It's wild really the people ostensibly on the left are like: "If a left wing politician can't avoid being attacked by the British media they shouldn't be in politics" and then a week later every British journalist is saying some variation of "miss u fascist paedophile, gone too soon."
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On the plus side, anyone modernising Dickens has a great example of how the villains would talk today.
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈Blaming this on villainous far-away capitalists is what the kids call “cope.”
Say what you will about Michael Moore but in Stupid White Men nearly 30 years ago he made the point that the only way problems will get addressed, the only way the marginalised will get support, is if powerful white men experience those problems directly.
Lewis GoodallLong covid is a disputed subject, at best.
"You have to be polite to us while we kill you" at this point seems inadequate, too generous to Comfortables. They'll openly talk in favour of mass murder for the most minor of benefits to themselves and then be so cross when the peasants say they don't want to be slaughtered.
Lamentably AwakeComfortables: "Asking me to play word puzzles in a way that doesn't actively boost transphobia is absurdly unreasonable." Also Comfortables: "Killing a few hundred thousands people to avoid inconveniencing my social life is fine and good actually."
It is "funny" that Le Conte will claim Bluesky is a hivemind when it disagrees with her but was more than happy to take all the likes from her fellow liberals on here when she stated she prefers interacting with fascists to the left online.
LiLBazSensibles love to bullshit themselves that their both siding & just asking questions is some kind of ideology free neutral truth seeking. But we've seen exactly how this plays out for eg immigrants, the racialised, & trans people: every time, it strengthens the hand of far right crackpots
This would be a lot more convincing argument if Goodall and all his chums weren't complete supporters of austerity who will absolutely support Burnham's looming patriotic austerity. Lockdowns were inconvenient for them, that's the only reason why they're critical.
Lewis GoodallThere are working class and vulnerable kids who will never have the life they should have had because of school closures. Let’s address that too, shall we?
As I've said before, it truly is wild that sitting cabinet members, including until a couple of weeks ago the *justice* minister, can be officially friends of an entity openly committing genocide without any questions being raised.
#StupidSuezYesterday the Labour Friends of Israel resurfaced from the dead and released a "new report" which urges the Andy Burnham government to not impose a comprehensive ban on trade with Israeli settlement goods and services because.......this would "become a de facto boycott of all of Israel". Oh really?
Quoting for alt text. It is worth noting that if any other nation's leader made this claim it would be greeted by outrage across the political spectrum. In both the US political and media classes there is a unique tolerance and indulgence of Israel.
Justin Jest@haaretzcom.bsky.social