There are probably more genuinely working class musicians (as opposed to the grand British pop tradition of fake working class) achieving a degree of success than there were in the 90s and maybe before. But they're black and also mostly rappers so the kind of people who write hot takes focusing the Florences and Mumfords of the world don't notice.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
also bingo
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:50 (three years ago) link
Mercury Prize 2020 Shortlist – The Poll
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:51 (three years ago) link
Government has announced new rules on evictions ahead of lifting the eviction ban on Aug 24.But they won’t protect the 600,000 people in rent debt due to Covid, we’re heading for an evictions crisis & @RobertJenrick has been telling barefaced liesTHREAD 1/#CantPayWontPay— London Renters Union (@LDNRentersUnion) July 23, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:53 (three years ago) link
tbf there's no way i'm on top of any scene in 2020 but the Mercury is the last place that will get right what's going on with Grime, Drill etc and like everything in it the noms reek of an algorithm that's got little to do with how vital something is
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:56 (three years ago) link
lol I wasn't trying to answer Matt's concern, more divert this conversation there
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 11:58 (three years ago) link
Taylor Swift - Folklore
lmfao the exclamation mark this conversation didn't know it needed
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
I totally support the broad consensus from centre to far left that the k bush/may thing never happened, was just a bad dream/misunderstanding/etc. that’s my left unity take
but seriously anyone who can should join LRU now
― If you choose too long a name, your new display name will be truncated in (Left), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
The Mercury Music Prize...in 2020?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:26 (three years ago) link
one year ago today jo swinson became leader of the liberal democrats, raise a glass
― scampo, foggy and clegg (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
RIP
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:51 (three years ago) link
This is a terrific, sad and heartbreaking piece on covid, BLM, migration and so much more:
https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/18/black-lives-matter-grandma-and-me-how-our-world-changed-during-lockdown?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator David Frost says: “We must face the possibility that [a trade deal with the EU] will not be reached."— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 23, 2020
https://youtu.be/zejLuDMjBMs
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
shocked_pikachu.jpg
― scampo, foggy and clegg (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
oven-ready deal not thawed out properly ffs
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
THIS IS HUGE!Nobody should be detained for immigration purposes during a pandemic. We are one step closer to that today with Morton Hall detention centre shut. https://t.co/EiXqqiiY6c1/— Freedom from Torture (@FreefromTorture) July 23, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
This shameless hack published literal neo-nazi propaganda, from an organisation literally called "Aryan Unity", then got himself banned from Wikipedia for repeatedly trying to remove any mention of it from his page. https://t.co/iivNZBJTPL— Gordon Maloney #BLM (@gordonmaloney) July 23, 2020
lol TND blocked by wikipedia for trying edit out the details of his own appalling history
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
This is awful. She was the same age as my dad.
Paulette Wilson has died. She moved to the UK from Jamaica in 1968, but was stripped of her rights by the home office and left destitute as the Windrush scandal unfolded. While awaiting compensation, Paulette selflessly campaigned for justice for others. RIP Queen 👑 pic.twitter.com/P48853CG2a— Nadine White (@Nadine_Writes) July 23, 2020
― scampos mentis (gyac), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
best country in the world
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
The centrists are sparing thoughts for the left:
The Labour left needs to decide what it wants most — to try and influence the party's future or to defend/vindicate the Corbyn years — because right now those two goals are frequently in conflict.— Dorian Lynskey (@Dorianlynskey) July 23, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
says the hypocritical shitwriter/melt who expended so much energy undermining the Labour Party for 5 years because he didn't like the non-melt leadership
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
So fucking sick of the phrase "the Labour left". Just sums it up on its own.
― nashwan, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
politics is all about factions and war and self-interest unless you are a smug middle-class prick where it is only about factionalism if either your side is losing or you feel like being a smug condescending bore because your side has won.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
How many parties does that Dorian balloon need?
― anvil, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
I'm sick of the phrase "the Left" tbh.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
xpjust one with a reconstructed tory leader will do.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
Fucking hell
New: I understand there is now real concern at top of Labour Party over the number of potential legal actions over leaked AS report.There are now at least 40 potential civil claims, being handled by 2 law firms, and a plausible threat of bankruptcy. https://t.co/sMeqRC9FXb— Harry Yorke (@HarryYorke1) July 23, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
lol
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
I made my last ever in my lifetime donation to the labour party in November '19. Good luck lads, but you do deserve to die.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
Much amusement in Scotland over Boris Johnson big One-Chance-to-Save-the-Union-saving trip to, er, Orkney.
https://www.touropia.com/gfx/b/2020/07/scotland_map.png
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
I believe bad weather scuppered his plan to give a speech on St Kilda.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Norway Plus Plus
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
good birding on orkney
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
there was more chance of the Kriegsmarine invading them in the 40's
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
There's actually a bit of film of Boris' entourage driving past the one roundabout on the island with a standing at the side of the road waving a dual Scottish/Norwegian flag. Probably a Shetlander.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
Can someone explain in laymans terms what this AS report legal action stuff is. None of the stuff around this has ever really gone in, finding it difficult to register
― anvil, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:46 (three years ago) link
aiui, there are two potential routes - libel (the information is untrue and defamatory) and data protection (personal identifying information being misused through leaked publication). The former is highly contentious and unlikely, imo, to go anywhere unless the party settles to get it out of the way. The latter is more of a problem - but people are getting very excised about multi-million-Pound payouts when the reality is likely to be a lot less catastrophic.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 24 July 2020 08:38 (three years ago) link
... a plausible threat of bankruptcy.
me, reaping: this owns so hardme, sowing: wth this sucks
― ||||||||, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:39 (three years ago) link
The biggest impact is expected to be on Dyson’s head office in Malmesbury, Wiltshire https://t.co/ZDaEQu9cHQ— The London Economic (@LondonEconomic) July 24, 2020
― nashwan, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:39 (three years ago) link
me, posting: this ownsme, realising I fucked up the order of reaping and sowing: wth this sucks
― ||||||||, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
Is there a link to something that isn't confusing on this. The link above and the twitter thread seem to presume you already know about it all and have opinions to match. Not so good for anyone who's tuned this whole thing out and is none the wiser
― anvil, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:43 (three years ago) link
probably more chance of a frozen shaft of urine taking Starmer out of the game than Labour going bankrupt, but I will keep praying every day.
― calzino, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:44 (three years ago) link
Would it also be true to say that the contents of WhatsApp conversations etc are not the private property of the individuals in the chat if the devices they used to have the chat were furnished to them as part of their jobs? Because I cannot imagine Iain McNichol paying for his own phone etc.
― santa clause four (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2020 08:47 (three years ago) link
I think it’s a moot point if they got caught out by emailing the archive to themselves on their LP email account, by which I assume that archive becomes the party’s property? But yeah, I assume that anything I do on my work devices can be seen by my employer, it’s their equipment.
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Friday, 24 July 2020 08:49 (three years ago) link
I mean, it’s surprising how easy it is to not chat shit about colleagues when you’re busy doing the work you are contracted to do, right?
― santa clause four (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
xps I haven't seen any particularly useful articles.
I would guess that even if it's the property of the organisation, failing to keep it secure is the issue. The stronger case would likely be people who'd registered complaints and had their names shared unredacted.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 24 July 2020 09:00 (three years ago) link
Yeah, wonder how all of this crosses over with GDPR.
Btw, Lab party in deep shit financially is a story the Telegraph has often run over the years (before twitter it wouldn't have been a thing I'd pay attention to)
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 24 July 2020 09:21 (three years ago) link
I really regret being a member of this party and even giving them an additional donation for their election fighting fund after what has come out in the wash, never again in my life is a political party getting a fucking penny (nor a vote!) off me.
― calzino, Friday, 24 July 2020 09:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/24/russia-report-uk-intelligence-services-moscow-mi5-mi6
Consider the following highly topical example. The potential break-up of Britain that might have resulted from the 2014 Scottish referendum is axiomatically not in the interest of the UK and is also a major problem for UK national security. It therefore has to be a concern to MI5, not least because breaking up the UK is obviously also in the interest of a hostile power such as Russia. The large political constraint is obvious. A majority in Scotland could have voted for it – and may yet do so. The agencies’ role here is obviously immensely delicate, but it is hard to argue that they should just do nothing.
Martin Kettle having a normal one and seemingly suggesting our secret services need to consider Scottish nationalism as a branch of domestic terrorism that is a threat to the state, maybe that is my bad reading comprehension and I'm on my second beer, but it's sure what it sounds like to me!
― calzino, Friday, 24 July 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
CON: 44% (=)LAB: 36% (-1)LDM: 8% (=)GRN: 5% (+1)
Via @RedfieldWilton, 22 Jul.Changes w/ 15 Jul.
even Ed was 3-6 points ahead at this point of his leadership and he isn't even getting trashed in the press on daily basis ... fucking useless.
― calzino, Friday, 24 July 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link