[Abernathy]

Will be interesting to hear Squealer’s take on Scottish independence. NOT.

[davidjay]

Will be interesting to hear Squealer’s take on Scottish independence. NOT.

Column one: Why St Jeremy would have given Scotland independence.
Column two: Why Starmer won't.
Column three: See column one.

[davidjay]

As we used to say, 'e's off his fuckin' 'ead with this one:

[The Weeping Angel]

[Youngian]

It’s not the Tories threatening SNP seats. Do they pay Jones money for his column?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Does he even support independence? I didn't think he did, but he'll doubtless decide that the UK is broken by austerity or something, so start doing so.

[The Weeping Angel]

Let's see how his all out fight against anti-semiitsm is going.

[The Weeping Angel]

What a twat

This is Fania's response btw

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Man's a cunt.

[Abernathy]

Squealer has finally fucked off out of the Labour Party. Took him long enough. He really cannot stomach the thought of a non-crank Labour Party actually being about to win power.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... g-32405146

Owen Jones quits Labour with scathing Keir Starmer attack claiming 'the party's over'

[Yug]

He's absolutely right. The party is over. The wankers have had their fun, now they can fuck off.

[davidjay]

The rat's joining the sinking ship.

[Bones McCoy]

The rat's joining the sinking ship.

Is he throwing in with George "The Hat" Galloway, and his scruffy* band of socially conservative contrarians.

* Scruffy: to distinguish themselves form the RCP turned libertarian suit wearers who publish Spiked!

[Andy McDandy]

All subsets of "People who corner you at student parties and try to pull you by telling you how much cleverer they are than you".

You can experience the feeling of being one of these people by doing the following (courtesy, S. Lee and R. Herring):grinning:

1. Say to someone "Name something you think I wouldn't like".
2. Listen to what the person says, such as "I expect you're not a fan of the comedy routines of Jim Davidson".
3. Say to the person, "Aaaah, no! You're wrong! I love the comedy routines of Jim Davidson! I think he's really good and have all of his adult pantos and Big Break trick shot compilation tapes featuring John Virgo dressed as a genie!".
4. The person, having had their expectations confounded by you, will be surprised by your intelligence and insight, and will want to do a sex with you.

[Killer Whale]

Nice flounce, fair play.

[Tubby Isaacs]

In 2019, I was in a safe seat (Labour). A friend of mine was in another safe seat (Labour). Both of us withheld support for Labour. I went Lib Dem, my friend went Green. We'd have both rather had a Labour option we liked, but we got over it, and chose parties who (in their 2019 manifestos) reflected our different politics.

I mean, yeah, vote for who you like. It's up to you. FPTP is shit, but even in England, there's a decent range of people to vote for. Pick one. And get over it.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is a good point.

The world moves on, people move on, party support evolves. In the 80s, lots of people who had voted Labour decided to vote for the Alliance or the Tories- what was in their bones was less clear, and didn't matter anyway. Labour adapted andn a load of new people started supporting Labour, and some elections were won, and some were lost. That's the way it goes.

The SNP have picked up a lot of support in the last decade or so. Do the more longstanding supporters play the "bones" card on the newer ones? I doubt it very much, apart from the tiny number who've joined Alba. This is the political equivalent of "I was there when we played Welling away on a Tuesday night", isn't it?

[Andy McDandy]

An old history lecturer of mine (who was from Baltimore) used to say that he was a greater patriot than any Briton - "I chose to live here, you had no choice".

[The Weeping Angel]

I guess his like his all out fight against anti-semitism Owen went missing in action.

[Crabcakes]

Again, Corbyn is Trump with the polarities switched about. You throw in your lot with him, and you’re condemned to becoming ever more extreme and isolated, supporting ever more absurd views, and painting anyone not like yourself as either an insane extremist or the complete opposite of what they really are. Or both.

Jones is well on the way to a GB News slot as their token leftie who will obediently slag off the incoming Labour govt. for pennies while being a useful idiot they can point to and say they aren’t biased.