UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[GoTfan]

God Truss is having an awful media round on regional radio this morning.

There has been a reason she has been kept off the radio. It’s like Nicola Murray.

Hey, that's unfair to Nicola.

[GoTfan]

lmao this is like when the worst excesses of the Australian right try to make dumb American culture wars a thing

We're through the looking glass here, people.

I think that the concept of "cultural cringe" can now safely be retired by Australians.

We never had much of a sense of it, to be honest.

[GoTfan]

Gary Lineker is a complete moron whose opinions are uniformly trash but he absolutely has the right to say what he wants because he is a freelancer not an employee. Even if he wasn't he should still be allowed to run his mouth.

The right should bash him for his dumb comments but calling for his sacking is equally stupid.

Mock him, don't silence him.

The reality is of course that the reason this is happening is because it's within the interests of the Tories to keep small boats in the news and look tough by standing up to "liberal elite". And to be fair, it's working.

But it's still stupid.

Denying people access to slavery protections certainly doesn't make the comparison a terrible one, I have to say.

[GoTfan]

And now the BBC is deciding to suspend an episode from David Attenborough because they're worried about conservative backlash.

[GoTfan]

My main reaction to a quick look at today's front pages is a strong awakening of my normally latent republicanism.

The only reason I'd attend one of these allegiance swearing ceremonies is to blare "Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty Nonce" out of my phone at full volume.

[GoTfan]

How many are going to do it anyway? Contrary to what some parts of the media may have you believe, most Brits aren't staunch royalists. Most firmly support having a constitutional monarchy, but that's not the same thing.   

Obviously I'm not British, but I can imagine a fair bit of apathy regarding the monarchy. Speaking to my own opinion, between Prince Andrew and the endless tabloid offensives at Harry and Meghan, including that rather disgusting headline that claimed they were responsible for Elizabeth's death, I'm at my wit's end with all of them.

[GoTfan]

Harry and Meghan have been involved in a car crash..



...not serious it seems, or involving any major collisions. Imagine the conspiracy theories if it had been a fatal one.

Keep quiet, or the snipers will get you.

[GoTfan]

According to Sunak, walking to the shops is now woke.

[GoTfan]

I dunno, it feels like Ianucci's lost his touch with bringing this guy back.

[GoTfan]

What are the chances at the moment that Sunak's government even manages to limp to the scheduled timing of the 2024 election?

[GoTfan]

Well, as long as Liz's pork markets aren't in Downing Street, Dave's fine.

[GoTfan]

I think the Tories are operating on Scott Morrison Logic, which is never good for one's political health. Everyone thought 2021 would be the election out here, then all the scandals came out about Morrison's government and he decided to wait as long as he could in the hope the damage would be lessened.

[GoTfan]

Wasn't she seen as a Kinnockite (well, Soft Left anyway) candidate in the 1989 by-election? I think she always retained the troublemaking instincts of her IMG days. She nominated both John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership IIRC.

At the 2017 election she presented herself as a Corbynite fighting the Tory-lite Lib Dems. I think she still considers herself Labour inclined, but it’s hard to tell since her output seems to consist almost entirely of hard Brexit and hard unionism these days.

fetterman?

Tulsi Gabbard is the better parallel.

Mark Latham?