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

a monarchy referendum would be literally the funniest most awesome finale to the UK i can possibly imagine

i mean this is a pointless reverie but still

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Cornish_flag_small.jpg

Cornish flag is black and white iirc calz which is maybe ironic idk

yeah what gyac said

Straight up down question between abolish and romanov https://t.co/4rf9QnkyQx

— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) January 10, 2020

i'm still enjoying the imaginary "vote no on the monarchy" tv broadcasts in my head

what about if the Queen had to go on the Masked Singer and the monarchy was abolished if she lost?

xps
I should know I've been to Newquay enough times.

Masked Singer, Love Island, either way

just when you thought the EU referendum unleashed the most morbid aspects of the nation’s id...

i'm still enjoying the imaginary "vote no on the monarchy" tv broadcasts in my head

it would be amazing, and you know there'd be some really surprise celebrity cranks just appearing out of nowhere to stick the guillotine in

Chris Sutton or Arg off of TOWIE suddenly redeeming themselves by coming out as bitter, foaming republicans

he’s ready
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/23/46E451E300000578-5138181-image-a-8_1512172387951.jpg

might run some spin-off polls from the wiki entry on "UK republicans"

sorry about megxit :(

if i'm honest with you ums i still haven't got a clue what Meghan and her husband are supposed to have done

mrs markle whodunnit

just some more tedious celeb nonsense, nothing to see.

so far Starmer has (in his "huge tent") the campaign company behind Owen Smith, Jenny Chapman former vice chair of Progress and backer of Owen Smith, Ben Nunn the deputy director of Comms for Owen Smith, former office manager for Chris Leslie, Chris Ward. Matt Pound a member of Labour First a right wing group run by Luke Akehurst. oh yeah and one former Corbyn aide. Such a broad tent he has there.

Yes but what do you think of Keir Starmer?

fucking lovely guy, he'd fucking give you his last £5 note if you were skint. And then report you to the benefits agency fraud line!

Yeah has anyone formally put the question "what the fuck are yous on about" to them royals yet cos ¯\(°_o)/¯

'Matt Pound'

while I reminded them <...> that Brexit really was the main cause for the defeat

How do you dress yourself

This Matt Pound business is certainly a black mark. It's not like he needs the Labour First votes - they won't be going to RLB and he shouldn't fear Phillips or Nandy. Unless his internal polling suggests otherwise...

Sometimes when people reach out to the right it's not reluctantly it's just their natural instinct.

While UK ILX scrambles to cancel every single candidate who isn't RLB though, my abiding concern is that she really isn't very good at being a convincing public presence. Starmer's response to marking Corbyn out of 10 was far better than hers, to give one example. I am rooting for her but I just cannot see how it's going to work. But I've said this almost as many time as calz has called Starmer a Tory so I'm sure you're all very bored

Starmer had best have a good reason for this Pound thing though or I'll have to find an alternative second-choice, and I'm scared it'll have to be Clive Lewis

I might actually 2nd pref Clive as well tbh, despite nothing but contempt for him!

I spent a lot of my adult life given up on the Labour party it won't kill me to give up on it again and the only important things to me about the leadership election at this point in time is the effect on the party itself - I don't care if some charismatic media darling mashup of every smooth talking loveable heart-throb ever is in charge if the party isn't pushing socialism. I maybe just about have some belief that Starmer may not represent the right wing technocrat backlash that he smells of but I gave Blair some benefit of the doubt in 96 and fuck falling for that twice.

Sorry that was all over the place, basically if there's one good choice then bollocks to a second choice

"While UK ILX scrambles to cancel every single candidate who isn't RLB though"

'cringe' and 'cancel' comes easily to people who can't say comrade huh?

I might actually 2nd pref Clive as well tbh, despite nothing but contempt for him!

Like you don’t have to 2nd pref at all, I’m not planning to

Yup, only RLB exists in this contest.

i blame ilx poll culture tbh, just because you *can* vote for a thing doesn't mean you *should*

I didn't know it was optional tbh so good!

or at least I'd forgotten from previous votes, can't even remember if I did 2nd prefs last 2 times

I have some respect for Lewis - his green credentials are extremely sound

And his women credentials?

that is where i have less respect

Not 2nd preferencing means "if my first preference doesn't get in then I have no interest at all in distinguishing between the others", which is a level of nihilism that I can barely oh no wait which thread was this again.

Oh, I suppose that’s nice to know.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMOWYnvXYAAUcVG?format=jpg&name=large

An 'ally' speaks! xxp

xp it’s pointless imo at this stage because:

1) Starmer is clearly favourite and won’t need any 2nd prefs
2) he is the only candidate I would consider 2nd prefing in this contest
3) am I really going to 2nd pref Lewis, Phillips, or Nandy? No. Are any of those three likely to be in contention? Also no.
4) honestly get fucked with calling that a “nihilist” view

And lol I started voting in Ireland, I know exactly how transfers work ffs

Lol another 'black mark', this is kinda appalling

I'll be honest I find this really disappointing 😔 a really important cause, the commitment to child refugees, being used to gather data for a leadership campaign - it shouldn't be done pic.twitter.com/7e72v7O7ba

— 🌷 Chlöe 🌹 (@ChloeAHopkins) January 10, 2020

it's weird Andrew because i associate nihilism with going "any old terrible person/policies will do in a pinch"

yep, nihilism would be not giving a shit who leads the Labour Party next.

must've been pretty nihilistic voting for a war criminal and Thatcherite economics fan in the 2000s because "hey at least it's not the Tories"