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

bit of ageism, bit of ableism, all in jest tho

Personally I would’ve @‘d him https://t.co/iKhPZ6KY6I

— Saliba stan account (@misanthropicc92) November 9, 2022

Dementia is the leading cause of death in the UK. By 2025, over 1 million people will be suffering from the disease. The impact on loved ones is unquantifiable.

Now, more than ever, we need a National Care Service — publicly funded and free for all those who need it.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 9, 2022

<3

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has accused police of failing in their duty and demanded an intensified crackdown on Just Stop Oil activists disrupting the M25 motorway.

In a rare move to criticise officers in the midst of an operation, Braverman told police chiefs at their annual conference that she expected “a firmer line to safeguard public order. Indeed, that is your duty.”

stop stealing labour's policies

also for context:

Yesterday I was arrested by @HertsPolice whilst covering a protest on the M25.

I showed my press card, and I was handcuffed almost immediately. My phone was snatched out of my hand. I was searched twice, held in a cell for 5 hours, and I wasn’t questioned whilst in custody.

— Charlotte Lynch (@charlotterlynch) November 9, 2022

and this:

Yesterday, myself, a documentary filmmaker and @tomsdinner, a press photographer, got arrested by @HertsPolice whilst filming the @JustStopOil protest from a public footbridge over the #M25.

🧵.... pic.twitter.com/PiEO3hd2Tu

— Rich Felgate (@richfelgate) November 8, 2022

surprise surpise, there's no "black hole" in the public finances at all! But of course the damage has already been done with Peston and his braindead colleagues parrotting the black hole line over and over...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63573989

consent manufactured

The only type of manufacturing careers the Tories are interested in creating.

Beyond whether there is a hole in public finances or not there are other ways, beyond cuts, to make good on it.

Also changing the narrative from their precious finances to actually delivering food, housing to all as a matter of right. The focus on balance sheets has never the way to approach this.

But until see we see the kind of strikes and shutdowns that I read about in the likes of Ecuador this will be the road we'll travel on. The strikes we have seen in the summer at least point us there.

very much a nation of would-be petit bourgeois, and that's why it'll keep on getting grimmer

need more of this

(1) Clashes in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens as protests erupted over high energy & food costs & low wages yesterday

Molotov cocktails were thrown as the people rose up

A nationwide strike is being held in several major cities in Greece pic.twitter.com/EGw6fqRSLz

— Raam Beart 🥭 (@raam_beart) November 10, 2022

there is more industrial action taking place over the winter, I'll be out on strike later this month as a UCU member. I think the nurses strike is very significant and has a higher salience than a bunch of lecturers and other uni staff going out. But it does seem like concerted action is the way to go.

Neil S: what do you think of UCU's particular use of its strike mandate?

I think getting a national mandate, as opposed to a variable number of local mandates, was a big win for UCU. I also think that there has been some encouraging movement with regard to the USS pension scheme. However I don't think UUK or the employers are in much of a mood to compromise, so far as I can see. I think an approach with the focus on pensions along with attempting to get any improved pay offer might be the way to go.

Yes, what I meant here was: what do you think about their calling 3 days of strikes this month, as their use of the mandate?

Presumably with other actions planned for the future.

I think that some more militant UCU members will think this is a repeat of previous ineffectual tactics. That is not especially my view but it is something I observe from others.

As for USS: I hear better news about the amount of money in the pension scheme (will need to return to ILX finance thread to comprehend it) but I don't hear good things about what will be done with it.

Improved pay offers as a target are not really viable for many HEIs and if enacted will probably result in redundancies.

ah okay. I suppose getting some strike action in early is a legitimate tactic to try to force the employers to the table, we'll see whether it works or not, but yes it does need to be part of a longer-terms trategy. I agree that USS should be the main point of negotiation, rolling back the highly detrimental cuts from earlier in the year. That seems an achivevable goal, and I also agree that pay offers are much more of a mixed picture according to the institution in question.

I'm very much enjoying the Starmer hatred on Alexei's Sandwich Bar. "a fatberg blocking possibility" was one of the milder bits of invective. There can never be enough Starmer hatred.

My only objection to Kieth hate - and yeah, he's a deeply unpleasant suckhole of a human simulacrum - is that people should remember that his power his loaned to him by worse monsters and he'll only be replaced by something more evil

My only objection to Kieth hate - and yeah, he's a deeply unpleasant suckhole of a human simulacrum - is that people should remember that his power his loaned to him by worse monsters and he'll only be replaced by something more evil

by then I won't be even be slightly irritated by how appalling his successor is because I wouldn't expect anything different. But I still look forward to his death. It would be nice to be able to track his imminent death like with Yodel tracking!

Oh my god. This was the guy who slunk off in disgrace from Haringey Council after the ‘development vehicle’ he was pushing was resisted by local residents and went to work for a property management group. The absolute state of Labour. https://t.co/w4g0IBtMjK

— William A. Booth (@WilliamABooth) November 11, 2022

the same bunch of simps behind him that waved their rattles for Blair

I'm very much enjoying the Starmer hatred on Alexei's Sandwich Bar. "a fatberg blocking possibility" was one of the milder bits of invective. There can never be enough Starmer hatred.

AS's Imaginary Sandwich Bar nearly makes up for all other R4 comedy on its own.

3 days and counting until we unleash Origin Story Season 2 pic.twitter.com/u3O29hOyeT

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) November 11, 2022

to coin a phrase: "guess my theory"

also lol the paul mason three down from "drug use for grown-ups"

https://i.imgur.com/zpmSO6L.jpg

Dunt otm for once

"what's the deal with this Hitler guy?"

i read that Fringe to Flying Circus book as a kid, i think the counsellor needs to show relevance

tbf i don't hold dunty in half as much contempt as i do his fanclub

Spent the last year reading / watching a few WWII and Hitler books / documentaries as my Project is into the 1940s now, and have come to conclusion that Hitler was a horrible cunt I don't want to hear anything more about, I know this will be a controversial position, but still. I saw a box full of Hitler biographies a couple of years back and wondered who would own such a thing, now I know.

podcasters?

#notallpodcasters

I notice that Dunty also has a copy of Atlas Shrugged queued up there *shudders*

A peerage for Shaun Bailey. Jesus H

— marcus 🇧🇧🏳️‍🌈 (@marcusjdl) November 11, 2022

xps

Alexei Sayle performing the slam poem 'I hate Keir Starmer' pic.twitter.com/LlIaTKBWCQ

— j (@jrc1921) November 10, 2022

Does the culture or politics or environment of countries that were formerly part of the UK or within its reach matter to UK citizens today (e.g., Australia, India, the Falkland Islands)? For example, are you familiar with Aussie slang or films?

Aussie soap operas definitely.

Falkland Islands culture: more red telephone boxes per capita than anywhere in England. Bunch of creepy weirdos, but slightly less weird than folk from IoM.

more4 (channel4's offshoot channel) often shows the australian versions of Bake Off, First Dates, Married at First Sight, Grand Designs and (my favourite) Lego Masters. admittedly these are all formats we've sold them but...

IME living as a young adult in the UK, you will know at least one Australian, you will be less likely to know an American.

When I was a young adult (as opposed to an old one) I knew loads of Aussies, a fair number of Kiwis also, and a smaller number of Americans too.

When I first moved to London I worked with a lot of Australians, South Africans and Kiwis, all of whom were good people and great company. I strongly suspect there's not as many Australians in London as they're used to be though.

some good parties, aye. this would be in and around Ealing..

Another thing, they'd all support any team that was playing England at any sport, it was like I was still in Scotland.

There is a battery of standard Australian slang that most UK people know: "fair dinkum", "strewth", calling women "Sheilas" - actually I'm struggling to remember much more. "Throw another prawn on the barbie".

But I think it is also true that Australia had more of a presence in UK cultural imagination 30+ years ago than it does now. I think most UK people know little about Australian politics for instance unless they have specific family or professional connexions.

Many UK citizens are very interested in India because their families came from India. Ditto Pakistan, Bangladesh.

Most people have never met anyone from the Falkland Islands and will never go to that place.

Australian soap operas were even blamed for changing UK speech patterns at one point!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2538554/Want-promotion-Dont-speak-like-AUSSIE-Rising-pitch-end-sentences-make-sound-insecure.html

should be noted that up here in the M62 corridor we have plenty of interaction with Australasians thanks to the Rugby League interconnections

i dont really watch masterchef any more bcz the world is on fire plus marcus is a tool but the AUSTRALIAN masterchef is the goat