#1847

more incredibly weird stuff about Durham Miners Gala. People really have a hard time not finding increasingly weird ways to attack left wing events. seems like people have latched onto being weird about it so there’ll probs be loads more of this until the event is destroyed. Remember when it was a gathering of racists? WEIRD

#1848

Think it says a lot about the Tory mindset that they achieve this incredible, floor-sweeping electoral victory that gives them everything they ever wanted, pure unregulated power across the whole country to enact wild, ambitious evil on a scale never before seen, and within a month they’re whining about the BBC and the fucking Durham Miner’s Gala not being for them.

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#1849

Think there’s a tangential lesson in there about conceding to the right, which is do it as little as you can, because whatever you give them will not make them happy. Nothing will actually make them happy.

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#1850

Michael Moore has a lot of flaws but I remember in his book Stupid White Men from the early 2000s he quotes a friend who says the Republicans should be happy they control everything but instead they’re still pissing and moaning. These people always need something to complain about

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#1851

Isn’t this what underlies all of this fucking stupid Brexiteer shit, in that they can never be satisfied and the battle is never won for them, because there’s always people to shit on, always other minorities, always people who don’t share their precious values, always people who think that it might be worth acknowledging other people than just cosseted white folks, and so they can piss and moan forever in a sort of carnival shooting gallery of targets. Intolerance is never, ever satisfied. Bastards.

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#1852

I for one am SHOCKED

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#1853

And somehow instead of fury at the Tories it will still be Labour’s fault, for forcing the North to shoot itself by making them believe right wing populist ideology for a bit

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#1854

I’m guessing they’ve probably still got Labour councils, so of course it will be Labour’s fault.

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#1855

‘centrist’

#1856

Why are you surprised though? We live in a ‘small c’ conservative country so the electorally successful right wing party always, always frames their policies as common sense, moderate and consensus and their outriders back them up. The left can do the same thing any time they want to.

#1857

Holy shit, we were wondering what the solution was and you’ve gone and cracked it

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#1858

It’s not the solution it’s entry level political messaging, but you still seem surprised by it so I thought’ I’d clarify.

For the record, I think there are plenty of the Corbyn left who wouldn’t reframe their message as common sense even if it guaranteed the next election. Hence all the distrust of everyone up to and including RLB, which led to people trying to run Ian fucking Lavery.

#1859

perfect summary of politics in 2020

a study funded by the home office and the EU says that the approach taken by the home office is shit, but clearly they won’t change approach, and this won’t get reported very widely

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#1860

Wonder if dapper laughs is planning on a mainstream comeback? I think he’s probably alright for cash with instagram videos etc but that fox weirdo would presumably be ok for cash too :man_shrugging:

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#1861

was thinking about dapper laughs the other day, actually.

#1862

A true culture wars trailblazer o7

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#1864

I thought Emily Maitlis wouldn’t ever top that interview, and then she went and took down Prince Andrew

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#1865

I forgot about brexit again

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#1866

It’s okay, it’ll be done in five days, nothing more to worry about. Set course for the sunlit uplands!

#1867

Can’t wait to meet our new returned fish friends