PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

Gaz isn't about politics as long as squalid middle class privilege stays unruffled and he gets to go on the Mercuries once a decade

from the replies to that Lewis Goodall tweet

4 weeks, utter nonsense, if he got the keys to no.10, there would be colossus sized statues of magic grandad in every town and city centre within five years.

— Andrew Daniel (@TeakSawdust) August 16, 2019

no they just terrified petty bourgeois soft tories

xp the Corbyn that exists in reality can’t compare to the fantasy who is both an authoritarian to beat Stalin and a weak old man who can’t get his own MPs to vote for him, depending on what the argument demands.

in short, they are bad and i do not like them

h/t @iammightor pic.twitter.com/MT1RylzsR6

— Lafargue (@Lafargue) August 15, 2019

Ken Clarke is a terrible man in many ways, but I do like this anecdote from his autobiography (also called Kind of Blue groan) -

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N2hyDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA393&lpg=PA393&dq=ken+clarke+sun+ra+dancing&source=bl&ots=LIa0OqCuLw&sig=ACfU3U2J32G9oCnhPuwxsAX7LDcrHTrgpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdtt-0kYjkAhWNUlAKHQnNDwkQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=ken%20clarke%20sun%20ra%20dancing&f=false

Later in his career, Ellington produced some rather pretentious stuff but this is timeless, quality jazz.

And while I don’t think Mingus himself ever made a vast amount of money or added to the development of jazz, this is simply a wonderful record.

These are unacceptable jazz opinions for a future PM, I'd imagine JC's favourite jazz musicians are Courtney Pine and the guy who played sax in Latin Quarter which will have to do.

I want him to die even more for dissing late period Ellington, but alas only a stupid arrogant fatmouthed tory cunt!

Hugh Masekela was a titan of jazz and of the anti-apartheid struggle. His courage, words and music inspired me, were heard across the world and strengthened the resolve of those fighting for justice in South Africa.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) January 23, 2018

Instead, he says, he will listen to Radio 3 or Classic FM. His wife of five years, Laura Alvarez, will often put on Magic and a morning turf war will begin ("We have a dispute about this").

good to see an inspirational story of someone who lived near, but not on a council estate thriving. Another success story for *checks notes* the private school she attended https://t.co/ymjWToAk4x

— Steve Jail (@wariotifo) August 16, 2019

the Weetman laying down her gritty ghetto credentials, it's a tough bloody life growing up in a terraced house near a council estate! Too many of those wayward single parent kids like Prince Harry running amok from the estate I bet.

Need a poll on how close to an estate ilxor grew up

ILE has largely ignored/missed the work of Frances Weetman. I deeply resent the way Twitter brings the completely unsolicited opinions of these otherwise insignificant people into your timeline again and again and again.

(xp) And if they can remember whether they lived on a street or a terrace.

It's giving me reminiscences that excellent one-off viz cartoon with the 40's boy detective character, and he get's suspicious about the domestic cleaner and follows her home and uncovers a revolting council estate!

Need a poll on how close to an estate ilxor grew up

Outside lav ftw. (Not too likely in a high-rise, granted)

Frances Wasteman

Franny From (the Street or Terrace Adjoining) the Block.

Block Rockin' Weets

With someone like Weetman (and others) I think its good to observe that level of grifter in party politics, what they think and how they act. Especially if you want to be part of a solution to the problems we face.

This is quite good by Dan Davies and could impact on if/when Boris calls a general election:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/16/2008-lehman-brothers-crash-normal-recession-finance

The news from Germany and US has been pretty bad, and the UK is a quarter away from official recession.

yeah he's good. this was excellent a couple of weeks ago: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/30/falling-pound-britain-weak-currency-depreciation-italy

What is it that you think grifter means, Julio?

I’ve muted Weetabix purely because I function better without ever seeing her smirky avi.

weetman is absolutely an attention-grifter -- i'm not sure if she's monetised this or not as i don't follow her work

she's the Iceberg Slim of melt attention-grifting!

Monetising it is kind of important!

xxxp otm, she’s grotesque

she was trying to monetise it but... came last (albeit taking enough votes off the LDs to gift labour a seat. which you simply love to see)

It's like none of youse want a new way of doing politics

She totally displays similar tendencies to grifters you see on twitter. She just hasn't had the chance to do it.

Owen Jones was attacked:

This is a bit dramatic, so firstly I’m fine, but last night - when I was celebrating my birthday - I was attacked, along with my friends, in a blatant premeditated assault.

— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) August 17, 2019

part of making britain great again is rewinding somewhat back to the macho warfare state 50's when you could kick a gay to death and get some fish and chips on't way home, and the state would consider you a slightly errant but basically a good citizen.

Not the first time OJ has been attacked, nor the last. Interesting to see which extremely online centrist journalists, who spend tons of time monstering him on twitter, suddenly not even have a few words of sympathy. David Cunttick though, ugh.

But as I’ve said about OJ before, I find it very hard to dislike him given the shit he gets, especially as the most controversial stuff (classism in journalism, proliferation of right wing views in the media) is also the most otm.

Recommend Sean Birchell’s Beating the Fascists (though not uncritically) for a militant case for anti-fascism.

If you see David Quantick calling OJ ‘Squealer’ on social media, report it for homophobia because that’s what it is.

Wish Swells was still here rather than that arch conservative m/c cunt.

Sorry bout the class watfare, should use different words to despise that cunt.

Swells was pretty m/c too?

Probably, albeit via Bradford.

Or Swindon even! But he wasn't Maconie or Quantick, thank fuck.

Swells’ dad was a company director. Although I worked with DQ when I first came to London, I have no idea about his early life. I’d like to think Swells, who was my friend and who I miss terribly, would be Team OJ.

I couldn't for the life of me imagine such an inspired talent turning into a bad parody of a fat old reactionary tory with a humour tumour, like most comedians shit nme hacks.

:o

yeah but you aren't like the rest of those ******* *****!

Don't normally listen to podcasts but this might be good.

The next British govt looks set to pursue a No Deal Brexit. Dublin is starting to accept this will mean border checks.@MichaelAodhan tells us what it means for families in N.Ireland and @RonanMcCrea breaks down how we got here in this new bonus episode: https://t.co/l7M0dM3qSi

— The Irish Passport Podcast (@PassportIrish) July 19, 2019

you....dont listen to second captains?

look we dont always agree on politics but cmon now outside of that i had hoped my word was gold

Just rationally looking for a broad church of opinions, like I always do

in my experience football podcasts are torturous interminable noise that make me think death is underrated. There might be some good ones but it's a door I'm never going to open again.