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

Foreign policy other than China / the EU / the US seems like a relic from another era.

France is v busy running things in a lot of Africa too ofc

In our bio we previously referred to Blue Labour’s tenets as “Work, Family and Tradition”. We were told that this is actually the slogan of Vichy France. We have updated it to the real Blue Labour slogan of “Work, Family and Community”. Apologies for any offence caused.

— Young Blue Labour (@BlueYoungLabour) June 16, 2020

Does anyone particularly know what the UK's objectives / policies for Ukraine and the Western Balkans are?

*does Tarzan howl/chest bump*

lol glum is that a spoof? it looks real

resultant cummings

hahahahahahahahahahaha omg

can’t be real??!

"Mr Johnson, as foreign secretary in 2018, said he would like a "Brexit plane" to help him travel the world."

should paint the £350M slogan on it

xxp
Either they are very confused or they've crafted something that's flown under many people's radar, including mine

i think the most obvious explanation is that Blue Labour share a world view with collaborative Nazis and it's real

psy op imo

it does feel we’re headed towards a world without a lot of subtext

The Scottish Covid Deaths over the past week were Wednesday 1, Thursday 5, Friday 3, Sat 4, Sun 5, Mon 0, Tuesday 5

wow

Still a high total figure overall though.

@BlueYoungLabour
44m
Where do you think the Corbyn era went wrong? It’s something I’ve been thinking about in recent weeks...

Lonley guy thinkin bout things

think we need a "take off and nuke the Labour Party from orbit" thread

well, maybe we've already got enough

in what sense is painting a plane a "secret" makeover?

apparently this is the one thing that's annoyed me today

Beijing: 106 infections is described as "severe". UK: 200+ deaths - it'll be reet.

Maybe it's for a reality TV show and Boris isn't supposed to know, Pimp My Plane or something.

cd changer in the tail, sub-woofers in the wings, Xzibit in the pilot's seat

put some sick spoilers on it!

doing handrake turns in the middle of some clouds... woooy!

pimp my plane is clearly some ‘i like to make cardboard buses’ domcum scam to make jeffrey epstein-adjacent google results go away

Jerembly Crobryn, you have made it impossible for me to oppose plunging millions into poverty https://t.co/8v9E0bJXfs pic.twitter.com/eK669cUI3o

— tom (@malaiseforever) June 16, 2020

Oh the cuddly nicey nicey tories are blaming Jez for toryism rn. Oh hang on a minute the DWP was his brief whilst the biggest UC unrolling happened but nothing to do with him!

Pretty sure Gauke is behind that "Young" Blue Labour account now.

The Scottish Covid Deaths over the past week were Wednesday 1, Thursday 5, Friday 3, Sat 4, Sun 5, Mon 0, Tuesday 5

― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:22 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

wow

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:23 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Still a high total figure overall though.

― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:24 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's worth adding here that we were slightly below the rate for the rest of GB (above NI) until we diverged strategies) (and I also know there's an additional caveat that Scotland were being more honest in declaring figures, which makes it harder to draw out) but I adjusted the figures roughly per capita (England + Wales combined having about 12x the population of Scotland and the figures being given at the westminster briefings are for E+W) but since the divergance our figures are about 1/5th to 1/4 of those in E+W.

There were the 6,000 person (combined) raves in Manchester last weekend. On the other hand I saw footage of youngsters doing conga lines in Glasgow parks over the weekend and I'm sure illegal raves will happen up here too.

let's assume that people across all social/political/demographic groups are crossing the lockdown advice now but there's a very specific focus on the transgressions that the mainstream media chooses to report

They were saying that it's still illegal to have gatherings of more than 6 people, were using it to arrest people at the London demonstrations last weekend.

Do those Scottish numbers include care homes etc or are they just hospitals? If so that's roughly similar to London which has been in single daily figures for a few weeks now (compared to hundreds of deaths a day in April).

It appears that the NW, NE and Midlands have had the worst of it for a while now. Not sure about Wales.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/

At some point it might occur to the government that the areas where infection rates are higher include a lot of former Red Wall seats that are going to be hit worst if they're rushing the transition of of lockdown.

Since the Conservative party's been taken over by someone with no real affiliation to them above his own ambitions (Cummings), I don't think they're looking any further ahead than the forthcoming Brexit calamity. The next election's probably 4+ years away, worry about it when it comes.

well done daniel rashford

At least he managed not to describe "Danny" as very articulate!

Hancock is an embarrassment.

eat the rich

https://i.ibb.co/TbpzRC3/Screenshot-2020-06-17-at-10-46-21.png

https://www.ft.com/content/8ea1c992-89f8-11ea-a109-483c62d17528

how nice it must be to be so completely oblivious

I like how it's a harmless but unflinchingly honest portrayal of super-rich disconnect up until the point where she tells her ageing mother, on the other side of the world, to rewrite her will just in case.

this piece is wild +harrowing enough in of itself without the fact that @DWP// @dwppressoffice refused to give a comment unless they were provided with the ADDRESSES and NATIONAL INSURANCE NUMBERS of those interviewed for the piece. we obviously declined. https://t.co/VU12hdk4Ne

— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) June 17, 2020

some of ordinary practises of the DWP in the last decade have been taking a more sinister turn, for example offering "deals" to stressed out learning disabled claimants where they get a fraction of what they are entitled to or requesting the names and NI numbers of claimants who are interviewed for articles that highlight their immoral shitty conduct.

https://t.co/8tjwxvuHea pic.twitter.com/VApmFM0f5B

— Your Mum says Black Lives Matter (@judeinlondon2) June 17, 2020

Right now I bet you Alistair Campbell is telling everyone who will listen that you wouldn't have caught a senior minister not knowing the name of an England footballer in his day.

Mandelson

What is Gazza?

Matt Hancock demonstrating the part of his 2m social distancing rule that says 'stand as close as possible and pat them on the shoulder'. pic.twitter.com/2eMimLmzsU

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) June 17, 2020

Mandellson probably thought people still wore rosettes and brought rattlers to football matches in the 90's

get his (car's) arse

Bois Johnson in car crash at Parliament. Just now. Security drives into back of his car as Kurdish protester runs into road. pic.twitter.com/k1kCplzyZ5

— Steve Bray #HoldThemToAccount (@snb19692) June 17, 2020

LOL Keystone Cops