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

I intitally misread his birthdate as 1889, which seems closer to the mark.

Tory MPs though.

delighted to see glum now agrees london should not be afforded special status but instead be lumped in with the rest of multicultural metropolitan britain

I never said that but <3 anyway and let's move on

onwards and downwards. was pondering if it'd be worth making a statue of keir just to ceremonially bung it in the canal in a fashion that must be condemned as completely wrong by all lovers of order, but I feel uneasy about statues at the best of times and a keir one would doubtless haunt me from the silty depths

Less 'Starmer isn't that bad' more 'the left of the party did next to nothing other than repeat the same extremely limited law & order mistakes when they had the reins'.

Abbott's signature policy was flooding the street with more police however many epic clapbacks to Mandleson she dishes out.

― ShariVari, Monday, 8 June 2020 bookmarkflaglink

Someone on twitter called it a missed opportunity given the events of the last few days and its true. If Labour was prepared to fight for different visions on so much why couldn't they fight against the grain on the Home Office front?

Thirty years ago today.

It's three years to the day since Theresa May lost the Conservatives' majority. pic.twitter.com/1qvPagktLM

— Ashley Cowburn (@ashcowburn) June 8, 2020

never forget

On the 19th of February I made a defamatory statement about @jeremycorbyn. I have apologised to Mr Corbyn and here is the complete text of my apology. Please retweet. pic.twitter.com/6JZc8O9E82

— Ben Bradley MP (@BBradley_Mans) February 24, 2018

BREAKING: @ukhomeoffice is planning to charter a removal plane to Lithuania, this Friday 12th June, containing just ONE person.

This despite Government advice being against all but essential travel.

How is this safe or a good use of public resources during a global pandemic? pic.twitter.com/fkWjDrtRNG

— Bella Sankey (@BellaSankey) June 8, 2020

just watched that kier campaign vid from back in january. He's with the miners, he's deep in Wapping protests, he's even got a fucking dreadlocked 90's Swampy type crusty in there. He really laid it on thick, especially with the voiceover from someone who sounds like a former miner from Normanton who is a secret UKIP voter, so that element was quite otm tbf with what type of leader Labour has now.

I’ve had a lot of questions on what I think about last weekend’s protests so I thought it would be easiest to share my thoughts below. pic.twitter.com/KnutJ1YZRo

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) June 8, 2020

So Priti Patel's saying that protesting during a pandemic is unlawful, UNLESS you do it in Durham no doubt.

THREAD 1. A briefing to @uklabour on #blacklivesmatter from @Keir_Starmer's office stresses support for peaceful protests. It says 'violence and vandalism' are wrong; police should investigate the pulling down of the Colston statue. It says the statue should have come down..

— iain watson (@iainjwatson) June 8, 2020

Better days

'Winston Churchill was a war hero but there was also another side to him' - Labour's John McDonnell tells ITV News he welcomes debate on the British icon's legacy https://t.co/5hviU1bIMz pic.twitter.com/oTAAXFbBY9

— ITV News (@itvnews) February 14, 2019

i'm confused by the maths where a minority of violent actions during a protest invalidates the protests but "a minority" of racist cops is an acceptable price to pay for law and order

As I was saying

Sitting opposite @pritipatel as she uses her identity as an Asian person to silence @FloEshalomi as a black person, because Flo very reasonably questions this government’s policies that institutionally discriminate against black AND Asian people.

I feel sick.

— Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) June 8, 2020

33%? fuck me

Whilst 53% of Britons support the removal of the Edward Colston statue, only 13% approve of the way in which it was done

33% oppose the removal in any capacityhttps://t.co/UTAsKTJoir pic.twitter.com/NT8bNl6V1I

— YouGov (@YouGov) June 8, 2020

the uk is technically not a majority racist country

Don't read the responses to that.

"33%? fuck me"

Sounds about right.

Yes. If not too low.

hey 87% of Britons, go fuck yourselves

Full support to those Labour MPs facing a torrent of abuse for standing up to racism and pointing out the barbaric history of slavery and colonialism.

This history should be taught in schools.

We must all be clear that #BlackLivesMatter.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 8, 2020

miss u king

At the risk of turning into calz, lol

Lmao he triangulated his fucking NAME pic.twitter.com/3Z3DzD6S4l

— social equidistancing (@revskaben) June 8, 2020

his "working class" factory running labour history geek dad cursed him by naming him after a talented orator!

Loooooollll how funny is this, lads trying to get the statue out today 😭 pic.twitter.com/kqem7KdjGM

— MADELEINE (@Frenchd0gblues) June 8, 2020

what on earth are these idiot tribe morons trying to do here, lol a pole - talk about the wrong tools for a job!

Scrap metal tatters or white supremacist scumbags?

is it made of copper perhaps?

That's my first guess

Bronze iirc.

'Justice will follow' anti-racism protest clashes

Gonnae guess this BBC headline doesn't lead to what you'd hope.

the scrappers have been asleep in recent weeks, there was a beautiful wrought iron gate just sitting there for weeks outside one of the houses on "millionaires row" recently!

you better have a good functional backyard foundry if you fancy shifting a bronze statue that is all over the news right now, some of these more professional scrappers might but your average copper thief wont!

i think my absolute favorite thing on this website is the way you can spot a calzino post inside the first half dozen words.

(not a joke, i love it, great poster)

lol way too generous, but thanks anyway!

Lol

#SittingInLimbo epitomises the unimaginable suffering endured by the Windrush generation. On behalf of successive governments, I apologise again to victims & their families. I will do all I can to ensure @ukhomeoffice protects & listens to every part of the community it serves.

— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) June 8, 2020

She is laughing at all of us.

"Only £360,000 of a compensation pot meant to pay out £500m has been distributed"

there are other ways to apologise for such a crime against humanity other than more worthless fucking lip service from the dead eyed psychotic daughter of a former UKIP candidate

"face the full force of the law" is a statement implying and encouraging police brutality so of course Johnson ended his statement with it

Meesa surely Jar Jar Binks wish yess. Weesa say nosa

— Layla Moran 🔶 (@LaylaMoran) June 8, 2020

Keir Starmer you are finished! please make way for our next leader

lol, was just about to post that.

Genuinely impressed how quickly politicians and the press have managed to pivot to making analysis of racism in the UK, at a time thousands of BAME people are dying needlessly of an avoidable disease, an argument about whether statues need to be reviewed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/sadiq-khan-orders-review-of-all-london-statues-for-slavery-links

cursed tweet. mods ban user alphabet pls

Top story on the Guardian website - statues, next story, Boris Johnson's statement on BLM and statues, next story, Sadiq commits to reviewing statues...

Bronze Racists Matter

There's a huge amount of great, positive energy out there but you'd be forgiven for thinking that racism ended 200 years ago and the debate should be about how we memorialise it.

instead of getting stuck on statues, let's move on to this

If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery?

Thread:

— Griff Ferris (@g__ferris) June 8, 2020

Putting on my mask for a day trip to the statue museum

that's excellent work xp