even pin up boy of the FBPE's, Bercow was heaping pure fucking hatred on Trump on AQ on Friday evening. Does Starmer instil such a fear of talking about politics in his shadow cabinet that they dare not even call Trump a racist?
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
Lonely guy just thinking baout things. Matt Hancock claiming that 'in a way' the figure of 40,000 deaths isn't as important as the story behind one death...
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:20 (three years ago) link
when Matt's brain clicks into 2nd gear and starts thinking about the immense grief caused by 40,000 whoopsy-daisy death stories, he might be better off not talking aloud or having this moment of revelation during a coronavirus briefing!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
I actually wonder if there's ever been a more low-key reviled front line politician than Hancock. Obviously there have been loads who are more hated but Hancock has this particular default mode of snivelling invertebrate pissiness and condescension which is particularly ill suited to managing a pandemic response.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:40 (three years ago) link
This was on Marr's show. People one day will look back and wonder how this complete vacuum ended up with this most important of jobs at this particular juncture in the nation's history.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:42 (three years ago) link
He’s no better on Sky
Matt Hancock here struggling for 2 minutes to remember the number “zero”. pic.twitter.com/lS3HlHZeOm— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 7, 2020
― stet, Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:46 (three years ago) link
I think he's very much in the tradition of other snivelling Tory creeps like John Selwyn Gummer and Kenneth Baker but with some additional repellent quality.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:48 (three years ago) link
Lisa Nandy on Marr this morning - "I have no idea if Donald Trump is a racist."
I guess she means "does Donald Trump consider himself to be a racist," which is totally irrelevant - most racists are of the "I'm not racist, but" type. You're judged by your actions, not your self-identity! What a fucking dishrag. Is there another party to vote for in, er, 4.5 years' time?
― dominance and transmission (Matt #2), Sunday, 7 June 2020 09:50 (three years ago) link
A local former "progressive" Tory candidate who ran in 2017 used to be always re-tweeting everything by Hancock, and let's not forget this big beast was a leadership candidate at one point! Anyway this local "progressive" tory *friend* of mine now keeps re-tweeting everything by Jenrick, so she's definitely grown weary of this clown!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 10:00 (three years ago) link
seeing some opposition to BLM protests on my FB feed today thanks to horses being hurt after a week of relative silence in response to literally hundreds of videos of police brutality against protesters
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Sunday, 7 June 2020 11:26 (three years ago) link
yeah, me toolike using horses in amongst protestors isn’t an aggressive act in itself
― Prosecutor Bradley Tankerton (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 7 June 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
Prominent scientists now publically calling for an inquiry between now and the winter with the explicit intention of preventint a second spike in flu season.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 7 June 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
Literally “I can excuse racism but I draw the line at animal cruelty”. As though police use animal units without a view to attracting this kind of reaction.
― gyac, Sunday, 7 June 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
longish thread here about the charge at downing street last night and the kettle that followed. everyone was photographed on way out and names were taken and they were all banned from westminster for 24 hours (ie today's demonstration).
About 5-10 minutes ago a number of police on horses charged at hundreds of peaceful protestors outside Downing Street, causing panic and putting us in danger. Reinforcements have arrived and seems like we’re now being kettled.— George Starkey-Midha (@GStarkeyMidha) June 6, 2020
― koogs, Sunday, 7 June 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
I saw someone tweeting that disabled protesters need to cover their faces as per usual, because as in previous protests the filth will ID them and shop them to the DWP. God knows why attending a legitimate protest affects their PIP entitlement but it's another good reason to say fuck these scumbags and this failed state.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link
Edward Colston statue pulled down by BLM protesters in Bristol. Colston was a 17th century slave trader who has numerous landmarks named after him in Bristol. #BlackLivesMattters #blmbristol #ukprotests pic.twitter.com/JEwk3qKJx2— Jack Grey (@_jackgrey) June 7, 2020
love seeing a statue of a scumbag getting toppled by the people
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
bald guy doesn't seem impressed!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
speaks volumes that these statues are still standing
meanwhile on the radio i heard a show about the prospects for the housing market post-lockdown. fuck this country.
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
They’re rolling the statue into the river!
THEY ARE TAKING THE STATUE TO THE RIVER WHERE HE DESERVES TO BE DUMPED pic.twitter.com/cKturaJOEs— Hasan Patel 🌹 (@CorbynistaTeen) June 7, 2020
― gyac, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
just mind the fish
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
We love to see it
#Bristol statue of Edward Colston has been pulled down and pushed into the harbour during the #BlackLivesMattter march pic.twitter.com/ME1yxAhw7G— BBC Radio Bristol (@bbcrb) June 7, 2020
― gyac, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
looking forward to all the "they're censoring history" thinkpieces
and that's just on ILX
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
😍😍😍 xp
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
What a lovely story told w/ three tweets <3
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
Think you mean four
they fucking changed the location already 😂 https://t.co/zs5Moli4ob pic.twitter.com/dlbbg0cuH4— heard in mutiny where possible (@selfisoceles) June 7, 2020
― gyac, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
Ha! Beautiful kicker.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
if you look up 'statue of Edward Colston' on Google Maps it now shows up as 'permanently closed' and in the bottom of the water pic.twitter.com/lgsGTOx9bg— Josh Salisbury (@josh_salisbury) June 7, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
I was thinking of suggesting that Edward Colston be replaced by Tony Blair in BristolBut maybe there isn’t yet a national consensus— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) June 7, 2020
― mark s, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
he almost makes me feel sorry for Blair, couldn't imagine what it is like to have such a shit stalker
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
They've defaced Churchill! pic.twitter.com/rkINK4oac6— Jack Dawkins (@DawkinsReturns) June 7, 2020
― gyac, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
fuck yes I’ve been waiting for this
churchill cult needs to die yesterday
― 1312 (Left), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
i remember this happening during the 90's as well and back then there was always multiple dickheads with tenuous grasp on history who will say "he was anti-fascist, he defeated hitler ..durr"
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
fuck yes more days like this pls
― stet, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
xp step forward Lib Dem spokesman Sir Billiam of Bragg
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
Just reading about the proposed Blair statue in Bristol, I think the people who threw Colston in the river may have been somewhat hasty
― anvil, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Somebody put a turf mohican on Churchill's head iirc. Poll Tax riots?
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
Was literally about to say "has someone said 'this is very good but they should have applied for planning permission first'?" and right on cue
I grew up in Bristol. I detest how Edward Colston profited from the slave trade.But, THIS IS NOT OK. If Bristolians wants to remove a monument it should be done democratically - not by criminal damage. https://t.co/Wfz47zQQZU— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) June 7, 2020
― stet, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
If Iraqis want to remove a monument it should be done democratically
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
xxpyeah i think that was a pic in the NME I have a vague memory of.
how do you democratically get a statue of a slaver dragged down with a govt in power who just recently commissioned a statue of a notorious nazi lover and anti-semite? lol sure
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
Seems the profiting from the slave trade is what really ruined the slave trade for this former Chancellor I guess.
― nashwan, Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
hate those innocent smoothie style not for profit slavers as well!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ7BPQYXYAEf6-p?format=png&name=900x900
imago's alter ego !
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
maybe build a statue to the victims of white meltdowns
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
but make it so fragile that it immediately shatters
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
call me bud i think we've got this year's Turner in the bag
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
spiked are going to announce edward colston as a columnist by the end of the week— jonathan nunn (@demarionunn) June 7, 2020
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
Narrator: no texts were dropped x
― stet, Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
tbf to Spiked they probably do disagree with taking down the Jimmy Savile monuments
― rolling my optrex (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
everything about this picture
taking a knee on a toppled slave owner's neck: beautiful pic.twitter.com/jpycxujX7h— "Gabriel Szatan" (@gabrielszatan) June 7, 2020
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
I don’t understand why people are complaining about the Colston statue being pushed into the harbour in Bristol. It’s still there if you want to jump in and have a look at it.— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) June 7, 2020
― groovypanda, Sunday, 7 June 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link