They Really Don’t Like It

When someone goes off message. Especially if it’s a luvvie.

Hollywood star John Rhys-Davies shamed MPs last night as he accused them of ‘betraying democracy’ by failing to deliver Brexit.

In an extraordinary moment on the BBC‘s Question Time last night the Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings actor, 74, was given an ovation by the audience – and would later tear into those who oppose Donald Trump’s proposed state visit.

In a Brexit speech, punctuated by applause, Mr Rhys-Davies, physically turned to Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour’s Jon Ashworth and Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable to warn them: ‘You will damage Democracy if you don’t deliver Brexit’.

He said that in his life he had ‘never seen such a level of anger’ about MPs failing to deliver the result of the 2016 EU referendum.

He went on: ‘The mood of the people I’ve been talking to – and I do not mean hotheads or loose talk in the pub – I’m talking about considered grown ups who work for a living, who think for a living, and have had to make economic decisions for themselves, I have never seen such a level of anger’.

Addressing the MPs on the panel directly he said: ‘I do believe every member here went into politics in order to do their best for the people who elected them. But your primary objective is to preserve democracy and whatever you may feel, you have betrayed democracy’.

He’s not wrong, though, is he? In fact, he is spot on, much to the dismay of the usual suspects. So, did they respond to his perfectly valid points? Did they buggery.

Today Labour MP Wes Streeting called him a ‘pompous, boorish oaf’.

See what I mean? Don’t waste time responding to the argument if you can get an ad hom in there.

Dr Lauren Gavaghan said: ‘John Rhys-Davies loses it & screeches ‘oh woman!’ like a petulant child at a dignified & calm Caroline Lucas when faced with nothing but a simple fact. This is precisely why facts are so key in public debate these days. ‘

Yeah, facts. Those facts that you repeatedly avoid – and, no, it wasn’t Rhys-Davies who was behaving like a child here. He was behaving like an adult presented with a child who repeatedly fails to understand. If anything, he was guilty of impatience and being a bit intemperate, but that is all. He was also frustrated by the imbecility and ignorance on display from his fellow panellist. So, sure, he lost his cool a bit. That was all. Nothing to see here – again, have you anything to say regarding his argument? No? Well, there’s a surprise. The fact here was that Donald Trump won the presidential election on the rules agreed beforehand. Both candidates went into that election knowing this is how it works. What Lucas tried to do was claim that somehow it was illegitimate because the “wrong” candidate won. Had it gone the other way, we wouldn’t be hearing a peep from her. Rhys-Davies was highlighting her ignorance and hypocrisy and they really, really don’t like that. Again, what he said was correct – there are flaws in any system. Get over it.

Remain campaigner Femi Oluwole tweeted: ‘Did anyone else feel genuinely worried for Caroline Lucas in this moment? John Rhys-Davies may sound posh, but that was thuggish behaviour by anyone’s definition. (sexist too)’.

Oh, fuck off. Seriously, you twat. He was being somewhat passionate in putting his point across. Lucas was in no danger whatsoever, so grow the fuck up.  There was nothing remotely thuggish on display. Nothing at all. Idiot. And, as above, not once in this statement is there a response to what Rhys-Davies was saying. Not once have these clowns responded to the points being made – all we have seen is the usual vile personal attacks playing the man not the ball. But what do we expect from these people? They are cowards, bereft of any sense of morality and the ability to put forward a valid argument of their own, preferring to demonise those who dare to disagree in order to disguise their own intellectual vacuity.

Rhys-Davies is a breath of fresh air and he is spot on – these people have betrayed our democracy.