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

xp otm

iirc the high-Tory approach to folk music after about 1920 tends to be to view is as suspiciously Marxist.

Kinfolk-styled, vaguely pastoral pop is something else entirely.

thanks i tried to articulate that elsewhere, folk musician = plays actual folk music or gtf

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.

also bingo

Mercury Prize 2020 Shortlist – The Poll

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 lies

THREAD 1/#CantPayWontPay

— London Renters Union (@LDNRentersUnion) July 23, 2020

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

lol I wasn't trying to answer Matt's concern, more divert this conversation there

Taylor Swift - Folklore

lmfao the exclamation mark this conversation didn't know it needed

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

The Mercury Music Prize...in 2020?

one year ago today jo swinson became leader of the liberal democrats, raise a glass

RIP

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?

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

shocked_pikachu.jpg

oven-ready deal not thawed out properly ffs

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/EiXqqiiY6c

1/

— Freedom from Torture (@FreefromTorture) July 23, 2020

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

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

best country in the world

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

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

So fucking sick of the phrase "the Labour left". Just sums it up on its own.

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.

How many parties does that Dorian balloon need?

So fucking sick of the phrase "the Labour left". Just sums it up on its own.

I'm sick of the phrase "the Left" tbh.

xp
just one with a reconstructed tory leader will do.

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

lol

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.

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

I believe bad weather scuppered his plan to give a speech on St Kilda.

Norway Plus Plus

good birding on orkney

there was more chance of the Kriegsmarine invading them in the 40's

Norway Plus Plus

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.

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

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.

... a plausible threat of bankruptcy.

me, reaping: this owns so hard
me, sowing: wth this sucks

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

me, posting: this owns
me, realising I fucked up the order of reaping and sowing: wth this sucks

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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)