Snap General Election called

[Son of Mathonwy]

Class. I was planning to post that here too. Is that what Americans call a roast?

[Son of Mathonwy]

That's Angela Rayner gone. Shame but no choice under the circumstances.

Still it opens up an unexpected deputy leadership election - an unexpected chance for the members to have a say. We'll see if any left-inclined members remain (other than myself). To be honest, the only reason I remained in the party is the chance to vote for leader . . . sadly this is only deputy but that will have to do for now.

Hope Clive Lewis runs. Knowing my luck, Streeting will win.

[morepork]

Class. I was planning to post that here too. Is that what Americans call a roast?

There are still advocates for Civil Rights here. Fuck Farage and his Florida tan.

[Sandydragon]

Class. I was planning to post that here too. Is that what Americans call a roast?

There are still advocates for Civil Rights here. Fuck Farage and his Florida tan.

Starmer, or Badenoch for that matter, now some some perfect ammunition to fire at Farage if they wish to do so. The word traitor is apparently trending on social media after Farage called for sanctions against his own country. That, and his love for Putin, are areas that don’t connect well with general public views.

[Which Tyler]

Just Nigel Farage publicly owning that he really doesn't want to be an MP, shouldn't be an MP, shouldn't be drawing a salary as an MP, and that the best thing for everyone would be if he resigned and allowed a bye-election.

https://x.com/LizWebsterSBF/status/1963512488416157943

[Which Tyler]

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals

Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests

[Son of Mathonwy]

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals

Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests

Good old British checks cheques and balances.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Just in case there was any danger of thinking Peter Mandelson was a decent human being . . . the Epstein connection:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ip-to-come

[Son of Mathonwy]

Starmer's stitch up of the Labour party election rules is working a treat.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... our-deputy

I am still a member of this centre-right, former socialist party. The only reason I'm still here is to vote for Starmer's successor when he eventually fucks off. However, if this deputy leadership election is anything to go by I'll have a choice of Wes Streeting and Yvette Cooper. Or maybe just Wes Streeting.

So I'm tempted to leave. But then that's exactly what Starmer would want, all left-wing members leaving.

[Son of Mathonwy]

This is lunacy. But anything to chase those reform voters who will never vote Labour.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... ule-change

[Son of Mathonwy]

Interesting developments for Starmer from the world of football.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -the-enemy

So it isn't just the pro-Palestine marchers who call him a wanker.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Why do far-right marches get better coverage than Gaza marches? Even from C4 news? Some racists pop down from Essex with their flags and they're putting up a news helicopter. When do we get our news helicopter??

I am a bit torn about the anti-racism counterprotesters. I can totally see why they do it but it makes the whole thing more likely to turn into a riot (it would have if Tommy's bigots had been able to get through the police lines). It's possible that Diane Abbott et al are playing into the fascists' hands. Makes me think of 1930s Germany, which no doubt is also on Tommy Robinson's mind*.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altona_Bloody_Sunday


* although it doesn't give me an erection.

[Which Tyler]

That's your fault for only having 10 times the numbers (or was it 100?)
More to the point, for being peaceful

[Son of Mathonwy]

That's your fault for only having 10 times the numbers (or was it 100?)
More to the point, for being peaceful

Exactly. We ain't gonna have a fight to get on the news but I would like pictures of our marches from the sky, stretching across London.