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

And now that it's cheaper and less ludicrous-sounding I for one cannot wait for the leader of the opposition to emphasize the inhumanity of it.

A lot of Middle England doesn't care that it's inhumane. Guess there are a lot of people on, say, the Isle of Wight who will be all for the proposals until the point comes at which a chunk of their countryside is turned into Serco Gulag Island though.

This country has had years to start caring about the manifest inhumanity of something like Yarl's Wood and they just don't give a shit or worse actively approve of it.

have they really let the Ascension Island thing out just so Rockall sounds more reasonable?

and yeah beyond the actual frothing at the mouth racists i'd imagine there's a large number of cuddly-ish centrists-ish who maybe think detention centres are unfortunate but highly necessary and hey what can you do

"A lot of Middle England doesn't care that it's inhumane."

People may not care either way so more reason to say how bad it is.

But yes I know it's pointless.

Yvette Cooper for governor imo.

you offend nobody worth not offending by speaking out

lots of the Blue Labour 2019 Tory voters he's trying so hard to impress are probably barely paying attention, the harder Right Wing elements of the PLP and the UK media he's trying to impress will just stab him in the back despite his efforts anyway.

so essentially if it's got no pragmatic value and you do it anyway, it's because you're a hateful well y'know

i mean obviously i think fuelling racism and xenophobia and contributing to immiseration and death are kind of bad things to do in a broad deontological sense but i'm a naive extremist so

Asked whether Starmer would support peaceful resistance to bailiffs now that the eviction ban has ended, his spokesperson said: "If we’re going to stop mass evictions, it’s for the government to take national action to do that."

— Sienna Rodgers (@siennamarla) September 30, 2020

he's literally on nobody's side apart from former big New Labour donors, pigs and landlords

you don't understand it's a ploy to win the election so he can get on with the real work of supporting billionaires, pigs and landlords

he could at least sometimes offer some insincere lip service ffs! or more like 'KIP service in his case amirite?

Exactly right. Labour in Parliament is a legislative, not a protest party.

— Nicholas Breakspear (@MrBreakspear) September 30, 2020

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— So I Says to Mabel... (@ISaysto) September 30, 2020

oh look

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1311334834904748032/photo/1

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I've been assured by Sir Kier they would be ludicrously expensive concentration camps with luxuries like clean drinking water and bigger prison cells than what you'd get in Armley

Earlier this evening, I reluctantly broke the @UKLabour party whip to vote against the #CoronavirusAct.

It wasn't a decision I took lightly.

My full statement. 👇🏾https://t.co/oa86kVCiS5 pic.twitter.com/MWUeAe23TU

— Dawn Butler MP✊🏾 (@DawnButlerBrent) September 30, 2020

not often i wished i lived in London

The revolution is coming. @MinisterDrill has arrived.

Today we officially launch our social media channels, looping the famdem into the #Drilly4Mayor campaign.

You're all Agents of Change.

Watch. Share. Join us. Expect us. #PoliticiansKill #Vote4Drilly pic.twitter.com/yuL2XA9PGX

— Drilly4Mayor (@Drilly4Mayor) September 25, 2020

good to hear someone using Blairite Labour for the first time in ages. I've got bored of calling them melts or fucking reconstructed tory scum!

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— ash 🍋 (@ashleyeffen) September 30, 2020

“especially as it demonstrated a lack of Labour Socialist values” pic.twitter.com/goEbDGs77e

— jonathan nunn (@demarionunn) September 30, 2020

as someone who lives in a house with two different disableds with prescriptions for lactulose solution, let me tell you Keith (you fucking reconstructed tory cunt!) : having a shit isn't just "labour values" its basic survival values!

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he's straining to keep it in the vain hope it will succumb to such immense pressures he can finally shit out a diamond before fizzling into the dustbin of history.

Fucking hilarious.

"Labour-run urban authorities – especially the mayoralties of London and Manchester – have been treated by central government as rivals rather than partners in tackling a public health disaster."

Sad to say I couldn’t agree more with @owenhatherley ⬇️ https://t.co/wHIOrICy5m

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) September 30, 2020

can't wait to see Mayor Khan retweeting Owen's takes on "affordable housing"

Mr Khan please condemn the destruction of Elephant & Castle shopping centre and the displacement of communities that you *checks notes* could've highlighted, or even helped to stop.

For ppl saying 'Sunak PM by this time next year':

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/01/more-than-third-uk-employers-planning-make-staff-redundant-job-losses

Wonder if he'll still get a shout-out in the Spoons app after that

Don't think Tim Spoon will be fretting about sacked drones

The United Kingdom is now about to discover what happens when a 'sovereign' nation makes and then reneges on international agreements

— david allen green (@davidallengreen) October 1, 2020

🤔🤔🤔

"The infringement procedure is a common tool used by the commission against member states. Last year there were 800 open cases. Germany had 47 pending cases and France 34. Each procedure takes an average of 35 months to complete."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/01/brexit-eu-launches-legal-action-against-uk-for-breaching-withdrawal-agreement

Fuck w/some actual sanctions or gtfo

It's fine, we'll be imposing economic sanctions on ourselves in three months time.

This is a bit amazing. Am surprised she didn’t ask seven friends from four households to join her in the train

Statement: pic.twitter.com/rdWYhIauYv

— Margaret Ferrier MP (@MargaretFerrier) October 1, 2020

So parliament now has to isolate due to track and trace?

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— Jeremy Westhead (@JeremyWesthead) October 1, 2020

Ms Ferrier said: “Dominic Cummings’ actions have undermined the sacrifices that we have all been making in lockdown to protect each other from coronavirus. His position is untenable and he must be removed from his post now.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-mp-calls-dominic-cummings-22084664

jinx!

Very relieved to discover that's not fake.

“The fact that Boris Johnson and senior Tories have backed Dominic Cummings, in the face of widespread and understandable public anger, demonstrates a total failure of leadership at a time of national crisis.

“The public health advice is crystal clear. For the safety of others, anyone with coronavirus symptoms must self-isolate, in line with government guidance. They should not leave the house for any reason.

“Anyone who needs help during periods of self-isolation should make use of the support offered through local authorities, which is open to anyone who needs it.”

And then this... pic.twitter.com/9STscr6JCt

— Hammy (@aureliano_81) October 1, 2020

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Margaret...thank you.

margaret ferrier is my mp, feeling very blessed tonight

christ, how fucking daft

bg doxed himself

i am margaret ferrier mp and i call for me to resign