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Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
The second Corbyn's gone I'm back to saying Labour's unsavable. I don't care if Pissflaps had a good time during the Blair years.

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Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED

I'll vote for whoever has "everyone put Pissflaps on ignore" in their platform. Or at least stop quoting him.

Gonzo McFee posted:

My favourite thing about those loving stupid rocks is that originally it was an idea for Indy ref that was knocked back because "They'll be called grave stones".

Someone brought this idea back for the 2015 GE. This was somebody's giant mechanical spider.

I just thought I'd say I appreciated this reference.

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


andrea leadsom is a huge piece of poo poo holy gently caress her voting record really is something

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling





At least the US isn't actively on fire until November.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
whether man made climate change is actually a thing is still an issue that potential leaders of countries can have doubts on, tyool 2016

e: at least regular tories are just going to help gently caress up society and the economy rather than the whole planet

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


Did I say Theresa May was the worst possible outcome?? haha

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


Theresa may in the space of a week has gone from "oh holy gently caress no" to "well, it might not be that bad" to "jesus get her the gently caress in office now"

Xmas Pterodactyl
Oct 22, 2007

Apraxin posted:

Also at the PLP meeting, Kinnock senior apparently indirectly accused Corbyn of being an anarcho-syndicalist (??????):
https://twitter.com/iainjwatson/status/750028951318298628

https://twitter.com/MichaelLCrick/status/750021731218235392

Corbyn is actually simultaneously an anarcho-syndicalist and Marxist-Leninist

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames
I think Theresa May would be my pick to take over the top Tory job.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
May has actually used the word "feminist" in her life before, so I guess she's a shining beacon of social justice by Tory standards

Xmas Pterodactyl posted:

Corbyn is actually simultaneously an anarcho-syndicalist and Marxist-Leninist

as if anyone in the anti-Corbynist faction actually knows the difference, everything outside of the center is just a giant blob of unelectable redness

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Pissflaps posted:

I think Theresa May would be my pick to take over the top Tory job.

To lead the party looking at polls or because you really like immigrant women getting raped?

TomViolence
Feb 19, 2013

PLEASE ASK ABOUT MY 80,000 WORD WALLACE AND GROMIT SLASH FICTION. PLEASE.

Gonzo McFee posted:

To lead the party looking at polls or because you really like immigrant women getting raped?

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Gonzo McFee posted:

To lead the party looking at polls or because you really like immigrant women getting raped?

Sober up.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

The rape thing then.

Apraxin
Feb 22, 2006

General-Admiral

forkboy84 posted:

Oh poor Lord Kinnock. Words have meanings you fud, and Corbyn is as much an anarcho-anything as he is a Marxist-Leninist for fucksake. The idea that 30+ year MP Jeremy Corbyn, doesn't support parliamentary socialism, who has been involved in exactly 0 armed uprisings against parliament in all his years on this planet beggars belief. I get they don't like that he won't step down but for fucksake, this is fantasy poo poo. We should be so lucky to have an anarchist taking centre stage of British politics.
PLP apparently thought it was a brilliant insight, and that Kinnock's speech was a rousing call to arms:
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/750025821331582976
Same twitter feed also says that the "take our party back" spiel was from Ian Lucas, btw.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
I'm glad they're all pumped up and ready to take the party back, does that mean they're actually going to loving try doing something at some point soon, anything, anything at all

thespaceinvader
Mar 30, 2011

The slightest touch from a Gol-Shogeg will result in Instant Death!

Xmas Pterodactyl posted:

https://twitter.com/MichaelLCrick/status/750021731218235392

Corbyn is actually simultaneously an anarcho-syndicalist and Marxist-Leninist

They can have their ball party back when they start behaving like they deserve it.

Arkane
Dec 19, 2006

by R. Guyovich
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/750083410740248576

Weird that that backstab didn't pan out for Gove...unlucky!

Barring some massive meltdown, next PM will almost assuredly be a woman.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Angepain posted:

I'm glad they're all pumped up and ready to take the party back, does that mean they're actually going to loving try doing something at some point soon, anything, anything at all

I think they're trying to apply pressure to encourage Corbyn to resign.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Pissflaps posted:

I think they're trying to apply pressure to encourage Corbyn to resign.

how's that going

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Pissflaps posted:

I think they're trying to apply pressure to encourage Corbyn to resign.

Like you want pressure applied to women who don't consent?

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Angepain posted:

how's that going

His position as leader is untenable just a matter of seeing how long he sticks around.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Angepain posted:

whether man made climate change is actually a thing is still an issue that potential leaders of countries can have doubts on, tyool 2016

e: at least regular tories are just going to help gently caress up society and the economy rather than the whole planet

I mean it might just be weirdly timed solar output variation.

And drone strikes might just be meteor impacts.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Pissflaps posted:

His position as leader is untenable just a matter of seeing how long he sticks around.

well let's just sit around and wait then, this is fine

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013


No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese
I can't understand the PLP's thought processes here. Like, surely if they thought they could win a leadership contest they would have actually called one by now. Or if they didn't think they could win one, they would be trying to mobilise the CLP and get people to join the Labour party to vote for whoever their candidate is?

Instead they have chosen a strategy that has completely fallen apart due to one guy saying 'no'.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

OwlFancier posted:

No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

Have you seen the alternatives :yikes:

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

OwlFancier posted:

No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

She seems less objectionable than Angela Leadsom.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Aren't anarcho-syndicalism and marxist-leninism literally the opposite of each other?

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
Theresa May is like a serial killer who kills the homeless and prostitutes by one quick stab to the heart. Sure she doesn't get as much press coverage as Chainsaw Charlie but she racks up a far bigger body count than everyone else.

And that's what May has done. On a very real level. She's pure evil.

TomViolence
Feb 19, 2013

PLEASE ASK ABOUT MY 80,000 WORD WALLACE AND GROMIT SLASH FICTION. PLEASE.

OwlFancier posted:

No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

I can.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Pissflaps posted:

She seems less objectionable than Angela Leadsom.

I would struggle to put much distinction between them.

And I would prefer someone grossly incompetent in charge of tha party, and void of any sort of statesmanship, such as Gove.


It's really unsettling seeing your granny in the dress your prom date wore.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Pissflaps posted:

She seems less objectionable than Angela Leadsom.

Angela Leadsom hasn't blocked any investigation into systemic rape at Yarl's Wood.

thespaceinvader
Mar 30, 2011

The slightest touch from a Gol-Shogeg will result in Instant Death!

OwlFancier posted:

No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

I can't think of a reason you'd want anyone at all in charge of the Tories TBH. A leaderless shitshow is better than any possible leader.

MikeCrotch posted:

I can't understand the PLP's thought processes here. Like, surely if they thought they could win a leadership contest they would have actually called one by now. Or if they didn't think they could win one, they would be trying to mobilise the CLP and get people to join the Labour party to vote for whoever their candidate is?

Instead they have chosen a strategy that has completely fallen apart due to one guy saying 'no'.

Yep. Their entire strategy was to assume he would cave AFAICT. Now that he hasn't they don't know what to do, because they know that there would be incandescent fury if they loopholed him off the ballot paper, and they know that whatever sacrifical lamb they send out loses horribly if he IS on the ballot paper, so the whole thing is at an impasse because JC is choosing to respect the decision the party made, and they sort of forgot the party existed until after they pulled the trigger AFAICT

Malcolm XML
Aug 8, 2009

I always knew it would end like this.

Gonzo McFee posted:

Angela Leadsom hasn't blocked any investigation into systemic rape at Yarl's Wood.

better the devil you know

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

MikeCrotch posted:

I can't understand the PLP's thought processes here. Like, surely if they thought they could win a leadership contest they would have actually called one by now. Or if they didn't think they could win one, they would be trying to mobilise the CLP and get people to join the Labour party to vote for whoever their candidate is?

Instead they have chosen a strategy that has completely fallen apart due to one guy saying 'no'.

like there are some unresolved issues with the Labour party and the different directions it is being pulled in that could be looked into and perhaps talked out now that everyone understands that everyone's got power to annoy each other but it's a lot more fun having a rousing game of Let's Play At Brinkmanship With An Essential Element Of Parliamentary Democracy so I guess this is just going to carry on until the sun explodes.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Malcolm XML posted:

better the devil you know

Unless she's going to come out for mandatory rape I can't see it being much worse.

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


OwlFancier posted:

No really I can't actually think why you'd want May in charge of the Tories.

have you even seen what andrea leadsom votes for

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

Gonzo McFee posted:

Theresa May is like a serial killer who kills the homeless and prostitutes by one quick stab to the heart. Sure she doesn't get as much press coverage as Chainsaw Charlie but she racks up a far bigger body count than everyone else.

And that's what May has done. On a very real level. She's pure evil.

Perfect choice for getting tagged by history as the PM who led Britain into its long, terminal decline.

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qhat
Jul 6, 2015


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