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

Tories paying to push Ian Austin interviews out to voters https://t.co/HGzBEUjAlf

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) November 8, 2019

The Tories’ advert contains some inaccuracies, such as one version describing Mr Austin as a “lifelong Labour MP”. In fact, Mr Austin became a Labour MP at the age of 40, and quit the party earlier this year.

this can’t be said enough

This may very well be the most important UK election we ever live through. The choice:

Become a deregulated, tax-haven, crony-capitalism-run cesspit where people starve to death regularly

Become an environmentally-friendly worker-run social democracy that operates for everyone

— JC (@jmsclee) November 8, 2019

How can you be a human rights barrister and be this stupid?!?!

I now see your point. I was asking the individual who that tweet was aimed at to imagine how he would react if it were another group. I didn't mention any of the issues you do, and I accept that other ethnic minorities are undermined.

— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) November 8, 2019

Choose your fighter: pic.twitter.com/Lxq8hDWslS

— Funny Tinged Watermelon Smile (@dezzaxx_) November 8, 2019

Well yeah, worked for him so far but could backfire

― imago, Friday, 8 November 2019 bookmarkflaglink

The reason I had calculated in quotes is because I don't believe it was.

For as long as Johnson's been around we've been hearing about how it's all a clever act and he's actually hyperintelligent but I've yet to see any proof that he isn't the buffoon he appears to be.

His bumbling toff buffoon act is a clever ploy to cover up the fact that he's a bumbling toff buffoon.

This is why Swinson shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the debates, she'll just side with Johnson to gang up on Corbyn and spoil it all

i'm not sure smiling and nodding at everything everybody says is a step up from Johnson's shtick tbh

In the last few YouGov polls the % of 18-24-year-olds planning to vote Labour has moved from

October 25 - 35%

October 30 - 38%

Nov 1 - 44%

Nov 6 - 54%

Start of something significant? #GE2019

— Matthew Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) November 8, 2019

Make that a Guardian article, then we can safely apply Betteridge's law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines )

This is why Swinson shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the debates, she'll just side with Johnson to gang up on Corbyn and spoil it all

Sounds like a good way to deter any Labour '17 voters turning LD imo

Seems like Johnson and JRM both have average academic intelligence in terms of being able to remember a lot of stuff they learned at posh school and, upon realising this could be enough to propel them as uber-privileged men into the highest echelons of political power, rejected the need to develop other types of intelligence (practical, emotional) to quell the subsequent insecurity they clearly feel in their constant referencing of Latin phrases and big fancy words intended to bedazzle both the ideologically aligned and easily swayed into hat-doffing deference.

hope goodwin has to eat some more literature this time round. definite highlight of 2017 when left twitter bounced him into scoffing his book

Fucking hell @ this fiasco

You need to delete this. Cllr Majid Mahmood who wants to stand for Labour works for a law firm in Birmingham, ESN solicitors. The article you linked to is about a different guy who works for Liberty Law in Lutonhttps://t.co/4fQK7sc5JWhttps://t.co/uMByNEvgnv

— Simon (@simonk_133) November 8, 2019

As a solicitor, if the above is correct,I would advise Mr Freedland to check his insurance cover and seek legal advice

— MBD (@mbd100) November 8, 2019

u love to see it

Labour tell me that earlier reports of a candidate shortlisted in Birmingham Hall Green rested on a confusion about two men with the same name. The Majid Mahmood shortlisted for the seat is NOT the Majid Mahmood fined over comments on Facebook – and I’ve deleted those tweets

— Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) November 8, 2019

one of my local councillors has the same surname, i guess its a common one but you'd expect a high profile experienced journo to double check before posting.

Here's the real Majid Mahmood, the man unconscionably libelled by national journalist @freedland: a vocal opponent of the anti-LGBT protests at Anderton Park School in Birmingham. A good man https://t.co/Gl5OegI3mK

— Simon (@simonk_133) November 8, 2019

Hopefully he’ll take him to the cleaners. Freedland should be sacked. The Guardian reposted his libel in their live blog.

Yup.

Freeland is googling every lab candidate without any further research.

*Freedland

The fact that some of the most vicious and careless abuse and targeting has gone on towards Asian candidates is really fucking obvious

A "reliable Labour source" happily smearing Muslim Labour politicians seems like the kind of source whose anonymity is not in the public interest, tbh

— Simon (@simonk_133) November 8, 2019

just donated £23 to labour even though I'm fookin brassic and 1500 into the overdraft. On reflection Corbynism probably is a cult!

BREAKING: Boris Johnson has told @bbcnottingham that there now WON'T be a specific inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative party. Instead, there will be a "general investigation into prejudice of all kinds." #GE2019

— Peter Saull (@petesaull) November 8, 2019

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-promises-fast-track-nhs-visa-for-overseas-doctors-and-nurses-a4281811.html

<cough>Windrush</cough>

xp it's excellent they're widening the investigation to cover all aspects of the cesspit of race hate, xenophobia and jingoism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and class hatred that is the Conservative party, an investigation that will no doubt be performed thoroughly and in good faith

all lives matter, claims british pm

'cept Libyans

and those of Catholic civilians murdered in the troubles by the British army

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/news/107870/excl-brexit-party-urged-drop-election-candidate-over

He said: “It is entirely true that I performed in the art-house heavy metal band Stuka Squadron, which involved a complex back-story in which we were vampires who were also luftwaffe pilots."

full credit for the lad for disgracing himself in a slightly more creative way than yer average faragist wingnut

i wonder if its any coincidence that the guy in the nazi vampire metal band is into fashy politics?

The group said the "appearance of genuine World War II-era symbols on accessories ... is purely accidental and the result of random early purchases."

This is a v sad lol:

NEW: I’ve obtained the full video of PM yesterday. In it he is asked point blank if any NI>GB trade will be subject to customs declarations. PM: “You will absolutely not. If anyone asks you to do that tell them to ring up the PM and I’ll direct them to put that for in the bin.” pic.twitter.com/qwxdivCCor

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 8, 2019

shame the luftwaffe guy is standing for brighton kemptown cos the tories are being tipped to take that seat off labour and could do with their vote being clipped by a little vote splitting

oh borispaws

interesting ah dynamic here between two erstwhile and soon-to-be colleagues. i mean i *guess* it might speak of a very close and strong relationship but v strong *brittle* energy to it.

I see you’ve already gone full BBC in not crediting your competitors 😉

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 8, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EI24QqLWkAIu8_3?format=jpg&name=large

obv the colour coordinated message here is Swinson offers more of the same. The less said about Skills Wallets the better because I hate feeling embarrassed for political parties I despise.

fucking dismal

What the hell is a Skills Wallet? I see I am only about the five millionth person on the tweetverse to draw the connection but it's all bit, well, this...

Who remembers these? We were told they would be essential for every job we ever applied for, and that if we didn't take them seriously we would basically end up on the dole for life.

Mine has been in a cupboard at my parents' house for 19 years. pic.twitter.com/CGVxgqbFhn

— Ryan Wilson (@rhwilson83) September 8, 2019

(I found mine a year or two back - it was empty. I had just got myself a will written for the first time and that seemed like a "funny" place to put it but it didn't even fit, so it remains empty. Thus I conclude it has no use at all.) (Maybe it has a lot of very good uses and my complete shambles of a life is all because I didn't take it seriously enough.)

the dossier design forgot

Skills Wallets just makes me think of Slim Pickens, a B-movie western second-stringer type.

I've got some d+d's and threatening behaviour (after repeatedly attacking police officers boots with my head) possession of class a and theft on my skills wallet. But have never killed a squirrel with a catapult nor propped up a scumbag tory party so they could kill over a hundred thousand disabled people and impoverish millions. So my skills wallet ain't so bad tbf!

I've got some d+d’s

lol! sometimes the five 0 don't appreciate you attempting a lejendary adventure!

skills wallets

Skills wallets, a dollar or two
Just tell me, how many for you

Oh @MattHancock
Thank you for “whitesplaining” this to me.
I’m so glad I have colleagues like you who can educate me even after my 30 years of experience of work in Race relations
“”Thousand apologies sir “ 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/7TtX34PHT8

— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) November 9, 2019

Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury arguably the most politically homeless Tory in politics after Lineker(´＿｀。), possibly she knows the new LibDem intake include some dodgy racists as well, because she doesn't look like jumping ship.

Skills Wallets

2016-2019 NAC Breda 68 (17)

Are they saying that... they've got the skills to pay the bills?

EXCLUSIVE

A senior Labour politician changed the lyrics of the Beatles song “Hey Jude” to “Hey Jews” while his MP colleague repeatedly used the word “poof” during a late-night bus journey last yearhttps://t.co/SX4wNZfQXJ

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) November 9, 2019

I wonder how many more hacks are sitting on stories like this, not that I'm being an apologist for what these pissed up fools apparently did. Dan Carden is gay so it was likely an ironic use of "puff" and not homophobic. But the Hey Jews bit was obv inexcusable behaviour.