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Bobby Deluxe
May 9, 2004

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b70cca1c-8f1a-11eb-af74-aabf762d9542?shareToken=974b70e06dcf43f543982f94a266b760

Dodds is out according to Sunday Times, Reeves likely to take her place, but the article is trying to push Nandy and Jessflips.

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Still pretty sure Boris Johnson only stands out because he seems to actually want to have sex with adult, consenting human females, which is a rarity for the English

How is this country real, I thought Disney made it up for the movie with the foxes everyone wants to gently caress

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"

What was this? Already got deleted.

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler

Bobby Deluxe posted:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b70cca1c-8f1a-11eb-af74-aabf762d9542?shareToken=974b70e06dcf43f543982f94a266b760

Dodds is out according to Sunday Times, Reeves likely to take her place, but the article is trying to push Nandy and Jessflips.

1st sensible thing Starmers done, if true. Dodds has been loving invisible.

Just Another Lurker
May 1, 2009

Bobby Deluxe posted:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b70cca1c-8f1a-11eb-af74-aabf762d9542?shareToken=974b70e06dcf43f543982f94a266b760

Dodds is out according to Sunday Times, Reeves likely to take her place, but the article is trying to push Nandy and Jessflips.

Bollocks, thought you were talking about Nigel Dodds for a second. :cry:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

a pipe smoking dog posted:

What was this? Already got deleted.

Hoping police didn't get their riot shields and baton's dirty with protestor blood

Noxville
Dec 7, 2003

Starmer photoshopping out anything to do with Corbyn from photographs. Now who’s Stalinesque?

https://twitter.com/troovus/status/1375812754909564928?s=21

Mebh posted:



There's a chart!

‘Affair with children’ is not the best choice of phrasing imho

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"

Rarity posted:

Hoping police didn't get their riot shields and baton's dirty with protestor blood

Jesus loving Christ that's grim.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Still pretty sure Boris Johnson only stands out because he seems to actually want to have sex with adult, consenting human females, which is a rarity for the English

How is this country real, I thought Disney made it up for the movie with the foxes everyone wants to gently caress

Rude

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid

a pipe smoking dog posted:

What was this? Already got deleted.

crispix
Mar 28, 2015

Grand-Maman m'a raconté
(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)

Hello, dear
what a oval office

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid

the times posted:

Starmer ‘to axe shadow chancellor’ Anneliese Dodds after Labour poll slump

Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to replace his shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, in a shake-up of his frontbench team.

Starmer, who will mark his first anniversary as Labour leader next Sunday, is due to demote several underperforming shadow ministers after the local elections in an attempt to get on the front foot and challenge Boris Johnson.

Allies of Starmer say Dodds, an Oxford-educated economist, is highly intelligent but has failed to communicate effectively the party’s vision. Rachel Reeves, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, is the favourite to replace her and has become one of Starmer’s closest confidantes. Reeves, who also went to Oxford and is an economist, has won plaudits for exposing Tory cronyism in the awarding of government personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the pandemic.

However, Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, is also understood to be in the frame, according to party insiders. A source said: “Nandy is one of the party’s best communicators and has not been in a role that has enabled her to utilise her talents to the full and needs a more public-facing role.”

Others thought to be ripe for promotion include Jess Phillips, who is the shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding. She has won praise for her sensitive handling of the party’s response to the murder of Sarah Everard.

The former Labour big beasts Yvette Cooper, who chairs the home affairs select committee, and Hilary Benn, former chairman of the Brexit select committee, are understood to have been sounded out about taking on shadow cabinet roles.

A source said: “Discussions have taken place. It’s not clear that Yvette wants to leave her role on the committee but Hilary might be persuaded to make a return to the frontbench.”

Allies have been urging Starmer to shake up his frontbench amid claims he has not been fielding his strongest team. The aftermath of the local elections is expected to provide him with an opportunity to reset his leadership after a bumpy few months when his personal approval rating fell below the prime minister’s for the first time since May.

The success of the vaccine rollout has boosted Johnson’s poll ratings. Earlier this month a post-budget poll by YouGov put the Tories on 45 per cent of the vote, 13 points ahead of Labour.

keith 2.0 will be much more exciting, with beloved public figures such as Lisa nandy and Yvette cooper

can't wait to vote for their clearly articulated and bold visions for a better future

Flayer
Sep 13, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Buglord
The only way Labour makes any headway in the polls is if the Tories make themselves less popular. The Lib Dem style of opposition.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
Its a great sign for democracy when the story that the current prime minister had a long series of affairs where he cheated on his wife going through cancer and used public funds to bribe the woman he was having an affair with gets little more than a collective shrug from the media.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Flayer posted:

The only way Labour makes any headway in the polls is if the Tories make themselves less popular. The Lib Dem style of opposition.

It's that one olympic race where nearly everyone falls over just before the finish line and the guy in last place saunters to victory

Any day now

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"

Gonzo McFee posted:

Its a great sign for democracy when the story that the current prime minister had a long series of affairs where he cheated on his wife going through cancer and used public funds to bribe the woman he was having an affair with gets little more than a collective shrug from the media.

I've been thinking about how all journalists and politicians in this country all run in the same social circle. It makes me wonder how if they've known about Boris and this poo poo for years so just assume it's an old story everyone knows which doesn't need reporting on.

Spuckuk
Aug 11, 2009

Being a bastard works



a pipe smoking dog posted:

I had a mate who went to uni in Nottingham and I went to a couple of decent night's out there at a weirdly big indy disco I think was called rock city? She was doing some sort of chemistry that meant her mates were all hooked up with a solid supply of drugs.

She told me she was having a massive party before she left butI couldn't be arsed to get the train down. Later that night another mate called me from the scene to say that apparently she'd become a swinger and was actually hosting an orgy. I think she ended up working for some oil company in a horrifying dictatorship somewhere.

That is my Nottingham story.

Rock City was the biggest metal club in the country iirc. I was in Teesside uni metal society and we took a minibus down there absolutely twatted on cider. The only thing I really recall was incredibly agressive bouncers and accidentally leaving my mate behind and not realising until we were back past Stockton

jaete
Jun 21, 2009


Nap Ghost

sebzilla posted:

It should be summer time all year. Winter time is bullshit.

I don't care if it's cock and ball torture time all year long as long as it's consistent and doesn't keep changing all the bloody time

a pipe smoking dog posted:

I've been thinking about how all journalists and politicians in this country all run in the same social circle. It makes me wonder how if they've known about Boris and this poo poo for years so just assume it's an old story everyone knows which doesn't need reporting on.

To them Boris is "one of us" though isn't he, can't write negative stuff about such a good friend and besides what a legend arrre Bozza

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It has the same energy of forcing kids to sit in cold classrooms all winter and then forget everything over the summer because low paid migrant workers have to get the harvest in.

Flayer
Sep 13, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Buglord
British Summer Time should be all year round. We only change clocks because of tradition, it's not a system that would ever be implemented now if it didn't already exist.

TACD
Oct 27, 2000

Noxville posted:

Starmer photoshopping out anything to do with Corbyn from photographs. Now who’s Stalinesque?

https://twitter.com/troovus/status/1375812754909564928?s=21
Unless I’m missing something the only sign that’s been changed is one that says “Thank you for being our leader”, and I don’t know if it’s hilarious or just sad that everybody agrees there’s no plausible way that could refer to Smithers

Lungboy
Aug 23, 2002

NEED SQUAT FORM HELP

a pipe smoking dog posted:

I've been thinking about how all journalists and politicians in this country all run in the same social circle. It makes me wonder how if they've known about Boris and this poo poo for years so just assume it's an old story everyone knows which doesn't need reporting on.

The story came out 2? years ago and there was a press furore but rather than admit it Arcuri just kept giving knowing winks while talking around it.

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem

a pipe smoking dog posted:

I've been thinking about how all journalists and politicians in this country all run in the same social circle. It makes me wonder how if they've known about Boris and this poo poo for years so just assume it's an old story everyone knows which doesn't need reporting on.

they assume their mate and most powerful man in the country would probably express some of the vindictive nature as he did in 1990, when he was recorded agreeing to providing an address of a journalist who had reported on his (and his friends) activities in order to send some goons round to give the reporter "a couple of black eyes" and "a cracked rib". of course they now know that old boris doesn't need to make such an effort, and that any of their positions can be threatened or taken away via redtop rage for reasons as arbitrary as being inadequately deferential to someone's comedically large flag, or being pictured with a welsh one, or failing to put a poppy on cookie monster.

the press in our countries is not an accident. there are mechanisms to address anyone who goes significantly against the status quo or otherwise speaks any meaningful truth to power. and the inverse - a reward structure dedicated to ensuring any idiot with a platform who writes nothing but reactionary reinforcement and/or ineffective, token opposition is paid handsomely for their slop. why just ask one of our former moderators, lmao.

Necrothatcher
Mar 26, 2005




lmao this fuckin' guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/28/labour-mps-raise-fears-over-keir-starmers-lack-of-grip

quote:

"A shadow minister said: “The problem is that Keir’s team is very inexperienced. We are in a bit of a state. They have spent too much time over the last year trying to appease the hard left on one hand and being too cautious trying to look like a government in waiting. There is lots of concern in the PLP about Keir’s office in general.”

um

crispix
Mar 28, 2015

Grand-Maman m'a raconté
(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)

Hello, dear

Lungboy posted:

The story came out 2? years ago and there was a press furore but rather than admit it Arcuri just kept giving knowing winks while talking around it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX34Igt1qE8 lorraine proper had a go about it

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler

XMNN posted:

keith 2.0 will be much more exciting, with beloved public figures such as Lisa nandy and Yvette cooper

can't wait to vote for their clearly articulated and bold visions for a better future

The Guardian sticking with it's style of reporting on Labour where the real story is entirely between the lines:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/28/labour-mps-raise-fears-over-keir-starmers-lack-of-grip

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem

this was always the intent behind the "unity" pitch, i think. get yourself elected on it, deliver almost none of it and gradually purge any compromises you were obliged to pick. then, when the left gets upset say "see, they're never happy, that's why we need more grown ups in charge!" and purge harder.

it's not the labour right's first rodeo.

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler
Should have refreshed before posting, godammit.

Oh dear me
Aug 14, 2012

I have burned numerous saucepans, sometimes right through the metal

Flayer posted:

British Summer Time should be all year round. We only change clocks because of tradition, it's not a system that would ever be implemented now if it didn't already exist.

The sun should be at its highest point at noon, when the 12-hour clock starts the cycle again. It is rigid work hours that should change, not clocks.

Failed Imagineer
Sep 22, 2018
The perfect balance has been achieved

https://twitter.com/LeftieStats/status/1375905606045999111?s=19

crispix
Mar 28, 2015

Grand-Maman m'a raconté
(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)

Hello, dear
beady, wet egg fart

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Lungboy posted:

The story came out 2? years ago and there was a press furore but rather than admit it Arcuri just kept giving knowing winks while talking around it.

Yeah most of the energy has already been sapped out of this story. Everyone knows what he did but without Arcuri admitting it there wasn't much to do. Now she has no one cares because we knew it 2 years ago.

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

Was the very brief respite in September because of "no ifs, no buts"?

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Oh dear me posted:

The sun should be at its highest point at noon, when the 12-hour clock starts the cycle again. It is rigid work hours that should change, not clocks.
Yes. Countries that do time wrong should be banned from having time. Iceland and France definitely get thrown into the time cube.


If you want more hours in the evening in summer, that's cool too change the culture so we knock off earlier in summer rather than loving about with everyone's clocks.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

The thing that strikes me about that chart is how the shape of it suggests that much of it was people going from 'don't know' to 'now I do know, and I hate him'.

The more people see of him, the less they like him.

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


Remember when Jo swinson rebranded the libdems to be hers and it turned out everyone hated her

2019 was such a nightmare I don't want to let it steal how great swinson was

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014


Labour didn't need a leader who only appealed to the left. They need a leader who appeals just as much to everyone.

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

Communist Thoughts posted:

Remember when Jo swinson rebranded the libdems to be hers and it turned out everyone hated her

2019 was such a nightmare I don't want to let it steal how great swinson was

Well it was disgraceful what she did to those poor innocent squirrels

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It’s what the red wall and older Tories who disapprove of Boris’ shagging around and handling of lockdown think which matters.

Maybe “dull man in suit” who can keep his head down and not give the tabloids anything to shriek and lie about during an election is who will win, and if he doesn’t then socialist sure as poo poo wouldn’t, and that would be the point Boris would know he could walk up to the Queen and stab her and still win.

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Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Raeg posted:

Well it was disgraceful what she did to those poor innocent squirrels
Jo knew what they were planning. The situation in Argentina has proven less convenient than predicted.

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