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

starting to have a suspicion that keir has been some sort of prank from day one.

“You’d have failed your test”

“Ok, good. Very good.”

always a very good idea for a labour leader to do a stupid publicity stunt involving something that he's clearly no good at when he's already become a f/t running gag

The Liverpool Echo has published an apology in print today after writing that Keir Starmer had broken a promise to never speak to The Sun newspaper. The Echo accepts this was not true.

— Benjamin Butterworth (@benjaminbutter) October 12, 2021

if only there wasn't hundreds of people that saw him saying this at a Liverpool hustings and probably at least a hundred thousand + seeing the vid online just the day before he reneged and told a Fabian audience he would deal with The Sun.

clever old keir actually said “I certainly won’t be giving any interviews to The Sun during this campaign” which means no one can be angry about it

there's that brilliant lawyer's brain of his getting one over on his enemies, the labour voters of Liverpool.

"ok keir you may not have said you'd never speak to the sun but that's what people thought you said and now they have yet another reason to hate your guts."

"ok, good. very good."

Liverpool one of those metropolitan elite cities that can be relied on to vote Labour, so fuck them so we can talk directly to some Tory-voting twat who want even listen in Nottinghamshire,

Be surprised if Lab make it to much over 25% at the next election. Never mind the broken promises he is just such a shit candidate.

https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/fit-in/416x416/filters:format(jpg)/https:%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F5637f505e4b0ffa7afe695ea%2F0x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale%26background%3D000000

his net approval rating has dropped to -44. But the fieldwork was carried out before he failed a HGV test and told Liverpool to get fucked.

pretty much the worst case scenario is that the kid missed some or all of a single school day. like that is *such* a minor inconvenience. the curriculum is a load of nationalistic lies and half-truths anyway, who gives a fuck. all this “tHiNk oF tHe KiDs” feels like ‘90s america. https://t.co/WAhADAZh22

— katie but halloween flavoured 🎃 (@SpookyLovejoy) October 13, 2021

i have plenty of ideological and tactical differences with these lads but the sight of people boiling with anger at being late but not at impending environmental catastrophe is something deeply depressing

Hilarious piece, tweeted by a cheerleader for austerity.

In a supremely well researched and erudite @FT Magazine piece, @TimHarford is not optimistic that something will turn up to rescue the UK economy

(If you don't read it for the pessimism, read it for the intellectual journey towards the conclusion) https://t.co/iLp50E93GC

— Chris Giles (@ChrisGiles_) October 14, 2021

Shortages are only meant to happen in planned economies, apparently.

This is delusional.

The figures show unemployment in March 2020 was 1.2 million. It's now over 2 million.

In Croydon unemployment was 10,835 in March 2020. It's now 18,925. https://t.co/BO9XJoxxFn

— Andrew Fisher (@FisherAndrew79) October 13, 2021

Also this, from yesterday:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/13/uk-border-force-could-be-given-immunity-over-refugee-deaths

I know there has been much of a take-up from Polish HGV drivers to save Xmas but the government are going all out for a version of the guest worker scheme that you see in the middle-east and will drive down conditions.

ITV News understands immigration rules will be temporarily lifted for foreign butchers to avoid a mass cull of more than 100,000 pigs https://t.co/Tw8DeEoMnR

— ITV News (@itvnews) October 14, 2021

*hasn't

US Congresswoman @IlhanMN tells @AnushkaAsthana why Margaret Thatcher is one of her political role models. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

Tune into the @itvpeston live stream now for exclusive ad break content.
#Peston pic.twitter.com/O5Wl2eRizZ

— Peston (@itvpeston) October 13, 2021

lol my hero was a pro-apartheid monster cos she was a triumph for representation

ffs another clueless American

oh jfc I didn't want to hate her, now I have to hate her.

whatever the grown-up and nuanced take on this is, like hey this isn't an endorsement of Thatcher values blah blah blah ... I don't want to hear it!

what if it turns out she lied about this in order to get to call Peston a cunt

she'd have to execute Pesto to undo the damage her rep has taken here

CON: 43% (+6)
LAB: 30% (-4)
LDM: 11% (-3)
GRN: 6% (+1)
REF: 1% (-1)

Via @Kantar_UKI, 23-27 September,
Changes with 23 August.

maybe Kieth should tell Manchester to fuck off next

oh this was from before the Labour conference, don't know why it has just been posted

A rare nice thing

BREAKING 🚨🚛: DHL lorry drivers have just accepted a 6.2% pay rise - after standing firm with their union and rejecting an initial 1% pay offer.

— Trades Union Congress (@The_TUC) October 13, 2021

When they send threats to their MP 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

— The Jo Cox Foundation (@JoCoxFoundation) October 14, 2021

a very fine and tasteful addition to that red flags meme that's been running for the last day

wow

That's fucking insane pic.twitter.com/OFRRqJnoFV

— Ghostface Kafka (36 Chambers) (@RuairiWood) October 14, 2021

The thread going through past statements / conduct of the people selected - including someone who led a smear campaign to paint a rival as antisemitic- is wild.

Literally worked for the Theresa May just a couple of years ago https://t.co/F4F9kKD02z

— black lives matter (@jrc1921) October 14, 2021

BREAKING: Scotrail staff to go on strike during COP26. RMT members will walk out from 1st-12th Nov in a row over pay.

— Connor Gillies (@ConnorGillies) October 14, 2021

The thread going through past statements / conduct of the people selected - including someone who led a smear campaign to paint a rival as antisemitic- is wild.

― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 15 October 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Best thing you can say is few of those will get elected.

Conservative MP for Southend West Sir David Amess has been stabbed multiple times at a local constituency surgery

For more on this and other news visit https://t.co/8OWd2TvLrt

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 15, 2021

finally some positive news

Dark lols @ that Jo Cox foundation tweet

a splendid example of nominative determinism!

has the hard-left agitator Angela Rayner been arrested yet?

He's dead! I think. Someone is, anyway.

ah, the good kind of Tory

People with Halloween names tweeting about this is a bit of a strange thing to read

be careful next time you call a scumbag MP a twat or a darned scoundrel... these words can have dire consequences much graver than the social murder policies they vote for in parliament

This is the Brasseye 'cake' guy isn't it? He's dead. Which is not good tbh.

Killed for not wearing a poppy

— 🎃 Here's Jonny Mao 🎃 (@JonnyMao) October 15, 2021

Hopefully this won't lead to tit-for-tat assassinations by factions loyal to the ruling regime, wouldn't want the country to descend into violence now.

Tories on Twitter have already started blaming Angela Rayner for saying "Tory scum" - hope to god the killer turns out to be an antivax crank or sth.

hope to god the killer turns out to be an antivax crank or sth.

most likely scenario, tbh

Pretty disgusting to score points on this one, but it's part of the reason we are here