bojo is king, brexit is on, stuff is fvcked, tomorrow starts here -- new govt new thread new battle

take the lols where you can imo

TV gold here from @adamboultonSKY 😂pic.twitter.com/UblhRsxRfP

— Nick Jones (@resophonick) December 13, 2019

Our leader in waiting.

pic.twitter.com/nfQg9hsv21

— Zack Breslin (@zack_breslin) December 13, 2019

If this morning everything seems too dark to face, just remember that if it comes to the worst, the USA always welcomes immigrants with open, no wait, strike that.

I was thinking earlier there must be some right wing shitholes with better weather than here, but they don't tend to do mutual citizen exchange schemes for people that fancy a change!

Australia is the go-to.

(takes a glance at recent ILX posts about Australian politics, then reads recent news reports coming from Australia)

ffs

Combining anti-PC nationalism with leftist economics ... intriguing idea ... but the phrase is awkward and unwieldy ... I wonder if we can't coin one word to sum up this program. https://t.co/cnhHAuGCOu

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) December 13, 2019

lol I'm in a chat right now with a friend who's angrily dissecting that joke because fascist economics wasn't actually leftist

yeah that occurred to me as well. I strongly suspect Jeet knows that but couldn't resist the obvious joke.

you can forgive him for clowning someone with a good joke, even if it is built on the wrongness of what the other eejit is saying imo!

-First backbencher in history to get a budget amended in campaign to abolish Tampon Tax
-Got WHSmiths to cut exploitative prices in their hospital shops
-Secured U-turn on cuts to Dewsbury Hospital beds
-First person to say the word ‘vagina’ in House of Commons

Paula, we Stan 👏🏻 https://t.co/uSt9fERnk2

— Susie Beever (@SusieMayJourno) December 13, 2019

I feel bad for poor Paula, (I know it is a cliche) but she is a brilliant and tireless constituency MP and the incoming Tory nob who beat her by a mere thousand or so is a complete shitheel who will only represent the wealthier and white side of the constituency.

Calz, Australia will welcome you with open arms. You’ll get lots of immigration points if you’re a qualified concentration camp guard, are white and are prepared to live somewhere that catches on fire. A southern cross tattoo on one shoulder, and a eureka flag on the other should tip you over the line. Don’t forget the Aussie flag budgie smugglers for the visa interview.

lol , many years ago when i was getting my electrical qualifications there was lots of talk of sparkies being needed in Australia and great rates of pay etc and even cheap houses are big with swimming pools. I thought it about it for about 10 seconds and then realised my lack of a driving license and inability to even deal with British summers could be a serious handicap out there for me. But I'd guess being white would help me ace the points system!

xp was devastated when I saw that result, she is so hard working and so brave and she stood up when it counted. If you have a line of communication to her, please say something

Seconded. I can’t believe she lost.

I was pulling out my mail this morning and there was a vote Paula leaflet amongst the mail and was ready to cry foul, but then figured (quite sadly) it was probably just trapped behind the windshield of the letterbox since yesterday :(

i'm playing a drinking game tonight except instead of taking a drink whenever rose says st olaf i'm taking a drink whenever I feel a pang of abject misery

Every major A&E unit in England has failed to hit its four-hour waiting time target for the first time, NHS figures show.

All 118 units fell below the 95% threshold in November as the NHS posted its worst performance since targets were introduced more than a decade ago.

Alongside the growing waits in A&E, the data showed there were record delays finding beds for the sickest patients.

The numbers on waiting lists for routine care also hit an all-time high.

xp same

https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/13/no-false-consolations/

"the damage has been done. The catastrophe is neither waiting down the road, nor has it already happened. Rather, it is being lived through. There is no punctual moment of disaster; the world doesn’t end with a bang, it winks out, unravels, gradually falls apart."

Labour might have done better if Labour had run with a simple snappy punch packing slogan like Disaster Nationalism or Ug! Ug! (Ug! Ug! Ug!) was a bit too nebulous and long-winded for beetroot faced angry man in Blyth Valley, Wales.

lolz but sad lolz tbh

That's not in Wales, you're thinking of Don Valley.

Isn’t Don Valley the North?

yes

just joined the labour party. who should i vote for?

https://www.theweek.co.uk/91412/labour-leader-odds-who-will-replace-jeremy-corbyn

would love to see angela rayner tear strips off johnson every week in parliament so her

I don't get the suggestion that the next government is inevitably going to stumble from crisis to crisis and fall apart. Having obtained power, Johnson's only real priority will be to keep hold of it (until he gets bored I guess); having no other convictions will serve him well. I'm sure some ERGers will complain about whatever deal goes through, but the symbolism of withdrawal will end the Tory civil war that ended most previous PM's careers. I can see him handing out presents to all the various factions: flag waving and fox hunting for the dinosaurs, a bit of deregulation and tax cuts for the capitalists, more nurses for whatever's left of the centrists. That should keep him safe from internal discontent for a while.

“For you to blame Jeremy Corbyn, particularly after your colleagues on the right of the party pushed him to adopt that position of a second referendum, is absolutely abhorrent”
This #bbcqt audience member criticises parts of the Labour Party for their treatment of Jeremy Corbyn. pic.twitter.com/zRYHH8W5Eo

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) December 13, 2019

johnson is in a position to have an easy ride for years, yes. he is also someone who somehow manages to fuck up things which appear to be unfuckupable, not all the time, but on a very regular basis. so who knows?

I think Rayner will win, even if I prefer RLB.

I don’t think anything is inevitable wrt Johnson but he does need to find a balance between the Atlanticist wing of the party and those who want a functioning relationship with Europe, will have to negotiate the economic fallout of Brexit - and hope that the ridiculous Brexit Bounce actually comes off, figure out how to implement an immigration policy that keeps business happy while persuading white racists that the doors are closed, etc, etc. None of this stuff is going to be easy, even on cheat mode with the press.

Cameron had the press against him in 2016 for the referendum a year after winning the first majority in 13 years. The press and party roll turn on Johnson too.

Anyway, I'm joining the party to be sure I can have a say in the next leader. Fuck off Yvette cooper or skinnock or whatever nobody thinks they can ride some racist mug wave back to the top of the party

idk what would happen if you polled the PCP and asked them to pick either a functional, relatively stable post-Brexit relationship with Europe that won’t substantially disrupt the economy more than necessary or a trade deal with the US - I don’t think you can have both.

Love Rayner but would rather have RLB too, she's got a kind of icy unflappable quality that I'm, possibly too easily, impressed by.

we need to avoid a neil kinnock at all fucking costs

"That's not in Wales, you're thinking of Don Valley."

that was what passes for cutting humour with me. I'm here for the next five years :P :( :(

Thank god for that

Not sarcastic

likewise alas xp

watching bbc news for some fucking reason, there is a clip of alan johnson being a prick to jon lansman, and they cut to george osborne grinning like a vampire sex pest, fucking sickening sight.

Jon L been more influential for good in this country than Alan fucking Johnson.

Don is, of course, one of the oldest place names in the British Isles *pushes glasses on bridge of nose*

I really don't get why so many people seem to think think that Keir Starmer is the person to save the Labour party, why him and not any number of other Labour centrists? is it something to do with wanting a 'serious figure' to be the next leader, and his status as a former Director of Public Prosecutions makes him one?

otm soref.

xxxps
well hopefully willl still be here, I should have added! but this is no place for suspicion of grim gallows humour. Hopefully it is still a safe space for burning melts! and for me to annoy the fuck out of mark s with my proliferate message board warrior style overuse of exclamation marks!!!

Asked what it was in particular that she disliked about Corbyn, she replied: “There’s something about his mannerisms.”

Asked if he liked Johnson, Evans sighed. “I think he’s the best of a bad bunch but it’s brilliant that the town has turned blue. It’s been Labour for too long. We need a change. Things can’t get worse.”

sorry but just look at him

Jesus f christ, this guy, feel physically sick looking at him pic.twitter.com/JdXXhpSoZl

— Wicked Wilf (@weejay) December 13, 2019

Honestly there is not another centrist in the same league as Starmer.