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Apraxin posted:Turnout a bit less than it seemed it might be, but still not bad for a by-election Labour is finished.
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Nonsense posted:Labour is finished.
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I mean Keir did his job in that he neutered any semblance of real opposition to neoliberal capitalism. He'll land a cushy six figure job after he's done with his destruction.
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May 7, 2021 03:41
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Wealth? Keith's doing it for the joy of it.
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May 7, 2021 03:43
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ro5s posted:Wealth? Keith's doing it for the joy of it. You seen the photos and videos of him lately? That is not a joyous man.
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May 7, 2021 03:47
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Yes but I think there is some emotion that takes the place of joy that he gets out of it. Same reason you become DPP. Like a sort of grim certainty that the world must be made worse and it must be right because if it wasn't then his entire life would have been a festering pustule of the arse of existence. If anybody would like something that isn't election to think about I recommend watching videos of a man pull leaves out of drains so they drain properly OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 03:53 on May 7, 2021 |
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Darth Walrus posted:https://twitter.com/samcoatessky/status/1390420142799134720?s=21 How the fucks he done that and got nothing to show
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There seems to be something in the culture that says "As inoffensive as possible, that's the key! Nothing too interesting, that might frighten someone." And every time they do this, and every time people say "What am I looking at? There's nothing there." and every time they come to the conclusion that something wasn't quite bland enough. Or perhaps they'll try something very slightly less dreary, but they'll do it so badly that nobody likes that either, so they'll go right back to saying we need something less interesting. I feel like some of these people talking about how electable Kier Starmer is are the same people who've been in charge of selecting the UK's Eurovision entry in years gone by. Trying to find the secret formula for the least offensive and most corporate-friendly product in order to appeal to a group of middle aged dullards who very deliberately won't be satisfied by any drat thing (rather than to teenage girls).
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Holy poo poo, these results  The Labour experiment of: "What would happen if we set out to appeal to absolutely nobody" is now presenting its conclusions! Chuka Umana posted:I mean Keir did his job in that he neutered any semblance of real opposition to neoliberal capitalism. He'll land a cushy six figure job after he's done with his destruction. What do you think: director on a privatized utility, or cushy thinktank position?
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Pistol_Pete posted:What do you think: director on a privatized utility, or cushy thinktank position? Probably some kind of police lobby / law and order think tank
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Jollity Farm posted:There seems to be something in the culture that says "As inoffensive as possible, that's the key! Nothing too interesting, that might frighten someone." And every time they do this, and every time people say "What am I looking at? There's nothing there." and every time they come to the conclusion that something wasn't quite bland enough. Or perhaps they'll try something very slightly less dreary, but they'll do it so badly that nobody likes that either, so they'll go right back to saying we need something less interesting. They are desperate for people to believe that they have values but equally desperate not to state any lest people object to them.
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OwlFancier posted:I don't think I trust burnham not to just windsock if given half a chance, but it will be curious to see how that works out for him. At least he can somewhat reliably tell which way the wind is blowing. endlessmonotony fucked around with this message at 04:07 on May 7, 2021 |
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Sanitary Naptime posted:
hello, a few thoughts on this. - congrats on the difficult decision to slim down - it makes perfect sense and im boosting the news of the patreon on all my social media - please distribute the first tranche of the patreon money (say, the first 1000 donations or £1000 worth) fairly among the original 'cast cast. i know s** really needs the money but is too proud to ask directly - a more diverse cast will get you more listeners AND revenue. you fulltimers appear to be five white blokes and while you might think the chemistry will suffer, its a great time to go broader. lets have a commitment to recruiting someone new by christmas at the latest
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Azza Bamboo posted:Let's say Labour slowly dies a permanent death, for the sake of discussion. Corbyn starts a new left party 
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This is an... interesting tweet for Zarah Sultana to like: https://twitter.com/berniceking/status/1390493005073813505?s=21
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Is there a meaning from it that I am not getting? Seems fairly on brand for her.
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Pistol_Pete posted:What do you think: director on a privatized utility, or cushy thinktank position? Consultant for a private military company. btw I can't believe Clegg got a job at Facebook and now lives in a mansion in Atherton California. Truly there's no repercussions for failure in politics.
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Bloke on Five Live claiming Labour lost Hartlepool because young people were confused about what they were voting for so didn’t vote lol
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OwlFancier posted:Is there a meaning from it that I am not getting? Seems fairly on brand for her. 'The work is strategic absence' stood out to me in the context of the locals.
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May 7, 2021 04:22
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Chuka Umana posted:Will Starmer resign? You don't stop strangling at the first sign of weakness. You keep going until the thing you're strangling is 100% dead. Starmer will sit on the party like an elephant for as long as physically possible
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Darth Walrus posted:'The work is strategic absence' stood out to me in the context of the locals. Maybe? Though given she was apparently campaigning today I don't know that it means that much. Strategic absence would be a campaign strike.
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So we have ten years of Starmer followed by ten years of Neil Kinnock's failson lol
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Breath Ray posted:- a more diverse cast will get you more listeners AND revenue. you fulltimers appear to be five white blokes and while you might think the chemistry will suffer, its a great time to go broader. lets have a commitment to recruiting someone new by christmas at the latest I think diversity representation is a goal to go for in terms of guests - it's not like this is the result of a recruitment process. E: Thought Elijah was still in the cast. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 04:39 on May 7, 2021 |
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Chuka Umana posted:Consultant for a private military company. Failure?!? He successfully neutered a progressive cohort of voters and worked tirelessly to preserve the status quo; he's now enjoying his well-earned reward!
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Chuka Umana posted:So we have ten years of Starmer followed by ten years of Neil Kinnock's failson lol And then Tony Blair’s son should be just about the right age to take the reins
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smellmycheese posted:And then Tony Blair’s son should be just about the right age to take the reins
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Bobby Deluxe posted:put the lathe down and back away slowly I've got it. "Now everyone will understand it's cooperation or death for our species." How's my driving?
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So what stage of pasokification are we on? Will the labour right be up for another round of: 'We gotta get more racist', or they gonna keep on keeping it bland. Tune in next time on, No Corbyns!
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Lol https://twitter.com/MirrorPolitics/status/1390511480483745794 It’s massive! https://twitter.com/SwainITV/status/1390511205597515781 smellmycheese fucked around with this message at 04:47 on May 7, 2021 |
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They lost under corbyn because of a combination of sabotage by the labour right at every turn, a universally hostile press, and in 2019 especially, because it turns out "traditonal labour voters" care more about brexit than they do anything else. They are losing under keir because he's a massive loving moron who has done absolutely nothing except vote for lovely legislation, alienate labour's left destroying their funding and campaigning base, and taken lots of pictures of himself drinking with flags in the background, and it turns out that the "traditional labour voters" he so desperately wants to chase are actually entirely politically aligned with the tories.
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Lol Scotlab are going to have a better night than the big party.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I recall James introducing themself as gender neutral way back in their first appearance?
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Reported to David Baddiel for calling a Jewish man white. ah bollocks, sorry david :goatee: underrepresented people need and deserve jobs and money rather than guest spots and exposure. at a time when pcast are organising, monetising and planning, i hope they make the right decision
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surf rock posted:How on earth does Labour keep losing even harder than the last time? Haven't they had leaders across the ideological spectrum at this point; wasn't this guy the anti-Corbyn? Are they just insanely incompetent at campaigning? Why vote for Sugar Free Tory?
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American checking in to say: lol at Keith and his gaggle of losers.
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There just isn't a future chasing the horrible old gits who make up the majority of voters in the horrible shithole towns up here. They're never going to vote for anything good because they don't want good things to happen, they are tories at heart and it's just taken them a while to realise.
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OwlFancier posted:They lost under corbyn because of a combination of sabotage by the labour right at every turn, a universally hostile press, and in 2019 especially, because it turns out "traditonal labour voters" care more about brexit than they do anything else. They are losing under keir because he's a massive loving moron who has done absolutely nothing except vote for lovely legislation, alienate labour's left destroying their funding and campaigning base, and taken lots of pictures of himself drinking with flags in the background, and it turns out that the "traditional labour voters" he so desperately wants to chase are actually entirely politically aligned with the tories. OwlFancier posted:There just isn't a future chasing the horrible old gits who make up the majority of voters in the horrible shithole towns up here. They're never going to vote for anything good because they don't want good things to happen, they are tories at heart and it's just taken them a while to realise. Starmer's also a boring oval office and most of the ppl they're chasing will genuinely probably be dead within 8 years by the looks of it whereas Corbyn had the support of young voters. Genuinely trying to get young ppl engaged seems a better strategy to me but I'm also just some muppet on the internet.
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