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

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.

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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.

It would be funny if he tweeted that at the Citteh fans but funny is not in his wheelhouse, is it?

REAL football fans don't melt when a local rival wins something. I never forgave Hudds Town fan David Peace for saying something like "perhaps a draw would be a fair result" when asked about who he fancied in the upcoming Hudds vs Vile Revenant of the North L66ds cunts game when he was plugging his Clough book!

RT if you knew Keir Starmer was a “As an Arsenal fan.”

— The Trashies (@TheTrashiesUK) May 29, 2021

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lol he's like a Barry Sheerman type pol club fan, who once made a show of turning up at a pub when Town were playing Sheff Wed in the playoffs. And he was so was so fucking clueless he jumped up and cheered when Sheff Wed scored. Everyone in the pub was laughing and jeering at him and he stormed out.

lol yeah Roger Nouveau for real!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2liE1nWUAMaApy?format=jpg&name=900x900

Peace isn't a dirty Leeds fan?

Kieith has plenty form for warmly congratulating what are supposed to be his bitter rivals lol

no Peace is a Hudds Town fan to the core, he was at a Hudds vs Leeds friendly for the first completely pointless game Clough was in charge with his dad as a kid. That's what made his diplomatic prevarication all the more annoying!

This is a terribly sad story in @thesundaytimes. By admitting more kids from state schools, Oxbridge are forcing the privately educated offspring of the super wealthy to go to Ivy league colleges in the US. Something must be done to stop this! https://t.co/MB3Z8rzL6S

— patricksturgis (@patricksturg) May 30, 2021

"a terribly sad story"

needed to check if the LSE social science prof is being ironic, can't always tell these days!!

My irony detector definitely registered significant activity.

terrible that some of these rich brats will have to join horribly American exclusive clubs that might not even approve of fucking pig's heads and burning $100 notes in front of homeless people

Clearly these are not Britain's brightest

A real person. A focus group person. pic.twitter.com/x7WdgoOtDT

— Simon Vessey (@Simon_Vessey) May 30, 2021

Zarah Sultana, a REAL football fan.

Trinity in dublin has long been famous for being both an elite university for irish students and a dumping ground for rich english thickos

Ditto St Andrews.

oh really that makes sense

I visited Batley and Spen to hear from local people about the issues that matter to them.

Labour is making a difference to communities like this one right across our country.

I urge everyone to #VoteLabour and for our great candidate @kimleadbeater pic.twitter.com/FK2Mc93pC4

— Anneliese Dodds 💙 (@AnnelieseDodds) May 30, 2021

Hello I'm a former shadow chancellor and recent recipient of a frontal lobotomy and a demotion from Kieth. I've got absolutely nothing to offer you.. just want have a wee chat about the Labour party because the enthusiasm to talk about the party in Batley is off fucking the charts, I lied to myself after the 36th consecutive door was slammed in my face.

it could be worse I suppose. George Galloway worse!

I suppose saying "we are listening" is a good enough substitute for offering nothing in Kieth's mind.