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

He’ll never do it but it might be worth him mentioning that the party opposite had that beast to Chequers, knighted him, gave him a skeleton key to Broadmoor, and were happy to have him campaign for their party as late as 2010, and as to prosecuting journalists? Phone hacking.

If KS was the kind of politician who’d say any of that, he wouldn’t have journalists queuing up to decide that this, now, is an outrage. Thinking of this quote from Jimmy C (whose statue I’m visiting tomorrow!)

We regard capitalist journalism as an effective weapon in the hands of a well-informed, but utterly unscrupulous, enemy, rather than merely as an unbiased recorder of passing events.

— James Connolly (@ConnollyEbooks) February 8, 2022

You are neglecting your duty as long as you allow your City Hall to be in the power of men who, as landlords, derive their living from the rents they extort out of the poisonous slums in which they are slowly murdering the children of the working class.

— James Connolly (@ConnollyEbooks) February 8, 2022

still otm

Literally any quote of his from more than a century ago is more otm than every journalist in Westminster combined! Too bad he was from Edinburgh.

It is necessary in Ireland as well as in England to emphasise the point that the policy of the capitalist at present throughout the world is the policy of pretended sympathy with working class aspirations.

— James Connolly (@ConnollyEbooks) February 5, 2022

And a Hibee to boot.

A great man. Where is the statue?

The top of old Abbey Street, I’ll take a picture for you!

http://www.talkingstatuesdublin.ie/statues/connolly/

I think if Connolly could have chosen, Tom, he’d have been born in Glasgow. I notice Edinburgh doesn’t have a statue of him.

from what I've seen Kieth seems quite a lot more evasive and nervous on defending his decision not to prosecute Worboys for additional crimes. And he was personally responsible for that one. But that's one they'll detonate at a later date if he's still LOTO.

(xp) there has been talk of having a statue to him in Edinburgh for a while, you can imagine why the council might have reservations about it. To be fair to Edinburgh, there was a massive Irish community there and the Hibs were the first Scottish team to represent that community in Scotland, Celtic came later.

So, are there any JC initialled people to come?

Jeremy Clarkson?

(Presses button again)

One point from last night’s protest is the protestors shouting Freemason at @Keir_Starmer. I don’t know whether he is, but this is nothing to be ashamed of, Freemasons do wonderful work in communities across the UK and I’m very proud to be one

— Gary Sambrook MP (@GarySambrook89) February 8, 2022

lol!

I've heard their dinners are pretty big amirite

(I'm sure that is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reply to that tweet tbf)

And now Jacob R-M is the Minister for Help Yourself Jacob You're My Pal

I'm a bit surprised at the feeling that I have never actually seen Connolly's statue, though I have walked around those streets enough times. It must be near Liberty Hall, if that's still what the socialist skyscraper is called?

It's by the side of the Custom House, pf

Let me be very clear - the remaining financial support of Labour Party is now under review. Your behaviour and mistreatment of our members will not be accepted. It's time to act like labour, be the party for workers. #CovBinStrike @coventrycc pic.twitter.com/yVZxVSa9IP

— Sharon Graham (@UniteSharon) February 9, 2022

What? No it isn’t.

I'm a bit surprised at the feeling that I have never actually seen Connolly's statue, though I have walked around those streets enough times. It must be near Liberty Hall, if that's still what the socialist skyscraper is called?

The Charity Commission, which is an independent, non-ministerial government department, said: "We have been in ongoing contact with the trustees of the Captain Tom Foundation on its set-up and governance arrangements and as part of this work will now assess the charity's recently submitted accounts."

lol lol lol!

tbf he probably deserved to be ruthlessly exploited and murdered by his own family

I have definitely missed that statue in the past - a bad omission given that it looks like it should be easy to find. I would certainly have taken pictures had I ever found it.

People can knock Dublin but to me it remains quite impressive that it has statues of Connolly, Larkin and Joyce within a kilometre of each other.

Sounds like a good reason to revisit, pf!

Yes, I hope to do so this year -- which will be basically the first time I have been anywhere since 2019. (Which is when I saw the Heaney exhibition on Westmoreland Street - that was a marvellous surprise.)

[This is now going very off topic for the thread that's mainly about people's justified hatred of the LOTO.]

Pf you should come on the autumn meet-up then

Truss’ visit to Moscow going about as well as expected.

Things behind the scenes were even worse, according to @ElenaChernenko.

Lavrov said, "Do you recognize Russia's sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh oblasts?"

Truss said the UK would "never" do so – before the ambassador told her they're not in Ukrainehttps://t.co/n2FkadhSHY

— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 10, 2022

She is a major dimwit.

BREAK: Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID.

He is now self-isolating according to Clarence House.

— Joe Pike (@joepike) February 10, 2022

Yes, I hope to do so this year -- which will be basically the first time I have been anywhere since 2019. (Which is when I saw the Heaney exhibition on Westmoreland Street - that was a marvellous surprise.)

[This is now going very off topic for the thread that's mainly about people's justified hatred of the LOTO.]

― the pinefox, Thursday, 10 February 2022 12:37 PM bookmarkflaglink

you should take some time to visit the anna livia bogs in dublin airport:

https://i.imgur.com/WNTaWnr.jpg

now wildly off topic ofc.

The EHRC seems to have completely lost the plot. This would not simply be bad advice for a human rights org to give, it’s clearly illegal:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab5my/leaked-ehrc-guidance-trans-people-gender-recognition-certificates

I guess that’s why they haven’t published it but it’s an astonishing position they’ve put themselves in.

“we’ve never been a ‘papers please’ society”

I’m assuming this guidance would extend implicitly to cis women who the toilet police decide don’t look feminine enough but ofc, they “can always tell“.

on that subject, is this a jobs creation program? lotta toilets out there

Met Commissioner expected to be leaving her job - announcement shortly

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) February 10, 2022

This despite her best efforts to save Boris' bacon.

The was on the radio about four hours ago saying she had no plans to step down. I wonder what happened.

*she*

her resignation letter says sadiq khan is what happened

didn't BJ force her predecessor out?

It's pretty much the only thing London mayors actually ever do.

*a* predecesssor: there were two in-between

(one of whom had to resign for being mixed up the phone-hacking scandal, lol what a gang)

phew, now one of the unbigoted uncorrupt apolitical senior pigs can take over

Cressida Dick resigns honourably & with dignity setting an excellent example of responsible behaviour in public life!

— Barry Sheerman MP (@BarrySheerman) February 10, 2022

Thank you, Barry.

lol some big shoes to fill there for whoever is selected to succeed big Bazza!

Dick shouldn't have even had a top level police career after being the cop in the control room during the cold blooded murder of Jean Charles de Menezes. But Kieth was giving her his full support to her just a couple of months back and talking about his time working with her in glowing terms.

yes. I mean she obviously should have lost her job at the very least. instead she basically Steve Coogan swimming pool security guarded it away and ended up promoted.

A Personal Statement on My Interaction With Neil Coyle https://t.co/yHxa3nvMHl

— Henry Dyer (@Direthoughts) February 10, 2022

I know the day isn't over yet but I've managed to avoid seeing Boris Johnson wearing camouflage today, so far. I mean, I presume that's what he's doing?

Lol ok

Labour’s entire response to this is: "The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take any allegations of this sort very seriously." Spokesperson would not be drawn on whether Neil Coyle keeps the whip https://t.co/HAOrgROqn5

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) February 10, 2022