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

Please be real.

the only true brexit is nigel farage being tarred and feathered in leicester square, pass it on

To my Lord’s in the morning, where I met with Captain Cuttance, but my Lord not being up I went out to Charing Cross, to see Brexit Party leader Farage hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy. It is said, that he said that he was sure to come shortly at the right hand of Christ to judge them that now had judged him; and that his wife do expect his coming again.

who traitors the traitmen?

hahhah! purge all non-believers!

Stalin taken away in a black raven!

Has anyone been calmer in the face of lies?! I know she's my pal but my this woman is awesome ❤️ https://t.co/4ASHjhXdhv

— Alena Ivanova (@bungeeless_jump) November 12, 2019

this was a good comeback by Laura Parker until she says Fake News.. ban that phrase for now please and just leave the tories to say it 47 times a day and look like complete idiots.

Laura Parker is one commentator I see and think oh good, a slaying’s about to happen. She is really very good and doesn’t let anyone get away with posh bullshit.

laura parker is class

boomers who failed to boom is a good descriptor of the labour core vote

Interesting thread. To put this in a UK context, it's worth remembering that the Labour surge in 2017 was down to the 25-44 age group more than the 18-24 year-olds that fascinated the media, & the upper-end of that motivated cohort is growing (the Tories were only dominant >55). https://t.co/sGhiAmelhw

— David Timoney (@fromarsetoelbow) November 12, 2019

25-44 are not Boomers

they should have been

If only their parents had had time machines?

A boomer is anyone above the age of 15 iirc.

boomers anyone who enjoyed a sustained boom and all its benefits (increasing wealth etc) iirc

I think what they mean with "boomers who failed to boom" is to describe the late Gen-X/early-Millennial set who are the cohort most clearly promised and then denied the Boomer land.

boomin' post post-boomer

(XxP) Baby boomers, people born during a period of demographic boom, in this case post-war up to the early 60s. Ish.

I can easily imagine this being spun as the complaint of 'slothful, sore losers' or some such.

tom........ read the full thread

Yeah, I don't read twitter threads tbh.

ok boomer

Boomed so hard you could hear me for miles around.

Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 42% (+3)
LAB: 28% (+2)
LDEM: 15% (-2)
BREX: 4% (-6)
GRN: 4% (-)

via @YouGov, 11 - 12 Nov
Chgs. w/ 08 Nov.

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 12, 2019

YouGov cracks out the new methodology post-BXP standown

Interesting thread. To put this in a UK context, it's worth remembering that the Labour surge in 2017 was down to the 25-44 age group more than the 18-24 year-olds that fascinated the media, & the upper-end of that motivated cohort is growing (the Tories were only dominant >55). https://t.co/sGhiAmelhw
— David Timoney (@fromarsetoelbow) November 12, 2019

interestingly, and perhaps why labour didn't experience a corbyn surge in scotland, this is the age demographic that voted yes (youngest voters leaned yoon)

boomers who failed to boom is a good descriptor of the labour core vote
🐦[Interesting thread. To put this in a UK context, it’s worth remembering that the Labour surge in 2017 was down to the 25-44 age group more than the 18-24 year-olds that fascinated the media, & the upper-end of that motivated cohort is growing (the Tories were only dominant >55). https://t.co/sGhiAmelhw🕸
— David Timoney (@fromarsetoelbow) November 12, 2019🕸]🐦

The actual quote from the article btw:
"More to the point, millennials are a lot like boomers who just never got a chance to boom."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-12/millennials-approach-middle-age-without-benefit-of-economic-boom

don’t you’ll upset tom again

i'm a Gen Xer who never got the chance to X ffs

it's weird the pundit on the BBC was saying these DDoS attacks on Labour are no big deal, probably would say that whichever party they targeted, right?

I mean tbh ddos attacks are fairly easy, you could make the case they were trying to feel out how strong Labour’s defences are but it sounds like a short outage so...?

i don't have any conspiracy theories i just feel like if it had happened to the Tories we'd already be at war with Russia

can’t go to war against Russia if their oligarchs stop funding you

Was just about to say…

appearances have to be maintained

it’s a real shame SV is in another time zone and is not here to defend Russia from us, alas

Was cautiously impressed to see an ES headline screaming to RELEASE THE REPORT on the way home though

also, I know everyone hates polls but a poll about worst current Guardian writer is surely wellllll overdue

The hacks *love* stuff like the weird Johnson/wreath crap or the Corbyn/Russia hat one, but are a lot less vocal on e.g. how come their employers keep repeating Conservative press releases while their journalists are all on twitter laughing & saying those releases are bollocks. pic.twitter.com/rgjzwC827P

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) November 12, 2019

Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room

― Camille Paglia is on my partner's NextDoor (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 17:08 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

blobby blobby blobby blobby......?

good. stupid bastert shouldn’t have been standing anyway

EXCL: Channel 4 News can reveal Lib Dem candidate @ThatTimWalker has taken unilateral decision to stand down in Labour marginal seat of Canterbury. This is personal decision by Tim Walker to back a Labour remain candidate and NOT a national policy by the Liberal Democrats.

— Hayley Barlow (@Hayley_Barlow) November 12, 2019

also... wtf

Scoop: the FCA has told off its own staff after reducing its shiny new HQ to squalor - with staff even defecating on the floor https://t.co/ynmFQkrExl

— Alex Lawson (@MrAlexLawson) November 12, 2019

xp good, he was getting huge amounts of hostility from local members and they were openly saying they’d be campaigning for Labour

will the dems run someone else there instead though

Surprised no-one's mentioned that Lib Dem candidate for Boris' seat has withdrawn too.

... health reasons, before anyone gets too excited.

greens have stood down in that seat too no? what happens if CONS win elex but johnson loses seat ?

dominic fucking raab takes the reins and legalises slavery

tories form government, tory party (if it so chooses) wd pressure some poor big-majority sap to step down and cause a by-election for bj to win

thankfully LAB plan to win both election and his dumm seat

The deadline to submit is either Thursday or Friday so if people are pulling out, they’ll be announcing before then.

The only campaign literature we’ve had so far is Brexit party. But at least it wasn’t addressed to me this time.

dominic fucking raab takes the reins and legalises slavery