The Politics Thread 4

[DML]

Gammon is not common in lefties. Our diet of daily bs doesn't elevate blood pressure.

Aye, that is true.

You took an amusing self-deprecating joke and really sucked all that humour out. Well played I guess.

I think gammon maybe touching a nerve.

[Hypes]

Gammon is not common in lefties. Our diet of daily bs doesn't elevate blood pressure.

Aye, that is true.

You took an amusing self-deprecating joke and really sucked all that humour out. Well played I guess.

I think gammon maybe touching a nerve.

More likely an artery

[NickSCFC]

In Ireland we are having a referendum on the 25th of May to change our abortion laws. The Together For Yes campaign, who want the law changed, launched a crowfunding campaign yesterday with the intention to raise €50,000 to fund a poster campaign. They have currently raised over €334,000. This pleases me.

https://togetherforyes.causevox.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cf1


Just to be clear on this, there has to be a referendum in order to change the current law. It's a horrible situation and access to abortion shouldn't be decided in this way but it is the only way the law can be changed. If the referendum passes then it'll be the government's responsibility to legislate for access to abortion.

Sounds like this is going to be close but "Yes" seems to have the edge.

Ireland's come such a long way culturally and economically over the past couple of decades and this would be another big step forwards for them, hopefully Yes wins

[Moggy]

twitter.com/nadinedorries/status/998442691435401217

“If you are not white or were born abroad, then don’t criticise BE GRATEFUL”

[Squinty]

twitter.com/nadinedorries/status/998442691435401217

“If you are not white or were born abroad, then don’t criticise BE GRATEFUL”

Nadine Dorries in being a banana split shocker.

[KK]

Is it safe to be back on twitter? Have people- including royal wedding journalist junkies- run out of breath yet? Proof again that GB is an infantalized, escapist nation.

So what does that make all the other countries that tuned in...

[Vermilion]

I hate to say it, but Dorres had a point about being nice.

[Moggy]

I hate to say it, but Dorres had a point about being nice.

Really?

twitter.com/y_alibhai/status/998163371315941376

That tweet (whether you agree or not) hardly warrants a dog whistle “be nice and be grateful” response.

[Preezy]

She is tarring the whole nation with the same brush, to be fair. If you haven't got anything nice to say...

[Moggy]

She is tarring the whole nation with the same brush, to be fair. If you haven't got anything nice to say...

She’s not wrong. The UK is an infantalized, escapist nation. But I bet Dorres wouldn’t tell me to “appreciate” the country.

[Preezy]

She is tarring the whole nation with the same brush, to be fair. If you haven't got anything nice to say...

She’s not wrong. The UK is an infantalized, escapist nation. But I bet Dorres wouldn’t tell me to “appreciate” the country.

But I live in this nation and I'm not infantalised or escapist.

Now leave me alone so I can get back to playing BabySimulator 4 on my Switch

[Lotus]

The irony of complaining about infantile behaviour while being on twitter of all places.

[Moggy]

She is tarring the whole nation with the same brush, to be fair. If you haven't got anything nice to say...

She’s not wrong. The UK is an infantalized, escapist nation. But I bet Dorres wouldn’t tell me to “appreciate” the country.

But I live in this nation and I'm not infantalised or escapist.

And that would be a perfectly acceptable reply.

Telling non-white people to be grateful or that they should appreciate the country is not.

[Moggy]

Apparently Ken “Hitler” Livingstone has resigned from the Labour party.

[That]

Telling non-white people to be grateful or that they should appreciate the country is not [acceptable].

Agreed. A small step away from "IF THEY DONT LIKE IT SEND EM BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM".

[Tafdolphin]

Apparently Ken “Hitler” Livingstone has resigned from the Labour party.

twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/998606134939410437

twitter.com/Tafdolphin/status/998608877318008833

(Am proud of that analogy)

[Garth]

After much consideration, I have decided to resign from the Labour Party.

The ongoing issues around my suspension from the Labour Party have become a distraction from the key political issue of our time – which is to replace a Tory government overseeing falling living standards and spiralling poverty, while starving our schools and the NHS of the vital resources they need.

We live in dangerous times and there are many issues I wish to speak up on and contribute my experience from running London to, from the need for real action to tackle climate change, to opposing Trump’s war-mongering, to the need to end austerity and invest in our future here in Britain.

I do not accept the allegation that I have brought the Labour Party into disrepute – nor that I am in any way guilty of anti-Semitism. I abhor antisemitism, I have fought it all my life and will continue to do so.

I also recognise that the way I made a historical argument has caused offence and upset in the Jewish community. I am truly sorry for that.

Under Labour’s new General Secretary I am sure there will be rapid action to expel anyone who genuinely has antisemitic views.

I am loyal to the Labour party and to Jeremy Corbyn. However any further disciplinary action against me may drag on for months or even years, distracting attention from Jeremy’s policies.

I am therefore, with great sadness, leaving the Labour Party.

We desperately need an end to Tory rule, and a Corbyn-led government to transform Britain and end austerity. I will continue to work to this end, and I thank all those who share this aim and who have supported me in my own political career.

http://kenlivingstone.net/2018/05/state ... vingstone/

[Hexx]

Why exactly is Corbyn being blamed?

[Moggy]

Why exactly is Corbyn being blamed?

Hitler.

[Lex-Man]

Why exactly is Corbyn being blamed?

He's basically said that it's sad to see Livingstone go, which is considered inappropriate as Livingstone is being investigated for anti-antisemitism.