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

he's not even a closet skull measurer

Our estimates suggest that control measures of a similar stringency to the national lockdown implemented in England in November 2020 are unlikely to reduce the effective reproduction number Rt to less than 1, unless primary schools, secondary schools, and universities are also closed. We project that large resurgences of the virus are likely to occur following easing of control measures. It may be necessary to greatly accelerate vaccine roll-out to have an appreciable impact in suppressing the resulting disease burden.

I'm going to do a contrarian number on this widely-praised thread (nothing personal: I just don't agree with it). https://t.co/PIsoEihST3

— David Timoney (@fromarsetoelbow) December 23, 2020

(read the thread that thread is in response to first if you like)

I couldn't give less of a fuck about the moronic ramblings and lousy politics of your idiot father just as much as I didn't give a fuck about my own before he died, but let's go make a thread about it eh?

Who even gives a fuck about old bastards not voting Labour at the moment anyway? I don't even care if nobody votes for them.

who is widely praising that thread?

well some FBPE types for a start, fuck it anyway - not wasting any more energy on this.

#BREAKING Britain has made "huge concessions" in Brexit talks, according to a French source pic.twitter.com/3lB79ODCOH

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 23, 2020

has anyone done a welfare check on Farage?

Nigel forage

going back to back to that inane thread, it isn't any of kind insight that lots of teh UK electorate (not just old people either) like simplistic narratives and shit politicians and err towards the status quo - even if it damages them - yeah we know that from 2019. Isn't the point that Starmer is pandering to them and not gaining any ground and looking like a lock in for a GE loser more interesting than talking about your stupid fucking dad like there is some lesson to be learned there? Sorry I'm drunk now and my pathetic brane is imploding!

Darragh, that is good.

I left it copyright free that it might take flight

I agree. Can we get #IBlameJeremyCorbynsHardBrexitForCovid19 trending? https://t.co/iafWsQXdtO

— Sarah Oxford-Laughdugry, 4 (@sarah_ox_laugh) December 24, 2020

it's hard to believe that one of these isn't a parody account, well anyway I lolled

pretty sure they're both parody accounts?

oh shit, not as funny then!

i mean i'm not 100 percent but surely there's no way, it's too much, and would any Newcastle fan call them "The Toons"

definitely both parody accounts

Can't believe Sarah Oxford Law Degree is a parody account.

well yes obviously I meant the other one!

It's Friday Who's up for some follow back Friday! #FollowFriday
Let’s get some follow back action Like, retweet and follow!

FBPE = Follow Back Pro EU #FBPE

Pop it in your bio, follow and follow back retweet like FBPE people, grow the movement
Christmas ⭐🌲#foreverEuropean pic.twitter.com/DthkZUYZRi

— 🇪🇺Charlotte I am a Remainer #RejointheEU #fBPE (@Charlyf_81) December 18, 2020

like for example, is this a parody account? I can't tell the difference

I often think stuff the Remainiacs podcast and the Dunty's How To Be A Liberal book are really part of a world building effort by a bad parody account

GOD IF ONLY

i'm gonna start a podcast called Guilloteenies, it will not be a parody

just killing some time class enemies

never too young to learn class consciousness

itt: everyone turning into tom d

this is what happens when you spend too much time staring into the burning white light of the discourse, it burns permanent blind spots onto your retina.

kinda funny that a suspicious use of The Toons tipped me off more than the blame Corbyn for everything vibes

I'm just laughing to myself thinking of a fake geordie with a rosette and a rattler shouting "blooming well play up The Toons!"

Why yes man

Hon the Penguins!

It does do my head in to see otherwise intelligent people recommend the Remainiacs podcast. My fave was when they used a Reagan campaign slogan for a FBPE march.

astronaut staring at Earth labelled REMAIN: so it's just about crushing the poor?
astronaut behind him pointing gun at his head: always was

i mean ive never listened to a single second of the remainiacs pod bcz why wd i but its producer is the editor of Q during its least imaginitive period lol

(someone i am of course two degrees of separation from and once met and he seems nice enough in person and friends tell me he absolutely is, and also anything but posh -- but that period of Q was bad bcz if anything it was even LESS alert to cultural politics than its of its earlier phases ffs)

yes this is the lens i see everything thru, when life gives you degringos make degringolade

is that he said when he declared Toploader album of the century!

My @guardian story: Marcus Rashford to discuss the future of the £20 a week Covid rise in universal credit with work and pensions secretary Theresa Coffey, as he turns his poverty-fighting focus onto the social security safety net. https://t.co/ay6pyn6DfK

— Patrick Butler (@patrickjbutler) December 24, 2020

god bless that man

maybe slow down Marcus, you're making the Labour Party look bad

Why is "Marcus to hatch a plan to kidnap and guillotine Coffey on Xmas day" not a thing I'm reading XP yeah he's great.

Maybe Starmer asked for a phonecall too but Coffey just didn't know who he was.

Starmer phoned up Coffey and heard her phone ringing a few feet away in the Carlton Club

Lol at this misspelling of "deal":

Dead is done. Everything that the British public was promised during the 2016 referendum and in the general election last year is delivered by this deal.

We have taken back control of our money, borders, laws, trade and our fishing waters
The deal is fantastic news for families and businesses in every part of the UK. We have signed the first free trade agreement based on zero tariffs and zero quotas that has ever been achieved with the EU
The deal is the biggest bilateral trade deal signed by either side, covering trade worth £668bn in 2019
The deal also guarantees that we are no longer in the lunar pull of the EU, we are not bound by EU rules, there is no role for the European Court of Justice and all of our key red lines about returning sovereignty have been achieved. It means that we will have full political and economic independence on 1st January 2021
A points-based immigration system will put us in full control of who enters the UK and free movement will end
We have delivered this great deal for the entire United Kingdom in record time, and under extremely challenging conditions, which protects the integrity of our internal market and Northern Ireland’s place within it
We have got Brexit done and we can now take full advantage of the fantastic opportunities available to us as an independent trading nation, striking trade deals with other partners around the world

both the EU and Boris have needed all day to find a way to turn this into a victory for their own side

remember though, this only affects the working class. children of the rich will still be able to experience the benefits of erasmus-like trips, whilst working class kids are pushed further into disillusionment https://t.co/FZWOi5pmBN

— chris.🧃🏄‍♂️ (@chrisstaley_) December 24, 2020

Breaking: Ursula von der Leyen says there will be an overall review after four years to ensure the level playing field is being abided by...

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 24, 2020

Oh good, “no non-tariff barriers” lies the PM

Interesting graphic from the European Comission: pic.twitter.com/LQTBNGLmJH

— Shehab Khan (@ShehabKhan) December 24, 2020

Financial services passporting being excluded looks huge.

lol that's massive

so now that one thing is place, how many more trading deals does boris need to negotiate?