Labour Party discussion: "Shouting Starmer Starmer Starmer mega mega white man!"

[king_tubby]

Dig at the government over pubs opening which can be seen as a dig at Starmer's 'I agree with easing lockdown' stance.

I may be reaching, but this coupled with the week of silence...hmmm.

[pancreas]

nah, she's a sellout

[Buelligan]

IMO, silence is compliance.  It's violence.

[chveik]

too busy parading in her star wars shoes

[Buelligan]

Well, until we've all walked a day in her shoes, we'll never understand.  Not doing that, my walk to work's miles and miles, over rough ground.  And I had to climb an unsecured scaffold tower last week.  Like a rat up a drainpipe, I was, but not in those heels.

[Consignia]

good thread here
https://twitter.com/holski_beat/status/1278679703465922561

Brilliant reply to that thread:



I'm not even sure it's a joke.

[Sebastian Cobb]

lol yes I thought that was great too!

I actually posted a full-length grab of that and deliberately included it when I posted it to another forum. The resident centrists made a point of not finding it funny.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Nice joke.

Have to see it will be interesting to see how many of the centrists that called the left 'joyless die hards' etc cope with this sort of thing. Guessing not well. Guessing hanging off the 2019 result that they helped created through using Remain as a suicide bombing campaign.

[holyzombiejesus]

Pleased to see that Dodds was (tentatively) calling for a tax on the wealthy and bigging up the green deal today.

Christ, how sad that those crumbs are being fallen upon with such relief.

[BlodwynPig]

Pleased to see that Dodds was (tentatively) calling for a tax on the wealthy and bigging up the green deal today.

Christ, how sad that those crumbs are being fallen upon with such relief.

Too late...Boris calling No Deal a "good thing" today...spells the end of politics

[pigamus]

For five years you saw the argument over and over again that there was no going back to beige centrism, and that anybody who thought that was ever going to happen was deluding themselves. Seems like a cruel joke now.

[NoSleep]

A big disappointment.

[king_tubby]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-racist-sexist-whatsapp-messages-nec-a9600996.html

Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour's ruling committee after party defends 'racist, sexist and abusive' WhatsApp messages

[Sebastian Cobb]

As someone else pointed out, a lot of this seems to be down to ill-judged hubris.

[Buelligan]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-racist-sexist-whatsapp-messages-nec-a9600996.html

Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour's ruling committee after party defends 'racist, sexist and abusive' WhatsApp messages

Statement prepared by party lawyers said criticism was 'po-faced'...

That's a legal opinion, is it?  GTF.

[Sebastian Cobb]

[Buelligan]

2231 votes, that gets.  That would've won us the 2017 election if only Corbyn hadn't been so fucking po-faced.

[olliebean]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-racist-sexist-whatsapp-messages-nec-a9600996.html

Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour's ruling committee after party defends 'racist, sexist and abusive' WhatsApp messages

"These were messages exchanged between co-workers in the expectation that they would remain private and confidential and the tone of the language used reflects that."

Oh, so racist, sexist and abusive language in private is absolutely fine, then?

[NoSleep]

What's the word? It's on the tip of my tongue.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Oh, so racist, sexist and abusive language in private is absolutely fine, then?

I find it odd they were so comfortable using it. Not that they actually did it, that they thought they could do it without it occurring to them they might get grassed, as they themselves are snivelling grasses.

[olliebean]

I find it odd that the defence basically amounts to "It shouldn't be a problem that our people express utterly abhorrent opinions, as long as they only do so in private." With a sprinkling of "It's just banter, innit?" thrown in for good measure.

[Johnny Yesno]

I find it odd that the defence basically amounts to "It shouldn't be a problem that our people express utterly abhorrent opinions, as long as they only do so in private." With a sprinkling of "It's just banter, innit?" thrown in for good measure.

Obviously, we don't think that. We just hire lawyers that do.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I find it odd that the defence basically amounts to "It shouldn't be a problem that our people express utterly abhorrent opinions, as long as they only do so in private." With a sprinkling of "It's just banter, innit?" thrown in for good measure.

This from the same group that bought you Corbyn's mosque-based guilt by association.

[Johnny Yesno]

What's the word? It's on the tip of my tongue.

Tastebud?
Planer?
Cunt?

[NoSleep]

I find it odd that the defence basically amounts to "It shouldn't be a problem that our people express utterly abhorrent opinions, as long as they only do so in private." With a sprinkling of "It's just banter, innit?" thrown in for good measure.

Bantergate

[NoSleep]

It's actually the firmest evidence we have of institutional racism within the Labour Party if that's to be accepted as normal.

[Blinder Data]

2231 votes, that gets.  That would've won us the 2017 election if only Corbyn hadn't been so fucking po-faced.

Labour were a few thousand votes from having as many seats as the Tories, which I wouldn't describe as "winning" the election - "drawing", maybe. The Tories would've found a way to hold on anyhow.

[Johnny Yesno]

Labour were a few thousand votes from having as many seats as the Tories, which I wouldn't describe as "winning" the election - "drawing", maybe. The Tories would've found a way to hold on anyhow.

Oh, that's right because the damage these cunts did was exactly the difference between the loss we suffered and a hung parliament. Thanks for the insight, brainiac!

[NoSleep]

Labour were a few thousand votes from having as many seats as the Tories, which I wouldn't describe as "winning" the election - "drawing", maybe. The Tories would've found a way to hold on anyhow.

So that excuses them from sabotaging Labour's chances? And denigrating colleagues with abuse behind their backs? Who says Labour would have only drawn without these cunts wilfully assisting the Tories to a win (with the sole aim of ousting Corbyn)?

[Blinder Data]

Oh, that's right because the damage these cunts did was exactly the difference between the loss we suffered and a hung parliament. Thanks for the insight, brainiac!

My pleasure!

So that excuses them from sabotaging Labour's chances? And denigrating colleagues with abuse behind their backs? Who says Labour would have only drawn without these cunts wilfully assisting the Tories to a win (with the sole aim of ousting Corbyn)?

Pointing out that Labour were not a few thousand votes away from successfully forming a government after GE 2017 ≠ excusing Blairite wreckers