General UK politics VIII - The Last Tory

[P.J. Denyer]

It's hereditary then?

Being a whiney *****? Apparently so.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Elon says of Starmer and his Cabinet

Elon Musk X
@elonmusk.

They will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens

 

[Andy_Ross]

William Hague on Prescott

John Prescott was one of the great figures of our political era—passionate, loyal, and full of life. I will never forget our many lively exchanges across the despatch box. John was a formidable debater, unflinching in his commitment to his values, and he had a unique ability to speak directly to the concerns of the people he represented.

It was a point of pride for both of us that we hailed from Rotherham; although it shaped us in different ways, we shared a certain bluntness in our exchanges—though in true Yorkshire fashion, John usually got straight to the point faster than I did!

John’s legacy as a voice for working people and a relentless advocate for Labour will endure. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this very sad time.

 

[zooterkin]

Honestly, if Prescott were politically active today, he'd probably be an upper mucky muck in Reform. Man always impressed me as somebody who'd sell his mother for pennies.

Absolute bollocks.

 

[jimbob]

Ah well

The rioter who became a meme for posturing in front of the police before getting hit in the groin by a brick off a riot shield is facing jail

Southport rioter pelted in the privates and face with bricks faces jail

Brian Spencer went viral after receiving some instant karma after provoking police during the riots in Southport.

metro.co.uk

ETA it was a brick to the head from the riot shield and direct hit in the groin from his friends when he was stumbling back (video in link)

 

[Norman Alexander]

Elon says of Starmer and his Cabinet

Not even tangentially impinging on reality.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Ah well

The rioter who became a meme for posturing in front of the police before getting hit in the groin by a brick off a riot shield is facing jail

Southport rioter pelted in the privates and face with bricks faces jail

Brian Spencer went viral after receiving some instant karma after provoking police during the riots in Southport.

metro.co.uk

ETA it was a brick to the head from the riot shield and direct hit in the groin from his friends when he was stumbling back (video in link)

Even funnier then the woman who set a bin on fire, ran it at the police and slipped and fell in it! It was like "MAD Presents: The Lighter Side of.. Rioting"

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

It's very hard to take that seriously. Fine, if you didn't like Prescott for whatever thing he did you take as a betrayal of his working class roots, failing to support the Liverpol dockers strike or whatever it was, but claiming he'd now be one of the reactionary bigots to the right of the Tories is just daft.

Soon as Two Jags got a lick of the leather from the ministerial Mercs he dropped any previous pretence of being for the working class.

 

[Darat]

Ah right, if you get on in the political world you are a class traitor.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Everyone is telling me that 'Westminster Insiders' are saying the Chancellor is going to resign next week because her budget is such a disaster and she has tanked the economy.

Nobody seems to know who these 'Westminster Insiders' are but they are certain it's happening and it will force Starmer to step down as well.

 

[Garrison]

Everyone is telling me that 'Westminster Insiders' are saying the Chancellor is going to resign next week because her budget is such a disaster and she has tanked the economy.

Nobody seems to know who these 'Westminster Insiders' are but they are certain it's happening and it will force Starmer to step down as well.

Again are they telling you or is it something you've read somewhere, and by somewhere I mean other than the cesspool that is Twitter.

 

[jimbob]

Again are they telling you or is it something you've read somewhere, and by somewhere I mean other than the cesspool that is Twitter.

I've seen it from multiple accounts on twitter

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It's curious that these 'insiders' know she'll resign because she's tanked the economy, despite the lack of blaring headlines reporting that she's tanked the economy.

I can remember waaay back to the days of two prime ministers ago when the budget really did threaten to tank the economy and, as I remember late 2022, almost everyone was really very obviously alarmed about what just happened to the economy. What we're getting now looks like a bit of grumbling, not the sky falling.

 

[novaphile]

Ah well

The rioter who became a meme for posturing in front of the police before getting hit in the groin by a brick off a riot shield is facing jail

Southport rioter pelted in the privates and face with bricks faces jail

Brian Spencer went viral after receiving some instant karma after provoking police during the riots in Southport.

metro.co.uk

ETA it was a brick to the head from the riot shield and direct hit in the groin from his friends when he was stumbling back (video in link)

Ah, I love the feeling of schadenfreude in the morning!

 

[Darat]

It's curious that these 'insiders' know she'll resign because she's tanked the economy, despite the lack of blaring headlines reporting that she's tanked the economy.

I can remember waaay back to the days of two prime ministers ago when the budget really did threaten to tank the economy and, as I remember late 2022, almost everyone was really very obviously alarmed about what just happened to the economy. What we're getting now looks like a bit of grumbling, not the sky falling.

You’ll remember that no one ever questioned or protested any part of budgets over the last 14 years of Tory budgets… I was reading some folk complaining about changes to the VED, it was terrible, stalinist policy, had to tell them those changes were put in place by the previous chancellor.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

It's curious that these 'insiders' know she'll resign because she's tanked the economy, despite the lack of blaring headlines reporting that she's tanked the economy.

I can remember waaay back to the days of two prime ministers ago when the budget really did threaten to tank the economy and, as I remember late 2022, almost everyone was really very obviously alarmed about what just happened to the economy. What we're getting now looks like a bit of grumbling about the kinds of issues that effect wealthy newspaper owners, not the sky falling.

Suggested FTFY

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC asks

Will Rachel Reeves' difficult week cause her lasting damage?

Throwing ore fuel on the fire for the right wing trolls that say she is resigning.

Also

Labour’s lead over the Conservatives among the public on key economic issues has "all but faded away" in that time, according to the latest survey by pollsters Savanta.

Will Rachel Reeves' difficult week cause her lasting damage?

BBC's Ben Wright looks at the impact of a tricky week of scrutiny for the chancellor.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jeremyp]

Elon says of Starmer and his Cabinet

To use a phrase that's been used before: he can shove it up his arse.

 

[jeremyp]

William Hague on Prescott

John Prescott was one of the great figures of our political era—passionate, loyal, and full of life. I will never forget our many lively exchanges across the despatch box. John was a formidable debater, unflinching in his commitment to his values, and he had a unique ability to speak directly to the concerns of the people he represented.

It was a point of pride for both of us that we hailed from Rotherham; although it shaped us in different ways, we shared a certain bluntness in our exchanges—though in true Yorkshire fashion, John usually got straight to the point faster than I did!

John’s legacy as a voice for working people and a relentless advocate for Labour will endure. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this very sad time.

John Prescott: had the gift of connecting with members of the public.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

Ah right, if you get on in the political world you are a class traitor.

It's not so much that he got in on the political world, but that when there he did nothing for the working class.

But then again that is nu-Labor and nu-nu-Labor all over.