like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

xp

recently my Irish mum told me her brother was doing some research before he died and was about 99% certain that their great-grandmother was Indian. It might put a different explanation on the olive skin complexion other than pre-historical Turkish farmers or that Spanish armada nonsense. But saying that my dad was a thoroughbred Kerryman and he had a very a brownish complexion, he looked like a balding Omar Sharif.

"what exactly would they like instead"

https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/26/border-free-world-better-hostile-immigration-policies?

comrades Left and Alph have answered the question for me, and yes, same

the Luke de Noronha and Gracie Mae Bradley piece quotes Mike Davis, going to read some more of him at some point - he's really good.

I'm not really sure what your point is, GG, or what you think my point is?

(((xpost - or more generally assimilation instead of recency of immigration not that forced assimilation of differences is in any way desirable; the way individual identity is constructed, parties form around that, and the fluidity for forming parties or governments seem interesting; I apologize for posting on this thread when for others it's a different conversation)))

(((and the way language and external physical characteristics play into race determination and judgments of difference)))

North Sea oil and gas exploration 'good for the environment' : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-63184412

Tax cuts for everything.

EXCL - Bonk for Britain

Cabinet minister suggests women should get tax cuts for having children to encourage a baby boom and wean Britain off immigration 😍👶

Scheme already exists in Hungary. https://t.co/rw3J3FP8FT

— Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) October 8, 2022

what next, medals?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother

quite a surprise to see the party of the two child limit on tax credits going full on natalist

Jacob Rees-Mogg I presume.

a lesser government might think that "make more people" would be in conflict with "there's too many people" when it comes to immigration but y'know

Any more detailed explication of what was a cause for insult or ridicule would be much appreciated. But I get the sense that ILX is hostile.

― youn, Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:29 AM (yesterday)

Sorry been busy and I killed my phone. This isn't the appropriate thread to hash out the issues with your Americentric hot take. If you want to find a better thread I'll do my best to look out for it.

This might be a good one.

Is there ILX in Hell?

You would like to meet in Hell?

criminal barristers agree 15% pay rise (among some other concessions)

The Criminal Bar has voted to accept the proposal made by the Government. 

With 57% voting to accept the offer made by Government

Action is suspended from 18.00hrs this evening

The Criminal Bar Association has a long history of respecting and unifying around the majority vote.

— The CBA (@TheCriminalBar) October 10, 2022

Good for them, and hopefully other strikers can point to the 15 per cent rise and say ‘us too!’

trick or..... trick

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/10/kwasi-kwarteng-debt-cutting-plan-31-october-obr-forecasts

Bird charity to form a military wing

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/10/rspb-not-ruling-out-direct-action-to-defend-nature-from-government-policy?

eco-maoism baby! protracted people's war starts here. start building up a revolutionary base in the lake district or somewhere like that

of course in the real world even environmentalists can't bring themselves to reject "growth" /despair

just not killing any sparrows though!

of course we can't simply import revolutionary tactics from another time and place, our four pests will necessarily be different

How bad is it for Truss? Mortgages rates going up hasn't even been given a mention in this piece.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/10/liz-truss-loyalty-conservative-leader-endgame

Lol

This is so funny to me - yeah let's do this, also with Canada - if it's offered under same terms as EU FOM with mutual recognition of say education, just watch emigration rise 👍👍👍👍 https://t.co/js8Ouk4ZZ1

— the gang reads Mike Davis (@lmartods) October 10, 2022

Exclusive:

Liz Truss is shelving Michael Gove's plans to end no-fault evictions, which were due to be introduced in this Parliamentary session

The Times has been told that they are not considered a priority & could be killed off entirely, despite being a manifesto commitment

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) October 10, 2022

what are no-fault evictions? is just that like booting tenants out just cos?

So, there has to be a (de)fault before an eviction can be actioned?

And LT is ending the ending of this?

Wow she really wants to avoid being liked by anybody!

I think I dropped a would have instead of has.

Actually, nm.

xxp I'm fairly sure that's the case, yes

New: further spike in economic inactivity, up 0.6% to 21.7% of working-age population, more than 9m people, driven by record high number of long-term sick. Despite this unemployment down to 3.5% on the quarter, lowest since 1974. Worryingly employment & vacancies both falling

— Paul Kelso (@pkelso) October 11, 2022

Words you don’t ideally want to see in the same sentence from the Bank of England: “Dysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing ‘fire sale’ dynamics, pose a material risk to UK financial stability.” https://t.co/8fO5C7vAs2

— George Parker (@GeorgeWParker) October 11, 2022

Sounds like this is as much about getting back at Gove.

NEW: I understand plans to shelve no-fault eviction ban isn’t the only housing legislation the Truss govt is considering pulling (as per @Steven_Swinford)

Govt also reviewing whether to continue with the Social Housing bill, key @michaelgove reforms announced in Queen’s Speech.

— Daniel Hewitt (@DanielHewittITV) October 11, 2022

I suspect going to war with Gove is not a good idea given how pally he is with journalists.

gove is absolutely the preferred murdoch candidate and has been for a long time

(his quitting politics is a feint, for various reasons including simply letting his rivals hamstring one another)

He didn't quit, Boris sacked him!

yeah i meant the stories in august when he was supposed to be quitting parliament altogether (boris already quit as PM in july)

but i see gove's rowed them all back since so the feint only actually lasted the necessary three weeks or whatever lol

this is no portillo long game (still on-going)

Sam Tarry deselected. Anyone know anything?

Nothing much beyond shrugs that this 'leftie' couldn't muster the support as membership is down, so battles like this are going to be lost.

The person who beat him has certain allegations made, which might blow up one day, but the right don't care.

He is Mr Angela Rayner, which is a bit awkward.

She couldn't save him lol.

Tarry will get some bollocks policy job at a union. He'll be fine.

he'd tried to play both sides so i don't think either feel too strongly

also fuck Labour obv

The person who beat him has certain allegations made, which might blow up one day, but the right don't care.

If it's the same allegations, they were made just before the 2019 selections, and investigated and cleared afterwards. Or possibly 'investigated' and 'cleared', but they left him with a stitch-up story.

my understanding is he wasn't cleared but the charges were dropped for lack of evidence, and other behaviours were simply not investigated

5.10am vs 5.41am pic.twitter.com/K0xLhPL4ZB

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) October 12, 2022

Rees-Mogg going into denial and attacking the BBC.

"Hold on. You suggest something is causal which is a speculation. What has caused the effect in pension funds, because of some quite high-risk but low probability investment strategies, is not necessarily the mini-budget. It could just as easily be the fact that the day before the Bank of England did not raise interest rates as much as the Federal Reserve did, and I think jumping to conclusions about causality is not meeting the BBC’s requirement for impartiality. It is a commentary rather than a factual question."

Zarah got easily re-selected.

🚨BREAKING: left-wing MP @ZarahSultana has been *re-selected* as a Labour Party candidate.

6 out of 6 wards, and 100% of affiliates, voted for her. Across all wards, the total CLP votes cast were:

✅ Re-select MP ~ 204 votes (88.3%)
❌ Hold open selection ~ 27 votes (11.7%) pic.twitter.com/hvObBXSy13

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) October 11, 2022

IOW, fuck Lee Harpin.