Free as a Dodo: UK Politics Welcomes 2021

well maybe i wasn't very charitable towards some of their policies to undo austerity, which have been relatively decent tbf. But I wouldn't trust them to not start winding some of these things back when the weather get's a bit choppy, as is the unprincipled wishy washy centrist party default.

they're the least worst bastards you can vote for in Scotland but that doesn't make them beyond criticism.

That Keep The Clause message, that debate whirring on in public, during my early teens when I realised my sexuality, has had a huge impact on my life and how I've had to present myself, and I don't think it's wrong to expect them to take active measures to show they are serious about LGBT issues. I really appreciate Sturgeon's tweeted video upthread but it doesn't undo the years of hurt and suffering caused by teachers feeling unable to support students like me for fear of repercussion.

xp. their plans for independence were very much of that ilk. which begged the question: why be independent and have it worse? am absolutely ambivalent about independence now - after being a congenital nationalist for whatever reason. literally the only appealing thing about it to me now is to piss off the tories.

boxedjoy, that must've been tough, it is absolutely shameful that they associated with soutar for so long, and as long as the terf element in their support and parliamentary party are just allowed to run wild with impunity, i wouldn't be voting for them again under any circumstances

Sturgeon video seems a bit mealy-mouthed to me. She doesn't actually say trans people are who they say they are or anything like that.

The video was interesting but yeah, let’s see if she actually does anything. JCQC sitting pretty with the whip = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Joan McAlpine
Joanna Cherry
Joanne Rowling

Is there only one TERF name?

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I forgot Johann Lamont, signatory of the Labour Women’s Declaration

I also noticed the evasions in Sturgeon's speech but to return to our regular hobby horse imagine Kieth coming out with something even half as unequivocal

brave men run (in his family)

boxedjoy, have you read Maggie and Me by Damian Barr?

xxp Rayner tried it tbf

lol

Labour leader Keir Starmer supports Boris Johnson’s visit to Scotland - which Nicola Sturgeon was "not essential".

He tells LBC: “He is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, of course it's legitimate”.

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 28, 2021

Watch LIVE: Call Keir - the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is live on LBC answering your questions #CallKeir https://t.co/Pafl4r3jyK

— LBC (@LBC) January 28, 2021

THE POLLS

Ah it’s over now but Jesus, he’s really bad at this.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EszzB5HW4AE3pvu?format=jpg&name=900x900

Sorry calz, I’ll get off your territory now.

no carry on, there can never be enough hatred towards this imbecile - it's nice to get a break sometimes!

oh noooooooo

come on, man pic.twitter.com/tsi0Q1nFyH

— ian ‘eugene cobwebs’ mighty (@iammightor) January 28, 2021

is 'can take a minute' the only thing we agree he can actually do now?

shitter than kinnock

not-actually-Mitch-Benn otm

Was not expecting this from Mitch Benn pic.twitter.com/5dV06NON2s

— TheIainDuncanSmiths (@TheIDSmiths) January 26, 2021

is 'can take a minute' the only thing we agree he can actually do now?

ok just completely fucking useless

at least u can put actual ham in a sandwich

The focus on borders rather than anything that might actually stop transmission is beneath contempt.

It's the foreigners wut done it.

shitter than kinnock

Shitter than Ian Duncan Smith.

By the way, is that what Mitch Benn does for a living? Talk about money for old rope.

I think he spends some time getting pwned on Twitter most days too

I must have heard a hundred Mitch Benn songs on The Now Show and not a single one raised the slightest flicker of a smile, so have been enjoying him get pilloried on Twitter this week. There is an interview feature about his self-published sci-fi novels in the Guardian today for some reason.

I mix him up with Mitchell Symons, same difference really

I'm as shocked as anybody but Led By Donkey appear to have produced something of value

https://timeline-of-failure.com/

lets hope they do an update, as the story definitely did not end in June.

you could add to that timeline JAN 28: over 2700 deaths in the last two days and Boris goes on a unionist mission to Scotland.

Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives. pic.twitter.com/svLsfUDnIU

— The SNP (@theSNP) January 28, 2021

i really don't get what he is trying to achieve with the visit.
then again, i guess it's not like he has anything else to do.

Squeaky bum time for the Union. I think that explains it. I expect Starmer will be up in Scotland any minute.

yeah, i kind of know that's the reason, but just i don't see how a flying visit makes the slightest bit of difference to anyones attitude

Big-hearted Boris has to show how much he loves the Union, bally nuisance and inconvenience, uppity Jocks.

his message will be that independence will mean they will have to get their vaccines from the dirty Boche scum, and they will be at the back of the queue for the Great British one.

Squeaky bum time for the Union. I think that explains it. I expect Starmer will be up in Scotland any minute.

His big message is that Indy is a shocking distraction from the business of eating out to help out, in a way which Brexit and refusing to extend Brexit was not. It’s going down like you’d expect afaict

Lab - 41%
Con - 37%
Lib Dem - 6%
Green - 4%
Reform UK - 3%
SNP - 5%

the latest YouGov poll has Kieth benefitting from erm fuck knows what .. his dogged refusal to take a clear position on anything other than flag-fucking and keeping schools open.

Green - 4%
Reform UK - 3%

we're fucked

Voting Labour makes sense.

The Greens demonstrated a complete lack of principle on Brexit.

The Lib Dems are led by a coalition non-entity.

The Tories are...the Tories.

It’s fine to acknowledge this while accepting Starmer won’t deliver on any of his pledges.

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) January 28, 2021

steaming hot-take from Bastadi

novara media

i cant imagine how awful it would be to have 'having takes' as my job especially if it wasn't particularly well paid

just get behind your club for goodness sake and give big sam all the backing and support he deserves

my take is novara media should stop having paul mason on all the time and stop doing that obnoxious know it all tone of voice

Your move. pic.twitter.com/1bKk73wGps

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) September 25, 2017

Your move @PrisonPlanet pic.twitter.com/RBgudAwtlo

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) January 26, 2018

I like how it's ok for Kieth to commit more to factional purging than actually offering a genuine alternative and we are supposed to be much bigger than him and rise above it, despite him being a slippery operator who offers no comprises to what should be a coalition. If there aren't going to be any consequences to his actions then this race to the bottom is not something I'm going to vote for. And Bastadi and novara can go fuck themselves.

"when they go low, we go high" - The Hard Left