"we'll change the things that need changing and that's all we'll change": the paSUKification of post-brexit politics 2021

Lol Beckett is now retweeting old tweets to show his anti-racism

I had a strange experience, with 6music on at 9:30. The news was on, it reached an item about the events in Glasgow. It started playing an item where a local person, I think, said: "We reject Priti Patel's racist policies" ...

And it seemed to fade out, and back into music - reggae, naturally, as it was Gideon Coe.

I was unsettled. On these news programmes usually it ends and someone very blandly says: "And, that's the 6music news, at 9:30", and a couple of jingles later it goes back to the music.

Here, I genuinely had a sense that a clip (of the person talking) had got through to live radio that wasn't supposed to, and someone monitoring had suddenly pulled the plug to prevent a BBC vs government incident.

But this might all be an exaggerated projection from a small botch in live editing.

"But this might all be an exaggerated projection from a small botch in live editing."

The only bbc music station I listen to is R3 these days, but I listen to enough other bbc radio to doubt very much that was a botch and your first instinct was probs correct.

100% for total tory elimination but using the threat of state violence against one specifically for not being white is beyond fucked up

but also this whole mystery as to how a racialised politician could support racism they personally benefit from eludes me tbh

very normal party

Howard Beckett suspended from the Labour Party. Labour source: “Keir is prising McCluskey’s cold, dead hand from the Labour Party.”

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) May 13, 2021

"with his own cold dead hand"

Luke the Nuke is still good is it

The prospect of these dithering zombies eating each other is pretty entertaining tbh

It's hilarious how a bad tweet which I'd maintain is totally fine rhetorically -- and personally I don't give a shit -- is being used to rig the Unite leadership contest.

Hope he is elected on the back of it.

CON: 45% (+2)
LAB: 30% (-3)
GRN: 8% (+2)
LDEM: 7% (-)
REFUK: 2% (-1)

via @YouGov
Chgs. w/ 05 May

Bringing back memories of 2017, only Keith has a much lower approval rating than Corbz ever had and the Labour party has genuinely become almost completely insignificant.

xp

if I was someone who'd had family deported I'd be furious with that tweet. But the naked opportunism is so predictable!

It doesn't what any of the Labour Right do on social media, never any consequences. Reeves stanning for a fervent Nazi and Anti-Semit- promotion!

not to mention Rosie Dudfield

Lol

Told Labour MPs supporting Steve Turner for the Unite leadership are now sending this pic, inspired by the below tweet, to to one another on WhatsApp https://t.co/3ySPw7deds pic.twitter.com/QenzsTFYUP

— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) May 13, 2021

Damn the legendary comms skills of the sensibles for leaving me no longer able to detect whether something is part of the Simon Hedges Extended Universe.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1MvMUQXEAEMWVv?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyFGuhVWgAU1TJy?format=jpg&name=900x900

I think parodies usually give the game away by having competent to rather good graphic design.

lol that is very good work tbf

could almost get a rare migraine trying to read the text on the Progress one.

This is a really good point.

I’ve already some writing/thinking of this but we also generally need to be better equipped with how we respond to Black and Asian Tories, particularly the way they instrumentalise identity politics. They are flying the Tory party ranks and this issue isn’t going anywhere

— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) May 14, 2021

I just simply call all tories "fucking tory wankers"

It's true, that real (?) Progress flyer above looks unreal.

Good thing that poster Calzino isn't a member of the Labour Party. They'd have had to suspend him so many times over the cost of the stamps would have bankrupted them.

#Blair4BatleyNSpen pic.twitter.com/JpVR8rRYjK

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) May 14, 2021

lol! the monomaniacal crackpot Adonis is even more fucking repetitive than me tbf!

Good discussion

Always slightly puzzled by the "rising house prices => Tory govt" logic. House prices have risen nearly 50% since 2010, as noted here, but they rose nearly 200% 1997-2010 (ie even after the GFC). Is it just incumbency bonus for whoever is in power? https://t.co/43xHqzoJml

— Rory Macqueen (@RNMacqueen) May 14, 2021

I had to check that Adonis was really saying that. He really is.

Time for the Guru imo

Anyway it's fun that just like with progressive rock, the progressive bit in progressive politics is most insisted on by some of the least progressive fuckers in the game

terms like "progressive" and "human rights lawyer" have very negative connotations these days

In the UK at least progressive feels like a dog whistle for melts, soft Tories and other assorted biowaste

pic.twitter.com/XVeZ5ULShI

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) May 14, 2021

No way would Adonis pass a Voight-Kampff tbf

he's a replicunt alright

English Greens in being clueless non-shockah

In a sense you are giving the English Greens too much credit in seeing this as part of a strategy. In my experience the deeper culture of 'working across party lines' and basic naivety (e.g. treating proven liars as honest brokers) is to blame for 95% of stuff like this.

— verblet (@verblet) May 14, 2021

Progressive politics at its best

Johnson press conference at 5pm-ish today

oh is he resigning?

an urgent and emotional plea towards Kieth "Stop hurting me!"

At most he might be gonna push back the "no more rules" date but I can't really see it tbh

Maybe he's got a new freestyle he wants to show off

Local lockdowns for areas still too stubborn to vote Tory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDGcBeSB7Z8

You've probably not heard about it but there was a parliamentary by-election yesterday, where Labour did quite well.

SNP Anum Qaisar-Javed 10,129 46.4 +1.4
Labour Kenneth Stevenson 8,372 38.4 +6.5
Cons. Ben Callaghan 2,812 12.9 -4.7
LD Stephen Arrundale 220 1.0 Decrease 2.6

Airdrie & Shotts, that is. Boris working his magic there.

Johnson press conference at 5pm-ish today

that bloke who Rachel Riley tried to sue for referring to her as a "serial abuser" has won his libel appeal against her.

Actually he might have something to say here - the billed 5pm has become 5.30 xp

Poots elected leader of the DUP, which means there is now a First Minister of nation of the UK who doesn't believe in evolution and thinks the Earth was created in 4000BC. And we sneer at the US?

the first very important question Poots should be asked is: what is his position on hollow earth theory

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1XL4lQXoAAiuXr?format=jpg&name=large

Going to keep posting this until Tim confirms that he is in fact Tim https://t.co/3hWkek2nct pic.twitter.com/lZsPF635FQ

— Dr Fran van Plannaram Ph.D. (@dismalplaces) May 14, 2021