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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
Hey! We're not just racists! We're homophobes too!! What a horrible bastard he is. Preventing a Reform government is all that matters now. Everything else is contained within that objective.
Particularly given how glowing Farage was about Truss's budget.
Given the second part of this comment, is it potentially a big picture problem for Reform if loads of dissaffected Tory MPs join them? Don't they then just become a rebranded version of the people who made the mess Labour inherited?
Mr Kruger. Probably an apartheid-era diamond mine owner or something with a name like that.
That figures. A massive, gaping arsehole of a man.
Probably not but she doesn't matter.
I have a feeling that a decade or so from now, lots of people will be very embarrassed and very evasive about their willingness to overlook the obvious signals Elon Musk was sending out during this period. (And by 'obvious signals' I mean 'overt displays of racist/fascist sympathy')
There absolutely should.
And it doesn't address the fact that the UK govt are actively helping to legitimise X by continuing to do their social media business on there. Deep down, they must know it's a dead end - Musk is fully fash at this point and only heading one way. This won't be the last time. Just get off it now ffs
No. It came out as a New Order song. There's only a demo version by JD isn't there. It's a grey area but to me, it's an NO song.
The New Order version.
The original is one of my favourite ever songs. The cover does it justice.
Amazing. I'd forgotten they did this.
Share your favourite covers... youtu.be/Ss1MbL4NYf0?...
That Roman salute that Elon Musk did on Trump's inauguration day...that probably was *a bit* sketchy when you come to think of it....
Actual *Waves* of nostalgia, hearing this. RIP Stephen Luscombe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb8...
"A new manager will be named in 90 seconds. As soon as Chris answers his phone basically..."
It's like a time capsule, this song. A slacker-y, white boy funk, stick-a-breakbeat-under-it, post-Beck 90s time capsule. Marvellous.
I know what you mean but from a Leeds pov, that needed to happen. Plus, Salah is my FPL captain!
It's platitudes. He needs to directly address what Musk said and take government accounts off X.
It's platitudes innit? The bare minimum he could say, and far too late.
Burnley managing to get their bus parked quite nicely in the Premier League too, I see. Fair play to them, I guess. They know what they are!
Good statement. Also, the government HAS to get off X. It's a hate generation machine at this point. And its owner is a fascist and it's time to stop pussyfooting around that fact.
As Chair, here is our cross-party joint statement from the Parliamentary Black Caucus, regarding the rising threat of racism and violence from the far-right.👇🏾
I feel like we can no longer rely on the Labour party to unequivocally oppose racists. It's utterly, utterly shameful. How has this been allowed to happen Stella??
'The people who would hang me and my family from a lamppost if they thought they could get away with it have a point actually...' A new low. And the new lows keep coming.
Surely he has to be selected as a candidate first? Is Starmer going to grant him a safe seat? Is there such a thing now??
These platitudes are all very nice but it starts from the top. When is Starmer going to stop being such a pathetic coward Alison?
It should be the end of him. I'm quite tempted to rejoin the party (I left in 2023) just to vote him out.
We do need to get something happening. Don't know what, but something. It's clear no one else is going to.
All vestiges of the current leadership need to be swept away if we're to stand any chance of avoiding a Reform govt. The incompetence. The hopeless compromise. The sheer moral cowardice. This is pathetic beyond words.
I mean, this will be the line from the top. They'll have discussed it yesterday evening and *this* - this mealy-mouthed, bland, compromised expression of rank fucking cowardice - is what they came up with. Wankers. Useless wankers.
I'm not sure I have the words for how deeply pathetic this is. Unless all vestiges of the current Labour leadership are swept away, we're stumbling hopelessly towards a Reform government.
Lol at "A surprise return" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Do you wanna give your boss a nudge?? Or is he going to say he 'understands the concerns' of people who literally want to hang him from a lamppost??
Wonders never cease. A Labour MP has woken up.
Hat tip @clownf1st.bsky.social
I think it's Trump. Starmer is desperate to finesse that relationship. But this won't hold. You HAVE to pick a side. And if you're a Labour PM, that has to be the anti-racist side.
Not one of the people on that march - and not one of the people who sympathise with its aims - will vote Labour. I genuinely don't understand. What is stopping Labour from unequivocally condemning them??
It's not just instinct. He also lacks courage. And, seemingly, principles.
I think Starmer is paralysed. I don't think he knows what to do. I mean, it should be obvious, but he's tied himself in logical and moral knots. He's done. If he stays, we get a Reform government.
West Ham are absolute arse though aren't they?! Christ, they're bad.
A 'hero voter' no doubt.
'Calling for my assassination is a legitimate position and we will address these patriotic concerns...'
Stochastic terrorism. Nothing less. Musk is going to get someone killed. And our main political parties will still post on his site.
This is a terrifying level of rhetorical escalation which any British politician, of any party seeking to work within democracy should unequivocally condemn.
Absolutely fuck off.
Oh, their general approach to the fascist resurgence has been appalling. Scandalous in fact. But that's kind of a different conversation imo.
Apparently it's starting to kick off a bit now. Which is grim but also, probably a good thing. Better if that's what's on the news, not just the numbers.
Yeah, you see I agree but I don't really get your point about Starmer going to football (and you know how much I despair of him and want him gone). Politicians *can't* work all the time. You see it when they have the temerity to go on holiday. What was he supposed to do?
I get why people are trying to minimise the reported fash turnout. But 110,000? That's a fucking massive march by normal far right standards. And it's incredibly worrying. This thing is building.
Absolutely pissing down in London. Thinking of loads of wet fash and chuckling to myself.
Maybe that's the rationale!? 'Away game in London, lads. We're obviously fucked anyway so why not try something completely random???'
And Tanaka on the bench! Tough lads...
I mean, he works hard I guess. Let's see - maybe he'll surprise us!
Gonna be controversial, that!
Blimey. Okafor and Aaronson ahead of James and Gnonto?
And here we go again... 'Unite the Kingdom' will sound kind of nice to lots of people who might glance at that headline.
As I said the other day, I'm doing this a lot now and all of us should. We have a stake in the BBC and a right to demand it does better. Always ask for a response.
It also - like all streamers - wants to make things that are narratively open-ended. So if it does well, they can make more seasons. That mitigates against good, tight writing in my opinion. Has to. More things need to just tell their story and then end.
Netflix does the odd great thing (Adolescence springs to mind this year) but its general level is *way* lower than the other streamers imo. Apple and Disney both do better stuff on a more consistent basis. Netflix originals are meh as fuck.
Today will, I fear, be a perfect example of why the far right and the far left aren't equivalent and shouldn't ever be both-sidesed by the media. The far right is *inherently* violent. Certain bits of London will not be safe for people of colour today and that is scandalous.
'Having sex with a woman is gay' is one of the most transcendentally weird sentences ever written. Unless you're a woman in which case, on you go...
Why is Phil Collins so sweaty? #totp
Pepe Will Eat Itself #darkwebbands
Dear god that's bleak.
That playoff final was a ridiculous sliding doors moment wasn't it? Sheffield United were a disallowed goal at 1-0 up from the Prem. Now look at them. Crazy.
I can help you with this lads. It's because he's been driven mad by vicious far right ideology and he's had access to guns since he could toddle.
Absolutely textbook.
Oh, just for the next few decades...
It's like when the gammons found out the bloke who drove his car into Liverpool's title parade was a middle aged white fella. You could practically *smell* the disappointment.
Previewing ITV's forthcoming drama about the phone hacking scandal. Crazy how little difference that whole affair made to anything. The r/w press still do what the fuck they want, with what feels like total impunity. No one cares. A terrible missed opportunity to change things for the better.
Add links to this when you send in your complaints to the BBC, SKY etc. Which you are all doing, right? Or do we just lie down and watch everything rot?
Ugh. Horrific. Nothing says 'Protecting our women and girls from sexual violence' like perpetrating sexual violence of your own...
I doubt she will but I really want Powell to win. Anything, however tiny, that might prompt consideration of even a slight change of direction would be helpful.
The Social on Little Portland Street. Brilliant place.
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
I like this bunch already.
Taskmaster is quite a relief isn't it??
A young man attacked by right-wing thugs whilst interviewed on Sky News posts some thoughts...👇
Checks and balances eh??? What's *that* all about???
America is fucked. This doesn't get better until it's got a whole lot worse first I fear.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.
Yes mate.
Good grief.
Evil is as evil does.
Yeah, graffiti being cleaned off a listed building is *such* a surprise isn't it? Student politics.
Possibly related: People who feel the need to butt in and say that cultural things other people like are shit. To be honest, I can't promise that I haven't ever done it myself but I regret it if I have. It's just mean and pointless: just say nothing ffs.
People think that large-scale wars are things that happened in the past. It's very hard for people in our temporal niche to comprehend that they could - and almost certainly will - happen again.
'The politicians and pundits who now crack the whip on immigration need to be asked, right now, where this ends. They should be made to say the thing they are judiciously trying to avoid saying, or to renounce it completely' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sorry to hear Bruce Loose has died. Start your day with some Flipper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TTz...
It's almost facile to mention it but every England football victory is a triumph for mass immigration.
I'm all over it.
I think it sounds lovely! Salted caramel but extra salty!
Is it coming home? And if not, why not??
Coming Home latest: it is.