“I take my responsibilities seriously. I did not lie” - UK politics June 23 on

I'm not a fan of Khan at all, but do respect his piss-boiling game today

Can't stand the little shit but he's up against all manner of racists, Islamophobes, conspiracy nuts and fascists.

one of the first things he did when elected as London Mayor was undermine the fuck out of Corbyn in his acceptance speech.

Oh aye his politics suck but fuck a fascist

https://x.com/Orwell_Fan/status/1786731983063695684

It's important to add some context to this, Sky News HQ is just a 13 minute drive from the West London Islamic Centre. https://t.co/yoCiknVG4l

— Simon Hedges (@Orwell_Fan) May 4, 2024

This thread is like an oasis reading the absolute bullshit in the US politics thread. Jfc.

I'm not a fan of Khan at all, but do respect his piss-boiling game today

Worth pointing out that winning London mayoral race by 10pts (Curtice projection) when your party is 26pts ahead nationally and 34pts ahead in your city (YouGov) would be an utterly awful performance.

— Robert Colvile (@rcolvile) May 4, 2024

yeah but Colvile's not a fash psycho he's a respectable journal constantly being platformed by some of the most respectable media outlets in the y'know what i'll shut up

the sky 'projection' of the local results to the general election seems to be pretty much nonsense, i wouldn't get your hopes up about labor failing to get a majority

Otm let’s not give Colvile any credit whatsoever. He’s a cunt.

"We stopped the Greens" https://t.co/F8BdnCaP36 pic.twitter.com/ug4tLd8mOG

— Alexander Louis Sallons (@sallonsax) May 4, 2024

Six months of this venal cunt left.

the sky 'projection' of the local results to the general election seems to be pretty much nonsense, i wouldn't get your hopes up about labor failing to get a majority

― ufo, Saturday, 4 May 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Please don't kill my hopes I already have none left

If yo think Labour will fail to get a majority there are still great odds on that if you want to back against it.

I think they'll probably get the majority but I don't think its the sure fire outcome its being presented as, and the odds to go against it were too good to pass up

Please don't kill my hopes I already have none left

Hey now, Suella Braverman is warning the Tories about the danger of losing the election to "Keir Starmer and his band of hard left radicals". You should be happy!

The "charisma of a peanut" diss is funny though. Looking forward to see where Kierndrick Stamarr takes this beef next.

(sorry)

I wonder if Natalie Elphick defecting to Labour means that she will be the Lab candidate in Dover and Deal at the election? NB the current Labour candidate for the seat is Mike Tapp, who has already been discussed on this thread

https://i.imgur.com/ZLzAryG.png

obviously Elphicke is terrible, but the leadership forcing this guy to step aside so that she can run in his place would be very funny, so I'm torn

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uploads/projects/1519493.jpg?1684407186

Testing Mike Tapp

Natalie Elphicke, who has just been welcomed to the Labour Party by Sir Keir Starmer, cruelly and publicly tormented the victims of her sex offender ex-husband Charlie.

She claimed ***after his conviction*** that he had merely been punished for being "attractive and attracted"…

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) May 8, 2024

fucking hell, there will actually be a more evil Labour MP than Rachel Reeves standing in the next GE. Didn't think that would be possible.

Isn't she a horrible racist right winger? Good job, Labour Party!

apparently she is not standing for re-election, so will only be sitting as a Lab MP for a few months at most, still seems questionable whether it's worth it for Labour, even if you're looking at it from a totally cynical pov

thanks kieth, very cool!

In recent weeks and months Natalie Elphicke has been speaking out in support of the Rwanda plan and attacking Labour for being an "open borders, pro-immigration" party. She's a nasty little racist and anyone celebrating that she's welcome in Labour is no progressive. pic.twitter.com/66CUG9CxNZ

— C (@Obseyxx) May 8, 2024

Yeah, but this is all before she had secret briefings with the leadership and they reassured her that in reality you can't get a rizla paper between labour and tory policy on this, so it's all good

Welcome, @Sir_Oswald_69, the new Labour MP for Warley. pic.twitter.com/neXfFXS0lB

— jewdⒶs // ייִדהודה (@jewdas) May 8, 2024

It's a big tent and you're not in it https://t.co/IcM0v6XsZB pic.twitter.com/b7DMPzXols

— Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives (@darren_cullen) May 8, 2024

Meanwhile...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/08/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-politics-monty-panesar-quits-workers-party-after-seven-days

in other news, transphobe and dinosaur disbeliever kate forbes has been elected deputy first minister

good luck scotland

people just don't want to work anymore xp

lol, Panesar talks like an ultra-naif 16 year old school kid. Try the Reform Party next, kidder. They must be good ppl if they want to reform!

Monty living up to his celeb university challenge reputation

"Every morning as I shave my head in the mirror, I have to pinch myself." - tory standing down from parliament letters with striking imagery

"I ask myself, 'Are you talking to me?'"

the tories need to start playing 5d chess and have truss 'defect to labour'

I believe Andrew Bridgen is available for defection too.

I heard Andy Burnham pleading with ppl not to make snap judgements about Elphick and listen to what she has to say first. Yeah sure, someone who voted to criminalise abortion in N Ireland and with a long public record of being a nasty piece of work shouldn't be judged until you hear her talking about her new-found concerns about the housing crisis.

Look it's obviously mad to make snap judgements based on years of voting patterns and public statements; much better to form a balanced and rational opinion based on what she's said in the 48 hours since a stunty political defection.

Andy Burnham: when you're more melty than fucking Mumsnet

I for one am glad every time Burnham reminds us that he is not in fact a dangerous radical who's too far left for the PLP

https://i.imgur.com/lmIIsIs.png

i'm sick of this shit, peanuts and crabs are both delicious and improve my life

the lettucification of british politics

crabs have more backbone than kieth

it seems a bit generous to compare a worthless piece of scum with a very characterful and tasty bottom feeding species.

evolution hasn't independently produced keir starmer five different times.

fucking hell

What a headline pic.twitter.com/0H2nQ9gHSN

— Taj Ali (@Taj_Ali1) May 12, 2024

the only rational explanation could be that Wes is an even bigger piece of shit than Suella Braverman

obviously the tories have spotted an opportunity and will love outflanking labour from the left over the next parliament ("unpatriotic labour doesn't want to feed our kids")