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

Not shocked at all. Human rights is such a load of shit.

This account from a "security manager" at Manston detention camp written up in the Times is one of the most disturbing things I've ever read about the UK asylum system.

"When the sun goes down at Manston, the crying and wailing begins"https://t.co/WG4Fj766Yf pic.twitter.com/7U9sOGLrYi

— Benny Hunter (@BennnyH) November 6, 2022

Just another take on the same piece posted by Andrew.

Always a very weird experience when I visited detention centres to see the jovial, bantering staff. Very good at both fulfilling and dissacociating from their role.

I tend to think the worst people are drawn to these jobs. This thug that used to live across the road from me was sacked from HMP Wakefield for a violent assault on an inmate. As soon I heard he had got the job my first thought was he was finally graduated into a professional thug with a salary now.

Good tweet.

That 'spirit of Twitter 2011' https://t.co/9Lf9ONxvHq pic.twitter.com/ZTNuZusPzx

— j (@jrc1921) November 7, 2022

(xp) Yes, you have to wonder about that. Having said that, sometimes when jobs are scarce ... I mean, I had an interview for a job with Rangers FC once!

The companies that run these centres - G4S, Mitie and the like - do all sorts of security work, I've seen them near banks and whatnot. Also I think I remember one of the smaller achievements of the Corbyn era was to kick one of these companies out from providing security at the Labour conference! No doubt they're back now.

Andrew Pierce, Daily Mail journalist.

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party.

One of these people has publicly said nurses pay should not be cut in real terms. The other hasn't. pic.twitter.com/LlB0rzVGd2

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 7, 2022

I guess anything that keeps Gavin Williamson away from a position of power and influence is good, but I'm still finding it hard to give a toss about any of this

Sir Gavin Williamson has not apologised, friends of Wendy Morton say. https://t.co/XtPdnAMHzt

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) November 7, 2022

The two-bit Tebbit, congrats to him for beating Suella B into 2nd place in the 'who'll be sacked from Sunak's cabinet first' race.

meanwhile Kieth takes a stand

WATCH: @Keir_Starmer tells Just Stop Oil protestors to "get up" and "go home" - stressing "I'm opposed to what you're doing, it's not the way to deal with the climate crisis."pic.twitter.com/B7BiAMFodG

— TLDR News UK (@TLDRNewsUK) November 7, 2022

hahaha god what the fuck does he think he’s doing

i assume it's for some kind of a bet

love to see how they'll wriggle into this jam

every new low replaced by another one just a few days later. seriously come the election not even the very worst of the daily mail/times/telegraph columnists will be able to convincingly argue that they see starmer as dangerous for the country and their interests. they'll still write the columns probably but their hearts won't be in it.

he would absolutely have been among those telling black students in the 1950s that they needed to file their grievances through the proper channels

pretty sure all Labour focus groups are now just the old lads in Wetherspoon's at half nine on a Monday morning

tracer otm
"by sitting at the front of the bus you are ensuring that the driver refuses to continue his journey and disrupting the working day of your fellow passengers, some of whom are black and are sitting in the designated area. you're putting livelihoods at risk. it's not the way."

Starmer just loves prison.

it’s like when the BBC’s current director general told staff that they could be sacked for attending demonstrations. people were like uh, so pride marches? we can’t do that? and he’s like, no, that’s a more settled issue and not party political so that’s fine. so what it comes down to: if acting for a cause takes personal courage then it’s not allowed but if corporate twitter accounts support it then you’re probably fine. that’s kier. he stands in full solidarity with anyone who has already successfully fought their corner.

The issue needs to be 95% settled in one direction so that he can agree with it. At that point the protests are almost not there anymore.

King Charles has died.

UK prime minister @RishiSunak has just been rushed out of the room by his aides during the middle of the launch for forests partnership at #COP27 pic.twitter.com/OQy9TYkqpX

— Leo Hickman (@LeoHickman) November 7, 2022

do we still get the bank holiday?

it'll be pretty funny watching the heads explode if he dies the day before England's first World Cup match

charles could actually redeem himself in my eyes by gluing his dying self to the m25 in a final act of evironmentalism

spooning gobs of swan fat onto the paintings in the royal collection

xp
I did think that if the queen had died the day before a world cup final that England were playing in the BBC/itv wouldn't have had the stones to not show the game.

I'm sure Harry Kane and the lads would have refused to play, Gawdblessyouma'am.

i feel like we can only discover the truth of this thru experiment, you know what to do Charles

fa would probs request the game be postponed a week and act all outraged when corrupt fifa refused. withdraw from competition and put another star on the England kit and just pretend they won.

Labour are floating ID cards again in a strong bid to cross the "actually worse than the Tories" threshold

The companies that run these centres - G4S, Mitie and the like - do all sorts of security work, I've seen them near banks and whatnot. Also I think I remember one of the smaller achievements of the Corbyn era was to kick one of these companies out from providing security at the Labour conference! No doubt they're back now.

― Daniel_Rf, Monday, November 7, 2022 10:58 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

And of course G4S are actually the rebranded Group 4, a security organisation who's incompetence was a running joke for years.

Bring on ID cards. Fed up of the de facto privatised bullshit around ID checks without them. Pain in the arse enough as it is - can’t imagine what it’s like if you don’t have a driving license, passport, bank account, utility fucking bill.

It was weird as a European to learn that in the UK there are no ID cards and the police can't ask you for ID.

But it's ultimately one of the very few aspects in which the UK is better and introducing them will inevitably lead to further crackdowns against migrants who can't access them.

Wes Streeting now saying the NHS is unsustainable.

yeah it's been another banner day for getting the Tories out already

I hate him.

Wes isn't that happy that taxpayers' money is being spent on the people who use the NHS, who obviously are a completely different set of people

you'd think him having major life-saving surgery on the NHS in recent years might have been a humbling experience. But no, he's a tory private health shill to the fucking core.

Spider man out

💥Gavin Williamson quits saying he wants to “comply fully” with complaints process and “clear my name” of bullying allegations pic.twitter.com/gSK5lTPVtr

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) November 8, 2022

That's Sir Gavin Williamson to the likes of us. One thing understand about this story is why I haven't heard a single reporter mention Malcolm Tucker, Francis Urquhart even got mentioned earlier.

One thing I don't understand, that is.

Is this the third time he's been sacked now? I'm starting to lose count.

Yes.

He's a certainty to be ennobled before he's 50.

From nobbled to ennobled in one easy step.

Repulsive.

Jeremy Corbyn tries to raise a point of order in the House, after Rishi Sunak mentioned him again during #PMQs.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting can be heard saying "he's gone senile". pic.twitter.com/V7MdiOf8Su

— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) November 9, 2022

We'll see how senile he is when the Labour Party try to run a candidate against him in the next GE.

I remember when this happened as well with some Tory whip abusing Corbyn for his age when he was leader. Really disgusting. Should have deselected Streeting.

what a piece of shit he is

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