THREAD 1. A briefing to @uklabour on #blacklivesmatter from @Keir_Starmer's office stresses support for peaceful protests. It says 'violence and vandalism' are wrong; police should investigate the pulling down of the Colston statue. It says the statue should have come down..— iain watson (@iainjwatson) June 8, 2020
― gyac, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
Better days
'Winston Churchill was a war hero but there was also another side to him' - Labour's John McDonnell tells ITV News he welcomes debate on the British icon's legacy https://t.co/5hviU1bIMz pic.twitter.com/oTAAXFbBY9— ITV News (@itvnews) February 14, 2019
― gyac, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
i'm confused by the maths where a minority of violent actions during a protest invalidates the protests but "a minority" of racist cops is an acceptable price to pay for law and order
― #NotAllStatues (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
As I was saying
Sitting opposite @pritipatel as she uses her identity as an Asian person to silence @FloEshalomi as a black person, because Flo very reasonably questions this government’s policies that institutionally discriminate against black AND Asian people.I feel sick.— Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) June 8, 2020
― gyac, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
33%? fuck me
Whilst 53% of Britons support the removal of the Edward Colston statue, only 13% approve of the way in which it was done33% oppose the removal in any capacityhttps://t.co/UTAsKTJoir pic.twitter.com/NT8bNl6V1I— YouGov (@YouGov) June 8, 2020
― stet, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
the uk is technically not a majority racist country
― #NotAllStatues (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
Don't read the responses to that.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
"33%? fuck me"
Sounds about right.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 8 June 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
Yes. If not too low.
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Monday, 8 June 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
hey 87% of Britons, go fuck yourselves
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 8 June 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Full support to those Labour MPs facing a torrent of abuse for standing up to racism and pointing out the barbaric history of slavery and colonialism.This history should be taught in schools.We must all be clear that #BlackLivesMatter.— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 8, 2020
― gyac, Monday, 8 June 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
miss u king
― Prosecutor Bradley Tankerton (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 8 June 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
At the risk of turning into calz, lol
Lmao he triangulated his fucking NAME pic.twitter.com/3Z3DzD6S4l— social equidistancing (@revskaben) June 8, 2020
― gyac, Monday, 8 June 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
his "working class" factory running labour history geek dad cursed him by naming him after a talented orator!
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
Loooooollll how funny is this, lads trying to get the statue out today 😭 pic.twitter.com/kqem7KdjGM— MADELEINE (@Frenchd0gblues) June 8, 2020
what on earth are these idiot tribe morons trying to do here, lol a pole - talk about the wrong tools for a job!
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
Scrap metal tatters or white supremacist scumbags?
― rolling keyring (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 June 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
is it made of copper perhaps?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 June 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
That's my first guess
― rolling keyring (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 June 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Bronze iirc.
― ShariVari, Monday, 8 June 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
'Justice will follow' anti-racism protest clashes
Gonnae guess this BBC headline doesn't lead to what you'd hope.
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Monday, 8 June 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
the scrappers have been asleep in recent weeks, there was a beautiful wrought iron gate just sitting there for weeks outside one of the houses on "millionaires row" recently!
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
you better have a good functional backyard foundry if you fancy shifting a bronze statue that is all over the news right now, some of these more professional scrappers might but your average copper thief wont!
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
i think my absolute favorite thing on this website is the way you can spot a calzino post inside the first half dozen words.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 June 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
(not a joke, i love it, great poster)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 June 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
lol way too generous, but thanks anyway!
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
Lol
#SittingInLimbo epitomises the unimaginable suffering endured by the Windrush generation. On behalf of successive governments, I apologise again to victims & their families. I will do all I can to ensure @ukhomeoffice protects & listens to every part of the community it serves.— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) June 8, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
She is laughing at all of us.
― glumdalclitch, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
"Only £360,000 of a compensation pot meant to pay out £500m has been distributed"
there are other ways to apologise for such a crime against humanity other than more worthless fucking lip service from the dead eyed psychotic daughter of a former UKIP candidate
― calzino, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
"face the full force of the law" is a statement implying and encouraging police brutality so of course Johnson ended his statement with it
― nashwan, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:36 (three years ago) link
Meesa surely Jar Jar Binks wish yess. Weesa say nosa— Layla Moran 🔶 (@LaylaMoran) June 8, 2020
Keir Starmer you are finished! please make way for our next leader
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:37 (three years ago) link
lol, was just about to post that.
Genuinely impressed how quickly politicians and the press have managed to pivot to making analysis of racism in the UK, at a time thousands of BAME people are dying needlessly of an avoidable disease, an argument about whether statues need to be reviewed.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/sadiq-khan-orders-review-of-all-london-statues-for-slavery-links
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:41 (three years ago) link
cursed tweet. mods ban user alphabet pls
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:41 (three years ago) link
Top story on the Guardian website - statues, next story, Boris Johnson's statement on BLM and statues, next story, Sadiq commits to reviewing statues...
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:43 (three years ago) link
Bronze Racists Matter
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:52 (three years ago) link
There's a huge amount of great, positive energy out there but you'd be forgiven for thinking that racism ended 200 years ago and the debate should be about how we memorialise it.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
instead of getting stuck on statues, let's move on to this
If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery?Thread:— Griff Ferris (@g__ferris) June 8, 2020
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:08 (three years ago) link
Putting on my mask for a day trip to the statue museum
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:13 (three years ago) link
that's excellent work xp
― rolling keyring (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:13 (three years ago) link
lol no shock that Drax is the first name in the thread.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
a literal supervillain
― Prosecutor Bradley Tankerton (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:24 (three years ago) link
And a power station to boot.
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:25 (three years ago) link
he definitely looks like an evil plantation boss
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:26 (three years ago) link
plantation but turns out it was in ulster
― mark s, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:30 (three years ago) link
lol the plunketts predate the plantation, it's some proto-tudor shit
wikipedia sentence casting the shade here: "Debrett's single sourceless sentence on the subject describes the charter of 1439 as a writ, although Cokayne denies that Ireland recognised the creation of peerages by writ; some websites have copied Debrett"
cokayne: helluvadrug
― mark s, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
I feel like an absolutely massive churl but i honestly care less about what Drax's ancestors did in the 1700s than what Priti Patel is doing now. I'm fully on board with the idea that fundamental change isn't going to happen until Britain properly understands and reckons with the legacy of colonialism but at a point where people in the US are looking at ways to think beyond policing, the UK government has just forced through a new immigration bill that will severely impact the rights of migrants, there are allegations of suppressed / ignored evidence in the BAME COVID report, the hostile environment policy still guides immigration strategy despite promises it wouldn't, etc, etc, it might as well be a psy-op.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:39 (three years ago) link
Isn’t the point that many of the UK’s establishment got their wealth through slavery and many of those people are in positions of power today? But yes, agree on you being a colossal churl.
― gyac, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:41 (three years ago) link
sv and gyac otm
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
❤️❤️❤️
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
these things are deeply connected and agitation that churns up the deep placid assumptions abt the eternal truths of the british is where genuine movement comes and can somewhat stick: this is norman-yoke shit
it absolutely needs the two seemingly difft things being fought for tho
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o85xIO33l7RlmLR4I/giphy.gif
― mark s, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:47 (three years ago) link
cok-ay-ne knee's up.
(that's all i have)
the del-boy through the bar thing makes me think that maybe rolling a statue into the river in bristol should become a yearly event. there are worse. could be new statues, made especially, topical, like the effigies in lewes.
― koogs, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 10:48 (three years ago) link