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

A wardrobe full of identical blue suits is it

As much a metaphor as &c

god I hate that pic so much, you don't need to be politically engaged to take one look at that posed jollity there and think what a bunch of wankers

He wishes

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Phoenix's is just so much better, the cut, the colour

ah well at least Kieth's got more than one tie i guess

Corbyn out-dressed, out-styled that dire fucker by miles and he actually looked good in a suit. Kieth doesn't even look comfortable in his own skin, everything looks so laboured and joyless with him.

Well said.

JC looked good in his M&S suits and red ties (or green for Grenfell).

Most people cannot accept facts like this and continue to pretend that JC mostly wore a donkey jacket over an old Aran sweater, unlike professional KS.

Phoenix's is just so much better, the cut, the colour

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The pinefox: now that’s what I’m talking about, daddy.

Two very good posts which happily confirm that I am correct about this.

At one point we had British Vogue comparing Jez’ tracksuit style to Demna Gvasalia‘s Balenciaga; Keir would be lucky to be noticed by jeans and sheux Twitter.

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: A Conservative MP has accused a party whip of telling her she was fired from her ministerial job because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues uncomfortable” https://t.co/5ppNltXtDh

— The Sunday Times (@thesundaytimes) January 22, 2022

Seems less than ideal that the U.K. government has come up with a diversionary natsec bombshell so thin and implausible that even Luke Harding isn’t convinced but nobody in frontline politics can point this out as that’s What Corbyn Would Do.

However four of the five men live in exile in Moscow, making their ties to Russia’s leadership less a matter of subterfuge than public record.

jokes

“You’ve made my evening. The British Foreign Office seems confused,” said former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev, laughing. “It isn’t very logical. I’m banned from Russia. Not only that but money from my father’s firm there has been confiscated.”

No lesson learned by anyone at all in giving Fabricnut this oxygen

Tory Michael Fabricant on LBC rubbishes claims Nus Ghani was sacked for her faith, because: “She’s hardly someone who’s obviously Muslim”

“[Her muslimness] wasn’t apparent, seems a lame excuse she was sacked because of that”

— Ava-Santina (@AvaSantina) January 23, 2022

can't believe gentle loveable classic british eccentric is a racist cunt

The government has apparently briefed Sky that, contrary to the initial impression they gave, the Ukraine coup claims came from US intelligence, not U.K.

so they thought they'd try and pass it off as UK intelligence until they realised nobody with any credibility was actually taking it seriously!

Well, they did headline it "Look! Look! War over there...."

I think ppl should also be aware that as long as electoral politics is the only game in town this is likely to happen.

Very serious people love to criticise the left for “hysteria” over supposed plans to destroy the NHS so it’s worth noting that this is the house newspaper of the establishment calling for an end to free healthcare in the UK https://t.co/kC72HAlt5q pic.twitter.com/gEnVZgjTRB

— wine time fridays (@alexhern) January 24, 2022

Oops

EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson had a birthday party during lockdown in June 2020 despite rules forbidding social gatherings indoors, ITV News has learnt.

Up to 30 staff celebrated in the cabinet room where Carrie Johnson surprised him with a cake, we're told.https://t.co/2IEwZpjHR7

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 24, 2022

Pretty sure he's toast now

Much more of this and he'll go full A Few Good Men. He's obviously desperate to say that of course the PM should be allowed to do these things, the rules were rubbish/for little people.

jrm has already started on "the rules were overblown at the time"

The comments from Dorries and others are still emphasising that this was an event happening within a workplace context, which reinforces what we’ve known all along - that The Rules were never really intended to apply past the office / factory / call centre door. I’m not even sure I’d class it as hypocritical. There was never any impetus to make workplaces safe.

Johnson should simply defect to Labour where he will get a photo shaking hands with Kieth and all will be forgiven

having office parties - the new way to own the libs!

"There was never any impetus to make workplaces safe"

I remember during the first lockdown I was talking to this bloke who works in some engineering place. When I asked if his workplace was covid-safe he laughed at me and said no, we just don't give a fuck about it!

churchill would've called priti patel a racial slur so archaic she'd have to flip through an 18th century viceroy's memoirs to find out what it meant https://t.co/q3b24klLC9

— pez 🇬🇭 (@periuspb) January 24, 2022

he did a cracking job of annihilating the 6th army and capturing field marshal Paulus and destroying the other fascists .. oh no that was Stalin!

Lovely evening with @mattforde and his live audience. Thanks for having me! pic.twitter.com/YAYPIpkZtM

— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) January 24, 2022

this isn't going to get an unredacted version of the Forde report published, Angela!

in this week’s issue of @StylistMagazine I looked into the recent opening of a new immigration detention centre (or prison) and what this means for the women coming to seek safety and security - to then end up detained - and it’s wider context within the hostile environment. pic.twitter.com/mvYsr6H7tk

— Shahed Ezaydi (@shahedezaydi) January 25, 2022

So the filth are investigating No. 10 parties now though I was more impressed at a BBC correspondent managing to shoehorn a Burns quote into their report

This pushes the Gray report back which makes the police delay seem intentional and co-ordinated. Though really how would the Gray report change anything at this point?

"100 years since the birth of" - I get it.

"57 years since the death of" - not so much.

I believe it's known as the Heinz Commemoration

How to slime your way out of just punishment for criminal behaviour, by one who knows:

Advice to No 10 staff facing a police inquiry, from one who has.

1. Get a solicitor. They will get you a good QC. Listen to them and take their advice. Make sure your employer is paying.

— John McTernan (@johnmcternan) January 25, 2022

Can’t fix this

Today’s NEC vote and Keir Starmer’s ongoing decision to bar me from sitting as a Labour MP is disappointing.

I am grateful for and humbled by the support I've received, especially from my Islington North constituents.

The struggle for peace, justice and sustainability goes on.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) January 25, 2022

As well as backing the ban on Jeremy Corbyn having the Labour whip, the NEC today voted to take control of longlisting for parliamentary elections away from local parties & given to national and regional executive committee members instead

In short - no more left wing Labour MPs

— troovus (@troovus) January 25, 2022

Some pure awfulness on display at the Council of Europe as well (they failed at getting this deleted). Read thread from top:

Here's the full text of the paragraph, alongside the Labour reps failed amendment to just delete the whole thing. They failed. pic.twitter.com/dHutbrIzBT

— Steph Paton ❄️ (@stephenpaton134) January 25, 2022

They also said Keir Starmer is 6 foot 4 and has a voice like Barry White.

— Marl Karx (@BareLeft) January 25, 2022

Labour NEC also informed that party membership has risen sharply in recent weeks.
Campaigning activity also shown to be at its highest since time when data first recorded it back in 2016

and Kieth is teetotal and never has affairs with his aides. At this point I'd say fucking shame on anyone who would be willing to campaign or vote for these corrupt right-wing bigots.

The Met Police ( yes the police ) is investigating the highest office in this country . Is that not enough for @Conservatives to deal with this and restore a resemblance of decency and normality. Send your damn letters now or you’re all complicit. He’s taking you all down!

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) January 25, 2022

the only good thing about this fucking clown becoming an opinionated Labour party member is seeing Simon Hedges at the top of the replies.

The cunt is going to stand for Parliament isn't he?

you should have heard some of the pearls of wisdom from him in the Nick Robinson interview.

My fervent wish is that he stands as the official Labour Party candidate in Islington North.

wait is every Labour member getting a Nick Robinson interview now?