ForenSix Opposition - Politics in the Soon To Be Former UK in Autumn 2020

Unconscious Bias Training being scrapped in government and Civil Service because "it doesn't work" (as in they don't want it). You would if your party was less than 25% women though wouldn't you.

The brexit news seemed to be that the UK has quietly conceded on the law point and probably won't kick up too much of a fuss about the fishing because it's just not worth ruining the whole thing over. but they have to be seen to kick up some fuss.

'Twould seem that fishing rights are indeed the remaining sticking point in 'negotiations'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGBZnfB46es

Trucks queue down the M20 for mile upon mile at the entrance of the Eurotunnel in Folkestone, as companies rush to stockpile as the deadline for a Brexit trade deal looms.

Latest politics news here: https://t.co/6Bko58ES8q pic.twitter.com/rRBiIZ5hYK

— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 18, 2020

here we go

one of the funniest parliamentary clips of recent history was seeing Thornberry absolutely stripping lumps off an ashen faced Truss for what no doubt seemed like eternity to her. She had been doing her usual talking dubious blather game on what an amazing Japan trade deal she had secured or something and was way out of her depth, it was such a mismatch it was hilarious.

That Foucault page is not from an actual standard INTRODUCING FOUCAULT ... is it?

The trade deal with Japan was just ensuring relative continuity rather than any actual improvement.

That Truss is winging it would be a fair bit of standard bullshitting for a student I suppose, but it's always going to attract scrutiny and jeering when it is some thick as pigshit, lying out of her arse Tory minister!

xxp

dunno.. just saw it context free on twitter, it's probably more than what Liz knew!

I read the Truss transcript for rage lols and a 'highlight' was Truss arguing the Equality Minister has to be someone who has another (more important) role in the Cabinet to avoid equality being siloed and for greater transparency. Britannia Unbrained.

Foucault page looks like it's from Foucault for Beginners, one of a series of illustrated guides to ppl like Foucault, Marx, Lacan etc. R Crumb illustrated the one on Kafka, far and away the best drawn 'for Beginners' title.

https://londongraphicnovelnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/father.jpg?w=640

The Speaker encouraged me to show "Christmas spirit" to Jacob Rees-Mogg...

His comments to me about Unicef don't deserve it, but I thought I'd try all the same 🤷🏽‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/MXgU0Wkcah

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) December 18, 2020

can see why they voted Limpid Arse-Hoyle as the new speaker now!

Yes, it looks exactly like a FOR BEGINNERS book, but also like a naughty parody of one rather than a real one. But I don't have that real one, so perhaps it really is like this.

Lenin & Marx were the first in the series I think, long ago.

Also FOR BEGINNERS was renamed INTRODUCING at some point.

i think they've been subsequently renamed 'a graphic guide'

Liz Truss still won't have read one

"The best of British values that we’ve seen over the past year are also the best of Christian values."

I've had my passionate criticisms of the Labour leadership, but come on people, there's nothing wrong with him talking about Christian values in a Christian publication on the eve of one of the two main Christian festivals... https://t.co/ScrJwdrOVu

— Owen Jones 🌹 (@OwenJones84) December 18, 2020

I can't remember anything in the Bible or any noteworthy Jesus quotes from my time at Catholic school that said hypocritical, lying, game-playing slimeballs who took money from evil property developers were good. So it looks like you'll be going to the hot place, Kieth!

I know nothing matters but Keith dropping some bland babble for the Church Times matters even less than everything else imo

it's just a bit of silly season fun hatred!

LOL Foucault. The Tories are definitely winding up to go full pelt on the culture wars front in the next few years.

Keir is committed to working constructively with King Herod in the national interest. Under 'new leadership', the party has raised their concerns with the Home Secretary about his policy of the massacre of the newborns - however calling for resignations now would be unhelpful.

— Jack |🌹✊🏿🏳️‍🌈| This is Airstrip-One Calling (@AlebionShrugged) December 18, 2020

Officials say the political elements of the speech attacking "the failed ideas of the Left" had been uploaded in error. Government resources are not supposed to be used for political campaigning and parts of speeches that cross into this territory are usually left off departmental websites.

it has been redacted now

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: An emergency toughening of Covid restrictions could be announced as soon as tomorrow after the PM was handed alarming new evidence of the virulence of a mutant strain of the virus https://t.co/CFT9Vr9pKQ

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 18, 2020

Another great ‘announcement via leak to a paywalled news website’.

A+ photo choice

Exclusive: Alarming new evidence on Coronavirus mutation could bring tougher restrictions

The Prime Minister called an unscheduled meeting of senior ministers on Friday night to discuss how to contain the new variant

By Amy Jones, Political Correspondent and Gordon Rayner, Political Editor 18 December 2020 • 8:32pm
Coronavirus Article Bar with counter

An emergency toughening of Covid restrictions could be announced as soon as Saturday after Boris Johnson was handed alarming new evidence of the
transmissibility of a mutant strain of the virus.

The Prime Minister called an unscheduled meeting of senior ministers on Friday night to discuss how to contain the new variant, which has so far
been largely confined to London and the South East.

Travel restrictions are among the measures under discussion, with one source suggesting the Government could even restrict travel between the
South East and other parts of the country.

An alternative would be to ban commuters from travelling into London, after the mutant strain, which originated in Kent, spread rapidly to
London and then the home counties.

Much of the South East was put into Tier 3 by the Government only on Thursday, but the new information about the transmissibility of the mutant
strain was so worrying that ministers fear they may have to act immediately.

Government scientists at the Porton Down laboratory in Wiltshire have been conducting experiments on the new strain, and have confirmed
ministers' fears about it being far more infectious than the original strain of the virus.

One source in the scientific community said there were "concerns in government" about the new strain after the evidence was presented to
ministers on Friday afternoon.

"The evidence that the new strain of the virus more easily transmits from one person to another has hardened up," said the source.

The meeting of ministers was expected to continue late into the night, with Whitehall sources refusing to rule out a press conference on
Saturday to announce additional restrictions.

Mr Johnson has been adamant that he will not change the law allowing up to three households to get together over Christmas, but has already
advised families to keep their "bubbles" as small as possible.

you can get around the paywall with a text-only browser

sounds bad tbh

ty Plax,

The situation in Kent is dire - Medway and Swale both have 750+ cases per 100k, per week - and there are pockets where the rate is over 1000.

I am hearing of new cases among people I know and colleagues literally every day now, by far the most it has been since the start.

This “virulent strain” thing got widely dismissed earlier in the week, but those Kent numbers are really stark.

talk about stark, Hastings has gone from lowest rate in England to 589/100,000 in the space of a few weeks. wtf

don't think I've posted about this on the board but my dad currently has covid, which he caught in hospital while having an operation for bowel cancer.

is there anything else this year would like to do to me?

Fucking hell, I’m really sorry to hear that, CP. I can only wish you and your dad all the best.

Ugh, so sorry

Silver lining…

Hancock added: “I must stress at this point that there is currently nothing to suggest that this variant is more likely to cause serious disease and the latest clinical advice is that it’s highly unlikely that this mutation would fail to respond to a vaccine."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/boris-johnson-calls-crisis-meeting-to-discuss-response-to-new-covid-strain

really not a fucking time to be exporting london residents to the rest of the country in a tight time-limited window and telling people to “be careful”.

Don't worry, I'm sure no petty personal issues will discourage Johnson from cancelling Christmas

meanwhile the Today programme has just done a Foucault for dummies segment

the mutant strain, which originated in Kent

👀 no comment

We are pioneers. We also had the first confirmed death outside of China, back in December 2019.

Thankfully this hasn’t stopped the Detling Winter Wonderland from taking place, though.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/cars-at-standstill-on-a249-for-winter-wonderland-event-239535/

We also have a 20-mile-long lorry jam, with no facilities / sanitation, stretching from Dover as companies try to export as much stuff as possible to Europe before the 31st.

Out before the lock

GLUK etc

fair play never thought the engineer a national crisis so we can cosplay downton abbey and dad’s army crowe would have such good praxis.

crowd! why the fuck would you autocorrect crowd to crowe ffs!

Dad's Army is already boring and unfunny enough without adding a humourless prick like Russell Crowe to it!

I was going Cameron Crowe bc Brexit

Shingles

the thought of hundreds of those repulsive HGV driving beasts that stink of BO and look like amateur wrestlers, scrambling up embankments to take a shit, that's the true spirit of brexit!

morelike Shites of the Road ... amirite

Getcha Brexit fertiliser here mate nyah nyah you numpty you gotta laugh intcha, that Nigel Farage you could have a pint with him eh not like That Bloody Corbyn etc etc

Here we go....

Nothing says the end of the British state like an account called 'Carolin64723572' cancelling Christmas pic.twitter.com/Es9XieaHmD

— black lives matter (@jrc1921) December 19, 2020

Wheeler is reporting the link via an unverified alt as she lost her password.

fuck's sake i'm really sorry affected ilxors

Fucking devastated if this is true, ngl.