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

And of course never accept the blame for economic mismanagement. If Labour had simply done this they would be 22 years in power.

If I were left-wing Labour;;;;; I would simply win an election

Also didn't they call themselves New Labour precisely to signal a radical break from the party's immediate past, rather than stoutly defending every element of the party's legacy?

His take is as ahistorical as that delusional "Labour Family" babble that some melts use, like as if they owned the brand.

Corbyn has said “Labour family” on numerous occasions lol

the melts used it much more than him in a "what is happening to my labour family" manner.. but what a fucking turnip!

One for the Corbyn's flaws thread (yes I'm saying wrong thread FFS) xp

fucking hell at this from today's pmqs

The SNP’s David Linden asks about religious intolerance in India. Will the PM meet him to discuss this?

Johnson says this is a crucial issue. He is particularly keen to defend religious freedom, and to protect those of a Christian faith.

What do you expect? The Tories have been openly targeting racist Hindu voters with this kind of shit for years.

Which I'm sure is one of the reasons the question was asked.

very normal #content

I can reassure the manufacturers of artisan crisps that they are in no danger, in fact I am a Walker’s crisps man or Pringles when I’m feeling extravagant. https://t.co/Z5lL7K04x2 pic.twitter.com/VnEpE78kW3

— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) February 26, 2020

xp SNP asking? Is that really in their interests?

how do you do fellow crisps

Never been more grateful they can’t sell Tayto here.

got to admit I think ready salted is underrated, used to love those plain (Smiths?) crisps that you'd get a salt sachet with.

(xps) They do think about more than Scotland. Some of them do anyway.

There was a point early on, post-2010 election, when Ed Balls was briefly trying to make a Keynesian counter-argument against austerity but he allowed it to be swept away under a torrent of terrible advice. Completely forgot he was ever running for leader until now.

The MPs who nominated him in 2010:


Ed Balls (33): David Anderson, Ian Austin, Tom Blenkinsop, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Vernon Coaker, Yvette Cooper, David Crausby, Jim Cunningham, Jim Dobbin, Mike Dugher, Andrew Gwynne, John Healey, Stephen Hepburn, Sharon Hodgson, Diana Johnson, Helen Jones, Eric Joyce, Barbara Keeley, Chris Leslie, Khalid Mahmood, Steve McCabe, Kerry McCarthy, Teresa Pearce, John Robertson, Geoffrey Robinson, Marsha Singh, Andrew Smith, John Spellar, Tom Watson, David Wright, Iain Wright

Jesus, what a shower, Eric Joyce!

Fucking hell!

I AM SCREAMING, THEY'VE NOMINATED SIMON HEDGES FOR A CIVILITY IN POLITICS AWARD, WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS pic.twitter.com/N1B7prRdcM

— Moya Lothian-Mclean (@mlothianmclean) February 26, 2020

Lotsa Indians and Pakistanis in Scotland xp

Why did nobody mention the spectre of death hanging over JRM's shoulder?

Today colleagues and I stood with @pcs_union cleaners at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, who have been on strike for pay, conditions and in opposition to outsourcing.

Solidarity! ✊🏼🌹 pic.twitter.com/BqJrE8A81m

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) February 26, 2020

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERxotuFWoAAW2th?format=jpg&name=medium

the state of this fucking guy.

What a complete fistpencil.

if you did a poll of which of your fave ageing Blairite scum has matured like a fine wine he'd be up there in the mix.

enjoying the right-wing pants-shitting today over heathrow's thrid runway being binned

That's going to wreck all the trade deals

I’ll be interested to read the judgement as it’s not immediately clear whether there is an obligation to consider the climate impact they slipped up on or whether there is a requirement that all policy must be proved to be compliant with the Paris Accord.

Or he wants to build his stupid airport island in the Thames instead.

now more than ever, the time is right for major construction projects in, on or around bodies of water

Christ, I’d totally forgotten Boris Island. TfL just emailed me today to say that the new route masters will be front door boarding only in the future, lol. WHAT WAS EVEN THE POINT

It turns out that the new Scotland - NI bridge will be lower level trains, upper level cars, top level airplane runway.

Dreading the fucking queues to get on the bus in the mornings but even worse the crush caused by people cramming into the front half of the bus because they haven't got the brains to move to the back of the bus where there's a chance there might be oxygen.

Upper level - Rangers supporters buses.
Lower level - Orange Walkway.

aww boohoo they won't let us hasten the apocalypse sob wah, btw i am a labour peer commiserating a conservative defeat fyi

Only winners from a refusal to expand Heathrow as agreed by Parliament 2 years ago will be other international hubs that will take the extra traffic, esp Amsterdam, Paris & Dubai

There won’t be fewer flights, they just won’t come to Britain. We will be poorer, they richer

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) February 27, 2020

Can't possibly let somebody else be richer

Adonis is oblivious to the fact that Amsterdam and Paris have been struggling with how to facilitate more flights for years and years now, stumbling over the same environmental limits Heathrow is.

you really couldn't make it up.

Christ, I’d totally forgotten Boris Island. TfL just emailed me today to say that the new route masters will be front door boarding only in the future, lol. WHAT WAS EVEN THE POINT

― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 27 February 2020 bookmarkflaglink

The point was that if you got in the back you'd never tap in and ride for free. Johnson truly a man of the people.

aren't they hybrids as well?

> However, the buses have suffered from problems with their battery systems with some operating solely as diesel vehicles

ah...

xp I mean what was the point of going on about these magic buses if they’re only going to stop using 2/3 of the doors to get on? They’re just mobile ovens now.

Or he wants to build his stupid airport island in the Thames instead.

As long as it doesn't get in the way of the no doubt imminent construction of LONDON RESORT, i'll be happy.

blargh @ Adonis. Same idiocy as the thing I've heard from multiple otherwise-sensible people that it doesn't matter if people fly less because the planes will fly anyway.

oh jesus i was unaware of London Resort

The Blobienda must be built.

andrew adonis is infallibly wrong on everything.

xp I mean what was the point of going on about these magic buses if they’re only going to stop using 2/3 of the doors to get on? They’re just mobile ovens now.

― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 27 February 2020 bookmarkflaglink

They always were horrible in summer. They should really scrap them now that the only reason for using them (that they were pretty much free) is gone.

NEW: Sadiq Khan shows interest in backing Mike Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg in the ongoing US Democratic primary: https://t.co/zTftqyLzE5

— LabourList (@LabourList) February 27, 2020

another Labour wasteman along with Adonis who joined the wrong party.

does...does he get a vote? is this news? this is not news