urban.spaceman

Poor old Tommeh is having a rough time in solitary. I mean... He quite literally requested that he go in solitary confinement but that's not the point. He shouldn't even be in jail in the first place. I mean... He quite literally pleaded guilty to his crime despite taking hundreds of thousands in donations for his legal defence, but that's not the point. He shouldn't even have been on trial in the first place. I mean... He was only on trial because a judge explicitly told him he would be on trial if he screened a film repeating his baseless lies against a Syrian child refugee, but that's not the point. I guess what I'm getting at is that Tommy Robinson is a ****ing idiot and deserves everything he's getting.

Second series of The Undeclared War coming soon! https://www.instagram.com/p/DF-ekJ-sdzv/?igsh=bWNmY2thd3ozMWxu

Good. Nobody should buy a Swasticar.

He’s one of our own

Vance: Free speech is in retreat in Europe. Trump administration: Associated Press is now banned from the White House indefinitely because they referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of Mexico. They’re ****ing psychopaths.

Which is fine, they're only 7 months in and are still getting the unpopular decisions done. None of their policies have really taken effect yet - it will be a couple of years before people notice a real improvement. It also doesn't help when we had racist riots incited by the likes of Farage and Oaskeshott just a few weeks after the election, or confected media 'scandals' like the donations nonsense; the mostly Tory owned media has been an utter disgrace. The next election isn't for another 4 and a half years, by which time the approval rating will swing right back up.

Ban Americans from owning football teams? Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal would be ****ed. Which would be nice.

I love how "going through people's lies and pointing out where they're wrong" has now become "drinking the koolaid". In fairness 14 years living under the Tories felt like 40 ****ing years so I can forgive her for rounding up a bit from 2 (or 4) decades ago. This is hardly the scandal of the century, is it? Especially when the current Leader of the Opposition openly admitted to committing an ACTUAL CRIME by hacking a political rival's website.

I was going to reply immediately but then I went to see The Brutalist which is roughly 17 hours long.

They said very explicitly in their manifesto that they were not going to raise these taxes on working people: Income tax National Insurance VAT They have kept that promise. From the manifesto: Supporting British farmers Labour recognises that food security is national security. That is why we will champion British farming whilst protecting the environment. We will set a target for half of all food purchased across the public sector to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. We will introduce a land-use framework and make environment land management schemes work for farmers and nature. And we will work with farmers and scientists on measures to eradicate Bovine TB, protecting livelihoods, so that we can end the ineffective badger cull. Which they're doing. Which they're doing - do you really think it's possible to do such a thing in just 7 months given the state of things left behind by the Tories? From the manifesto: Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy. Which they're doing. There was no promise to WASPI women in the manifesto. See #3. They said they wouldn't change council tax bands. They're not changing council tax bands. Sure you didn't pull them from somewhere else? Alleged lies, which Reeves has denied and explained as an administrative error by her team. The fact we've gone from "Prime Minister promoting a man who knew was a sex offender then lying about knowing that he was a sex offender", or "Home Secretary who had to resign because she'd sent official government emails to her own personal unsecure email account, is rehired a week later by a different PM" or "MP gives out fellow MPs personal phone numbers after being caught in honeytrap scandal" or "Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Personal Private Secretary, Secretary of State for Scotland & 7 Met Police members of his security team caught placing bets on the date of the General Election when they had insider knowledge"'; to: "Rachel's done a typo", suggests to me they're making progress.

I’m literally adding extra lies to my CV as we speak.

You’re not seriously comparing an alleged CV discrepancy to a Prime Minister breaking his own law repeatedly then lying about it to the public, the police and in the Commons repeatedly for months on end?

FTFY

Many of those I mentioned had little to no relevant experience before becoming chancellor and none of them faced this level of scrutiny. One was involved in a deal that bankrupted RBS which Labour had to bail out during a global financial crisis; his wife was later found to be avoiding tax for years; his government also negotiated government deals favourable to her father's businesses; not to mention billions spent on dodgy PPE, VIP lanes, track and trace; the writing off of billions in COVID fraud. Another avoided tax then negotiated a deal with the HMRC while he was chancellor. Another crashed the economy in one afternoon. It's not being tetchy for wanting a basic level of accountability. Some of these people, as well as Johnson, should absolutely be in prison.

Wonder who's to blame for that?

Oh look she's growing the economy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg4enkr3lo

If only we'd had this much scrutiny on the economic credentials of Hunt, Kwarteng, Zahawi, Sunak, Javid; some of whom should be in actual prison.

I would make a prediction and say 'bookmark this' but we all know this thread will never survive until 2029

April 18th 2021.

Here's one for you

Literally all Starmer has to do after one of her questions is stand up and say this: And it would be factually true. Every ****ing time.

Badenoch: Asks a question Starmer: Answers the question Bqdenoch: Mr Speaker Mr Speaker he didn’t answer the question!

A private, unelected citizen interrupting a President in an interview in the Oval Office, stood behind the resolute desk while his son wiped his bogies on it.