Tom Watson goes on hunger strike.

[BlackLabel]

Tom Watson goes all Gandhi on us.



Tom Watson, the deputy Labour leader, is now on hunger strike in solidarity with two prisoners of Guantánamo Bay. Mr Watson wrote in the Guardian that "this is not some George Osborne-inspired weight-loss plan" as he explained why he is not going to eat. He said the only thing that will pass his lips is water because prisoners Ahmed Rabbani and Khalid Qasim have reportedly been without food for 26 days.

[chemistry]

Wow.

Seems like utterly pointless gesture politics; has he stated an end point or is he planning to potentially die if necessary?

I can’t see him lasting long before he cracks.

[Butter Face]

What a very odd crusade....

[Funkycoldribena]

I'll be surprised if he lasts 26 minutes.

[Yipper]

Lol. The same Fat Tom who was spending the absolute-maximum £5000 a year on food from free parliamentary expenses...

[paua]

Anyone remember Bobby Sands? This chap's got a few more pies under his belt. Not being a Brit, when I saw the post topic, I wondered why a golfer was hunger striking.

[Robertj21a]

Sounds like an excellent idea. Do we have more 'good causes' that we can also throw into the pot ?

[SS2.]

paua said:

Not being a Brit, when I saw the post topic, I wondered why a golfer was hunger striking.

A quality striker was Tom Watson..

[Murph7355]

chemistry said:

Wow.

Seems like utterly pointless gesture politics; has he stated an end point or is he planning to potentially die if necessary?

I can’t see him lasting long before he cracks.

He'll crack at 0600 tomorrow morning when Mcdonalds start serving breakfast again.

[CoolHands]

The fat fk hasn’t made it clear, but I believe he’s only on ‘hunger strike’ for 24 hours.

[Smiler.]

How long before he gets sent cake in the post?

[V8 Fettler]

John Watson, Irish F1 driver? Could win from the back of the grid, as I recall.

[Some Gump]

He looks like he's prepared for it...

[chemistry]

CoolHands said:

The fat fk hasn’t made it clear, but I believe he’s only on ‘hunger strike’ for 24 hours.

If true, that’s even more pathetic. Hardly a hunger strike, more a short fast or even just a longish gap between meals...

[Murph7355]

chemistry said:

If true, that’s even more pathetic. Hardly a hunger strike, more a short fast or even just a longish gap between meals...

Aka "a lie in".

[James_B]

CoolHands said:

The fat fk hasn’t made it clear, but I believe he’s only on ‘hunger strike’ for 24 hours.

He slipped that in at the end of the Guardian article, after suggesting that he was actually setting off on a protracted endeavour.

[Blaster72]

It it true, he's fasting for one day - not going on hunger strike.

https://act.reprieve.org.uk/page/s/fastforjustice

[chemistry]

Cool, so any interval between meals counts as a hunger strike then presumably?

I’ve just finished a delicious dinner and won’t eat again until breakfast. That’s at least 10 hours of hunger strike! Wow, what a cool SJW I am!

Edited by chemistry on Tuesday 17th October 19:55

[CountZero23]

Some Gump said:

He looks like he's prepared for it...

[BoRED S2upid]

CoolHands said:

The fat fk hasn’t made it clear, but I believe he’s only on ‘hunger strike’ for 24 hours.

If that’s real it’s hilarious. Something needs to be done I will miss 3 meals that will teach them! Hunger strike my arse.