PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

Not trying to feed a beef, but the bus I'm on has just passed a Street namef after Clarkson's great grandad who was a major glass player in the area and no doubt a first class arsehole as well.

The proportion of Tory voters who switched to the Brexit Party looks very small in comparison to the proportion who just stayed at home. Turnout was down about 10k, the Tory vote down by 8k. Loathe as I am to admit it, yr man being done for fraud probably played a part.

it’s spelled bœuf
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That is quite surprising considering it was basically petty fraud on a technicality - not that I'd complain.

Perhaps because it was such low level petty corruption that his rep as proper tory was done for.

> Clarkson's great grandad

he's related to the Kilner jar people iirc from Who Do You Think You Are?

Yep. Every time one of my kilner jars of soup cracks when I'm removing from the fridge I take a second to metaphorically spit on his memory!

The Tories refusing to reselect him after being done for fraud probably didn't help. I don't really think it matters what kind of fraud - anything that reminds people of the expenses scandal will do.

Frank Field is standing as an independent af the next election. This should be fun.

field's majority at the last election was 25,514 fwiw

His warmth, charm and easygoing bonhomie will ensure he holds on to quite a few those voters, I'm sure.

Curious that someone who agrees with the basic principles of UC and has a long history of demonising people on benefits would consider himself pro social justice. Those woolly backs must be sick of the sight of him by now.

the 'personal beliefs' section on his wiki is a rich stew of confusion right enough

Frank Field is standing as an independent af the next election. This should be fun.

― Matt DC, Friday, 2 August 2019 14:53 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

literally read this as 'standing as an incompetent' and was like, otm

george having a normal one

This is blasphemy @TwitterSupport This man is literally unhinged, deeply disturbed, deeply disturbing. And of course a Member for Life of the British Parliament #LordShite

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 1, 2019

oh god this one is even better. this is the best tweet I've seen in ages

Dear @Pontifex This is intolerable. An offence against the memory of the Martyrs against the Church against all that is holy. Please Father intervene

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 1, 2019

fair play the trailer for the new Cats movie looks good imo pic.twitter.com/oOZ4RCBP0x

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) July 18, 2019

you can see why Seumas calls him "chief" and considers him his most august friend of the left (´ཀ`」

Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 30% (+3)
CON: 29% (+1)
LDEM: 16% (-3)
BREX: 15% (-1)
GRN: 5% (+1)

via @ComRes, 26 - 28 Jul
Chgs. w/ 25 Jul

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) August 2, 2019

surely a bad poll when there is no LibDem surge or boris bounce, thank god those Corbynistas haven't got to Yougov. Apologies for low-level inexpert content, but I'm taking the slightest crumbs of comfort from it rn.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/31/bob-geldof-firms-use-of-a-tax-haven-is-legal-but-damaging-to-african-nations

Geldof is an outspoken champion of African countries, and has raised millions of pounds for the continent through Band Aid and other initiatives. That he sees no contradiction in this type of corporate structure shows how depressingly routine the use of jurisdictions like Mauritius has become

"Give us your fucking money"

anyone else seen this bit of constitutional fanfic from fintan o’toole doing the rounds? seems to have been shared by half of my fb feed

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-ireland-can-stop-a-no-deal-brexit-here-s-how-1.3972121?mode=amp&fbclid=IwAR2g-GrGgUQEJyYbwH-HtpmVxxNxyKrg64LsAIXDjdk8MTmjNkLZa4-aqaQ"> https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-ireland-can-stop-a-no-deal-brexit-here-s-how-1.3972121?mode=amp&fbclid=IwAR2g-GrGgUQEJyYbwH-HtpmVxxNxyKrg64LsAIXDjdk8MTmjNkLZa4-aqaQ

gahhh

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/03/priti-patel-home-secretary-wants-criminals-to-literally-feel-terror

She is literally thick as pigshit.

Yeah the Fintan O’Toole bit is total fantasy.

What a fucking psycho. Crude wishful thinking on my part, but I'd love to see titles such as 'Entire population of the United Kingdom wants Tories to literally feel terror'.

2xp

Tough on crime speak like that led to some real classic policies in the 90's US that worked so well.

Indeed, the safest, fairest country on earth.

priti patel, yesterday

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/31666/889139-judge_death_18.jpg

FP'd you for making her seem headbangingly badass.

Yeah the Fintan O’Toole bit is total fantasy.

Calm and dutifully noting the telling paucity of women in these selections as I often do. 8 out of 50 in this case.

50 Brexit Party candidates selected. Look closely & you’ll see that they are targeting Labour Working Class areas of Northern England. If you’re a loud London MP banging on about Remain please bear in mind you’re making life tougher for your northern colleagues seeking reelection pic.twitter.com/wjxYW5wblR

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) August 3, 2019

Pretty sure if you’re a loud London MP banging on about Remain you give less than zero fucks about your northern colleagues seeking reelection

"Labour Working Class areas of Northern England" that seems such a meaningless term post Thatcherism/de-industrialisation, they don't seem no more a working class a region than anywhere outside the tory heartlands to me, unless you are counting anyone with a yorkshire accent as w/c

Does anyone who might otherwise be tempted to vote for the Brexit Party actually believe that Labour is a pro-Leave party?

also as people point out regularly on here this is totally a "working class = white English" bullshit meme but also on the other hand y'know fuck the London is the centre of the universe crew

class

What a sight at Celtic park today ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/oAW1R4fVTW

— Smina Akhtar 🔥 (@SminaAkhtar) August 3, 2019

Watch Eddie Mair grout his studio floor with Liz Truss. pic.twitter.com/rJDbtQk3ld

— James Melville (@JamesMelville) August 3, 2019

some people might feel some sympathy for Truss having a night-Mair, but never forget she's a very dangerous idiot.

lmao get her ass eddie

That was fantastic

since the bbc let Mair go and the extremely smooth lick-spittle arsewipe Evan Davies take over PM it's never been the same. Maybe it's not incredibly important that he run roughshod over a simpleton like Truss, but is such good fun. As it was when he did the same to Boris twice.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/04/liz-truss-trade-deal-food-safety-deregulation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

“Boris Johnson promised that a trade deal with the US would not jeopardise our food and animal welfare standards. People will be watching closely to see whether these words mean anything at all.”

lol yeah sure

"One briefing note reveals that Truss was keen to hear “what we can learn from ‘Reaganomics’ on things like regulation and red tape”."

*shudders*

Eddie Mair tremendous.

Chris Williamson is another dangerously thick bigot who makes Truss look brainy. Can't be arsed linking to the moron, but he thinks those class politics are divisible from identity politics and are diametrically opposed to each other. Just doubling down on his ignorance and stupidity again.

he also wrongly asserts that New Labour concentrated too much on identity politics.. where the fuck is he even coming from?

somewhere white and straight and shtoopid

he's probably the victim of a global conspiracy of some sort *scratches chin*

lol stop abusing your mod powers DC

Michael Richmond tore Aaron Bastani a new one on Twitter the other day for his continued attempts to rehabilitate Chris Williamson in the public eye.

Obviously we all know Bastani is a ridiculous clown but overlooking that for a second - it's not like Williamson has any kind of irreplaceable talent that would make it worth trying to be rehabilitate him in any case. Deep down he must know that this stuff makes the Labour left look worse so I can only assume its a rallying cry for a subset of awful people.

(I made an autocorrect typo that needed to be expunged asap - sorry!)