Free as a Dodo: UK Politics Welcomes 2021

Or that he wouldn’t have to use his head to do the chipping.

there's something about the (very standard) phrasing of that question right? who *can* build a strong economy. Its obvious that whatever labour were to attempt to do they would have every hurdle thrown at them by the media/political establishment while the tories could do whatever they want except that clearly they act wholly in the interest of themselves and their pals and have little interest in building a 'strong' economy in any way that doesn't directly line their pockets. its a funny one.

I noticed one of the Today journos blithely refer to the furlough scheme as "costly" this morning, the language is insidious and relentless and it does its job

a penny saved is a penny earned!

You know what they need that money for?

EU citizens offered financial incentives to leave UK https://t.co/Cp1PbVYAZG

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 26, 2021

repatriation is it? cool, cool

just turned on the news and BJ is doing one of his press conferences, haven't seen him in a while and he looks like an exhausted pink scarecrow

xxp that is awful and also extremely tempting as an EU citizen

We only passed 50k deaths on the 7th November. If that Nov lockdown hadn't been lifted the picture would look so different.

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) January 26, 2021

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the Mail merely reporting the facts and not advocating mass murder obv

The PM says:

We did everything that we could to minimise suffering and minimise loss of life in this country as a result of the pandemic. And I’m deeply sorry for every, every, every life lost.

I mean he's probably right in that they did everything they were willing to do as soon as they became willing to.

Why did Boris even bother? Polls are fine.

he should do a very important polling stress test by putting on a Jimmy Savile mask and then taking a shit on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at the next daily press conference

put that in front of a loop of Limmy streaming 'honk if Thatcher's deid' and stick it on ppv

I skipped the Joshua and MacGregor fights but every man has his price

gotta hand it to the UK press, when a death toll reaches a nice round number they suddenly take an interest

And it hit that number halfway thru the month so you know they’re on the ball

he should do a very important polling stress test by putting on a Jimmy Savile mask and then taking a shit on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at the next daily press conference

― calzino, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 21:30 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

-2 and happy melts for a week iirc

Imagine if this came from the account of the leader of the Lab party

This isn't a story about normal British incompetence. Boris Johnson isn't David Brent. It's a story about a government of opportunists and eugenicists that has hamstrung the health service, a government who decided old people and disabled people weren't worth saving (or who

— Crystal moth (@Prolapsarian) January 26, 2021

Dreadful interview by Labour's Jonathan Ashworth. He criticises the dangerous "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme.
"Did you oppose it at the time?"
"No".#r4today

— Briefcase Michael (@BriefcaseMike) January 27, 2021

I listened to that, he was comprehensively pwned and sounded like a feeb

Amazing how he kept his shadow cabinet job isn’t it

I think I prefer Kieth to Ashworth tbh

Wow.

I mean, he was on the GMB this morn, not exactly being owned by Piers, Is there something called "Self-pwnage"?

P: "Would you call for this incompetent PM to say Look guys, I've made a hash of it, I think I should go"
A: "Wellllllllllllllllllllllll...... Ummmmmmmm........."

England lockdown extended until March 8. Schools will be first to open.

Smashin it keith

can he count that as a much needed win

BRB drawing up a spreadsheet of crimes I could've committed that would have got me locked up for less time than the rona has

Anyone with a birthday on March 9->15 had done incredibly well to avoid all the lockdowns imo

Has

This is a stupid and infuriating policy, what the fuck are they playing at????

Labour calls for juries to be cut from 12 members to seven to clear courts backlog https://t.co/J9e5Luy21w

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 26, 2021

tough cases to be decided by rock paper scissors

Supercop Kieth working his way towards Diplock courts for the whole UK

Has

― imago, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 2:26 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

You were right the first time - My wife and I had our not-locked birthday trip to Sorrento (where there was no Covid at that time) and came back just before our joint b-day on the 9th.

So, looks like we might have a chance this time. But breaths are not being held, lets say.

A message from me as @thesnp leader on transphobia. pic.twitter.com/ewjM7xWLjG

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) January 27, 2021

what does she say I don't want to watch it

she just raps Cube's verse from "Fuck the Police" then invites JK Rowling to eat a dick straight up

bit shocked tbh

On the same day, from the same party. Melty middle-class media Scotland is terfy as fuck

Well done @HumzaYousaf who’ll amend the hate crime bill to ensure freedom of speech. The polarisation around this topic means some very vocal groups & individuals view any debate/discussion as “threatening” & “abusive” when it’s not at all. Amendment is necessary & welcome 👇 pic.twitter.com/pXVbfXWmHr

— Joan McAlpine (@JoanMcAlpine) January 27, 2021

"discussion or criticism of matters relating to" insert whatever protected characteristic you like and see how that flies

xp. i think in scotland you're seeing what would happen if a nominally left of centre party was in charge in the uk. i.e. there would be a struggle between the transphobes and non-transphobes in the governing party over trans issues.

both melty and more left-wing factions of the labour party having terf elements

Joan McAlpine
Joanna Cherry
Joanne Rowling

Is there only one TERF name?

I'm as shocked as anybody but Led By Donkey appear to have produced something of value

https://timeline-of-failure.com/

I still struggle with the SNP taking all that money from Brian Souter. The man ran a campaign based on the idea that people like me were unworthy of being considered as a proper part of society, and still they took it. The TERFiness of the party does not ever surprise me, even when you've got big names doing good work within the party.

I'm as shocked as anybody but Led By Donkey appear to have produced something of value

https://timeline-of-failure.com/

― the scamp has a thousand fries (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:58 (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is v good yes

I don't think there is much good about the SNP other than a means to break up the UK and then get the standard neo-lib austerity lite package. There was something the other day about Sarwar taking donations from a convicted paedophile, christ talk about stark choices!

when i voted for them, and against labour, i was voting for free prescriptions, care for the elderly, and uni tuition. none of the other major parties offered this.

well maybe i wasn't very charitable towards some of their policies to undo austerity, which have been relatively decent tbf. But I wouldn't trust them to not start winding some of these things back when the weather get's a bit choppy, as is the unprincipled wishy washy centrist party default.

they're the least worst bastards you can vote for in Scotland but that doesn't make them beyond criticism.

That Keep The Clause message, that debate whirring on in public, during my early teens when I realised my sexuality, has had a huge impact on my life and how I've had to present myself, and I don't think it's wrong to expect them to take active measures to show they are serious about LGBT issues. I really appreciate Sturgeon's tweeted video upthread but it doesn't undo the years of hurt and suffering caused by teachers feeling unable to support students like me for fear of repercussion.

xp. their plans for independence were very much of that ilk. which begged the question: why be independent and have it worse? am absolutely ambivalent about independence now - after being a congenital nationalist for whatever reason. literally the only appealing thing about it to me now is to piss off the tories.

boxedjoy, that must've been tough, it is absolutely shameful that they associated with soutar for so long, and as long as the terf element in their support and parliamentary party are just allowed to run wild with impunity, i wouldn't be voting for them again under any circumstances