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Starmer VIII: Labour will set you free

Started by pancreas, March 16, 2022, 08:54:56 AM

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Daniel

Quote from: king_tubby on April 14, 2022, 07:32:12 PMI thought that was against The Rules?

Only if you stood against Labour from the left.

Johnny Yesno

Quote from: Bobloblawslawbomb on April 14, 2022, 05:16:21 PMhttps://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1514568053534740486?s=20

My favourite 'this you?' of all time. Someone who stood as a tory in 2019, now one of labours #futurecandidates, lecturing the left on holding their noses to vote for Keith. Incredible stuff.

What does Brown's tweet say? He's limited who can see it.


jobotic

Remember that austerity lovin' Tory MP who crossed the floor into Keith's welcoming arms?

What a coup that was. He ever said a word about anything since?

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Johnny Yesno on April 15, 2022, 10:03:21 AMWhat does Brown's tweet say? He's limited who can see it.

QuoteKeep going round the houses here with tired, well-worn lines. Do you want 12 more years of Conservatives or do you want a Labour back in power? That's the choice we have, no matter how we dress it up.

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514210763983966210

idunnosomename

Quote from: Johnny Yesno on April 15, 2022, 10:03:21 AMWhat does Brown's tweet say? He's limited who can see it.
hes blocked the account, indeed everyone who qt'd this, so i think it's this one

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514201579804663814

He subsequently has a bit of a meltdown defending himself against accounts called DOG_LOVER69 and came out with this pearler

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514601254902657036

Edit well if not those tweets are still damning for what a cunt he is

Buelligan

Deary, deary, me.  What a terribly silly man.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: idunnosomename on April 15, 2022, 11:41:47 AMhes blocked the account, indeed everyone who qt'd this, so i think it's this one

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514201579804663814

He subsequently has a bit of a meltdown defending himself against accounts called DOG_LOVER69 and came out with this pearler

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514601254902657036

Edit well if not those tweets are still damning for what a cunt he is

It's the one I posted, twitter hides the original tweet but (inconsistently you need to click through to the actual tweet on the timeline) leaks the original url when the quotee blocks the quoter.


Buelligan

I love this idea!  He was tory, is Labour, that doesn't matter though, not really

What matters is he's a great person and should definitely be speaking for us, running our lives and he illustrates this by winning twitter!  Bravo.

idunnosomename

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on April 15, 2022, 12:37:24 PMIt's the one I posted, twitter hides the original tweet but (inconsistently you need to click through to the actual tweet on the timeline) leaks the original url when the quotee blocks the quoter.

yeah ive seen that, couldnt get it to work in this case. Really is a cunts trick blocking everyone who QTs you

Johnny Yesno

Thanks seb and idunno. There's this as well:

Quote from: Mark Brown @markdeanbrownReplying to @theangelremiel, @drunpleasant and @BNHWalker

You're right about 2019. I deeply regret anything I did to enable Tories. If I had been elected I would have resigned. But I wasn't and my opponent brought me into Labour where I'm campaigning to get Labour back in power.

2:35 pm · 14 Apr 2022

https://twitter.com/markdeanbrown/status/1514598166984740868

My god, what an absolute throbber. As someone else in that thread pointed out, who's going to vote for the guy who claims he stood as an MP for the wrong party by mistake?

Johnny Yesno

And how is this even allowed under the Labour party rules, which, if you remember, don't allow members to publicly state they previously supported another organisation, such as the Foo Fighters?

SpiderChrist

QuoteReplying to @theangelremiel, @drunpleasant and @BNHWalker

You're right about 2019. I deeply regret anything I did to enable Tories. If I had been elected I would have resigned. But I wasn't and my opponent brought me into Labour where I'm campaigning to get Labour myself back in power.

2:35 pm · 14 Apr 2022

Buelligan

Quote from: Johnny Yesno on April 15, 2022, 02:46:20 PMAnd how is this even allowed under the Labour party rules, which, if you remember, don't allow members to publicly state they previously supported another organisation, such as the Foo Fighters?

Heheh.  Because nothing matters any more Johnny.  Reality is what you make of it.

Apparently Taylor Hawkins is planning a comeback tour.

Buelligan

Quote from: idunnosomename on April 15, 2022, 11:41:47 AMHe subsequently has a bit of a meltdown defending himself against accounts called DOG_LOVER69...

Say what you like about Ian Austin, he has disturbingly edgy sense of humour.

Johnny Yesno

This is worth a watch:

Something Sinister is Happening in the Labour Party | Aaron Bastani meets Len McCluskey | Downstream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_y5cIZsr1g

Posters who were talking about Miliband upthread might be interested in this bit: https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1542

Anyone who is still kicking themselves for voting for Tom Watson to be deputy leader might feel better after watching this bit (although, as has been pointed out before, the alternatives were terrible): https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1835

Buelligan

I am about to watch that now, really been looking forward to it.

Martin Van Buren Stan

Quote from: Johnny Yesno on April 16, 2022, 12:09:04 AMThis is worth a watch:

Something Sinister is Happening in the Labour Party | Aaron Bastani meets Len McCluskey | Downstream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_y5cIZsr1g

Posters who were talking about Miliband upthread might be interested in this bit: https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1542

Anyone who is still kicking themselves for voting for Tom Watson to be deputy leader might feel better after watching this bit (although, as has been pointed out before, the alternatives were terrible): https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1835

God he talks slowly. I've never used the increase speed function but I'm tempted.

Johnny Yesno

Quote from: Martin Van Buren Stan on April 17, 2022, 08:31:22 PMGod he talks slowly. I've never used the increase speed function but I'm tempted.

I guess if that's your only criticism, he must be pretty sound. And if you're in a rush, there's no kudos to be gained by only using 1x speed. No munchkinisation either. Knock yourself out.

shoulders

Quote from: Martin Van Buren Stan on April 17, 2022, 08:31:22 PMGod he talks slowly. I've never used the increase speed function but I'm tempted.

... What?! It's a considered man talking at normal pace.

Martin Van Buren Stan

Quote from: shoulders on April 17, 2022, 08:43:01 PM... What?! It's a considered man talking at normal pace.

Really? That's good to know. I've been trying to teach myself to speak more slowly lately and I'm self conscious that I'll be too slow. Probably why I was so aware of it.

Johnny Yesno

You've been listening to too much hyperpop ;-) I can relate. Thrash jazz and picopop did the same thing to me.

Fambo Number Mive

Labour's latest campaiging idea for the local elections: https://twitter.com/JoeCoxEastLDN/status/1516047839738085381

Quote@JoeCoxEastLDN
Given were in the middle of a household debt crisis I sincerely hope Labour aren't posting envelopes through people's doors with 'final demand' stamped on them 🙄


Buelligan

Why don't they just send everyone a turd with Keith's face on it and a can of Shinola?

Pink Gregory

FUCK me

just zero empathy displayed at all times


wrec


greencalx

Strewth! There's someone that likes to use lots of words. Some quite good points made, if you can get through the words.

pancreas

Quote from: Johnny Yesno on April 16, 2022, 12:09:04 AMThis is worth a watch:

Something Sinister is Happening in the Labour Party | Aaron Bastani meets Len McCluskey | Downstream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_y5cIZsr1g

Posters who were talking about Miliband upthread might be interested in this bit: https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1542

Anyone who is still kicking themselves for voting for Tom Watson to be deputy leader might feel better after watching this bit (although, as has been pointed out before, the alternatives were terrible): https://youtu.be/W_y5cIZsr1g?t=1835

Mainly good. But some big reservations.

For someone who is such a self-confessed sibyl, I find it odd that McCluskey doesn't take the opportunity to do a bigger shit on Rayner. She so very clearly deserves it. People here will remember the evidence. Indeed, all the criticisms of Miliband would surely apply equally to her. He should say it, since it's: a) obvious; b) central to the tenet of the judicious use of political nous that he advances.

Furthermore: why do the pair of them—McCluskey and Bastani—refuse to mention the words 'Sharon Graham', despite talking about the gains that Unite has recently been making. Does it not occur to them that erasing the name of the current female leader of McCluskey's union might reasonably be characterised as patriarchal?

Martin Van Buren Stan

As Bastani said on twitter (when someone challenged him for not mentioning antisemitsm) the interview lasted 3 hours but was edited down to 90 minutes

Johnny Yesno

In that case, it is odd that nothing about Sharon Graham made the edit. In an interview discussing political fuck-ups, you'd think that the nearly catastrophic fuck-up of the Unite leadership election would have been mentioned.