Free as a Dodo: UK Politics Welcomes 2021

Beware the knock on the door.

https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE5MDczNTg2.jpg?crop=982:736,smart&width=990

they don't all seem that thrilled to meet the prime minister in Batley!

Despite hard work, results & a strong reputation I’ve been sacked today from @theSNP front bench. My constituents & fellow party members who gave me a resounding mandate in recent NEC elections should rest assured that I will continue to work hard for them.

— Joanna Cherry QC (@joannaccherry) February 1, 2021

GTF JCQC!

FBPTERF

just deserts with a cherry on top

That's twice in a week I've gotten to type "cheerio tae fuck!" in response to a departure.

they don't all seem that thrilled to meet the prime minister in Batley!

― calzino, Monday, 1 February 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Tories -5% in the next poll

Kieth had proposed a commission to investigate the sectarian violence between the Rams and Bulldogs fans. Boris was never going to top that!

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/primal-scream-star-bobby-gillespie-23420856

Boaby's gone indie.

Getting Mr Some Of My Heroes Are Jewish And Madonna's A Hoor onside is just the push the movement needs.

sorry, misspelled 'pish' there

this could be the beginning of the end of the independence movement!

Using the royal we there, I see, Boab.

We’ve seen the data before but I also keep thinking about this

Realise this is very old news now, but bloody hell look at that gender gaphttps://t.co/FHObIe0MxD pic.twitter.com/rfiOjZr2mP

— Shreya Nanda (@shreyagnanda) January 31, 2021

The age brackets there seem very...managed though. 25-49??

Tommy Corbyn is gleefully sharing that Baloo vid. And boiling much piss!

idk seems pretty clear we need to euthanize the over 50s, ah well, i had a good run

its the only way sorry to lose u

happy to take one for the team tbh

gonna take "Captain" Tom out with me

Here, less of the "Captain" there.

things still going well in burma i see

Aaron Bastani is Britain's best political analyst.

Slightly less keen on Walker but he understands the virus and the pandemic better than most.

I've given up on Butler since his last toxic LRB performance.

But Novara overall would seem to be the best thing to happen to UK media since, say, the launch of Channel Four in 1982.

― the pinefox, Saturday, 30 January 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Still my favourite ever TV programme, still think @novaramedia should do a version of it like ~once a month. Maybe less. Smart people, big issue, in a studio, runs until there's nothing left to say. https://t.co/RqKNz8xuUS

— James B (@piercepenniless) February 1, 2021

❤️ Zarah very much.

In the Holocaust Memorial Day debate in Parliament, I spoke about contemporary antisemitic threats, including Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

I've now received an angry letter from the Hungarian ambassador, asking for details.

Here's my reply & a thread on the details: pic.twitter.com/cJosysaUy5

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) February 1, 2021

That #BalooLabour video has 3 times the viewing figures of the official Labour Party broadcast one

— Ben (@BenJolly9) February 2, 2021

what's the betting Boris brings it up in the chamber?

Covid-19: People in South African variant test areas urged to 'think twice'

When you ask yourself if you've done enough... did you think TWO TIMES???

The Baloo video isn't even that good but it's nice to see this steady drip drip of truth slowly fixing Kieth's character in the public mind

Come on, Boris as King Louis is incredible casting.

Visually it's spot on, lyrics are a bit standard tho. Still good in terms of reinforcing Kieth's image

Like the viewer count of Party Political Broadcasts are gonna be a thing..

Get in!

Thought of you immediately.

It's sad, he was a tool of imperialism

The poor old dude had about as much autonomy over his social media career as Bone Bone does, tbf.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtPi4RWXYAAUsGm?format=png&name=large
There will always be another leader, no lessons will ever be learned from this.

I cannot believe they actually read this out on Radio 4 pic.twitter.com/tIs7fuIcT8

— LENINLOVER69 HATER 🤬 (@TreborRhurbarb) February 2, 2021

Just really moved by the tributes, thus one from BA is just something else:

pic.twitter.com/zaUOVXSdQt

— British Airways (@British_Airways) February 2, 2021

"X"?

Everything about that tweet is perfect, from replies off to the little kiss at the end. Incredible effort from start to finish.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/02/labour-urged-to-focus-on-flag-and-patriotism-to-win-voters-trust-leak-reveals

lol

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/stressful-day-at-the-office-picture-id505640165?s=612x612

somewhere right now there are melts on Twitter explaining how if you hate nationalism you want the Tories to be in power for another 10 years

“They are the voice of the students. They have left real people, taxpayers behind.”

nothing like going to the focus groups to listen to the salt of the earth who all seem to conveniently talk like right-wing talk radio presenters

Jon Harris wearing a novelty fake moustache

"dressing smartly at the war memorial etc give voters a sense of authentic values"

are they still going on about Michael Foot's "donkey jacket" in 2021 or did Jezza turn up at the cenotaph looking like a bag o' rags cos I can't remember that.

Are they glossing over the way Boris Johnson looked in 2019?

are we fucking serious with this shit

No, they are very unserious and beneath contempt. Yet again this is personal prejudice and ignorance masquerading as electoral science

the thing with Boris is that his whole image is ridiculous and contrived but he's been doing it all his life now. When really bad Labour melts try their tryhard authentocrat moves they always look much worse than their Tory counterparts. Harold Wilson could pull it off because he was a crafty and complex sort of person who was much brighter than the *top brains* in the Labour Party right now.