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Alec Baldwin: David Cameron Should Resign

The Huffington Post UK   Rob Smith and Dina Rickman   First Posted: 20/07/11 16:40   Updated: 19/09/11 11:12

Today's biggest question: What does Alec Baldwin have in common with Labour MPs Dennis Skinner and Sir Gerald Kauffman? The answer: all three have called on the prime minister to resign in the last week.

The Baldwin intervention came via tweet, and in the wake of the phone hacking scandal that has damaged Cameron's poll ratings.

Cameron should resign. England is FILLED with people who could do a better job.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyAlec Baldwin
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Another big question: what cost the last Labour government as much as Carlos Tevez’s move to Corinthians, and will cause twice as much trouble? Spin.

The Liberal Democrats have pointed out that despite Gordon Brown last week accusing News International of being part of a “criminal media nexus...standing side by side with criminals against our citizens” and using “disgusting tactics” in their quest for scoops, Labour spent £38m advertising in NI papers between 2005 and 2010. Could this, perhaps, be why Brown was lauded as Rupert Murdoch’s favourite PM yesterday?

No one is coming out of this scandal unscathed: Recently resigned News International chief Rebekah Brooks appears to have filled her newly found free time with lessons from Autotune maestro T-pain - check out her first attempt below.

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Today's biggest question: What does Alec Baldwin have in common with Labour MPs Dennis Skinner and Sir Gerald Kauffman? The answer: all three have called on the prime minister to resign in the last we...
Today's biggest question: What does Alec Baldwin have in common with Labour MPs Dennis Skinner and Sir Gerald Kauffman? The answer: all three have called on the prime minister to resign in the last we...
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srooge
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05:27 on 01/08/2011
Cameron should turn himself into a superhero like the American politicians do.
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srooge
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05:15 on 01/08/2011
Brought to by Murdoch aka The Puppet Master. Oh no he got to Baldwin too!
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srooge
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05:10 on 01/08/2011
colonial slap down!
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Gewyne
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15:20 on 31/07/2011
Didn't Alec get in trouble for calling his daughter a pig or something and the voice tape sold to the press ? He apologised and said not to judge him by one action ?
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Harry K
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12:13 on 23/07/2011
Who is Alec Baldwin?
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The Pen
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23:39 on 22/07/2011
It's refreshing to see an American who looks beyond the shores of the United States. Continue blogging Alec.
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RobEFoster
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14:10 on 31/07/2011
It'd be more refreshing to find an American capable of minding his/her own business.

Not in this lifetime, I guess.
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The Pen
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18:04 on 06/08/2011
It,s a good job that some Americans do take notice of world affairs WWI & WWII would have turned out alot different.
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Kiz boy
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20:16 on 22/07/2011
Dear Alec, My puppy has dandruff. Please advise.
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PaulJNicholls
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19:40 on 22/07/2011
I personally don't think he has any right to call for the resignation of the leader of another democratic country. What business is it of his?

Any British citizen has the right to, but equally, no British citizen should call for Obama, Merkel or Sarkozy to resign. It's just not our business.
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jhNY
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19:40 on 22/07/2011
Sure, England is FILLED with people who could do a better job. But few have his contacts.
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AGooglyMinotaur
Ahh, Theseus. It appears you are out of thread.
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19:35 on 22/07/2011
David Cameron: Alec Baldwin should stop acting.
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BritishAmerican
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18:46 on 22/07/2011
Please Alex, mind your business. You have severe problems in your country. Did you ask Bush, the worst President who was responsible for millions of deaths, to resign? Did you speak up against the Bush administration as corrupt as it was? How many billions did this administration steal before they left your country in a mess which many of your people are now blaming Obama for? Give me a break. Let the Brits sort out their own issues and mind your own business. It's not up to a foreigner to call for PM Cameron to resign.
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19:49 on 26/07/2011
"Bush, the worst President who was responsibl­e for millions of deaths"...

A slight exaggeration here methinks. And one, even if true, it would be difficult to prove categorically so that it would stand up in say the International Court at the Hague.

Look! I have no time or regard for George W Bush and his cronies who I believe conned Tony Blair and others here (who up to that point were doing a rather good job domestically IMO) into supporting his Republican Party's neo-con/American Imperialist misguided military adventure into Iraq.

But I cannot accept that Bush for all his failings was responsible for literally millions of deaths. I think it's wise sometimes to stop being over-dramatic in one's contempt for politicians and stick to absolutely provable facts. Suspicion and polemics are no substitute for this really.
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Arrrrec Barrrrwiiinnn
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17:44 on 22/07/2011
why was my comment removed re: baldwin calling the uk england? no doubt some middle-english mods who couldn;t cvare less about scotland, wales, northern ireland or the channel isles. Ok, have it your way. bye bye huff post, bye bye bookmark. wont be back.
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01:29 on 26/07/2011
Oh, do come back. Lots of Americans are ignorant on this issue, but not everybody. I've had the discussion before and haven't been censored.

And Baldwin is a harmless political gadfly. :-)
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glow-in-the-dark
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17:39 on 22/07/2011
Another "major question": what credibility does Alec Baldwin have to make this call? Has he actually been close enough to UK politics to have an insight? From what I know (and that's a lot closer to the real events as Mr Baldwin can ever be) I think Cameron has made the mistake of trusting someone - that can happen to all of us. He has not, however, actively looked the other way like the previous government did when it stopped privacy invasions attract a jail sentence.

Mr Bladwin is entitled to his opinion - but that doesn't make him right.
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George McAulay
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10:10 on 23/07/2011
Of course its OK for Murdoch to not just comment but to own and control UK politics?
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07:17 on 22/07/2011
Alec Baldwin doesn't know quarter as much as he thinks he does on this situation.
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02:36 on 22/07/2011
The video is brilliant.
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