[Youngian]

In the case of the last two years Johnson really is the lesser of two evils - and I'm not saying that lightly.

About four months into the pandemic, I decided Corbyn was the lesser of two evils- and I’m not saying that lightly. He would have locked down more securely and quicker. And despite his brother, Jez wouldn’t have a gaggle of backbench libertarian loons breathing down his neck.

[RedSparrows]

Aye, I'd have preferred Jez of course.

Still would have thought he was an unimaginative dullard.

[Crabcakes]

About four months into the pandemic, I decided Corbyn was the lesser of two evils- and I’m not saying that lightly. He would have locked down more securely and quicker. And despite his brother, Jez wouldn’t have a gaggle of backbench libertarian loons breathing down his neck.

I'd like to believe that, but I genuinely don't know. Corbyn has history of supporting outright quackery such as homeopathy, he would have had Piers whispering in his ear, and would he have pushed quite as much funding to nasty big corporate pharma without hamstringing it with caveats about making everything public domain? I don't doubt he would have been better at PPE purchases, but he's *also* been caught having dinner parties, being maskless in cafes when sat with people he doesn't know and so on. And of course would he have been able to keep his eye on the ball and not drift off into e.g pet projects like worrying about sanctions against Israel for not giving enough doses to palestinian territories.

[Crabcakes]

apologies for typos - text entry windows have been going mad for me all morning

edit: fixed them now - is behaving on my phone!

[Tubby Isaacs]

[Youngian]

Crimeans have a perfectly strong case in international law to return to Russia, which is the wish of the majority. If the West and Kiev don’t like that fact then tough luck. It was only given to Ukraine via Soviet era eccentricity by Khrushchev. The point though is that made Putin’s invasion all the more obnoxious not a justification.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Have Stop the War made Crimea Russian on that map?

[The Weeping Angel]

Yes I believe they have.

[Cyclist]

Has he finally gained some awareness, or at least found an advisor with more than one functioning braincell?

Jeremy Corbyn has pulled out of a rally demanding Arab states halt 'normalisation' of relations with Israel after it was revealed it is sponsored by groups with links to Hamas and other terrorist organisations...


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... rally.html

[Crabcakes]

They probably refused his request that he be allowed to walk on stage to a recording of “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn”

[Crabcakes]

AMAZING

[The Weeping Angel]

You'd have to be really, really, really stupid to fall for that.

[mattomac]

God they are dumb.

[Oboogie]

AMAZING

A font spotter has pointed out that Netflix have scuffed up, that logo is the Brown era redesign, not the 1990s original.

[Cyclist]

I see Sir Keith is in trouble with Troo Laybor.

Young Labour took to their Twitter account today to criticise the Labour leader for his vocal support for Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) as over 130,000 Russian troops amass on the border with Ukraine ahead of a potential invasion in the coming days.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... raine.html

How dare the man who wants to be Britain's next prime minister side with Britain's allies against an unprovoked aggressor?

The worrying thing is, quite a few of these Young Labour members will never grow up and out of this simple-minded school politics.

[Youngian]

The worrying thing is, quite a few of these Young Labour members will never grow up and out of this simple-minded school politics.

Neither did the kids who rubbed the new boy’s face in the sand pit

[Nigredo]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/ ... st-retire/

Oh great, now I’m agreeing with The Maily Torygraph

[Youngian]

Aaron’s a property development specialist today (he’s commenting on Len’s £100m hotel which is currently worth £30m).

[The Weeping Angel]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... mg00000004

Sharon Graham, who became the union’s general secretary last August, ordered a QC-led inquiry into the project shortly after taking over from her predecessor, Len McCluskey.

HuffPost UK understands that Graham told a video call with Unite officials last week that an initial valuation of the hotel and conference centre had come in at £27m. A second valuation was then ordered, which puts its worth at £29m.

A union source said those on the call were left “shocked” by the figures.

The hotel project was built under the orders of McCluskey, who last year described it as a “sensible investment of members’ money, resulting in a world-class facility that will return an income for our union for generations to come”.

Another legacy of Len McCluskey,

[Abernathy]

McCluskey is fucking corrupt. Was it simply coincidence that a considerable proportion of the building contracts for this 100 million quid white elephant went to Merseyside firms that just happened to be owned and run by Laughing Len’s mates ?