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

Always good to see the 'Islam is not a race, it's a religion' crew pointing to Javid, who is no more of a Muslim than i am, in their defence against Tory Islamophobia.

Quite a nice capsule summary of the absolutely bovine complacency of a certain section of our commentary class, here. pic.twitter.com/4OEQ3bbbEC

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) November 7, 2019

the only "comfort" in the face of this bullshit is that nobody seriously values the opinion of privileged, sheltered, right wing white men as to who's a racist or not. it's just a muddying of the waters in an arena that doesn't especially matter in terms of changing voters' minds.

The claim Ian Austin is in the employ of the Tories is of course an anti-Semitic trope in itself.

This stuff is so ridiculously arcane, it can't survive without the air and amplification provided by repliers. Its the refuting that gives it the legs.

No idea what is gained by proving that this guy or this other guy is or isn't racist, what's it for?

or, who's it for, I guess

Tough gig this unpaid Trade Envoy gig. Labour should pledge to ensure all Trade Envoys earn a living wage for their hard work. Then sack Austin anyway.

/ The claim Ian Austin is in the employ of the Tories is of course an anti-Semitic trope in itself./

This stuff is so ridiculously arcane, it can't survive without the air and amplification provided by repliers. Its the refuting that gives it the legs.

No idea what is gained by proving that this guy or this other guy is or isn't racist, what's it for?

Tough gig this unpaid Trade Envoy gig. Labour should pledge to ensure all Trade Envoys earn a living wage for their hard work. Then sack Austin anyway.

pic.twitter.com/3X01N0GxTh

— Sarah_Woolley (@Sarah_Woolley) November 7, 2019

:D

The idea that Boris Johnson says racist things but isn't actually racist is an assumption that can only be rooted in the politics of politeness - the mainstream political class as a social network where everyone goes to each other's dinner parties and nobody is *actually* bad.

— Chaminda Jayanetti (@cjayanetti) November 7, 2019

Johnson joked about dead Libyans but it doesn't mean he wants to murder them personally.

Obama had “ancestral” hatred towards Britain but that was totally normal. And of course how dare someone with Kenyan granddad who was tortured by the Brits be less than enthusiastic about Churchill!

I have located a real life Liberal Democrat

I shall begin ethnographic studies tomorrow, but I can tell you this much already. They are pro death penalty

Austin's a headbanger, everybody knows it, the Tories and the media are just pretending he isn't, same with Woodcock and Mann, to name but two.

The thing with Austin, Mann and Woodcock is that they are so clearly and viscerally unpleasant, I’m not sure they’re convincing anyone who wasn’t already looking for a reason.

Exactly, they're all horrors and, if the Tories get back in they'll be out on their arses even quicker than Corbz would bin them.

And nobody mentions Woodcock’s sexual harassment allegations except people like us!

This is all a rehash of pre-2017 rhetoric partly because now they will probably use the LD surge, if it does end up costing Labour enough seats, to claim that the AS debacle has cut through this time.

Yes, funny how that just disappeared. Even TW’s stuff was included in all the front page stories today. Also interesting how his links to Erdogan are extremely fine and not remotely a cause for concern.

Austin saying he was so broken up and conflicted about his 100 year service to the Labour Party, man and boy, that he didn't even consider switching to the Lib Dems - YOU SUPPORT BREXIT YOU UTTER TWAT.

These people are really small beer and they'll make negligible impact. The worst is Williamson, so angry I couldn't even enjoy Watson fucking off last night.

The Jewish Chronicle ran this piece only w few days ago

This thoughtful piece by Rabbi Howard Cooper is a must-read.

The far-right is infecting our politics, and we cannot be complacent about the threat that poses towards us.https://t.co/qhkpN0G5Az

— Jews Against Boris (@JewsAgainstBoJo) November 6, 2019

These people are really small beer and they'll make negligible impact. The worst is Williamson, so angry I couldn't even enjoy Watson fucking off last night.

The letter was garbage too but it's that he is standing as an independent and splitting the Lab vote, turning a marginal to the Tories.

yeah, totally shithouse move, CWvmic

Yair Wallach provides some important context

When asked about the most important issues deciding their vote, Jewish voters brought up Brexit (31%), then antisemitism (19%) (or 26% if you also include the 7% who mentioned "stopping Corbyn" as their highest priority). https://t.co/sYCogrqsfx

— Yair Wallach (@YairWallach) October 30, 2019

Austin and Woodcock are no doubt not standing in order to help the Tories but I'm pretty sure they've also been told their personal following in their constituencies is not as great as they fondly imagined. Ditto, who is going to vote for this unpleasant cunt, Williamson? Fingers crossed, lost deposit coming up.

Its tough to see even non unpopular independents doing well, never mind these guys

They must have a wee gang of acolytes in their clp, not going to go far with the electorate but enough to chip some labour support youd imagine

I really can’t see any of them outperforming Danczuk

Williamson has a real rabid cult around him, but fingers crossed not enough of them are actually in his constituency, or he is just made to see sense and fuck off

I really hope you are right and it's just the twitter following.

ian austin acting the total cunt on c4 news right now

austin’s objections to johnson’s letterbox and watermelon smile bullshit with ‘i wouldn’t have chosen those words’ but otherwise he was making good points

get fucked

Voters aren’t stupid, people know a grudge when they see one.

Whereas I can see some of the Tory independents actually doing well

I really can’t. This isn’t Ireland, people don’t really vote in independents (don’t @ me with examples). Grieve will hold onto his deposit but Soubry is a goner.

aye he is a footnote distraction. news are all leading on the BIG SPENDING

Where the fuck do I sign up? pic.twitter.com/q7HJ79K1Hi

— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) November 7, 2019

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/tom-watsons-departure-will-make-many-moderates-like-me-feel-theres-nothing-left-for-us-in-the-labour-party-919423

The opening of this is pretty hideous behaviour. But even the analysis is wrong because if Labour lose badly Corbyn is gone and things will surely be up for grabs again (we'll see what happens on Dec 12th is the hint) (ofc it's all internal claptrap, no mention of how fucked the country will be, just tears for these vile ppl)

you can't really explain Corbynism without talking about New Labour's role in bringing in austerity and assisting the tories to continue it. Such deep soul searching going on here, because she doesn't even fucking mention it once.

This is a very good piece about Watson’s departure and the wider failure of Blairites. Plenty of good observations.

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/%E2%80%A8tom-watsons-exit-is-the-end-of-the-end-for-new-labour-election-december-12-corbyn

it was good back when mark s linked it earlier :p

Sorry I dipped out after reading this total nonsense

It was a new creature where slavish loyalty to the leader was the only currency that mattered

an evening is a long time in politics threads

it was good back when mark s linked it earlier :p

ffs

Ayesha Hazarika? Is it her who has the parallel career as a stand up comedian? Enough said?

gyac’s phone is just playing to the gallery now, pfft

isn't Matt Tharb an American newspaper columnist