I can’t believe I’m now rooting for IDS
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 30 May 2024 18:09 (one month ago) link
it's not nice or legit, the way she was treated. But just feel like MPs who keep a low profile and sleepwalk through the job and don't criticise the vile direction taken by Starmer, they only seem to get angry when they get fucked over themselves. There are millions of ppl getting fucked over every day in this country, to help these ppl is often cited as the reason why MPs joined the Labour Party, and of course about 90% of these fuckers are lying through their teeth.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 30 May 2024 18:23 (one month ago) link
if they all weren't so cowed by Starmer, including McD who has been silent, then there wouldn't be any unpleasant surprises a month before a GE. I know it's harsh but I have no respect for MPs who are treading water/doing bland canvassing pics and campaigning for a nasty right-wing shitshow and going silent while soft left candidates are getting deselected etc.. There is no point being in the party if you are too shook by Kieth to actually be a participant in political arguments anymore imo.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 30 May 2024 18:54 (one month ago) link
The Labour candidate has defended describing the United Nations as antisemitic in a post on social mediaHe also stood behind a tweet which asked: ‘Aren’t Jews politically black?'https://t.co/qKPtw3oy7l— Metro (@MetroUK) May 30, 2024
oh dear, once you let this freakish right-wing crank out of the box you have to start wondering if Durham is still a safe seat, lol
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 30 May 2024 20:35 (one month ago) link
a truly fetid gremlin. they’ll probably make him a minister
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:07 (one month ago) link
xp photos you can smell
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:24 (one month ago) link
Change.
One of two NEC members sat on the @faizashaheen three-person panel given a seat. This is the one who kept his camera off throughout. In general, decency (or just plausible deniability) demands a little longer between grubby little stitch-up and reward. https://t.co/XZ6RCVBE0K— James B (@piercepenniless) May 30, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:25 (one month ago) link
re akehurstnow would be good for those journalists to leak who said "shaking off the fleas" quote and "MP for Gaza" (sic?) to them
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:27 (one month ago) link
They agree, so they won’t.Heard a Labour ad on YouTube while watching Boston sports radio, Starmer starts in his horrible nasally voice“I came into politics to get things done”Then there’s a clip of him at Labour conference“I grew up” small pause “working class”applauseGenuinely came across like someone fed Calz’s most pointed comments about him into an ai ad generator
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:45 (one month ago) link
He's a bandit and a heartbreakerOh, his daddy was a toolmaker
― oh the crime nowadays back in my day you could leave your door unlocke (Matt #2), Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:50 (one month ago) link
during the cultural revolution in China ppl like Starmer's dad would have had struggle board with "bourgeois capitalist roader scum" on it tied around their neck and the red guard's might have thrown him off a bridge after cutting his balls off. Sometimes extremely easy decisions have to be made!
Could you imagine being such a dishonest operator, so lacking in self-awareness and basic human decency that your dad owned the Oxted Toolmaking Company and you went to a posh school, and yet you allude to "struggles" that you have experienced. Fuck and die Kieth.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:21 (one month ago) link
Starmer's dad apparently campaigned for Corbyn in 2017!
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:23 (one month ago) link
(fuck off and die I meant - no more fucking, kieth!)
in 2017 Corbyn was hot!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:27 (one month ago) link
Well okay but Keir resigned from the shad cab in 2016 so it's fair to assume his dad had/has different politics from him, but of course I don't know more than that. I do remember reading somewhere that his dad was disgusted at his son's behaviour at that time
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:37 (one month ago) link
Err, had, obviously. He died in 2018
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:39 (one month ago) link
wasn't Kieth one of the first chicken coupers to come back into the fold? can't remember. It's not a stretch to imagine his dad wasn't as awful as him, few are.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:43 (one month ago) link
Uma Kumaran, a Starmer loyalist and former Starmer speechwriter, has been selected for the ultra-safe seat of Stratford and Bow
If I could vote I'd vote for Halima Khan, the whistleblower in the Al-J doc "The Labour Files" - standing as an independent - https://www.ajiunit.com/investigation/the-labour-files/
We also have a candidate from the Revolutionary Communist Party but i'm not sure i'm ready for that
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:44 (one month ago) link
If not now, when?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:52 (one month ago) link
I dunno I tried looking up what they stand for and they seem kinda confused themselves
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 May 2024 22:57 (one month ago) link
the current uk rcp are some other trotskyist group that just renamed itself that recently and have no connection to the old living marxism/spiked weirdos afaik
but why would they choose that of all things to rebrand themselves as lol
― ufo, Thursday, 30 May 2024 23:11 (one month ago) link
let's see who my Green candidate is
https://www.clairesheppardlondon.co.uk/about
aww she seems nice i think? mind you, posed with count binface after the may elections, not ideal. am scouring her socials for anything terfy, can't find much in the way of that or trans rights support so mark it inconclusive but probably okay idk
― imago, Friday, 31 May 2024 09:14 (one month ago) link
Brent West bringing the 'best-named candidate' fire mind you
https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/92712/baston-demedici-jaguar
― imago, Friday, 31 May 2024 09:33 (one month ago) link
the al jazeera doc lady had a bit of a headbanger whiff of her in that doc imo, just something about the way she looked at the camera and I feel like she was doing a bit of engagement farming immediately after.
― plax (ico), Friday, 31 May 2024 09:40 (one month ago) link
These ludicrous cunts
Pressed on whether he was suggesting that Abbott wasn’t fit to stand as an MP again, Kyle said:
These are real issues about standards, and I’m not going to apologise for the fact that Keir Starmer, when he became leader of the Labour party, raised the standards by which sitting MPs, candidates, anybody that represents the Labour party and speaks on his behalf, are held.
That is why just today another Tory MP endorsed the Labour party That is because of the standards that we’re holding ourselves to and we are holding ourselves to extremely high standards.
― nashwan, Friday, 31 May 2024 10:01 (one month ago) link
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 May 2024 bookmarkflaglink
Yes we had communists standing for London assembly and their leaflet just mentioned nice social democratic things. One guy was invested in freeing Julian Assange so er..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 May 2024 10:03 (one month ago) link
I feel like she was doing a bit of engagement farming immediately after.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 31 May 2024 10:37 (one month ago) link
Keir Starmer says Diane Abbott is “free to go forward” as a Labour candidate at the election.
stability
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:42 (one month ago) link
Lmao
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:47 (one month ago) link
Concerned they will go after Zarah Sultana next. Concerned for her stuck in this shithouse party too tho.
― nashwan, Friday, 31 May 2024 14:49 (one month ago) link
how magnanimous
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:50 (one month ago) link
re: starmer's quote
You literally cannot trust a word that comes out of Starmer's mouth.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:50 (one month ago) link
What are the odds on a hung parliament because this cunt is going get rumbled the longer this campaign goes on?
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:51 (one month ago) link
"Lets bear in mind that Keir Starmer can't be trusted. He is a pledge breaking, double crossing, political prostitute"@SholaMos1 dropping truth bombs on BBC News pic.twitter.com/ZMcbgrZLtm— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 31, 2024
Sublime. Apparently the BBC presenter's husband is Phillip Collins, erstwhile speechwriter for Starmer
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 31 May 2024 15:04 (one month ago) link
Minimal! Don't give him much hope for being in situ as long as Blair was though.
xpost
― oh the crime nowadays back in my day you could leave your door unlocke (Matt #2), Friday, 31 May 2024 15:05 (one month ago) link
prime minister wes streeting by the end of 2025 imo
― katy perry (prison service) (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 31 May 2024 15:37 (one month ago) link
I'll write the headline for you now, 10 DOWNING STREETING.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2024 15:50 (one month ago) link
The thing that's not being spotted around all the selection outrage is that the new Labour parliamentary party is going to have *a lot* of talent in it. Plenty of really impressive people standing.— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) May 31, 2024
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 31 May 2024 16:47 (one month ago) link
I'm glad we can now put a measure on exactly how stupid you have to be to repeat that line
― i love a man in a unicorn (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 May 2024 17:01 (one month ago) link
By getting back room dealers seats they will consume themselves on their temporary factional victories while the country floods in shit. No clue whatsoever.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 May 2024 19:44 (one month ago) link
to big Dunty "talent" really means white and politically and morally vacuous to the point of unquestioning compliance and maybe sometimes they've also got nice hair
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 31 May 2024 19:55 (one month ago) link
maybe this election is could be similar to 1992, would love to see a Kieth "We're Alright" moment just before he realises he's fucked it.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 31 May 2024 20:17 (one month ago) link
*As the rivers flood the country with shit* how do we manage the Prime Ministerial ambitions of Wes Streeting..
The post-election parliamentary Labour party is going to contain more people with ministerial ambition that any governing party to date (including 1997 + 2010). Going to be a hell of a management challenge.— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) May 31, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 May 2024 20:28 (one month ago) link
By encouraging people to vote for Leanne Mohamed :)
― guillotine vogue (suzy), Friday, 31 May 2024 20:42 (one month ago) link
tweet is a lovely way of saying it's going to be a carnival of backstabbing bastards from several different shades of ring-wing factions, and it will make the end of goodfellas look like a tea party
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 31 May 2024 21:12 (one month ago) link
🔴 HACKNEY NORTH & STOKE NEWINGTON: It's now official on the Labour Party candidate site. Diane Abbott is the Labour nominee. pic.twitter.com/LZdqYBiDR0— @Tomorrow'sMPs (@tomorrowsmps) May 31, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 May 2024 21:30 (one month ago) link
Finally some good news
This isn't just about independent challengers. It's about a lack of enthusiasm for the Labour Party. Many Muslim members left the party over Gaza. These are the foot soldiers Labour usually relies on to knock the doors, leaflet and get the vote out. Losing their core base.— Taj Ali (@Taj_Ali1) May 31, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/31/labour-will-struggle-birmingham-ladywood-voters-gaza-poverty?CMP=share_btn_url
“If I do vote, I won’t vote Labour. And that’s not because of Gaza, that’s because I don’t see them really changing anything,” said Ifthakhar Hussain, a 40-year-old pharmacist who used to back the party. “For me, you’ve got to look at home as well as abroad.“People can’t access the healthcare system, and inequalities are growing because people can’t get simple medicines. People are coming in here and they’re shocked at the price of paracetamol, liquid for the children and stuff like that. So they’re just not buying it.”He said Keir Starmer’s decision not to commit to abolishing the two-child benefit cap made him feel like Labour would do little to help places like Ladywood. It has the highest child poverty rate of any constituency in the UK, according to End Child Poverty. More than half the constituency’s children (54.6%) live in poverty, compared with the nationwide average of 30%
“People can’t access the healthcare system, and inequalities are growing because people can’t get simple medicines. People are coming in here and they’re shocked at the price of paracetamol, liquid for the children and stuff like that. So they’re just not buying it.”
He said Keir Starmer’s decision not to commit to abolishing the two-child benefit cap made him feel like Labour would do little to help places like Ladywood. It has the highest child poverty rate of any constituency in the UK, according to End Child Poverty. More than half the constituency’s children (54.6%) live in poverty, compared with the nationwide average of 30%
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 31 May 2024 21:32 (one month ago) link
Good morninghttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/01/things-can-only-get-better-group-ban-labour-from-using-song
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 1 June 2024 09:20 (one month ago) link
Lmao at Peter Cunnah being told he had blood on his hands after Iraq
― Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 1 June 2024 09:43 (one month ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GO2wFYlXMAAmraq?format=jpg&name=900x900
such a white area, N Islington innit? One Asian poster amusingly captioned it: that's me at an Oasis concert!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 1 June 2024 09:44 (one month ago) link