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

that's where voter ID and other overt and subtle suppression techniques come in

That's not going to work in the white Southern areas that are being abandoned by the Tories, and what the piece I linked to discusses.

Obviously one thing not discussed is how the electoral path is being abandoned (a potential effect of Starmer's Labour) nationally and how the fight is migrating to more local levels.

I don't know if its too early to tell how pronounced the dampening effect of Starmer's time will be. As pointed out by Left upthread, the voters they're losing to the right currently are most likely outnumbered by the voters they're losing elsewhere - but this second group of lost voters don't seem to be drifting to any other party, as most of those look even more redundant

cuz they are

i am all for abandonment of party/electoral bullshit as long as that energy goes towards fighting for/against the right things

we're seeing a whole lot more divide & rule, seletive conditional inclusion/exclusion stuff being pushed to young white people, poor white people, middle class black & asian people, cis white women, non-muslims, non-black people, non-travellers, non-benefit claimants, property owners, different types of renters, different employment arrangements, citizenship statuses... which has had some success in all these cases whether or not it will ultimately pay off for the tories or any party. which almost seems beside the point as long as it keeps the system going

we're also seeing more pushback against all these things which is great

*selective

still waiting for britain abolition (not just breaking up the union) to become the standard "left"/anti-govt position. i can dream

"the dampening effect of Starmer"

enough about Jennifer Chapman you smutty minded young man ... sorry couldn't resist some HIGNYFY hilarity on such a nice sunny day.

have i ever mentioned how much i fucking hate britain

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from the very fucking platform that gave us the current PM. Seriously that smug melt cunt can go die in a ditch. Anything good that remains of the BBC is fuck all to do with him and his kind.

Bbc's creative output includes Mitchell and Webb, abolish the licence fee imo

BBC's creative output includes The Black and White Minstrel Show

Rare footage of the hignfy green room as they were chortling boris to power

https://i.imgur.com/8ubGFLt.gif

The Black and White Mitchell Show.

i don't know who david mitchell is but i hate him

i do know who david mitchell is and i hate him

one thing that Corbynism did was flush out people like Mitchell into showing their arses. Previously I just immensely disliked him but it turned to pure hatred in the Corbyn years.

I mean tbf he's shit at his alleged actual job so being a centrist cunt is just icing

His job appears to be appearing in a lot of interchangeable panel shows with the cream of British comedy talents.

Great moments in popular culture

Don't want to upset the in-laws now

He seems like a guy whose career hasn't really gone anywhere (the other guy even more so).

Feel like there’s a poll in the “how to be ___” landfill books that have been written by the arrant grifters and clowns of uk public discourse in the last decade

That’s re Webb tho his is how not to be, but still merits inclusion

Webb was at our Joel's graduation, i had to be firmly instructed not to heckle

that coming of age memoir about his gritty middle class upbringing that was the book of the week on R4 at the time. Probably the funniest material I've ever heard from him tbf. There was a bit where he has retelling a scrap with his Da or something that was such terrible writing it made me laugh out loud rather than ponder toxic masculinity or whatever the mediocre Cambridge prick was trying to do.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KXOs81u6L._SX318_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

the moral arc of an ilx thread can be long, but it bends toward rory mcgrath

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the particular strain of crypto-reactionary liberalism that dominates post-alt UK comedy seriously needs to be studied, it's an actual phenomenon which doesn't get identified nearly often enough. even the apparently apolitical stuff like fake-ironic outrage over "incorrect word usage" is insidious

the south park/family guy thing which is related but not identical gets called out all the time these days but this UK stuff still gets way too much of a pass probably because they're mates with everyone in media and they're all implicated. in fact the issues with comedy are the issues with the UK press, we could kill both with 1 stone

cancel culture? i think it would be a good idea

ahh recurrent rory mcgrath arc on uk threads is like a comforting oasis of horror in a desert of boredom!

thats right

I have spotted RM in Cambridge four times, he is always cycling around the centre, not in the last year though of course.

My granny knows him from way back & is the only person I’ve ever known to have dealings w him and not hate him - but even then the upshot of her anecdotes is “he’s a prick”

the radio station office had a clipping of a younger female presenter having dinner with him in a restaurant for a feature, and I thought it was a bit odd to send her on what looked like a date with a convicted stalker and print the photo in the same newspaper that had covered the case two years before

I saw him on an S5 bus from Oxford to Bicester once, in a clear "don't notice me, but do notice me" mood…

That’s his whole thing, he is very “don’t you know who I am” while also being a prick about being recognised I think

& like... he’s barely even a celebrity and has achieved literally nothing. Who is he

posh white man with connections

oh wait i thought this still david mitchell i don't know this guy

He’s basically nobody, just a random creep, but also you’re not wrong (although I think he was relatively unposh for a Cambridge student back then)

Thank you domcum for your opposition.

BREAKING: Tory lead falls from 13pts to 6pts

CON: 42% (-2)
LAB: 36% (+5)
LD: 6% (-2)
SNP: 5% (-)
GRN: 5% (-2)

[Seats]
CON: 334 (-34)
LAB: 230 (+33)
SNP: 53 (+1)
LD: 9 (-)
GRN: 1 (-)
OTH: 23 (-)

Tory majority of 18 seats.

Via @OpiniumResearch, 27-28 May (+/- since 13-14 May) pic.twitter.com/kNBmxHvUAN

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) May 29, 2021

If only they'd put this much planning into the pandemic preparation:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/29/boris-johnson-and-carrie-symonds-reportedly-marry-in-secret-ceromony

xp

what a disappointing poll, such blatant Labour Right sympathy and bias I can't take it seriously

He's done it again https://t.co/wHYACX4xgL pic.twitter.com/3yEiF3NGJ1

— black lives matter (@jrc1921) May 29, 2021

consistent

but maybe just quit with the bland congratulations, because everyone itk knows you are only slightly more a Gooner as Cameron was a fookin' Villan ffs you embarrassing prick

Oh have they won? Ok

I'm a REAL Arsenal fan, not a pretend one. That's why I have to mention it in every post

Nah, he’s actually a real Arse fan but the MP with the Emirates in his constituency is just so much better at being a football fan.

I'd love to see them going head to head in an Arsenal pub quiz. I bet Jez would skin the fucker on club history knowledge.

Next thing Keith will be tweeting how football is all about taking part.