the day after the deadline: can the union survive brexit and other deep questions

Apparently the BBC had Sebastian Gorka on R4 today? Mess.

well, who better to talk about anti-semitism than a guy who's really mucked in and worked at the coalface of hating jews

Of course the electorate doesn't give a flying fuck about any of this.

I tend to agree with Matt DC's view that a 2nd referendum on Brexit is not a great idea, partly because if it is lost, which is quite likely, the situation will get even worse than it is now.

It is odd how many people call for a 2nd referendum as though this is like calling for an end to Brexit, when it could mean almost the reverse.

I also tend to agree with DC that JC isn't that bothered about Brexit one way or the other.

let's cut out the middleman and have a referendum on whether david cameron should be hung, drawn and quartered

harsh on the gulag jc no doubt is building somewhere around sunderland or w/e

Good thread here:

What should Jeremy Corbyn do now about antisemtism in the Labour Party?

— Ben Judah (@b_judah) March 26, 2018

some of the Gammon electorate might have mixed feelings about this "how dare that twat pretend to be a racist, mark my words he isn't no proper bloody racist!"

lmao

i saw a telegraph commenter proudly boast 'i am a racist, because i'm not an idiot' the other day, which i guess was half-right

I got told off for calling racism idiotic the other day so far be it from me etc

mark my words he isn't no proper bloody racist!

There’s a bit of strife at the home of conservatism about this very thing. Lots of BUT IT ISN’T WRONG TO CRITICISE ISRAEL (which is no less moronic coming from the left, obvs.)

smart people are the real racists, wake up sheeple

Brendan O'Neill: "The freedom-hating leftie luvvies would have you believe racism is bad, but here is why it is, in fact, very good"

Cultural Marxism amirite

At the end of the day, & I speak very much as a German Jew here, the reason it is so frequent and possible to blur very legitimate anti-imperialist criticism of Israel with anti-semitic conspiracy theories is because of a failure to use materialist analysis in left-wing politics.

— James Harland (@DJMHarland) March 26, 2018

It seems to me the "failure to use materialist analysis in left-wing politics" is why Corbyn is perhaps not capable of giving the speech that Ben Judah wants, as he could when confidently talking about British foreign policy post-Manchester, or when pushing back against the mob on Russia.

Neil S - Brendan O Neill seems to be spending today defending Cambridge Analytica but I'm sure he'll move on to Corbyn and Jewish people when he works out a way to be against both of them.

glad to hear he's keeping busy

legitimately concerned centrist grandad Jeff Rooker on the radio just now telling us how he'd never come across any antisemitism in the Labour party until Corbyn was elected and offering his own solutions to the situation which were mainly "everything is Corbyn's fault the bastard"

wes streeting standing in solidarity with such noted anti-bigotry activists as [checks notes] ian paisley jr

Supporting our Jewish people against racism #EnoughisEnough pic.twitter.com/J897RbSByV

— Ian Paisley MP (@ianpaisleymp) March 26, 2018

Am looking forward to Wes Streeting's tweets on the ongoing threat presented by the Papists.

Mr Paisley Jr's concern is in no way connected to Rangers' fans taking up waving Israeli flags to troll Celtic fans waving Palestinian flags.

A pleasure to meet the legendary Norman Tebbit at the #EnoughIsEnough rally today pic.twitter.com/DXGitvCDkU

— George Reeves (@GeorgeReeves94) March 26, 2018

this tweet is the ne plus ultra of #followbackputinenthusiast tweets

The BBC has just contacted me to record a comment for Newsnight on cheating - in the cricket match! I said I would talk to them about cheating in the referendum, and asked why they were giving time to cricket balls & not this massive issue facing our country. Why, BBC?

— A C Grayling #FBPE #ABTV #WATON #OFOC (@acgrayling) March 26, 2018

Mr Paisley Jr's concern is in no way connected to Rangers' fans taking up waving Israeli flags to troll Celtic fans waving Palestinian flags.

― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Monday, March 26, 2018 11:09 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

settler solidarity

Am looking forward to Wes Streeting's tweets on the ongoing threat presented by the Papists.

Would love to hear his thoughts on North Antrim’s fondness for a bonfire covered in Irish flags and KAT signs.

the legendary Norman "cricket test" Tebbit

the legendary Norman "house-trained polecat" Tebbit

Jerkoff Humphrys remarked to Patten earlier "well you were the last governor of China". Maybe just a misspeak but this is often happening and is frequently offensive and shitty, or he is just embarrassing himself. I wouldn't trust him to go on a B+Q trip unaccompanied, lest he terrorise the checkout with his balls hanging out or something "senior" like that.

It looks like there may finally be some kind of smoking-gun evidence showing how the leave campiagns co-operated:

Emergency debate in parliament today re Vote Leave.
MPs: this Google drive is key evidence.
Set up by VL to co-ordinate BeLeave's content. On right: the deletion log.
March 1, Electoral Commission opened investigation.
March 17, Vote Leave deleted itself from 140 files pic.twitter.com/7QkgrojWPU

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 27, 2018

Dominic Cummings was substantially punching above his weight with Shahmir Sanni. It must have been DC's scintillating personality.

You mean Stephen Parkinson, no?

I listened to most of that 4 hour (!) testimony today. Interesting stuff. I loved when an mp asked Chris Wylie if he wasn’t just a failed Alexander Nix, and Wylie pointed out that he was in the UK on a tier 1 exceptional talent visa so no, he didn’t think he’d failed.

he sounds like a really useful engine.

Let’s see if Amber Rudd or her boss pulls some vindictive visa shit with Chris Wylie - I wouldn’t put it past either of them.

yes, gyac! i'm getting confused.

This is a terrific read: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n07/james-meek/nhs-sos

In some ways it fills in the detail of what we know - mapping out what the crisis at both health and care services look like. The ending is very powerful, and its a culmination of the number of angles this piece covered, because it isn't just a matter of funding it properly.

Pundits: Tough questions for jeremey corbyn, both personal and organisational, over anti-semitism in labour, there's no easy way for him to take the moral high ground

Alan Sugar: Hold my beer

I can't remember Sugar sharing shopped pics of JRM next to Hitler after he was caught attending a dinner hosted by actual real pro-Hitler, Neo-Nazis, but getting into thing is so counter-productive. People tweeting pics of 30's Tories next to Hitler in response to this are complete bloody eejits.

Wooooooaaah, Lord Sugar
How come you meme so good

quit buzzing yr tits off cos Palace are winning:p

A bad year when we don't beat liverpool. Cancel order for mug if imago tears

possibility of millwall getting in the playoffs suddenly much scarier than palace surviving tbh

there needs to be a concerted effort to prevent this at all costs, even Russian help would be appreciated!

Premier league : embarassing to have those tinpot croydon wankers and their twatty fans clinging on for 5 years tbh

Millwall : Hold my beer

ah kids there's no way Fulham haven't got this

That's what I thought last year, they looked unstoppable and then choked bigtime.

You can’t discuss London soccer teams in here, this is the anti-semitism thread.

ffs might to have cancel my membership now Izzard is on the NEC.

Now we know the real reason Corbyn was dragging his heels over this woman.

I'd presume the next nearest beaten candidate from the last NEC election is auto choice when an elected committee member stands down, or something like that. They should have got an Izzard Clause in or something, the fucking humanity!