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

the more quietly spoken bigoted crank on ITV this morning: Sonia Sodha.

NEW:the Information Commissioner's Office confirms that @uklabour will not face any action over the leaking of a controversial document in 2020 which contained confidential messages.The ICO is also taking no action against those Labour accused of the leak: https://t.co/Y04k9omlCO

— iain watson (@iainjwatson) January 17, 2023

As UK Labour attempt to land themselves comfortably on the fence with the Gender Recognition Reform S35 order, a Scottish Labour source writes:

"The long and short of it is the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) includes a load of transphobes and Starmer is terrified of them."

— Conor Matchett (@conor_matchett) January 17, 2023

hmmmm

And Blaydon isn’t in Scotland.

Oh wait sorry I misread that- for some reason I thought it meant the Scottish PLP and made a joke. No idea what IM thinks of it obvs.

the Scottish Tories have been goading him "to take a side", which is something the former Scottish Labour leader, Dugdale, hasn't been shy about and has been getting abuse from transphobes. Even some of the Labour baddies from the Corbyn years don't even seem that bad in comparison to Starmer these days.

Corbyn didn't vote against the section 35 order, obv he must have had a good excuse not to be there because even Farron voted against it!

Paired? Thornberry also not around.

it probably was a pairing, lol I wonder who he's paired with.

I read some stuff about it not being a vote for or against the section 35, which doesn't require Parliamentary approval, but just some procedural acknowledgement that they'd had a debate

they could eliminate the need for ‘pairing’ tomorrow with any will, just by letting MPs proxy vote via their own Westminster staff. But it would undermine the studied, performative exclusivity. The pantomime that these 650 mostly rotten bastards are simply better than us plebs

— wariotifo (@wariotifo) January 18, 2023

and you always get all this: that was the third reading pre-emptive vote, so it doesn't actually count bollocks. No doubt to kill a bit of time till the subsidised bar opens or make it look like more of a complex process than us plebs can comprehend!

Parliament needs to be reformed, you'd think Kieth would be all over this shit

Just realised that when this thread starter, 6 months ago, Johnson was still PM. Bit of a head rush

I heard Kwarteng on the radio last night and had a giddy moment thinking about his very brief moment of hubris. And even that seemed longer than 6 months ago somehow.

not to worry tho, the gov will soon make it illegal to look up when things happened online

Diane Abbott didn't vote against section 35 either, might write a letter.

I've seen someone suggesting that Corbyn isn't paired with anyone as an independent because it is an arrangement that is done by the party whips or something like that.

Be interesting to see if you get a response Daniel. Her views on sex work are not good.

Talk about kicking the can down the road.

Making pensions private and then moving people out of even having the private pension is fucking evil

It's literally what Pinochet did!! https://t.co/pZY4PD3P0G

— dan (@BierIncognito) January 18, 2023

Faced with successive cuts to their service and their pay, thousands of Environment Agency workers in England are on strike today for the first time in their history.

I spoke to some of them for @tribunemagazine.https://t.co/LxHvmwaolp

— Taj Ali (@Taj_Ali1) January 18, 2023

Dear Jacinda,
Have a well-deserved rest, and then please come and be PM of the UK.

— A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR (@acgrayling) January 19, 2023

I thought it was allegedly the left that need to get with the realpolitik and duck their head out of the clouds, but he's probably just a dirty old man!

I've been mulling a "RIP the Queen of Centrist Hearts" tweet all day but I shd've known there'd be dumb fucks doing them for real

Grayling might be the stupidest fuck who's ever had the temerity to put "philosopher" on his cv

come now

Jacinda said "politicians are humans" - that's one reason why I'll never take her seriously.

I thought about it for 30 seconds before I posted and I'm inclined to stand by that thought

Agree with all that but the amount of hatred towards her and glee at her resigning from those world renowned British Right Wing Pundits is something to see.

... yes, I've been reading the Daily Telegraph again.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125721940299

Mr Blobby - Original BBC Costume from the 1990's
Condition: Used

ilx shd pay for me to buy it

It's why they invented crowdfunding.

got to wonder koogs how you happened upon this

St Valentine's Day coming up fast.

the photos look like something taken at a crime scene following Blobby's murder

cursed images

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rUAAAOSwRLhjxS4Z/s-l1600.jpg

Wrinkly Blobbum

what the fuck????

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/revealed-scores-of-child-asylum-seekers-kidnapped-from-home-office-hotel

absolutely insane. i was wondering why that wasn't the top story even in the guardian, was it covered in other places?

because it's not like they matter

To cover a story about Boris Johnson’s conflict of interests regarding the BBC, the BBC invite Boris Johnson’s sister on, who assumes everything was “above board and transparent” 👍🏽 pic.twitter.com/6t1PEZDUiB

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 22, 2023

i’m sorry, i’m having trouble understanding how the home office, who is responsible for the welfare of UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN has allowed DOZENS of them to be KIDNAPED from under their noses????? i mean yeah they have no rights, literally no one to look after them but like…. what the fuck!

Okay this is pedantry but "everyone has put out statements that suggest X" isn't the same as "I believe X" - you don't have to accept what people are suggesting. Absolutely fuck the Johnsons, and I'm sure the next few seconds do actually back up what the tweet says, but it's still lazy editing.

(and also wtf is RJ doing on the show)

Nothing on BBC about the Observer story

I mean this is literally the plot of His Dark Materials, this should be the first question of PM’s questions on Wednesday, it should be on the cover of every paper? Am i losing my mind??

80 kids kidnaped from the same building who were under government care??

You're right to be outraged, disgusted; no emotional response too strong. I wish I wasn't so unsurprised by the lack of coverage and political outcry. Another step on an evil trajectory.

🚨NEW: RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch calls for a 24 hour general strike in the spring. Speaking to a packed crowd in Aberdare, Lynch says: "We need a 24-hour general strike in the spring.. We [unions] can coordinate it." pic.twitter.com/JY0Z3Wu9Yu

— voice.wales (@voice_wales) January 21, 2023

Feels like thing are coming to a head.