love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

OMG! big wes streeting!

what a power trio

lol fuck labour

I admit I’m slightly blindsided

Or people who KS doesn’t want running to media and now can’t because: collective responsibility.

wtf

tbf those are all basically made-up joke positions right? right??

Wes Streeting (Exchequer Secretary)
Stephen Kinnock (Asia and Pacific)
Jess Phillips (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)

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not to demean the need to combat domestic violence. oh god

Chi Onwurah (Science, Research & Digital – joint with DCMS)

I’m not at all blindsided I was just making fun of lj’s comments re initial shadcab picks

Fully believe they waited to ruin my bday tho

hb wins!

Suzy is probably right about the need to keep the most vocally disloyal and troublesome MPs at least theoretically onside but in places where they can't do any real damage.

Unfortunately it also puts them in a position where they can also throw their toys out of the pram and prominently resign when they aren't being paid sufficient attention.

🎣 finally

my man Matthew Pennycook is gonna save the environment #proud

🎣 finally

obv those ne'erdowells are a scourge but the way it was put upthread it was like they were the only appointees. obviously not true. but where's Butler still?

sad lol that it's virtually a 50/50 split between frontbench and backbench

the mcshitter in the shadow cab. very good

whatever happened to that dan carden alex buzzfeed story

At least I've got plenty of ammo if my local CLP sec phones me asking why the dd has stopped

Meme fans will be pleased to know that Bambos Charalambos is in there.

_Wes Streeting (Exchequer Secretary)
Stephen Kinnock (Asia and Pacific)
Jess Phillips (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)_


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"phillips has been doing good work on domestic violence"

credit where it is due it is the one subject she is quite authoritative sounding on in a non-bullshitty manner. i was listening to her on 5 live the other week and thinking this Jess Phillips soundalike is talking sense here.

He’s out of intensive care

Boooo

clearly fit to work, 2 red boxes by tomorrow night or he should get sanctioned

sanctioned

Usefully ambiguous word, that.

No. But it would be nice to be appointed as the honorary Milkman of Human Kindness. https://t.co/CgGf6pX8Qm

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) April 9, 2020

Lyrics from a song by Mice, accidentally I am sure.

since when did Gapesy do that much self awareness?

More likely former Red Wedge acolyte Billy Bragg, can’t imagine Gapes has a deep knowledge of American indie.

Keir Starmer has no Black people on the shadow home office team after Windrush.

— ma rc us (@marcusjdl) April 9, 2020

Corbyn so energised so many bame and young bame voters, that's all gone to shit now.

That's a shitty decision, and it's either v stupid or plain oblivious

He’s out of intensive care

I'm sure the big baby really needed to spend 3 nights - or whatever it was - in intensive care.

Lol daytime Star Trek getting to your DN

I can hear applause, not for Johnson I guess

Also whooping

The applause is for me (it’s my birthday)

It’s clap for carers

I'm a carer and can't hear any fucking clapping!

Anyone know if there’s anything special happening? Anyone having a birthday?

oh they don't mean benefits scum on carer's allowance of course!

My nephew is having a birthday.

it's the anniversary of Operation Weserübung !

it's IDS's birthday

oh dear, bad luck wins .. if you hung on a couple of more weeks you'd be a taurean like me and bizarro!

taurean gulag enthusiast cru UNITE

need gulags more than ever now and it's fun annoying the fuck out of some of our melt-adjacent ilx friends from across the atlantic!