doing them should start a balloon company they would be loads of fun at parties or hen/stag dos

It was Crowd Funded
like the trump one

[armand.kay]

It was Crowd Funded
like the trump one

yeah but is there a specific vendor making them the art style on both is very similar

[Kizzy]

Yeah when I'm having a bad month financially, a knife just appears in my hand and I just have to stick it in someone.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining sociological perspectives, educate yourself.

[Maru]

So many creatively starved folk in London... though art focusing around politics is really a nice output... the only problem is it is usually one-directional if there are gallery showings, etc on those matters, so it can feel like a limited showing...

I think a part of the problem we have today is that people are no longer sharing and integrating ideas... so can't really nip the more extreme ideas in the bud if the only people allowed in those circles are sympathizers... after all, you and me are always right and nobody can ever disagree with me&you... as the culture has gone... it's like we're all Kanye...

[Ammi]

...I’m not sure about the yellow bikini...I think Sadiq is more an itsy bitsy teeny weeny red and white polka dot, kind of guy...is he not a Liverpool supporter..?...he seems quite shapely in a bikini though..:love:...

[arista]

It's now up over Parliament Sq

Ref: LBC radio


9:30AM - 11:30AM

[arista]

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https://news.sky.com/story/sadiq-khan-giant-balloon-london-mayor-bikini-blimp-takes-to-the-skies-11487392

The 29ft blimp being put up
Yanny Bruere in charge


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