Considering the trains that service my constituency have simultaneously been "nationalised" and are being run by the same operator as they were last year, I predict Labour's policy will resolve to a "Well, Acktually..."
Make sure to use a lot of unnecessary transitions, and a random pie chart. 🫡
This can't be right.
I saw a TikTok the other day saying that Reeves had quietly ended the Thatcherite consensus and pivoted us towards the prospect of Nordic-style economy 🤨
????
It is really good to see Zohran Mamdani doing really well but as a British leftist to my US counterparts - prepare for the most vile, aggressive and sustained acts of sabotage from the party's top brass.
PROVOKE AND PUBLICISE
Tomorrow in the Houses of Parliament the transphobes will attempt a “Provoke & Publicise” action. Provoke and Publicise was originally developed as a tactic by racist segregationists in US states like Alabama & Oklahoma to try and stop the civil rights movement there…
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I'm glad he's finally seen the light - I imagine his process is something a lot of the wishy-washy Liberal media types are currently working through quietly and with any luck, Fry will be the voice that cracks the dam open.
liberals: i can’t believe this is happening 😱
leftists: we predicted all of this, here are all our articles, books and lectures explaining it from years ago.
liberals: shut up. vote blue no matter who. your stupid socialist revolution will never happen. we have to move to the right.
Do it.
Fucking Do It.
Officially, loudly, and publically.
Just as it is notable that Corbyn's biggest rise in the polls in 2017 happened the week of the Manchester Bombing after he made his speech "blaming Britain" and the Mattison wing declared it to be all over for him
But when people heard Corbyn and not the caricature of Corbyn, they were receptive.
I mean, as someone who spent a lot of time on the doorstep, this happened - but it's notable that this happened coincident with the roaring campaign to make it happen.
Very surprised by Farnham, but I think the Resident's Association has something setup.
Nope.
It *always* feels collaborative. It *always* works to give me the answer it thinks I want, even if it resorts to hallucinations, and *always* praises my reasoning even when it has to admit I'm wrong.
If you're not aware of what it's doing, it can be very seductive.
I use it as a substitute copy-editor and it's so easy to forget that every time it replies with positive affirmation that it's just telling me what I want to hear, no matter what rubbish I present it with.
Charlotte Fosgate, a 17-year old trans girl completed suicide earlier this month. Over the weekend, Twitter users found her final post and began mocking her and making memes about her dying.
The level of duhumanization of trans people is so thorough, they're celebrating a teenager killing herself.
Normal Island
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
"...And that is why I've decided to cave to all Farage's talking points"
Agreed. Decided long time ago that TFA would be so much improved if New Republic and Imperial Remnant were both rival powers and Starkiller Base was a joint infrastructure project converted to a weapon.
They should have leaned into the political stuff they only lightly flirted with.
The sun has come out and suddenly everyone's put the Beach Boys on.
I've heard Barbara Ann three times this afternoon.
Kids are locked out of home ownership, burdened with tuition fees, suffer massive poverty, are threatened by the climate crisis and AI, had their live chances whacked by Brexit, have no healthcare support, and are constantly monstered by the press.
They don't need "grit"; they need fairness.
🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.
So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
‘Comment of the day’ award goes to the Good Law Project.
And some folk will tell you the the Supreme Court ruling brought CLARITY?🤔
Sorted out my lapsed membership last night so I can back 2️⃣
Screenshot of a New York Times Style Magazine article titled “Why Has the Closet Taken on a New Allure?” with the subheading: “Long a place of hiding and shame, it’s now being reconsidered in queer culture — and beyond.” The page includes options to subscribe, share the article, and view comments.
They're preparing for the next article of manufactured consent for "See, going back into the closet by threat of imprisonment isn't so bad!"
They found ourselves made strangers in their own country. Enoch Powell. We risk becoming an island of strangers. Keir Starmer.
Starmer's Britain.
Not even subtle.
What we're seeing at a local level could easily repeat itself at the next general election.
Imagine waking up in 2029 to a government supported by less than 30% of the public.
This is an emergency. We must scrap First Past the Post before it completely destroys our democracy.
The worse Starmer polls the more we see him at defence contractors - including today. Good thinking Sir Keir - keep those feelers out for that lobbying gig.
