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

what does 'pukka' mean in that sentence

― akm, Monday, October 24, 2022 11:07 AM (one hour ago)

probably just "very" or maybe "genuine" in this context but used for the obvs racist reasons. it's worth reading the "did you know?" section of this: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pukka

At times the intonation really is the male TikTok voice.

Rookie mistake saying it’s the “greatest privilege” of his life. Gotta go “second greatest privilege” and then gesture at your smiling wife, wiping her tears away with a monogrammed Kleenex

It certainly was a privilege for him to marry into that family.

will having to move into a crappier house due to a job change make them more relatable

I have been getting into green tea recently and was almost put off trying the Pukka brand because it's a word that exclusively seems to be used only by absolute wankers.

First encountered the word in chip shop windows and wondered why people wanted pies filled with puke.

Are there not members of the Conservative Party equally or more wealthy and privileged than Sunak? If so, why does his wealth and privilege seem to make him a target more than any other leader?

Am I wrong in thinking that slavery is to U.S. history what colonialism is to British history (close cultural contact and co-assimilation, discrimination, racism)?

There are probably a few Tory party members worth more than £700m but no other Tory MPs come close I don’t think.

His wealth is also brought up mostly in reaction to attempts to build a bootstrap narrative around him, which in turn ppl are doing because he's not white. No one would ever have tried to make the argument that Johnson or May becoming PM is evidence of the system working for those on the bottom.

Am I wrong in thinking that slavery is to U.S. history what colonialism is to British history (close cultural contact and co-assimilation, discrimination, racism)?

― youn, Monday, October 24, 2022 1:52 PM (twenty minutes ago)

These two phenomena are so closely related, I'm not sure this really works as an analogy, or I don't know what analytical benefit it provides. Also, what does "co-assimilation" mean?

U.S: rap, hip hop
U.K.: sandwich fillings at Marks and Spencer's

Are there not members of the Conservative Party equally or more wealthy and privileged than Sunak? If so, why does his wealth and privilege seem to make him a target more than any other leader?

Am I wrong in thinking that slavery is to U.S. history what colonialism is to British history (close cultural contact and co-assimilation, discrimination, racism)?

His wealth is also brought up mostly in reaction to attempts to build a bootstrap narrative around him, which in turn ppl are doing because he's not white. No one would ever have tried to make the argument that Johnson or May becoming PM is evidence of the system working for those on the bottom.

The degree of wealth makes him particularly unfit or unlikable? The bootstrap narrative may not be true, but based on the dialogue here, I expect he has encountered racism and wonder if that is an unspoken handicap.

It’s more likely that Sunak will be used to drive home racist policies while criticism of him is defended as racist. It happened with Patel too.

Off the top of my head, Tory MPs Drax and Benton have shitloads of money but nothing like this.

The degree of wealth makes him particularly unfit or unlikable?

Do you think reaction to him has been particularly more vociferous than previous PMs? If you're going by this thread, surely you must realise we would never express anything but contempt for any tory that becomes PM? And indeed most labour people too.

They are all unlikable, detestable even, but the obscene degree of wealth will probably not help when he is enthusiastically enacting policies that will literally kill poor ppl

Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Punjabi Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s. He was educated at Winchester College, read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and gained an MBA from Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Scholar. While studying at Stanford, he met his future wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, the Indian billionaire businessman who founded Infosys. Sunak and Murty are the 222nd richest people in Britain, with a combined fortune of £730m as of 2022. After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms the Children's Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners.

Theleme Partners? Was that founded by Aleister Crowley or something?

No doubt Sunak wwill soon be denying all knowledge of a magick money tree

It was highly possible he would never have been elected if he was put to the members against Penny M and I did talk about enjoying his humiliation.

I do think they will be further divided and the vote come election will be even more repressed. The racism will kick in if he is not successful in pulling it out of the bag, as things go wrong.

He will deliver on the promise of a piss5 and coast to victory

looks like the labour party have made Nadia Whittome delete her very mild and inoffensive tweet. ffs.

Theleme Partners? Was that founded by Aleister Crowley or something?

uh, Theleme is from Rabelais. Crowley pinched it, sure, but that was ~400 years later

lit-dork mode off

I did not know that! gargantuan news

Although Rishi Sunak is a Hindu, he will still be able to advise the King on ecclesiastical appointments. Only Jews and Roman Catholics are barred from doing so by statute. 1/3

— Jason Loch 🏳️‍🌈 (@JasonLoch) October 24, 2022

well here is an interesting perspective on this very huuuge victory for representation

Might be awkward if Rees-Mogg somehow becomes PM, which wouldn't surprise me too much as nothing surprises me any more.

Boris Johnson converted to Catholicism while PM.

That's the real reason they got rid of him.

Why did he convert?

It will go back to Cameron/Osborne but how does that operate in the current recessionary environment? At least the UK had shitty levels of growth then.

A reminder (via @jules_birch) of Sunak's stated position on housing policy. He sees the state as a vehicle for increasing home ownership, not providing social housing. This is more Cameron/Osborne territory than Johnson/May https://t.co/tvCCpaXFqw pic.twitter.com/TtaiHuEMi3

— Peter Apps (@PeteApps) October 25, 2022

(xp) fast track to heaven for incorrigible sinners

I thought Blair converted after killing millions of Iraqis?

He did, but waited till he left office.

Boris didn't convert as far as I can tell - he was baptised Catholic and they have you unless you put in a lot of effort - simply getting confirmed as an Anglican doesn't seem to count!

Events dear boy events.

With Rishi Sunak's elevation to Prime Minister a long period of populist chaos in British politics — defined by Brexit, Boris and Corbyn — draws to a close. The next chapter belongs to Sunak, Starmer and their 'sensibles.'

— Ben Judah (@b_judah) October 24, 2022

farewell Jormy Cromblyn and your populist reign of terror

They tried sensible with Teresa May and that didn't exactly work out.

Yup, good call. Even if I was reminded of her yesterday I forgot her again.

Sunak's 'modular building' sounding very much like converted shipping containers rented out by buy-to-let landlords at eye-watering rates. But maybe there's a less sinister meaning!

Sunak seems to be pretty popular with millionaires and billionaires? Or does that not count

From a locked twitter acc:

"On the NS podcast, Rachel explains that Sunak will appeal to young people because he’s young & presents like a tech bro. Ben chips in that young people in red wall areas who do not usually vote will admire his wealth."

maybe if by "young people" they mean "real estate heirs"

This Ben guy seems like his finger is on the pulse.

enough with the fucking red wall the only red wall to care about is the one splattered with tory blood and guts one day

to any officers reading this that was a joke

No cops here

, over.

Just had word, Jacob Rees Mogg has reSIGNED

How many BBC reporters are gonna get suspended for starting a conga line?