love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

we've all been there

In these dark and uncertain times, I think back to the words of a British military hero I know Johnson has long admired.

https://i.postimg.cc/QCNy3hbs/FD6594-AA-2515-40-EA-B223-3-E1-AC41-D4-A58.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/QCNy3hbs/FD6594-AA-2515-40-EA-B223-3-E1-AC41-D4-A58.jpg

truly our national poet, thank u marine a for your service

This is one of those good ideas that will never happen unless socialism

It’s surely common sense to create as much open space as possible to allow socially-distanced exercise.

Let's open up golf courses to the public (there are 300,000 acres of them across UK) and give people more room to walk and run.

Sign the petition:https://t.co/5g2SwOdr4H'

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) April 6, 2020

The golf courses tend to not be where the people are, mind.

Closing huge spacious parks (without actually implementing a full Italy-style lockdown) feels to me like the same logic as reducing the frequency of tube services, Lucas otm there should be more access to green space not less

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU38AOrWoAAu_jy?format=jpg

Golf courses in cities should be banned unless they're sited on grassed-over toxic waste dumps

I noticed they were still ground maintenance staff cutting the grass at a local golf course the other day, key workers if you are a gammony golf nazi piece of shit!

Golf courses in cities should be banned unless they're sited on grassed-over toxic waste dumps

A lot of golf courses can already (and presumably still) be accessed by the public, at least, partially just by crossing into them from surrounding woodland (done it during a bunch of rambles over the years). Be curious to know just how many though.

Update from my right-wing cousin.

The UK will start to return to normal in the next 10 days after the peak is reached.

If Boris dies this could lead to civil unrest as love him or hate him he is a figure that people can rally around and Raab doesn't have that. If Raab dies too then there is a danger the UK may descend into chaos. People in parks are irresponsible

I was feeling totally chill about the current situation before I learned that Dominic Raab is the only thing standing between us and the total collapse of society.

There's a chance Raab could die?

The people in parks will see to that

Co-raab-avirus

love him or hate him he is a figure that people can rally around

Have seen no evidence of this whatsoever, then again I don't read the Mail or have a Russian-funded Facebook feed

Raab's Power Graab.

Need a walk today, wonder where the best place will be to avoid stop and search and a kicking

i believe this was all foretold in the old testament? 'after the pestilence cometh the age of crustaceans' - domini craab = lord of the crabs

Guy N Smith tried to tell us

The UK will start to return to normal in the next 10 days after the peak is reached.

this is 5G-level thinking

The golf courses tend to not be where the people are, mind.

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 6 April 2020 bookmarkflaglink

That is true of say inner cities, but not so of other places.

How far down the line of succession is Lord Buckethead?

So in the unlikely event of Queenie, Chaz, Wills, Harry + associated kids all dying, does Andrew become King? Yes I've seen King Ralph btw

this is 5G-level thinking

I'm just the messenger. We're approaching a return to normality alongside a societal breakdown

what if they're both the same?

https://i.imgflip.com/1l8thn.jpg

James Meadway on 'Labour's legal turn'
https://www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2020/04/05/labours-legal-turn/

There’s no point to engaging with that shit but this is one case where I would be tempted to remind them they said that in, say, 21 days, before asking them to shut the fuck up about everything forever xps

BREAKING:
· David Lammy, Shadow Justice
· John Healey, Shadow Defence
· Ed Miliband, Shadow BEIS
· Emily Thornberry, Shadow International Trade
· Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Work and Pensions
· Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Education

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) April 6, 2020

· Jo Stevens, Shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
· Bridget Philipson, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
· Luke Pollard, Shadow DEFRA
· Steve Reed, Shadow Communities and Local Government
· Thangam Debbonaire, Shadow Housing

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) April 6, 2020

· Jim McMahon, Shadow Transport
· Preet Gill, Shadow International Development
· Louise Haigh, Shadow Northern Ireland (interim)
· Ian Murray, Shadow Scotland
· Nia Griffith, Shadow Wales
· Marsha de Cordova, Shadow Women and Equalities

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) April 6, 2020

· Andy McDonald, Shadow Employment Rights and Protections
· Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health
· Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement
· Lord Falconer, Shadow Attorney General

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) April 6, 2020

Seems ok.

ian murray

The Tories did this in 2015 when they only had one Scottish mp, as soon as they had more than 1 in 17 Corbyn replaced Murray with the newly-elected Lesley Laird.

Said Andy Mcdonald would be in there the other day. He's quite impressive tbf

No Dawn Butler!

But good to see de Cordova in there.

Cat Smith is very good and a Corbyn protegé

Jess Phillips still waiting for her close-up, LOL

Wales and Scotland seem fucked forever.

Dawn Butler really the biggest omission here.

No Yvette Cooper. Also lol no Jess Phillips what a surprise.

No Hilary Benn either thank god.

lol if chuka had held on for 8 months he probably could've been shadow chancellor

The melt WhatsApp group will be having a mini meltdown over some of these omissions perhaps

I'm just trying to imagine what it's like being in a group chat where the consensus is Starmer is too much of a lefty.

Be like the us politics threads I guess

Lol yep!

butler def a poor omission but folks admit you were slightly blindsided by this cabinet lol

the proof of the broad church approach is yet to come (and i know it's not ideal) but for all of starmer's weak rhetoric and collaborationist demeanour there's enough for me to keep a shaky faith for now

nice to see phillips, benn et al punished for being essentially snakes