Free as a Dodo: UK Politics Welcomes 2021

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sum up the Northern Independence Party in a nutshell: idiot bookie shills

Ahead of the curve once again @Keir_Starmer

— Simon Hedges (@Orwell_Fan) March 20, 2021

lool

Wide-legged jeans are back to hide a year of pandemic pounds https://t.co/ZFzyR2fMdU pic.twitter.com/RXoVxLGutv

— New York Post (@nypost) March 19, 2021

pretty sure the pounds haven't gone to my legs

a young kid on an electric scooter called me a fat bastard the other day and sped off. At least it saves buying some digital smart scales!

spirit of community alive and well in hudds

not even looking lol, wish I'd get called a hairy bastard more often

JOKING

perhaps I should have thanked the kid for having the civility and self-restraint in not calling me "paedo" or "baldy"!

people who announce things are 'back' always show their arses

ty for the style tips nypost lol

apparently this was going on in London today

Odd no action by the police in relation to this anti-lockdown protest. Maybe they only feel safe piling in on peaceful women. pic.twitter.com/IeYY632Syv

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) March 20, 2021

In football terms it's called getting your retaliation in first.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56461679

Delusional.

Lord Mandelson said Sir Keir "radiates competence" and praised his stance in some of the internal battles during his first year as Labour leader.

as someone who was long term friends with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell perhaps this arsehole isn't the best one for assessing the qualities of party leaders either.

#killthebill protest in Bristol pic.twitter.com/2PNFHxnZpb

— Chris Rolandsen (@ChrisRolandsen_) March 21, 2021

The Tories and their media allies are undermining democracy. The opposition must win the next General Election and then rebuild our broken democracy. That means electoral cooperation in a Progressive Alliance.

Please put #FBPA (Follow Back #ProgressiveAlliance) in your profile.

— Nick Reeves #FBPE #FBPA #ProgressiveAlliance (@nickreeves9876) March 21, 2021

More like Follow All Re Tweets

at least they are getting their "progressive" message out there. Dodds did another speech today that (at the time of someone posting earlier) had zero likes or shares on the Open Labour FB page and apparently 49 viewers for the live broadcast. The worst thing is she's generally been quite awful but is nowhere near the worst one in the Starmer shadow cabinet.

A PRIVATE company with a North-East MP as director will operate a controversial new scheme that forces GPs to submit referrals to a third party for approval, The Northern Echo can reveal.

Labour MP Dr Paul Williams has confirmed that Hartlepool and Stockton Healthcare Ltd (HASH) will be responsible for assessing referrals made by doctors across Darlington and parts of Teesside.

The Stockton South MP recently stepped down as chief executive of HASH but remains director of the company, a co-operative of North-East GPs which he says operates on a not-for-profit basis.

lol

but not lol at this cunt trying to play the benign caring NHS doctor malarkey while director of a company trying their damndest to undermine free at point of use healthcare.

Call me a liberal but I think the right to peacefully set fire to police vans is an essential foundation of any democracy and should be defended.

— 'No comment' (@MediocreDave) March 21, 2021

Young people, don't riot. If you're angry about something join a political party, vote for someone with your values to lead it, and campaign for that person to be Prime Minister. So we can smear you all as cultists and antisemites.

— Remember Veron? He's Back! In Pogba Form (@NyeBeverage) March 21, 2021

Part of the story here is that the sight of a riot in Trafalgar Square worried fx markets, which was a problem for a govt that wanted a strong pound. https://t.co/ooEvCufMVv

— Chris Dillow (@CJFDillow) March 22, 2021

one for the smug disingenuous pricks who insist protesters are undermining their cause by not being civil enough. The same people who stopped brexit by having having a twee gathering with lots of "where's jeremy?" placards and think putting "European" on their census is a rebellion.

Awful people!

Tracer Hand's posted tweet is spot-on.

Philomena Dunt addresses his many many violent followers. He loves them. They're very special.

Scenes in Bristol very depressing. You shouldn't attack cops. You shouldn't attack anyone, ever, for any reason.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 21, 2021

said this the day after the election. it's days like today when you can really see which people that were on the Corbyn train can be comrades and who really can't be trusted at all pic.twitter.com/CL8hx62d21

— michael (@Sisyphusa) March 22, 2021

This is an old story but worth bearing in mind: "Injuries" reported by the police included six insect bites, one officer "stung on finger by possible wasp", three toothaches (!), three officers with heat exhaustion and several with headaches. https://t.co/PY3Q0BQ6q3

— molly smith (@pastachips) March 22, 2021

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— 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝕻𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖕 (@papasombra) March 21, 2021

Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code

doesn't look like she'll be resigning any time soon, Kieth.

He must be so disappointed for Ruth Davidson.

he could have found some common ground with her because she hated Corbyn as well, but his commitment to slavishly imitating the tories is his main game.

(1) Winston Churchill campaigns in the 1945 Election, met with "boos" "Thunder flashes" (a kind of military grade firework or "banger" ) in Lewisham and "Hostile Crowds" in Lewisham, blockading his car, "cat calling" and yelling "Labour slogans". Churchill lost the election pic.twitter.com/imFnIeSnpH

— Solomon Hughes (@SolHughesWriter) March 22, 2021

DT Toby Perkins MP: This looks to me like entirely appropriate use of the baton.

A good example of proportionate policing under extre… https://t.co/iwW2kMZM0n https://t.co/rqlOd6ytkU

— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) March 22, 2021

I don't why he bothered deleting it, it won't get him into any trouble with the "new management"

The government have inserted a "Stanley Johnson" loophole into travel restrictions which will allow people with 2nd homes to leave the UK to prepare a 2nd home for sale or rent.

Once again, this is the government favouring the privileged.

Everyone else faces a fine of up to 5K.

— Katy (@KatyJayne101) March 23, 2021

some good news for graun columnists/their pals who invariably seem to have empty properties in London.

interesting to see all the predictable "not all of us with 2nd/3rd homes in Provence are rich you know" type responses.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/22/mps-defeat-bid-to-save-leaseholders-from-huge-fire-safety-bills

I'm touched to see the news of Churchill's explosive 1945 reception, 5 minutes from where I am now. The pride of SE13.

the people of E17 booed him as well for his last '45 campaign appearance, they couldn't stand the fucker!

They didn't want him to 'Stay (Prime Minister for) another day'!!!

One of those committee members who claim Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament:

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Fraser lives with his wife and two children in Perthshire. He is a fan of Rangers Football Club.[9]

Away wi' ye.

Hundreds of riot gear clad cops are currently surrounding around 50 terrifying sat-down students on College Green here in Bristol tonight

What’s happening with the protest? #bristolprotest #bristol #killthebill #protest pic.twitter.com/BV9MaiGSUZ

— Arya (@arya_shah09) March 23, 2021

Bristol tonight. If it kicks off who do you think started things. The people in the riot gear and on horses or the ones with their hands up & on their knees? pic.twitter.com/cFMxsKFCPJ

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) March 23, 2021

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Kieth's cunning plan to become more of a hate figure in Liverpool than Boris is a real masterstroke for erm... oh yeah the fucking Conservative Party.

this is the kind of grown-upness of strategy that Labour was sadly lacking under Milne. bravo.

They brought police from the Met to beat up protesters in Bristol last night. Any idiotic "but they weren't social distancing so they deserve it" arguments put to rest. Cowardly fucks

Bad news flagfuckers

So 15,000 nazis came to the UK but only 10,000 Kindertransportees? The state let in more nazis than Jewish children?

Don't forget 1,000 Kindertransportees were interned as enemy aliens and held off the mainland, some as far as Canada and Australia.

It was never about morality. https://t.co/f9bMxjew0C

— jewdⒶs // ייִדהודה (@jewdas) March 24, 2021

there was an account in the Nikolaus Wachsmann book on the Nazi camp system that was probably the most typical asylum seeking experience in the 30's of a Jewish man who managed to briefly flee Germany on a fake passport and was promptly deported straight back to Germany and put in "protective custody" in Dachau where he died. When UK Politicians like to demonise illegal immigrants and then wax lyrical about what a welcoming country this has always been out the other side of their mouth. I didn't realise they were talking about Nazis!