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

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— 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

lol! RIP Shippers.

A plan for long-term investment, to halve child poverty, to deliver a fairer tax system, and to build a more resilient and greener economy.

I love the way the most unambiguously positive thing Kieth can offer right now is 50% less malnourished children 👏👏👏

albeit in horrible bullshit terms like "plans" and "long-term investments". Can't wait till this guy dies.

Extremely here for kieth suing tim shipman into bankruptcy tho, wd buy him a pint for that (and maybe a can of polish lager for shippers lol)

just to repeat myself "child poverty" is a term of unmitigated melt evil

Rachel Reeves to consult Joe Biden’s team on Labour’s economic offer. Shadow chancellor will discuss how party can appeal to blue-collar voters and urban graduates

If she really needs to talk to Biden staff for ideas then she's in the wrong fucking job. "blue-collar voters" maybe they mean Chelsea fans? I will boldly predict More Racism and other cool ways of obfuscating the messaging around austerity

Oof pic.twitter.com/3fU5l8VLLb

— Simon Vessey (@Simon_Vessey) May 15, 2021

20+ points behind after this has aired. The Maybot parallels with Kieth are the more exposure he get's the less people like him.

the novelty of watching a Piers Moron show where he isn't even the biggest cunt in the studio will wear off as soon as Kieth starts talking

Morgan just announced "Full-Out War on Woke".

What does Morgan suggest this War on Woke should comprise of?

It reminds me of a conversation I had with my right wing cousin a while ago. He suggested we needed to do something about excessive wokeness, that we needed to do something to this.

Instead of countering I said I think you may be right, what do you think we should do?

He had nothing, not a single suggestion

I suspect Morgan would have plenty of suggestions, fortunately I'm unlikely to ever find out what they are

Starmer is turning into Theresa May before our eyes.

thing is I've ridiculous people saying Starmer is too smart by half to get drawn into culture war traps.. lol yeah sure looks like it

seen

I bet Mandelson (talking to him for the first time since 2018 lol) has told him he's only half fash and that just isn't good enough to get on the wavelength of "red wall" voters.

if I was the LOTO I simply wouldn't take advice from a man who was in Epstein's black book and also had a hand on the 2009 disaster, while allegedly he was "more distracted with finishing his memoir than the election campaign".

weird how ppl talk about culture war as if it's an optional surface level distraction & doesn't have deep roots in the things they claim we should be focusing on instead. even still starmer has had nothing but culture war shit going for him but apparently it only counts if it's woke

I still can't get over the halving child poverty thing it's like a parody of the mundane horror of centrism

why do these old liberal monsters only ever show up to demand more racism

@CAATuk have a really useful resource on their website - a database that shows which arms companies have premises near you. You can filter results by destination.

For instance, here are Bristol companies exporting weapons to Israel.

Time for action.https://t.co/pYQs54xkni https://t.co/Yr50vxzqZ2 pic.twitter.com/yjwuVEPf4C

— Chris Rossdale (@crossdale) May 13, 2021

How it started: How it's going: pic.twitter.com/JyEXISYeFl

— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) May 15, 2021

lol Priti does what is now a shitposting staple and completely gets it!

how it's going is actually 151,765 dead.

and counting

she wanted to flip the format and put some positivity in our lives by reminding us she's alright. I bet she's still doing that tortured version a smile under the mask.

Priti Patel is vaccinated. The nation can sleep soundly in their beds tonight. Apart from the ones who've died of Covid.