Ne'er get thee stitched til Booris be ditched: UK General Election 2019

To be fair to her I think there was at least a 50% chance that Maitlis wasn’t sincere and just thought a second Tory MP blaming the victims of Grenfell was a good opportunity to wheel out a wry sideways glance and a bit of snark.

If we didn't realize it already, the Tories are going fully Trump this time around.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/05/tories-unrepentant-about-doctored-video-of-keir-starmer-tv-appearance

Christ, imagine being on the wrong side of a debate Piers Morgan is in. Probably sticking up for a fellow Arsenal fan.

you know a lot abo

the guidelines for bbc staff using their personal social accounts during elections are very strict so if she actually wrote what she meant to write it’s hard to see how it’s defensible either way

i should say, news and editorial staff

Emily Maitlis lives near Grenfell and did a ton of volunteering and general mucking-in as part of the community effort to help victims. I suspect misfired snark.

the guidelines for bbc staff using their personal social accounts during elections are very strict so if she actually wrote what she meant to write it’s hard to see how it’s defensible either way

that may be true for civil servants but for the bbc the guidance is already in effect. i wouldn’t be surprised if maitlis got a call from her exec.

Started this afternoon

maitlis just introduced newsnight by saying that the tories wanted “to wear the mantle of incompetence”

not that i necc disagree

OK kudos Ms Maitlis sorry I wronged you

Boris Johnson launches Conservative campaign exclusively in The Telegraph

Launching your nationwide tour with an intimate gig to a small crowd of friends and paid fans.

The Daily Telegraph: Boris Johnson launches Conservative campaign exclusively in the Telegraph #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/uHrW6HqS97

— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) November 5, 2019

😍😍😍

Oh man if only

No Telegraph reader will read a headline beyond the first three words. Also, they misspelled GULAG.

The profit motive, war be upon him.

That's, er, not real, is it?

Telegraph's poppy is the most fuckable of all poppies. Apple w/ a butthole (I know, I know, it's serious) as a poppy = always a winner.

(garbled post that simply means vote tories obv)

fped

#ukpolitics pic.twitter.com/YrcquFQbgJ

— Poppy® Watch (@giantpoppywatch) November 5, 2019

the only tragedy is that the UK's landed gentry class didn't get liquidated in the early 20th century like in the east. Mind you at least that arsehole's granddad got torn to pieces by a lynch mob and fed to the dogs in Turkey - just a bit too late unfortunately.

pointing their fingers with relish, shame be upon them

My God, it is real, has he lost his marbles or what?

Pippinids vs Arsacids

Xxps assume bbc aren't going to bother with impartiality guidelines this time round

That telegraph cover... shd a headline need a tl:dr?

The country has been tearing itself apart over the profit motive for too long now, families at war, bitterness and division, it must end.

That telegraph cover... shd a headline need a tl:dr?

Anyway we all know the campaign will have failed without one of these

Greg Knight re-elected. Glad to hear it after this: pic.twitter.com/ebSUWqY3Mn

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 9, 2017

Predictable Brexit players all rallying around Rees-Mogg over his Grenfell comments thus ensuring they remain in the news cycle for longer. Not convinced that's going to help their cause in the long run.

Lol omg

i can't fuckin believe it pic.twitter.com/uATi17dXOA

— 𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 (@PerthshireMags) November 5, 2019

I saw!!! He was so fucking mad about it, he spent his whole evening responding to randos.

Telegraph's poppy is the most fuckable of all poppies. Apple w/ a butthole (I know, I know, it's serious) as a poppy = always a winner.

(garbled post that simply means vote tories obv)

Speaking of thirstposting

Keir Starmer is a "fit man", Jeremy Corbyn declares. "He plays football."

— Matt Honeycombe-Foster (@matt_hfoster) November 5, 2019

The latter doesn't necessarily imply the former.

Pumped for all the professional footballers coming out to defend the kulaks tomorrow before deleting their accounts in humiliation after confusing Joseph Stalin with Nigel Farage.

— I (@trevorbastard) November 6, 2019

Glad to see all the living veterans of the Great War get so much respect over there

England’s favorite war that was very important and victorious

lmao the general response to that telegraph front page has warmed my cockles this morning

we need a pitch to the country.... how about "corbyn is stalin"? let's go w/that

what does "they point their fingers at individuals" mean pls

Christ I had almost missed that GAVIN BARWELL was on Newsnight talking about the JRM comments on Grenfell!

New: we have obtained letters which show PM's chief of staff @GavinBarwell did not act on multiple warnings on fire safety and building regulations in the lead up to #Grenfell - the last letter arriving just 26 days before the firehttps://t.co/zEObpwezsM

— Peter Apps (@PeteApps) June 13, 2019

the recently ennobled baron gavin barwell, no less

real ‘lol nothing matters’ time over at tory hq i guess

Otoh they couldn’t get an actual sitting MP to come on!

is...... johnson not pointing his finger too

WHO DID THIS

Ha, fuck off with this AB

I realise that what I said was wrong and caused a great deal of distress and offence. It was not my intention to do so, and I do not want to add in any way to the pain that this tragic event has caused. I apologise unreservedly.

— Andrew Bridgen (@ABridgen) November 6, 2019

Boris Johnson is always fucking pointing. Thing is, Jeronimo Cremlin points at inequality and injustice, while Johnson only points to distract people - *tories fuck up again* / hey look over there, Joseph Stalin on a pogo stick!

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