ForenSix Opposition - Politics in the Soon To Be Former UK in Autumn 2020

nice to see the Scottish Independence polling backing up the thread title

love this precis of Perry A's precise dissection of why New Labour are for cunts

Pezza on New Labour. Magisterial ™️

On the eve of the election of 2010 that would finally propel New Labour into a frozen wasteland, by now overdue, the books on its record could be closed. 1/?

— Keith Sceptic (@paulewart23) October 14, 2020

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/generation-must-start-thinking-others-stop-spread-coronavirus/

not sure if the Allison Pearson who wrote this in March is any relation

tbf that was before it was clear it affected blacks n poors worst

un-fuckingte-nable to have someone like this in *the party of workers* https://t.co/p1qdewGCJX

— julia blunck (@juliablunck1) October 14, 2020

Good to see the party taking a strong line on this behaviour

that strong line in full:

"transphobia is good, we like it, and we encourage it"

I'm told Keir Starmer is meeting with Labour MPs personally to urge them not to break the whip on the CHIS 'spycops' bill, after more than just Socialist Campaign Group members raised concerns at the Monday PLP meeting over the abstention plans.

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) October 14, 2020

Someone made an observation on twitter that Starmer wasn't going back to Ed Mil. It was going back to Harriet Harman's abstention on the welfare bill. And well, look at this.

so many profiles in courage these last few days, i'm finding it hard to keep track

xps on the mp for Canterbury: she had a soft focus profile in the Times yesterday that was really shocking

Pub renames itself 'The Three Bellends' in protest against Liverpool lockdown https://t.co/Bi39JGGwln

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) October 14, 2020

I lolled

More shocks

A few weeks ago I was branded a 'homophobe' for having once asked an ex-staffer whether she knew a famous gay woman. The woman in question a) never stopped mentioning ST and b) runs a bar in the tiny seaside town where we all live - Sandi only recently moved away...

— Rosie Duffield MP (@RosieDuffield1) October 14, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hkn-LSh7es

Moonshot is still alive.

I’ve also uncovered documents showing that far from scaling down its reliance on private sector consultants, the govt has created a further 200 roles for consultants to work on the moonshot testing system. Among the recipients:
Deloitte: 84 new roles
KPMG: 50
EY: 31

— Ed Conway (@EdConwaySky) October 14, 2020

Labour has appointed a former aide to Tony Blair, Nita Clarke, to look at the "culture of the party" and help build "election winning organisation"

Clarke was no fan of Corbyn or Brexit, saying it was "morally bankrupt" to back him for PM/imploring JK Rowling to set up new party pic.twitter.com/NuSzGEf3Zz

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) October 14, 2020

This Nita Clarke? https://t.co/1NDTfbyNoa pic.twitter.com/b3kOqk3iw0

— Simon (@simonk_133) October 14, 2020

Seems bad tbh.

Judging by my TL Nita has won at twitter tonight

Lol incredible hire

New labour govt put more money into the nhs than any previous govt & reduced waiting lists to nearly zero. Sure Murdoch was thrilled. Iraq war direct consequence of 9/11 terrorist atrocity. Or doesn’t terrorism count when it’s against the West? But don’t let facts get in the way.

— nita clarke (@nita_clarke) July 14, 2020

pls popular twitter terf joanne rowling, set up a new party, i’m imploring u as a former aide to tony blair

No Win 2024

Screenshot from a locked account:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkUKzMDU8AAXiUU?format=jpg&name=large

Ton of 'but you'd rather have Saddam, you Assadist!', she should get a bot to automate those.

https://youtu.be/PSZxmZmBfnU

"Sure Start" "record NHS investment" "quarter of a million dead Iraqis" "Diana kitsch and Cool Britannia"

has Nita ever thought of making some New Labour wallpaper that celebrates their many achievements? asking for eddie marsan

I'm guessing she hasn't read the Perry Anderson piece. I mean there's big words for one thing.

she's a bloody meretricious snollygoster, that much is shua!

when people are clueless enough to conflate the Saddam Hussein regime with 9/11, that's good enough for Keith

I'm told this appointment has not lasted long – already been undone. https://t.co/K2wRcX1l5K

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) October 15, 2020

lol!

Good work Twitter

Kieth you're next

My hotly considered take is that no one who would be any good at this particular job is on Twitter, certainly not posting under their own name.

if they'd done a reasonable level of due diligence before offering her the post they would have requested that she delete her twitter acct and henceforth banned her from shitposting, but they obviously didn't!

Leave the spicy takes for your alt next time, Nita!

BREAKING: Care Minister Helen Whately tells London MPs that the capital will move into Tier 2 from midnight Friday into Saturday.

PM to make an announcement this morning.

That means no household mixing indoors and avoid public transport.

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) October 15, 2020

I was just going to check on case numbers in London. Aren't they still low?

Apparently the doubling rate is now about 7-10 days which is what has them freaked

in the last two days I have heard of five school escorts self-isolating and a teacher has phoned me this morning saying there has been a covid 19 outbreak in one of the classroom bubbles.

Just in time for my first visit to London in seven months.

I'd be interested to see how the pro/anti lockdown split works out for readers of the Telegraph (Sunak warns of economic devastation if there's another lockdown), the Mail (another lockdown will lead to you dying of heart disease) and the Express (don't worry, the economy will be fine - as long as there's no second lockdown). The front pages are united in favour of Sunak and, softly at least, against Johnson.

Absolutely delighted at the work of shitpost twitter on there, excellent stuff. Man’s got no neck.

Support bubbles don't count as "households mixing", right? Or are they included in the ban?

I think that’s right Matt, support bubble = same household for these purposes

Yeah you can meet your friends outside but not in a restaurant, but you can go to a restaurant or pub or whatever with your family or housemates.

does outside at a pub count as outside or is it still a pub?

still a pub afaik, the same rules are enforced in beer gardens round here as on the inside

This is such a sham.

You can also have builders and cleaners 'round. If you really want to hang w/ someone from a different household indoors I guess pay them.

you are allowed to enter houses and gardens to provide care and assistance to vulnerable people, which includes those over 70. So if you're comfortable with it, it is *we think* ok under the rules to pop to your elderly parents' and for example, make them dinner.

Dan Carden has resigned. Good.

“I am resolute that as a matter of conscience I must use my voice and my vote on behalf of my constituents to object to legislation that sets dangerous new precedents on the rule of law and civil liberties in this country.”

Dan Carden's resignation letter in full. pic.twitter.com/DahhcpMuhJ

— Tribune (@tribunemagazine) October 15, 2020

imagine if Crobob's front benchers kept resigning

Yeah Carden is Scouse from an Irish family - he was always going to.