"we'll change the things that need changing and that's all we'll change": the paSUKification of post-brexit politics 2021

not so much of a burr more of a grrr

She should try bringing the Unionists very much into the 21st century for a start

Apparently she's come pretty cheap, all she's asked for on the rider are these

https://mcvities.co.uk/img/prod/detail/club-orange.png

Saw a deliveroo driver do just this today and it looked like he fucked up his bike.

by “determined to make it through the flood” do you possibly mean “delivering groceries for an on demand app that pays poverty wages and penalises lateness such that you have no choice but to endanger your life like this” pic.twitter.com/JlSbvz2XMV

— Peregrine falcon fan (@nrgsrhc) July 25, 2021

Cases are really coming down. -15k yesterday.

Unless there is some other explanation this looks really, really good. I need to see that reflected in hospitalisations and deaths.

But bits and pieces such as international travel aside the end of the pandemic is getting nearer for the UK? Only thing that really could fuck this up is a new variant.

The Sunday week-to-week is 'only' down 10k - it doesn't and has never made sense to compare day-to-next-day - but yeah that is great news.

> Unless there is some other explanation this looks really, really good.

schools are out so none of the previous school testing is happening.

Schools broke on Friday?

Term dates vary. You’d expect another significant reduction next week, I guess.

Friday before last in London mostly

My understanding is that effect wouldn't explain the numbers - mind you, experts aren't sure what would explain the numbers.

we've all had covid

herd immunity!!!!!!

the latest mutation - the indolent variant

xp you know what this means:

https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/large-study-finds-covid-19-is-linked-to-a-substantial-drop-in-intelligence-61577

Experts are puzzled

Isn’t the ONS infection survey still showing cases rising? kinda suggests to me that a lot more of the ppl getting it now don’t feel ill enough to get tested, plus less testing cause of school being out. Feels plausible enough they’ll go up again once the effects of the 19th start to kick in - then again we have vaccinated 70% of adults and have an ongoing national pox party for the remainder so shrug

The Labour leader added: “But I do want, in fairness to the temporary Speaker, Judith Cummins, who was there – she did the right thing, she followed the rules, because parliament doesn’t allow you to call other parliamentarians liars in the chamber. So I don’t criticise the deputy speaker for what she did. But do I support Dawn in what she said? I absolutely do.”

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CON +5

Which is as good as it's going to get.

Stats be melting.

And this sort of thing is exactly why it's so important that Labour wins. Whatever your view of Starmer, a Labour government will improve so many people's lives 🌹 https://t.co/n0BeUkJtXL

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) July 26, 2021

if Kieth is into workers employment rights then why is Murdoch backing his puppet in the Unite election?

Tfw it's August

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 39% (-)
LAB: 37% (+1)
LDEM: 10% (-)
GRN: 5% (-)

via @Survation , 23 Jul
Chgs. w/ 20 Julhttps://t.co/mdgKpA0AzK

— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 26, 2021

these polls need to include a realistic figure for people who are never voting again

24,950 new cases (compared to 39,950 last Monday) and 14 deaths today, that sounds like good news! I only get twinges of mild disappointment when Labour aren't 10-15 points behind these days.

have polls been reweighted to reflect how many people have died in the last year?

serious question

i mean it does always seem like the pollers wait until an election cycle proves them wrong before they think about whether or not the weighting approach still makes sense. not that i think labour are being done a rotten one by the pollers or anything.

it has been disproportionately killing ethnic minorities, disabled people, poor people and old people so it will hurt the tories more than Starmer Labour perhaps.

It's what I was talking about Dodds, but the soft left are, well, soft.

(4)AFAICT the last Frontbencher to make noises about increasing SSP above £95 a week was then-Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds . But soft-left Dodds got sacked, so abandoning SSP increases looks like part of Starmer's latest lurch right https://t.co/NyUL7ljGb4

— Solomon Hughes (@SolHughesWriter) July 27, 2021

at least get sacked/demoted for taking a principled stance, but it was more like Kieth decided to make her a scapegoat for how useless he is.

I dread to think what Reeves position on benefits system reform is these days. Kieth wants to make the UK "the best country to work in" which might be a nice thought, but millions in precarious employment/zero hours contracts need radical reform rather than empty platitudes made not to frighten the horses too much.

we're so fucked aren't we pic.twitter.com/rH1PqWQLt0

— aaЯjan (@aarjanistan) July 27, 2021

🚨 | NEW: The GMB Union has withdrawn funding for the Labour Party in London

— Bywire News™ (@bywirenews) July 27, 2021

wow they've actually done it

oh that just withdrawn finding from London Labour?

What is that reasoning? Does sound like a simple reinstatement of a job would result in funds being released

Over 100 dead from covid today :-(

So Keir will make Britain the best place to work - unless you work for @UKLabour He has made 90 staff redundant. But is also recruiting workers on insecure temporary contracts with worse employment conditions #FutureOfWork https://t.co/3CbUeEKuCY

— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) July 28, 2021

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action you fucking arsehole.

"Angela Rayner, are you against zero hours contracts?"

"We're against exploitation of them."

yeah those non-exploitive zero hour contracts are absolutely fine, Angela. I can do my p/t Yoga instructor gig and still have plenty time of time for wild swimming.

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In my fucking veins

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) are being attacked for saving migrant lives

Inhumanity of people like Nigel Farage knows no bounds

Worth remembering: Enemy of the Working Class Travels by Private Jet not Migrant Dinghy

Farage travels by Private Jet btw @ZarahSultana pic.twitter.com/2eFlgzbDFQ

— Double Down News (@DoubleDownNews) July 28, 2021

I think the odds on Zarah ever melting are roughly 9 million to one.

Shadow minister Jess Phillips has said Labour staff "don’t want to be used as some sort of tool in an argument" in response to the suggestion that the party should 'get its own house in order' before putting forward employment rights policies

Commenting on Times Radio today, Jess Phillips said: “Funnily enough, before doing the morning round, I speak to Labour staff about the lines of the day. What was clear to them is that they don’t want to be used as some sort of tool in an argument going on between the Labour Party, so I would just stress that."

good to know it was quite clear to them what the staff are supposed to think about Labour hypocrisy and the fire/rehire tactics used to make them more job insecure and poorer and put other colleagues on the dole.

Well, tbf, they were asked if they liked the contract before they signed it...

The chief executive of a North Sea oil company has said the climate emergency is “fake” in now deleted tweets from his personal account, despite his company’s claims it is working towards a net zero carbon emissions target, Channel 4 News can reveal.

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 29, 2021

big story about shell and the science museum and gagging orders as well.

Exclusive: The Science Museum has signed a gagging clause in its agreement with Shell International to sponsor its climate change exhibition, agreeing to take care not to say anything that could damage the company’s reputation, Channel 4 News has learnt.

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 29, 2021

science

alternative facts! It's like having a dinosaur exhibition sponsored/gagging ordered by some creationist organisation.