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

Will Paul Mason please explain why he’s creating Nixonian hit lists of “targets” to “permanently rebut”, including the Black community, Muslims, and Trade Unions?

Surely this should impact his prospective candidacy as a Labour MP? @paulmasonnews @AaronBastani pic.twitter.com/G6N4ybfAjk

— Women for Wes (@Women4Wes) June 5, 2022

Mason's loopy map of the UK left, that apparently he emailed to a bbc journo, is possibly more evidence of his McCarthyite derangement and depending on how seriously you take it absolutely racist as well.

Mason proposes law fare, PR stunts, stings, shadow bans, denial of PayPal usage & more to silence these which includes MPs

He's flipped.

That looks bonkers.

Is that diagram really something that PM created and shared? Not clear.

apparently there has been some leaked PM emails and he's blocking people who are commenting on them and hasn't issued any kind of denial .. but I haven't seen them

apart from the one I linked above

GN seems to think that ejecting the current PM would lead to the Con government 'starting afresh with energy and decency'.

Do the right thing @Conservatives MP’s. He degrades our nation and highest office. He’s a liar and the British people have no faith in him at all. Let’s start afresh with energy and decency to tackle major issues on health, education, climate change and the cost of living 🙌

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) June 6, 2022

I much prefer low energy Tory governments, why on earth would you want a driven one that's in a hurry to achieve their aims?

The people who talked about it were branded as IRA loving terrorists.

What is most striking about UK politics seen from afar is the impression (accurate?) of near-zero discussion about the long term direction of the country. Just never-ending Westminster soap opera, empty positioning where policies and ideas should be, politics consuming itself.

— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) June 6, 2022

Now they are dust ppl like Cliffe get to show how much they give a shit about it.

just heard Zahawi warning of the grim prospect of "a Kier Starmer government propped up by the SNP" .. lol, was nodding my head in agreement.

We are back to 2015, except inflation and maybe a climate event.

148 to 211

too bad he got rid of the wine cooler in the office

I was thinking earlier that the 1/4 on him winning it was practically buying money, but you need money to buy money!

148 is slightly worse in % than Thatcher in 1990 apparently

a question of time now. a little worrying what kind of stunts he might dream up to rally the troops.

It's a good result.

there are no good results really but this kind of gentle amusement is the best you can hope for

VONCin’ on BoJo

what an amazing bit of political theatre it is when the news channels keep replaying Brady reading out the results when you have already have seen the score

i was well pissed off, was trying to avoid it until Match of the Day

Was hoping for the hologram of the Queen to take over.

Don’t see how this changes anything or is damaging. He won? He’s not a do the decent thing type so comparisons to May/Major etc are irrelevant. Am I missing something?

VONCin’ on BoJo

― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Monday, 6 June 2022 20:18 (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is the only good HOB post

60% isn't great, bob

some say this immunizes johnson from another VONC after what look to be miserable by-election results for the tories

then again theresa may won her VONC but was forced out soon after anyway

xp

I don't think it changes much but the chum is in the water and the result won't discourage anybody who fancies their chances of replacing him

Obviously every possible candidate is at least as bad as Johnson so

You're saying Rory is as bad as Johnson? How about a 10-foot tall Rory hologram that intermittently glitches and renders him three feet tall?

Don’t see how this changes anything or is damaging. He won? He’s not a do the decent thing type so comparisons to May/Major etc are irrelevant. Am I missing something?

It's only a day since they were insisting there wouldn't be the requisite number of no-confidence letters to force a vote, now nearly 100 extra MPs have voted no confidence in him. The question will keep coming back to him: "why should anyone trust you / vote for you, when nearly half of your own MPs don't?"

That didn’t work with his brother. He’ll continue taking damage until he’s outlived his usefulness but they have nobody like him who’s quite so powerful in that regard.

I'm usually the one saying, "Nothing will happen, he'll survive this like he always does", but this time I'm not sure, I think he might well be genuinely fucked. Will it make any difference? Probably, I just hate the cunt and want to see that smug smirk wiped off his fat face.

... probably not, that should be.

who would want to be at the helm for the next six months of almost guaranteed stagflation is another thing

well here's a no confidence vote https://t.co/x6j3rlQMfN

— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) June 6, 2022

who would want to be at the helm for the next six months of almost guaranteed stagflation is another thing

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 June 2022 bookmarkflaglink

The new Tories got their tantrum out; they can say they tried to remove him and Johnson limps on as inflation hits 10% and God knows what else.

Liquidation is the only good result for that lot and this ain't it.

I think the only material effect is the backbenchers now know for sure the size of the rebellion (eg much bigger than the parly majority) which means he has to start running actual legislating a bit more like a minority government (by pandering (more than usual) to their whims and pet policies).

See, with Trump he had to lose to be vanquished. Impeachment would only have justified his self proclaimed innocence.

Whereas Johnson wants to be defeated at an election (he'd prefer to win, obviously) but actually being voted down by his own 'people' would vanquish him more.

he can take some inspiration from the allotment man who lost a VONC by 172 to 40 and still managed to carry on and almost win an election with most of his party actively trying to sabotage the campaign.

I did keep thinking of the fact that virtually the entire PLP hated Corbyn and he carried on regardless.

Amazing obituary.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/29/ray-hill-obituary

I just hate the cunt and want to see that smug smirk wiped off his fat face

V funny seeing the fashtops desperately bemoaning 'smug, smirking Starmer' in return

The man who died after he was Tasered by police and fell from Chelsea Bridge into the Thames has been named. Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore, 41, of Pimlico had a history of mental illness. https://t.co/nAxWvewkqN

— Michael Morgan (@mikewhoatv) June 7, 2022

One of the largest U.K. donors to the Tory party is the owner of Moon Pig . When we say prison industrial complex this is what we mean. There is no sensible reason that hand written cards can’t be mailed to prisoners. An absolute scam. pic.twitter.com/mf16bNpE9e

— Dr Annabel (@SoSowemimo) June 7, 2022

Russian hack-and-leak operation

Last week I was informed of an attempt to hack my secure email account. I am not certain if the attack was successful, but an individual associated with Russian state media has circulated content purporting to be from me, which may be edited, distorted or fake.

lol Mason doesn't sound very certain in this non-denial if leaked emails were actually edited or fake. Perhaps compare and contrast with what's in the sent folder and confirm it.

Very revealing on the goings on at You gov and polling orgs.

We looked at everything to try and work out why this was happening. One theory was that Corbyn supporters had mass joined the panel (despite the checks we have on such things happening) and were playing the system to get the Labour numbers up.

— Chris Curtis (@chriscurtis94) June 8, 2022

It is an interesting thread.

But despite having written the story and designed the charts, we were banned from releasing the story because it was too positive about Labour.

— Chris Curtis (@chriscurtis94) June 8, 2022

Lol @ Zahawi threatening the chief exec.

BREAKING: Private cancer treatment provider collapses despite NHS catch-up drive

Rutherford Health said last year it had signed a “game-changing” elective recovery deal with an NHS trust - but it's now set for liquidation.

By @ncarding £ https://t.co/xuxAxEmMWD pic.twitter.com/gG31bsdGPf

— James Illman (@Jamesillman) June 6, 2022

Paul Mason is now blaming allegations about his own paranoia and conspiracy thinking on ... a conspiracy of Russian hackers?

ProtonMail claims to be secure, and safe from hackers, but my experience, **as a paid user, no less**, shows that any ProtonMail account is less than secure, as any script kiddie with an off-the-shelf attack script can make your ProtonMail account unusable for up to 5 days at a time. Potentially, an attacker can also TAKE OVER A PROTONMAIL ACCOUNT.

this is someone posting about the super secure encrypted email PM uses, no wonder it took an intervention from Putin himself (who is no doubt very concerned about Mason) and him assigning his best team of FSB hackers on the job to get the results!