Thing is, when I saw this tweet this morning I didn't for a second think it was genuine. I thought the text must be wildly exaggerating what Yvette Cooper was saying; either that or it was some weird Cassetteboy-type montage gag.
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She should have said ‘yeah I’ve got a massive Union Jack tattoo on my arse and when I go to Benidorm I give it large whilst caning the san Miquel’
sep 3, 2025, 12:48 pm • 0 0 • view
That would certainly silence the naysayers.
sep 3, 2025, 4:25 pm • 1 0 • view
What’s going on over there with all this flag fetish ?, you guys planning on going all the way with this ?.
sep 3, 2025, 8:38 am • 0 0 • view
I wish I knew. It's way out of left field - it's as if interviewers were suddenly asking politicians their views on Bob Dylan ("I've just taken delivery of the 1974 Live 27-CD box set, so I'm looking forward to that - and my partner will confirm that I sing Blind Willie McTell in the shower!").
sep 3, 2025, 10:12 am • 1 0 • view
I suppose what's going on is that the people in charge of the Labour Party these days think that everything right-wing is good and authentic and in touch with the people, so they seize on something like flag-waving - in a rather unconvincing and try-hard way, unfortunately.
sep 3, 2025, 10:14 am • 1 0 • view
These people are all insane. What's next? Starmer sex dolls?
sep 3, 2025, 2:55 am • 1 0 • view
But no. On an ordinary weekday, the Home Secretary in a Labour government with a three-figure majority really was asked if she's got a flag on display at home. And she really did reply that she has Union Jack bunting, St Georges flags, St Georges bunting, and Union Jack flags and tablecloths.
sep 2, 2025, 4:42 pm • 10 5 • view
I don't think this country's driving itself insane and plunging wildly to the Right; I have more faith in people than that. But that may not make much difference, sadly, if the entire political/media establishment is driving itself insane and plunging wildly to the Right.
sep 2, 2025, 4:45 pm • 43 12 • view
Yep. Apart from some violent racist dog-nonces and batshit oligarchs, I don't think anyone else actually believes in that shit.
sep 3, 2025, 7:06 am • 1 0 • view
Remember, Ms Cooper has been 'intimate' with Ed Balls for almost 30 years, is PPE/Balliol/Harvard/LSE & born into Trade Union purple, so, um, er, well, you know, I know, we all know...
sep 2, 2025, 5:05 pm • 1 1 • view
Somewhat disappointed she did not discuss in excruciating detail her Union Jack knickers.
sep 2, 2025, 5:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Do we think the Hon Member’s responses might be some ‘safety-first’ bobbins all PLP members have been ordered to spool off for the meeja?
sep 2, 2025, 6:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Is anyone else wittering on about Union Jack tablecloths?
sep 2, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
I mean, yes, it could be that, but if so Cooper is surely going way over the top.
sep 2, 2025, 6:53 pm • 1 0 • view