Cherri Gilham

Writer,Video Producer (Cheryl G DeMille),HEALER,Humanitarian,All creatures Lover, 70's comedy actor,

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

Well that's me well and truly conned. Anybody else had dealings with this outfit? PhenoFX.
Took £200 off me and disappeared. Promises of phone calls which didn't materialise. I'm such a mug.

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

https://t.co/LXZaYzG36g

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@wakeupusa I would too.

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

Mandate All NHS Trusts to Provide Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure Patients - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Ys3L2kshHh via @UKChange

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

Will you join me in signing this petition? @animal_equality is calling on the UK Government to hold animal abusers accountable and strengthen legal protections for farmed animals. The Government must take action to enforce animal welfare laws! https://t.co/SWlI2agRfQ

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

Make All Train and London Underground Stations Wheelchair Accessible - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/SXdqnoyZdj via @UKChange

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

Implement Safer Alternatives to High-Speed Police Chases - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/YBHxc1Chws via @UKChange

[Jeremy Bamber @Bambertweets]

Issues now being investigated by the CCRC in relation to Jeremy’s appeal will shock the public. The grounds of appeal are compelling! What some people have done to an innocent man will send shockwaves through the justice system and the public at large. His time is coming. J4J!!

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@LewisSchaffer With smelly breath because he wont eat any veg.

[Gavin Culloty @Gculloty87]

#FF @cherrigilham @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@LewisSchaffer No greens?

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@Gculloty87 @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe Happy Yule Gav xx

[Gavin Culloty @Gculloty87]

#FF @cherrigilham @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@archer_rs The biatche.

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

The UK Government just approved the biggest oil field in the North Sea: Rosebank. Join me in signing the petition: https://t.co/aaOgwohmhY

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@silver_lining85 Why do you care about stoopid meaningless titles? Care more about how the continued slagging off of this couple is so heartless!

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@Canellelabelle @MVPMELSBELLS Horrible! Yes you! Leave them alone! Learn kindness.

[Cherri Gilham @CherriGilham]

@Gculloty87 @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe Soz Gav. I can’t get to grips with TwitterX. Thnx tho xx

[Gavin Culloty @Gculloty87]

#FF @cherrigilham @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe

[Gavin Culloty @Gculloty87]

#FF @cherrigilham @gnilwoce @DJRossiUK @AndrewAyr @DevotedToDoris @Official_SimonK @snathe