love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

The last film that me and Jen saw in the cinema was The Lighthouse, which in retrospect..

not a glimmer of recognition of this policy from this disingenuous cunt

Broadband now being considered as a proper public utility that people need-to-have by the government, who’ve got providers to agree to lift all data caps, prioritise repairs to the vulnerable, and avoid cutting off people who can’t pay their bills. https://t.co/kO4Oj6Lcuj

— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) March 29, 2020

No, it's fine because it still costs money, like all the best things in life.

Left Twitter is crowing about that right now but do people really believe its the same policy or even especially similar? The most you can say about it is that it's acknowledgement of the argument that was the foundation of Labour's broadband policy, but that's about it.

clearly it's temporary and i assume anyone already paying is still going to be paying but if keynesian shibboleths are set aside it puts them back in the future toolbox maybe

definitely think the best time to appoint a chancellor famous for repeatedly saying that labour shouldn't represent out-of-work 'benefit scroungers' is during a global pandemic where the majority of the country has been put out of work and is being paid by the state https://t.co/TYHPAsrBeo

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) March 29, 2020

I am so fucking furious about the idea of Rachel "Labour will be tougher than Tories on benefits" Reeves back in the shadow cabinet.

The last film that me and Jen saw in the cinema was The Lighthouse, which in retrospect..

Same! Had some nice dim sum in Chinatown and then strolled to the PCC for a matinee. Look forward to having another day like that sometime in 2025.

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it's fucking sickmaking. Starmer isn't even trying play to the left gallery anymore, obv the votes have been counted so now he can get on with being the tory cunt in disguise he plainly is.

Calzsandra increasingly proven to have had the right instinct re ks

haha otm everyone (even AF)

he's going to be the lousiest, weakest, shittiest LOTO in decades and the Labour vote will go back into the steep decline that started in the Blair era. I won't be voting for them again, probably not in my lifetime tbh - they are dead to me as party now and the apolitical feebles in the membership can all fuck off as well.

nOt AlL cOpS

Overnight 6 people have been summonsed for offences relating to the new corona virus legislation to protect the public:

These included;

Out for a drive due to boredom

Returning from parties

Multiple people from the same household going to the shops for non-essential items pic.twitter.com/FstjlfdEkD

— Warrington Police (@PoliceWarr) March 29, 2020

wtf is a non-essential item

esp with all the non-essential shops closed

not a scale model of da Rona thankfully!

Has someone... knitted a coronavirus?

I dunno, it'd be a lot easier to spot!

lol that's exactly what I was thinking! I wish they'd stop putting these big knitted Ronas everywhere ffs. It might be a bit triggery for folk who've just lost a family member.

starmer looking set to take labour back to the golden age of 2010-2015. it's at times like this I regret that ilx's melts are too cowardly and devoid of conviction to post what they think

Essential items are food and medicine including for pets.

I was wondering where the cops stand on picking up other stuff in big supermarkets - like can I buy socks or books or board games in Tesco?

I mean they’re allowed to sell them you’re allowed to buy them surely

Overnight 6 people have been summonsed

summonsed to... where?

is it better for tens of people to gather for a minor court hearing than for two people to go to the shops at different times and be found guilty of only buying, I dunno what the police are calling inessential these days, maybe beer or a bottle of lemonade? maybe a new Lego magazine to shut the kids up? idk

It’s total bullshit is what it is. Are they stopping flat mates going out for individual corner shop trips for rolling papers or chocolate buttons or what? What else do they mean?

Has someone... knitted a coronavirus?

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5498940.1584366884!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/tahani-baakdhah.jpg

other stuff in big supermarkets - like can I buy socks

it's a good job I'm not going to work, one of my pairs of work trousers has developed a hole in the crotch and I can't go to Debenham's to buy a new pair as it's shut. however, some people are still going to work, and might actually need to replace any clothes that disintegrate, so... ?

knit us a ventilator at least ffs

I mean, I'm completely in favour of people spontaneously arranging to just go out for one or two big shops per week and that's it, but any attempt to police it without something even further than France's form, will just turn into power-mad cops like this. Would be willing to put a tenner on the skin-colour of the household, too.

'returning from parties' is also a head-scratcher - how do you prove that if you don't know there's a party on, and if you know that, why not just break up the party?

"The boys at the lab have determined that there's two different shades of lipstick on your face - we have a special cell for you, Johnny Swinger"

lol

In the Tesco by mine the clothing section is upstairs and they've closed the escalators, I think the DVDs, books and games are out of bounds too

Enjoying yourself to be made illegal.

I expect US ILXors will soon be changing their tune if US cops start trying to enforce this nonsense over there.

get the troops out, restore some common sense

I regret to inform you that Alex Sobel is bad now

The second group are petrified at the thought of socialism descending into command and control, authoritarian politics and the state replacing the ownership of the people through a small group - I mean there’s no historical precedent is there. Also bedwetters - nice

— Alex Sobel says stay home (@alexsobel) March 29, 2020

that was coming

"soft left" is such a weasel phrase

Starmer has put up the melt batsignal now. It's safe for you all to come out!

Someone make it stop

.@JamiroquaiHQ with the lockdown vibes. 🎙@DavidBowieReal pic.twitter.com/qGeDqqIE7c

— Defected Records (@DefectedRecords) March 28, 2020

Dumping him was the best day’s work Denise van outen ever did.

I stg sometimes there is nothing I would not do for my king

In dark days of this virus outbreak, I hope people will forgive me just once having a bit of a chuckle over this. Thanks James. @piercepenniless Keep safe everyone & special thank you to all those many, many marvellous people helping and supporting one another & our NHS & Carers https://t.co/Bgd8IhW3D8

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) March 29, 2020

Rachel fucking Reeves :(

Worse, there’s people drooling over Rishi Sunak ffs

I suspect Reeves is being mooted so whichever centre-right candidate Starmer picks will look like a relief in comparison, but we shall see.

i swear Rishi Sunak sounds like the name of somebody with a Resident Advisor mix and their own boutique house label under their belt

There are workers on construction sites, in warehouses and in call centres who have gone to work this week, putting their health at risk. The government needs to be clear about what is “essential” and “non-essential” work pic.twitter.com/xJuTAsYogj

— Rebecca Long-Bailey (@RLong_Bailey) March 29, 2020

It's at least looking like opposition but nevermind

one of my close friends who is very not-online sent me an RLB piece a few days back saying "this ginger-haired lady is good on the situation, i don't know who she is" which <3 <3 tbh

Ah, the Rondon Leview of Books.

I suspect Reeves is being mooted so whichever centre-right candidate Starmer picks will look like a relief in comparison, but we shall see.

Reeves would be an atrocious signal to send out unless she gets up and publically disowns all that shit she came out with in the Miliband era. I hope you're right in this but I've seen speculation that she's in the running because most of the public don't know who she is - although it's likely to really fuck off a lot of the Labour members who do know.

If nothing else it would signify a highly technocratic Shadow Cabinet at the exact point where real vision is required, and I don't see where that's likely to come from.

there have been rumours/shite-talk of Reeves having a prominent role in a Starmer shad cab since Feb. My take is the votes are in and it's a good time to bury some shit news and the guileless so-called Corbynites who didn't see this cunt coming have all cast their votes now and the damage is done.