"oh you don't get me I'm the end of the union": lol brexit is how we're all gonna die

we all did ANL in the 70s

<3 Johnny mc

I led a debate in Parliament in May 1999 calling for a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. It’s still needed now.https://t.co/jUzItIUIKp

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) February 27, 2019

OMG crying with LOL

pic.twitter.com/xVxWhM0ihD

— daffodil stan account (@peterdroberts) February 27, 2019

they’re going to get us all killed

Food for thought, isn’t it, when a man who can’t or won’t get a grip on institutional racism in his own party “could easily” be prime minister.

— Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) February 28, 2019

Food for thought, isn't it

makes u think

Takes like that are why Whataboutery happens.

‘Food for thought’ is one of those bullshit clichés like ‘with a heavy heart’ that makes me want to blow all the chunks.

Trying to paint Corbyn as Actually The Real Racist is horrible, centrists doing Rove on him is such a good look, considering some of them are happy to drink champagne with Taki at Spectator bashes.

i forget sometimes that most of this vilification is purely tactical, which makes it so much more evil

He's not Actually The Real Racist, but if the reports of him personally intervening to block Williamson's suspension are true, then he'll have pissed off another slice of people, including in this case me.

They’re not, Labour press office denied the Mail splash and said DM didn’t even bother them for a reaction comment before publishing the story.

has there been anything beyond the hannah al-othman claim ?

given that the keavy claims re livingstone in the waughh article and streeting/nandy’s claims on peston re shah have each been debunked in public statements by people who were actually in the room at the time - I remain skeptical about HAO’s claims based on anonymous source

I regret to inform you all that Clive Martin is writing political hot takes again:

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/evemaz/there-are-no-winners-in-the-culture-war?utm_campaign=sharebutton

If you wanted to read Sonia's tweet in another you could say that neither Corbyn (who has defended Williamson in the past) or May should be PM. In fact nor should [insert leader of Indie Group here] because they were racist from day one.

As no one is good enough for it the seat of PM should be abolished.

What she is not saying = the UK should be taken over by popular councils and militias.

I mean, irritating style and usual vagueness but that Clive Martin piece was actually okay, I thought. I mean, the total futility of day to day engagement with/promotion of views/tweets from "the other side", the oppositional, reactionary nature of it all - that's something worth pointing out, even if you know which side you're on. It's not as if it's impossible for eg the left to simply state their policies, which in fact are quite popular, rather than this need which some people seem to have to define everything in opposition to the Mail or Morgan or whatever other daily cunt we shouldn't let define the playing field.

It's an utterly conventional point that's been made hundreds of times before padded out to way longer than it deserves. IDGI.

that martin piece is a brief & pointless sojourn from a position of deep obliviousness through entry level discourse analysis - with a few hints of vast oceans of underlying ignorance but no engagement intense enough to break the wry house style - that's only purpose is to soothe the conscience of metropolitan 20somethings who wonder why they don't care more, which makes it premium vice content, a nostalgic throwback to classic vice

It's an utterly conventional point that's been made hundreds of times before padded out to way longer than it deserves. IDGI.

it really hasn't - there's plenty vague 'oh people shout at each other on twitter' stuff i agree but not so much actual deeper analysis of that. maybe the piece only hints at that deeper analysis tbf but either way whatever ways this point has been made don't seem to stop intelligent people taking part so maybe it needs further examination.

and i p much hate all the clive martin articles

What she is not saying = the UK should be taken over by popular councils and militias.

There isn't actually any deeper analysis though, it's all surface level, there isn't really much difference between that and a particularly phoned-in Suzanne Moore column. I'd be actually interested in reading a deeper analysis of the phenomenon but Vice are probably not the people I'd go to for that.

There’s something super-shallow about Suzanne Moore, while we’re at it.

Labour press office is doing their job - the other sources are via Ben Kentish in the Independent and Newsnight's Nick Watt (I don't have a link, I'm afraid)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-chris-williamson-antisemitism-labour-mp-video-jewish-abuse-a8800496.html

been some coverage of how things are panning out now the council cuts are getting really deep: jen williams has done an overview of cuts in greater manchester https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/isnt-story-austerity-statistics-its-15794497; there were stories about the huge rise in people dying on the streets (always worth reiterating that official attempts to measure homelessness are even less serious than attempts to address it, if you read about how they do they counts it's v quickly clear that the stats remain laughable); a story about manchester council resorting to a massive increase in fines for littering as a way of generating income (which is reminiscent of poorer US states using the police as a racket and all the profiling that involves); primary schools closing at lunchtime on fridays and charging parents £3.50 for an afternoon 'after school' club.

I think a lot of if not all of the greater manchester councils are operating on reserves now but I've only heard of tory councils properly going broke so far (though I understand there are a few ones in scotland that are close?), even though they're not the ones that have had the biggest cuts in funding. northamptonshire was I think the first to run out of reserves once they ran out of things to sell, the govt said they didn't want to "reward failure" and appointed two commissioners who have elected to dissolve 7 district councils and just have the county council and one general one to cover all borough functions. there may be mayors and forums instead, parish councils unlikely. northamptonshire has had a significant growth in population over the last decade and this has never been factored into funding. none of this is sustainable, none of it is democratic. as per this article fizzles posted a while back - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/20/ministry-of-housing-plans-to-redirect-inner-city-funds-to-tory-shires-branded-stitch-up - the County Council's Network, which is naturally run by rural tories has decided the only way they can sort themselves out is to remove deprivation from the criteria factored into the funding formula, which, if successful, will ofc lead to a massive inflation of costs for urban councils (we have seen this time and time again) and even more councils running out of reserves.

primary schools closing at lunchtime on fridays and charging parents £3.50 for an afternoon 'after school' club.

The Clive Martin piece has already changed its cover image from one with Sarkar / Jones / Abbott on a battlefield vs Rees-Mogg / Morgan / Morrison.

xp you're in Stockport Camaraderie? https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/28/school-stockport-close-early-fridays-lack-funding

my GF went to school in Reddish, possibly that very same one...

The comments following that Manchester Evening News story are O_0

This is my 'favourite' so far and no I am not going past that one can't be topped.

The whole blaming the Tories for everything is now tired and stale, it's the Labour councils who decide what they spend money on. Salford council are closing down nurseries due to lack of funds, but sponsor an orchestra because it's a 'prestige' project (i.e it's for the posh not the average Salfordian).

xps- not Stockport, no, Cambridge

Given May's apparent dedication to the Migration Watch ideological crusade seems like her and fellow imbeciles will use the stat about net migration from outside the EU now at a 15 year high to tacitly indicate ("We" can afford the hit etc.) that this makes it OK to fuck up the economy via Brexit.

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2019/02/we-need-political-party-that-is-tough.html?m=1

Boom.

unreservedly agree with Lammy today, until this bit of reconciliatory flannel: He said Dooley has "done some fantastic journalism".

Mike Gapes, The Independent Group "Foreign Affairs" spokesperson seems to have deleted the words of his website, but left the pictures, so his "Statement on Saudi/Yemen" is now just this pic of him on a Saudi trip, without explanation https://t.co/4nVzf0SH5Q pic.twitter.com/Rdh69gOQO6

— Solomon Hughes (@SolHughesWriter) February 28, 2019

I’ve been out of the country. Do all the Tiggers have designated “policy” areas now?

lol yeah whatever's going on Gapes has taken all the content down under the section called "policy statements" on his site

yes, wollaston’s is the best portfolio - “new colleagues”

maybe a glass of fizz, some nibbles, idk

How often before it's safe to go into a Nando's again without risk of bumping into some random MPs doing a photo opp?

lol! it looks like John Woodcock is stood next to him as well.

hello police cops I would like to report a murder

Just think, you will be able to recycle this tweet in a few months' time, only using a photo of the Houses of Parliament.

— So-S.A.D. (@TweeTeWoo) February 26, 2019

boooooom

who did this pic.twitter.com/FiYPQLLbzp

— Andy Parmo 🇪🇺 (@andyparmo) February 28, 2019

the maymay challenge

UK supermarkets lowering standards and dropping products ahead of Brexit, study finds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-food-shortages-recession-prices-rising-shopping-high-street-a8801926.html

"Consumers may see some changes in what is available every week through the year with more space for offers where retailers can respond quickly to opportunities and deliver surprise," researchers warned.

'deliver surprise' in the 'horsemeat lasagne' sense, one assumes

Rare excellent news:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47415383

Rules aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from renting properties are "discriminatory" and breach human rights laws, the High Court has ruled.

The "Right to Rent" scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration status of tenants, was introduced in England in 2016.

Judges said it would be illegal to roll it out in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland without further evaluation.

The Home Office said it was "disappointed" by the ruling.

i fuckin' bet it was

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