#671

No, I have seen In The Loop, don’t recall this though. About to dive in.

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#672

The Sun is outraged by Corbyn’s latest idea:

https://twitter.com/chris_coltrane/status/849899307541114881

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#673
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#674

I really feel like Adam Bienkov should have a new profile picture. That one is excessively smug and affects how I read the Tweets in my head.

#675

Hapless socialist :smiley:

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#676

Free school lunches

  • Finally, Corbyn’s getting on with it
  • Shit idea, never work
  • Unelectable

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#677

Seems that in launching a solid policy with good outcomes, with a popular revenue-raising stream with good PR attached generates Corbyn notable amounts of positive media coverage. Who knew.

#678

See also: National Insurance rises for the self-employed.

“Hang on a minute I thought you were going to tax OTHER people”

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#679

‘positive media coverage’

LOL

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#680

Got pretty decent coverage from what I could tell. Bit of negative comment about the efficacy of the policy also but, y’know.

What more do you want?

#681

I’d say about 80% of the coverage was negative. A lot of it from the right-wing media was screamingly reactionary. A lot of it from the so-called ‘liberal’ press was so badly researched that it was laughable.

#682

The BBC coverage last night was appalling - they spent more time interviewing private school parents who complained about how they could barely afford private schools, than talking to the families of children who would guaranteed good lunches every day.

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#683

I DID notice that the Guardian didn’t run with it on their home page. At least not when I checked, might have done before/after.

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#685

Heard this, fucking ridiculous lack of balance. Do they think that kind of thing is going to stop them being privatised in a few years time?

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#686

And yesterday morning, too:

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#687

Fucking state of this. Considering Murdoch will almost certainly own them within 10 years, the Beeb really should stop sucking the Tories off.

#688

Also the phrase “hard working families/people/parents etc” is almost as bad as Brexit in terms of shitty newspeak the Tories have infected the national discourse with since 2010.

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#689

It could be worse. We could be referring to them as “alarm clock Britain” if Nick Clegg had his way. Say what you like about his decision making in between 2010 and 2015, but that’s by far his worst crime.

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#690

Uh-huh.