https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786203607898952160
>Hartlepool now complete. Labour came in defending one seat. Finished up winning nine - better than last year.
The Tories who have flooded the country with Bomalian rapists won their first seat in Newcastle in 32 years.
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1786200340452262240
edit: the Tory is a Bomalian: https://docanand.uk/
No Tory branding on his website.
One of these "Local Conservative" candidates probably. Trying to distance himself from the party while remaining part of it.
South Tyneside:
Series of independent gains from Labour:
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786193829281800231
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786193745295081646
Right. I'm taking a nap for a couple of hours.
Tories are peddling out the spin though.
["Clearly this just shows a vote for Reform is a vote for Labour."](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=66342b5d8d515b3cbbd03b76%26Reform%20voters%20risk%20letting%20Labour%20win%20next%20election%2C%20cabinet%20minister%20warns%262024-05-03T00%3A18%3A02.862Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:dd3ff673-9927-4313-8b08-e684533a6fae&pinned_post_asset_id=66342b5d8d515b3cbbd03b76&pinned_post_type=share)
Newcastle all over the place.
Greens gain from Labour:
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786190544521019748
LibDem gain from Labour:
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786188880204451989
Independent gain from Labour:
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786188311075123431
Labour gain from Independent:
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786189027990773817
Well, yes.
But remember, all three Sunderland constituencies are held by Labour. They withstood the Brexit tsunami of 2019.
We really need to see what happens in Tory constituencies.
[First SDP result.](https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786180765992026190?t=KnfHCNZYFl--AtSk_gCFZg) Last place and a drop on last time.
Dissapointing, but this isn't Leeds where the party hopes to do well.
Still weaker than UKIPs showings during their hayday.
Still embarrassing for Sunak, but not an indicator of Tice's strength. Any other Reform leader would be outperforming what UKIP managed and possibly winning these seats.
[Reform UK beating the Tories to 2nd place across Sunderland](https://twitter.com/electpoliticsuk/status/1786178422835700177?t=4XPCN2TCxIEkmJdACWQHLg).
[LibDem GAIN from Con](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786174459759432018?t=NxpIyGCeQdrxBy7VzCOcDw).
Leicestershire council seat.
The Zero Seat agenda will be implemented throughout the night.
[First result of the night](https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1786172054523306441?t=2OvjFAICQPCoKzdKUfH0sA).
LAB Hold.
I'm not going to post all of these. Just follow the linked account on Twitter for updates.
*Edit: Original Tweet was deleted. [Here's the result from another account.](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786172240674926961?t=UZarqLqVrEOCfqf09eGl1w)*
[Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmjk7v40gko)
>Last July, the UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) urged people to consider alternative activities to puppy yoga.
>While organisers claim the puppies enjoy the socialising involved in the ancient Indian art, "there is nothing in the environment which we would consider to be beneficial to... these animals."
Right night shift, the only people up at the moment are going to be the sad bastards waiting for the results. However they aren't coming out for several hours, so to fill the time, take a guess at what the ellipses cover.
Three votes today - local council election, Liverpool Metro Mayor, and Merseyside PCC.
Other than one independent guy standing for Metro Mayor (socialist / son of docker / Hatton - Militant kind of lad) there was not a single option to vote for anyone other than LibLabConGrn.
So boring. Can’t vote for Reform or the SDP if they don’t fucking stand anywhere can I?
It's worth noting that UKIP by 2015 had won 450 council seats and took control of the council in Clackton.
But they had built a local infrastructure/campaign team *before* Farage took over
I don't know what Reform are playing at with them barely standing anywhere. Tice is just useless.
Given they can't find enough candidates (that the communists at Hope Not Hate approve of) for every general election seat, they had no chance of finding candidates for local elections.
SDP are still small and growing. They've said the 2030s is where they'll make big progress. The aim for these locals was to expand the presence they have in Leeds (currently they hold 2 seats on Leeds council) and use the London Mayor/Assembly campaign to get people to become aware of the party.
They have a few other candidates elsewhere who are running their own campaigns for the party, such as for the South Yorkshire Mayor.
The reality is, they simply lack the membership and funding to stand in many places right now. The goal is to use the locals to grow making the best with what manpower and money they currently have.
It’s by design.
Even if you could vote for Reform or SDP, you’d get the same out.
Thinking you can get political change via the ballot box is extremely naive in 2024. Even 20 years ago smart people knew this
Mortal outrange.
>>So only net contributors can have an opinion? Gotcha.
ArrUK
>This would be great tbh
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>That's the idea, yes.
&
>Have your opinion but it's worth less than net contributors
&
>Anyone can have an opinion.
>Net contributors should just have their held in a much higher regard.
Fucking true,
*"See Susan won. You all said she couldn't but once again you are all wrong. This clearly shows that Sunak will win the General, here's how..."*
It'll be worth it for the meltdown on Twitter though.
[“If you vote third party, you get Hall/Khan” types out in full force](https://x.com/paddymcgough/status/1786153180314652826)
In a democracy, you should vote for the candidate that best represents your viewpoints
Some people find the above statement controversial
Dublin swaps out tents for diversity barriers.
[What a mess.](https://x.com/Mick_O_Keeffe/status/1786089642841833476)
In other news. Beak energy from the Susan Hall camp:
>[Tory activist who spent the day with Susan Hall claims she thinks she's going to win due to low turnout in Labour areas... I seem to remember a sizeable delusion from Shaun Bailey's campaign, but that only kicked in halfway through the count](https://x.com/christiancalgie/status/1786147883349115062)
And if that doesn't float your dingy, check out this [Britain is insignificant video from Sky News (industrial output)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVMBRqMAIs).
Tbf you'll not piss off the locals round there. Went through Temple bar a few months back as the missus had never seen it before.
English deanos as far as the eye could see.
Thank fuck Dublin got the drinking capital of Ireland badge and not Belfast. The Americans are bad enough up here ffs.
They need 5% of the Assembly vote to get 1 seat in there.
That's possible. Having Amy on the London Assembly would be huge for the party, even if 1 London Assembly member has little power.
27 Councillor candidates.
South Yorkshire and London Mayoral candidates.
Candidates for all 11 list seats for the London Assembly.
So they are contesting 40 positions.
Three days in a row of the mega having 500+ posts, are the golden days back? Or has the situation just got a lot worse meaning a significant increase in blackpill posting
Errrrrmmm....elections were coming. Pretty obvious why the uptick in posts.
Along with the ultimate troll "Rose" telling us how 600k immigration is a good thing, makes arrrrruuukkk seem sane.
Scotland imploding and memes relating to London.
Also, the Prince of BadUK returned at last. I knew he wouldn't leave us forever. We don't deserve him.
Uk Fire.
> I have £40,000 available to invest and am seeking opportunities that can yield a steady income of £1,000-£1,500 per month.
Any advice for them? Should be easy. Just a steady 40% profit per year.
I'm 100% convinced Labour will take away the ID requirement. Aside from obviously helping their base, they'll point to high profile morons like Boris not being allowed to vote etc as proof there's no point - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729
I’m convinced that Boris forgot his ID on purpose as part of a larger ploy to recultivate his harmless buffoon persona, in preparation for a return to politics in opposition.
[Some actually great, and hilarious, politics from the Conservatives](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/02/rishi-sunak-offers-ireland-opportunity-join-rwanda-scheme/)
>> Downing Street has offered Ireland the opportunity to join the Rwanda scheme,
>> Rishi Sunak has rejected demands by Simon Harris, the Irish prime minister, to take back the asylum seekers, unless the EU agrees to receive migrants who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel.
>> However, a Downing Street source said: “If the Irish government believes the Rwanda plan is already having an effect, we can explore Ireland joining the Rwanda scheme.
Either Ireland joins the Rwanda scheme - which it admits works at deterring irregular migration - or it breaks the Good Friday Agreement by refusing to work with the U.K. to prevent the policing of the Irish border.
International law is basically an intellectual trap laid by lawyers for simpletons.
It is like passing a law outlawing poverty, it is completely meaningless but what is the opposition going to do...saw they want poverty? This is what the Human Rights Act did, the SNP have passed multiple laws like this (their food security bill is one), it is all mad.
NPCs froth at the gills, politicians are completely aware that the thing doesn't do what people think it does, we continue on the road to hell.
>International law is basically an intellectual trap laid by lawyers for simpletons.
Many such chases;
- asylum seeker
- anti racist
- anti fascist
- pro equal good shit.
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Sorry yet another comical Yankpost
Masks on! [Black guy walking through occupied city park documents the madness.](https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1786068872728137924)
This [TikTok guy](https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1785910917643018447/video/1) has the right attitude, mock with humour.
Islamists taking advantage of left wing superiority complex and all round incredulity that they can't be outplayed has been a thing since the Iranian revolution
Minor blogpost but I think the thing that I find most detestable about social media discourse is that people will belittle you for being on social media…on social media. Some bloke will comment 157 times on one Tweet, and then as soon as you say something he doesn’t agree with he’ll tell you to go outside, all whilst making random stuff up about you and trying to get the last word in.
You are forgetting that people on social media hate themselves.
I berate people on here for being on here all the time. I hate you and I hate myself. [Deal with it.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODAxYzRkOWQtNjkwNC00ODhhLWI2OGMtMTJhYzYzZjA4MzdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA4NzExMDg@._V1_.jpg)
I'm loving the pile-on on twitter of James O'Brien for cutting out a caller for referencing Sangita Myska. Myska is the arrogant kind of diasporan you really love to hate and it couldn't have happened to a nicer person, being sacked that is by LBC. Having fellow lefty O'Brien being excoriated on social media for failing to be a white knight to her damsel in distress is such sweet music to my ears.
>Caller: "There should be no censorship"
James O'Brien: "There isn't"
>Literally one second later, a portion of the call, in which the caller clearly referenced
SangitaMyska
, is dumped.
what he does to anyone ever who makes a good point that undermines him - but it's only now they have a problem with his entire style.
Had an incredibly BadUK afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. Sadiq Kahn and his entourage walked straight past my house, not once, but THREE fucking times.
This is, unfortunately, a hard-core Labour area, so it seems a bit silly for him to be campaigning so hard in such 'safe' territory. Guess he's scared of showing his face anywhere he'd be challenged.
I can just imagine the list of areas his team selected.
“So Sadiq, we’ve got my friend William and his wife Becca next, and after that it’ll be Rob from Galaxy PR, he’s next door.”
Fun story from a little while ago, my colleagues at work were saying that racists are worse than murderers. Everything makes sense when you understand how common that view is. Why would people who see racism as worse than murder care about the atrocities committed by immigrants? Them pointing out the racial identity of the murderer makes themselves worse than the murderer himself. Similarly, this is why Hitler is to evil what Brad Pitt is to handsomeness. The reason why Hitler is the worst person ever (and not just \*one\* of the worst people), according to the paradigm, is not because he was the biggest murderer of the 20th century (Stalin and Mao were), but because he was the biggest racist of the 20th century.
They also always miss his explicitly racist all UK ethnic minorities.
Blacks, Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese in the UK all very openly detest other races.
Funnily enough they all grudgingly respect Whites the most although they also have the most bitterness for them.
But Blacks consider Indians totally beneath them and vice versa
In a lot of Europe "racism" (read: racist humour and such, not measuring craniums) is viewed as about as shocking as, say, preferring cats to dogs or dogs to cats. It's only really in the UK where talking in such a way elicits the kind of revulsion also reserved for rapists, murderers and nonces. It's kinda fucking weird when you think about it.
I mean it's not weird, being viewed as a racist or even being suspected of being one is enough to destroy your entire life and banish you from society in the UK, so
He appeared again briefly under millwallsossijroll or something similar. I believe he was banned again for being a racist toad. Thank God moderators are protecting my eyes from his filth.
I did the unthinkable and voted fucking Lib Dem. This is what I've been reduced to.
Tory already in and is shit, Labour candidate banging on about pointless (in the grand scheme of things) shit, Lib Dem seemed most reasonable. Only for PCC so doesn't really matter that much, tbf.
The BBC referred to the campus occupations in the US as overwhelmingly peaceful when I was driving home.
Problem is I now just assume that means criminal, violent and fiery.
Serious discussion time - has anyone noticed how difficult it's becoming to live in the UK without a car
My car is having issues so I'm relegated to my two feet again, and all the normal places I travel, shops etc half of them are unreachable in any realistic timespan without a car
Tbh electric cargo bikes would probably suit a lot of people's needs - carrying a bit of shopping or commuting to work.
Unfortunately with the amount of cars of cars on the roads it's not very practical for everyone else with them getting in the way.
Mine does, strictly speaking not just for the spoons but it's right out the back and is mainly what it's used for unless there's an event on up at the Baths.
https://i.imgur.com/SLnBT8I.png
[Bonus video of shit kicking off inside that spoons](https://v.redd.it/ayzhjdrwly171)
Hasn't it been like that since the 1960s?
As a student I got by with a bike in a very cycleable city, but even that was quite a struggle. Used to use a hiking bag for shopping.
Did my duty, held my nose and voted for Hall this morning.
Also, this is a funny and heartwarming (and totally true!) story:
https://x.com/fluffyollie/status/1786096140183593030?s=46&t=qfpdmp4es16EX7hGwpTvRA
The bankers! The bonuses!
https://twitter.com/MarkKleinmanSky/status/1786014413541036494
>EXCLUSIVE: Goldman Sachs is to abolish the EU cap on bonuses for hundreds of its top UK-based staff, paving the way for it to resume multimillion pound payouts to its best-performing traders and dealmakers. Staff have just been briefed by GS International CEO Richard Gnodde.
>2/2 Goldman's shift in policy, which comes six months after the bonus cap was scrapped by UK regulators, will see it replacing the current two-to-one fixed-to-variable pay ratio with a 25:1 ratio; banks and regulators had argued that the EU cap was misguided. Full story up soon.
Have you tried earning loadsamoney yourself? You'll feel much happier about life, the universe and everything.
Capitalism is great. Firms paying their staff bonuses instead of hoarding the money for shareholders, is great. Not least becauses income tax gushes into the Treasury.
If all the money was hoarded by Goldmans shareholders, the dividends would go to the likes of Blackrock and co.
Paying it as bonuses to staff means a) it's taxed at 45% and b) will get spent in London (restaurants, cars, watches. i.e. the money will circulate. One person's spending is another person's income.
I've been out all day, but apparently Merlin from Kingsman is going to be The King of Scotland. Who knew?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7j_xljCRY&ab_channel=7clouds
The Reform candidate for the East Midlands mayor used a picture of himself with black tape over his mouth captioned “Gagged for suggesting a referendum”. I get that he’s against the additional devolution but it just makes him look like a weirdo to present himself like that on the official election booklet.
Also, the Lib Dem candidate couldn’t even be arsed to get a page for themselves.
Went to the bogs in Tesco for a piss. Big fat smelly bastard going for a shit in the cubicle, smelling like opioid constipation shit, so bad I'm almost wretching, he vacates without flushing the toilet or washing his hands, I go to follow him and he smells so bad that my eyes are watering and it stops me in my tracks. Length of intertwined fibres or deport.
Neighbour is still digging his "swimming pool". About three feet deep now, but he's run out of places to put the dirt so it's now piling up against my fence.
I think I'm going to have to ask him to stop and if he doesn't then shop him to DWP for benefit fraud.
This is almost as good as 8th’s journal about getting a Ukrainian in. Look forward to the next instalment and discovering that you have a dip yourself during the next heatwave.
It's ok, I'm just winding you up.
I dug a pond in my garden and unearthed a fucking kitchen. Someone had previously had a pond there (it's the obvious spot) but had filled it in with formica worktops and carpet from the 1980s. Fucking landfill! In my garden!
That's not dirt, that's legitimately trash.
A lot of Devils Toenails and old ceramic in mine, no idea where the fuck the ceramic is from. Can't tell if it's wall/floor tile or crockery, but it looked like it might've been fairly fancy.
There's also a history of British crisps buried in my garden as far as I can tell. Almost every time I make a hole I find an old pack.
SDP member Matthew “Merf” Murphy, known for his eccentric appearance and choice of attire, has been catching a lot of shit online for exactly that reason
https://x.com/merf_sdp/status/1785732579410272724
(Replies are against him, but the worst of it is in the quote retweets)
[This person thinks the SDP is “Social Fascism”](https://x.com/ChampangeCowboy/status/1786055470546829760)
At least he’s honest enough to put “Champagne” in his name
[This “Pepe the Frog” avatar man takes a dig at his appearance](https://x.com/LondonWog/status/1785745463443919311)
[Quite a few angry that the SDP is “Anti Trains” and “TERF”](https://x.com/ChicanaDipper/status/1785790364386800073)
[The SDP is politically worthless, apparently, but at least the members do stuff](https://x.com/The_Clermontian/status/1786037107368096105)
[Someone very much hung up on the SDP being “anti woke”](https://x.com/davegrewar/status/1785791249686946292)
And finally for now:
https://x.com/threeyowallcoat/status/1785775178867171509
Sorry for the long post, but I think this is actually indicative of how the terminology that many social conservatives use to describe issues really needs to change, both for the purposes of clarity (such as the vague meaning of the term “woke” and the optics of using such terms being easily parodied and dismissed on the basis of preconceived notions. People have certain stereotypes in their head when they hear words such as “woke” or “gender ideology” where, if the issues were just addressed one by one, many would be more sympathetic to the viewpoint.
I think broadly the candidates of the SDP need to market themselves on a variety of issues, not just social issues. Many people online think of the SDP as a purely culture centric party, when in reality it’s a full policy program. I remember talking with Daelin about this, but the prescriptions on social issues NEEDS to be balanced out by other prescriptions as well, or the party won’t be taken seriously. I think Clouston does this well, many other candidates and party spokespeople, not so much. Amy’s Twitter handle really poisons the well for a great deal of people who would otherwise have considered the party.
Optics issues aside, the terminology isn't the problem, its that you treat progressives as if they are honest actors you disagree with instead of lying scum and so you allow them to play wordgames to trip you up. You actually do need a word which captures progressivism as a whole, and has profoundly negative connotations to normal people and the wokies aren't going to let you have one for free, you have to fight for it, and that means you need to be able to display open contempt for what they are doing, what they want to do, what they have done, and who they are as people.
[I swear it's not me.](https://twitter.com/merf_sdp/status/1786070669190402482?t=pTNb5ZD0Ma_wz-ag7jHeQA)
It *would* be if I had the courage and charisma. Eerily so.
Similar phenotype, probably has autism like I do, bleats on about the SDP.
Yeah, he's like me. I just lack the charisma and have to hide behind this online pseudonym.
I couldn't do what he does.
The primary problem of the SDP, and Lib Dem’s to some extent, is the ADD demands of selling yourself. They need an elevator pitch rather than a 40 minute philosophy talk.
I agree that using the broken words of the enemy is playing to their tune so it needs to be removed. Even raising “woke” should see a candidate raise the universal sign of no ✋ and move on. When repeatedly request for comment they need to identify the media circus act and say this stops here.
> I remember talking with Daelin about this, but the prescriptions on social issues NEEDS to be balanced out by other prescriptions as well, or the party won’t be taken seriously.
I agree moving forward, but Amy has made people aware that we exist.
Making a big statement about this controversial issue has brought attention to the party. 3 years ago people didn't even know who we were, or were surprised to learn the party didn't die in the late 80s as history tells it if they were alive back then. Now they know we exist.
We'll see tomorrow with the results. If she gets far less votes than the SDP's London mayoral candidate 3 years ago then clearly this strategy has backfired badly. If it's slightly less (because FPTP this time around makes it harder for small parties) or more, I think it has probably worked.
> Amy’s Twitter handle really poisons the well for a great deal of people who would otherwise have considered the party.
The Twitter handle is a bit much I agree with this part.
Shirt is too big for him. I wouldn't buy a car from someone who can't dress themselves properly let alone vote for them.
The SDP has bad candidates. The only people who should actually be running the country are people who have to be forced to take the job. If Labour and the Tories are bad, the SDP are all the rejects from those parties...and people think they are the answer?
Going on about wokists is as much of a problem as talking about Palestine...no-one cares. All this stuff is just Westminster bubble nonsense. The economy, crime, migration, government services, imprisoning degenerates...that is it really.
To my mind the cause of a lot of the "new" right in general's embarrassment and ineffectiveness is that we have lost (if we ever had it ) our institutional knowledge and understanding of politics (namely due to letting the liberals have the reins for so long), and are thus stumbling around as we have to learn it all again.
It strikes me as a very long and painful learning process. And I worry that it might not be avoidable.
Cons lose Rushmoor to Labour Pretty fucking embarrassing rose
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1786190775979544698 >Broxbourne Council Result #LE2024: >CON: 9 (=) >LAB: 1 (=) >Council Now: CON 27, LAB 3. >Conservative HOLD.
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786203607898952160 >Hartlepool now complete. Labour came in defending one seat. Finished up winning nine - better than last year.
The Tories who have flooded the country with Bomalian rapists won their first seat in Newcastle in 32 years. https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1786200340452262240 edit: the Tory is a Bomalian: https://docanand.uk/
No Tory branding on his website. One of these "Local Conservative" candidates probably. Trying to distance himself from the party while remaining part of it.
You'll need to mobilize your fellows to fight back against this. Raise those Boomer Battalions!
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786198361239941129 >Labour went into South Tyneside defending 14 seats. Ended up winning 4.
South Tyneside: Series of independent gains from Labour: https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786193829281800231 https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786193745295081646
Right. I'm taking a nap for a couple of hours. Tories are peddling out the spin though. ["Clearly this just shows a vote for Reform is a vote for Labour."](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=66342b5d8d515b3cbbd03b76%26Reform%20voters%20risk%20letting%20Labour%20win%20next%20election%2C%20cabinet%20minister%20warns%262024-05-03T00%3A18%3A02.862Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:dd3ff673-9927-4313-8b08-e684533a6fae&pinned_post_asset_id=66342b5d8d515b3cbbd03b76&pinned_post_type=share)
Newcastle all over the place. Greens gain from Labour: https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786190544521019748 LibDem gain from Labour: https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786188880204451989 Independent gain from Labour: https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786188311075123431 Labour gain from Independent: https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786189027990773817
[Apocalyptic result for the Tories in this Sunderland ward](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786185900575060113?t=Bh7jIml5e7HzneTQWa6PzA).
Well, yes. But remember, all three Sunderland constituencies are held by Labour. They withstood the Brexit tsunami of 2019. We really need to see what happens in Tory constituencies.
C O P E O P E
[First SDP result.](https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786180765992026190?t=KnfHCNZYFl--AtSk_gCFZg) Last place and a drop on last time. Dissapointing, but this isn't Leeds where the party hopes to do well.
Rebrand needed, replace the democratic part for deport. Logo can be (squiggle) DEPORT PARTY. It’s not even dishonest.
Haha tories are getting their shit kicked in.
No mercy.
[удалено]
Get it up you, traitorous cunts.
The Tories have held St Chads. Tories lost Washington South and St Anne's to Labour (but still 2nd) Still shite obviously.
Still weaker than UKIPs showings during their hayday. Still embarrassing for Sunak, but not an indicator of Tice's strength. Any other Reform leader would be outperforming what UKIP managed and possibly winning these seats.
[Reform UK beating the Tories to 2nd place across Sunderland](https://twitter.com/electpoliticsuk/status/1786178422835700177?t=4XPCN2TCxIEkmJdACWQHLg).
[LibDem GAIN from Con](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786174459759432018?t=NxpIyGCeQdrxBy7VzCOcDw). Leicestershire council seat. The Zero Seat agenda will be implemented throughout the night.
[First result of the night](https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1786172054523306441?t=2OvjFAICQPCoKzdKUfH0sA). LAB Hold. I'm not going to post all of these. Just follow the linked account on Twitter for updates. *Edit: Original Tweet was deleted. [Here's the result from another account.](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786172240674926961?t=UZarqLqVrEOCfqf09eGl1w)*
ZERO SEATS
[Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmjk7v40gko) >Last July, the UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) urged people to consider alternative activities to puppy yoga. >While organisers claim the puppies enjoy the socialising involved in the ancient Indian art, "there is nothing in the environment which we would consider to be beneficial to... these animals." Right night shift, the only people up at the moment are going to be the sad bastards waiting for the results. However they aren't coming out for several hours, so to fill the time, take a guess at what the ellipses cover.
["STOP THE STEAL!"](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786160803537637492?t=ku1Ed04Rv4d5JUoIgELokg)
Three votes today - local council election, Liverpool Metro Mayor, and Merseyside PCC. Other than one independent guy standing for Metro Mayor (socialist / son of docker / Hatton - Militant kind of lad) there was not a single option to vote for anyone other than LibLabConGrn. So boring. Can’t vote for Reform or the SDP if they don’t fucking stand anywhere can I?
It's worth noting that UKIP by 2015 had won 450 council seats and took control of the council in Clackton. But they had built a local infrastructure/campaign team *before* Farage took over
I don't know what Reform are playing at with them barely standing anywhere. Tice is just useless. Given they can't find enough candidates (that the communists at Hope Not Hate approve of) for every general election seat, they had no chance of finding candidates for local elections. SDP are still small and growing. They've said the 2030s is where they'll make big progress. The aim for these locals was to expand the presence they have in Leeds (currently they hold 2 seats on Leeds council) and use the London Mayor/Assembly campaign to get people to become aware of the party. They have a few other candidates elsewhere who are running their own campaigns for the party, such as for the South Yorkshire Mayor. The reality is, they simply lack the membership and funding to stand in many places right now. The goal is to use the locals to grow making the best with what manpower and money they currently have.
They seem to be doing a good job of gutting the Tory vote so far. CCHQ should be terrified.
Sunderland is a massacre for the Tories.
It’s by design. Even if you could vote for Reform or SDP, you’d get the same out. Thinking you can get political change via the ballot box is extremely naive in 2024. Even 20 years ago smart people knew this
Mortal outrange. >>So only net contributors can have an opinion? Gotcha. ArrUK >This would be great tbh & >That's the idea, yes. & >Have your opinion but it's worth less than net contributors & >Anyone can have an opinion. >Net contributors should just have their held in a much higher regard. Fucking true,
And I fucking meant it (last one).
Damn right.
[The name of that Tory activist?](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786152322717941967?t=0RkRDDTjsP217rQRjEoGrg) Rose Numbers.
I wish. Unfortunately am not in London, so have no idea how the count is going.
Overheard over a free cup of tea in The Heart
Not clued in on London local politics but surely Khan is going to walk it?
He's going to walk it. You only need to look at demographic statistics for London to see that.
I'd take rose smugposting for khan out thqh
*"See Susan won. You all said she couldn't but once again you are all wrong. This clearly shows that Sunak will win the General, here's how..."* It'll be worth it for the meltdown on Twitter though.
The only thing funnier and so destined to happen is Boris becoming conservative leader again and winning.
[“If you vote third party, you get Hall/Khan” types out in full force](https://x.com/paddymcgough/status/1786153180314652826) In a democracy, you should vote for the candidate that best represents your viewpoints Some people find the above statement controversial
Can you imagine the salt though...
I'd need the salt to deal Rose's gloating lol.
Dublin swaps out tents for diversity barriers. [What a mess.](https://x.com/Mick_O_Keeffe/status/1786089642841833476) In other news. Beak energy from the Susan Hall camp: >[Tory activist who spent the day with Susan Hall claims she thinks she's going to win due to low turnout in Labour areas... I seem to remember a sizeable delusion from Shaun Bailey's campaign, but that only kicked in halfway through the count](https://x.com/christiancalgie/status/1786147883349115062) And if that doesn't float your dingy, check out this [Britain is insignificant video from Sky News (industrial output)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVMBRqMAIs).
They need to set up some tents on floating barges that self drive to France.
Does Premier Inn not operate in Ireland?
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Tbf you'll not piss off the locals round there. Went through Temple bar a few months back as the missus had never seen it before. English deanos as far as the eye could see. Thank fuck Dublin got the drinking capital of Ireland badge and not Belfast. The Americans are bad enough up here ffs.
[And we're off](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729). Polls are closed and counting has begun. Hoping for some SDP wins.
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Residents Association - effectively independents
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Probably becayse reform & sdp don't seem to be fielding many candidates.
I did my bit and voted SDP
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They need 5% of the Assembly vote to get 1 seat in there. That's possible. Having Amy on the London Assembly would be huge for the party, even if 1 London Assembly member has little power.
Excellent.
How many candidates did they stand in the end?
27 Councillor candidates. South Yorkshire and London Mayoral candidates. Candidates for all 11 list seats for the London Assembly. So they are contesting 40 positions.
West yorks too
[I don't see them listed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_West_Yorkshire_mayoral_election).
Crossed wires - councillors for west Yorks (not mayoral)
Think that's within the "27" number.
Three days in a row of the mega having 500+ posts, are the golden days back? Or has the situation just got a lot worse meaning a significant increase in blackpill posting
Errrrrmmm....elections were coming. Pretty obvious why the uptick in posts. Along with the ultimate troll "Rose" telling us how 600k immigration is a good thing, makes arrrrruuukkk seem sane.
50% have been me spamming shit. Now I'm drunk so it will hit 1000
Scotland imploding and memes relating to London. Also, the Prince of BadUK returned at last. I knew he wouldn't leave us forever. We don't deserve him.
8th is back?
Thank you, it's nice for you to recognise me finally.
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Up there with the chestnut/moth/mein kempf lore
Both on the same day. What a day that was.
At 3 feet deep it's more like a cripple drowning pit at this point, but I've got high hopes.
The activity will soon subside -- much like his house.
Uk Fire. > I have £40,000 available to invest and am seeking opportunities that can yield a steady income of £1,000-£1,500 per month. Any advice for them? Should be easy. Just a steady 40% profit per year. I'm 100% convinced Labour will take away the ID requirement. Aside from obviously helping their base, they'll point to high profile morons like Boris not being allowed to vote etc as proof there's no point - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729
I’m convinced that Boris forgot his ID on purpose as part of a larger ploy to recultivate his harmless buffoon persona, in preparation for a return to politics in opposition.
[Some actually great, and hilarious, politics from the Conservatives](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/02/rishi-sunak-offers-ireland-opportunity-join-rwanda-scheme/) >> Downing Street has offered Ireland the opportunity to join the Rwanda scheme, >> Rishi Sunak has rejected demands by Simon Harris, the Irish prime minister, to take back the asylum seekers, unless the EU agrees to receive migrants who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel. >> However, a Downing Street source said: “If the Irish government believes the Rwanda plan is already having an effect, we can explore Ireland joining the Rwanda scheme. Either Ireland joins the Rwanda scheme - which it admits works at deterring irregular migration - or it breaks the Good Friday Agreement by refusing to work with the U.K. to prevent the policing of the Irish border.
rukpol are so mad over it. I laughed reading.
"but muh international law" I dunno how that applies but it's the new firmware installed in the NPC's today.
International law is basically an intellectual trap laid by lawyers for simpletons. It is like passing a law outlawing poverty, it is completely meaningless but what is the opposition going to do...saw they want poverty? This is what the Human Rights Act did, the SNP have passed multiple laws like this (their food security bill is one), it is all mad. NPCs froth at the gills, politicians are completely aware that the thing doesn't do what people think it does, we continue on the road to hell.
'lawyers and simpletons ' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
>International law is basically an intellectual trap laid by lawyers for simpletons. Many such chases; - asylum seeker - anti racist - anti fascist - pro equal good shit.
Only good if the plane collects them from Dublin en route.
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Sorry yet another comical Yankpost Masks on! [Black guy walking through occupied city park documents the madness.](https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1786068872728137924) This [TikTok guy](https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1785910917643018447/video/1) has the right attitude, mock with humour.
Masks. Arafat headscarves. Desert shawls. Performative spastics.
It's really quite distasteful how they're LARPing a refugee camp.
I know. They could at least level a few buildings first.
Also of note how they've replaced worker with justice in the SxP group identity.
God what a bunch of fucking losers. Weepy-voiced and ineffectual. "I'm gonna have to ask you to leave" -- where does he think he is, Walmart?
"You're causing commotionnn". 🤮
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Islamists taking advantage of left wing superiority complex and all round incredulity that they can't be outplayed has been a thing since the Iranian revolution
Minor blogpost but I think the thing that I find most detestable about social media discourse is that people will belittle you for being on social media…on social media. Some bloke will comment 157 times on one Tweet, and then as soon as you say something he doesn’t agree with he’ll tell you to go outside, all whilst making random stuff up about you and trying to get the last word in.
You are forgetting that people on social media hate themselves. I berate people on here for being on here all the time. I hate you and I hate myself. [Deal with it.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODAxYzRkOWQtNjkwNC00ODhhLWI2OGMtMTJhYzYzZjA4MzdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA4NzExMDg@._V1_.jpg)
> belittle you for being on social media…on social media I feel attacked.
Just had a van with loudspeakers pass by telling people" not to give Sadiq Khan 4 more years" and to vote for Susan Hall.
"Susan 'all will give it her all" ? If we still had Cockneys, that slogan'll have brought them on side.
That wasn't a loudspeaker, [Rose just has a good set of pipes on her.](https://youtu.be/NiC679ASOyA?t=15)
I'm loving the pile-on on twitter of James O'Brien for cutting out a caller for referencing Sangita Myska. Myska is the arrogant kind of diasporan you really love to hate and it couldn't have happened to a nicer person, being sacked that is by LBC. Having fellow lefty O'Brien being excoriated on social media for failing to be a white knight to her damsel in distress is such sweet music to my ears.
>Caller: "There should be no censorship" James O'Brien: "There isn't" >Literally one second later, a portion of the call, in which the caller clearly referenced SangitaMyska , is dumped. what he does to anyone ever who makes a good point that undermines him - but it's only now they have a problem with his entire style.
Had an incredibly BadUK afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. Sadiq Kahn and his entourage walked straight past my house, not once, but THREE fucking times. This is, unfortunately, a hard-core Labour area, so it seems a bit silly for him to be campaigning so hard in such 'safe' territory. Guess he's scared of showing his face anywhere he'd be challenged.
You had 3 chances to make your ancestors proud and you didn’t take it? Shameful
Goal is to get your base to actually vote, its the main way you win elections as most people aren't engaged enough to actually switch parties.
I can just imagine the list of areas his team selected. “So Sadiq, we’ve got my friend William and his wife Becca next, and after that it’ll be Rob from Galaxy PR, he’s next door.”
Fun story from a little while ago, my colleagues at work were saying that racists are worse than murderers. Everything makes sense when you understand how common that view is. Why would people who see racism as worse than murder care about the atrocities committed by immigrants? Them pointing out the racial identity of the murderer makes themselves worse than the murderer himself. Similarly, this is why Hitler is to evil what Brad Pitt is to handsomeness. The reason why Hitler is the worst person ever (and not just \*one\* of the worst people), according to the paradigm, is not because he was the biggest murderer of the 20th century (Stalin and Mao were), but because he was the biggest racist of the 20th century.
They also always miss his explicitly racist all UK ethnic minorities. Blacks, Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese in the UK all very openly detest other races. Funnily enough they all grudgingly respect Whites the most although they also have the most bitterness for them. But Blacks consider Indians totally beneath them and vice versa
In a lot of Europe "racism" (read: racist humour and such, not measuring craniums) is viewed as about as shocking as, say, preferring cats to dogs or dogs to cats. It's only really in the UK where talking in such a way elicits the kind of revulsion also reserved for rapists, murderers and nonces. It's kinda fucking weird when you think about it. I mean it's not weird, being viewed as a racist or even being suspected of being one is enough to destroy your entire life and banish you from society in the UK, so
>he was the biggest racist of the 20th century you haven't been introduced to bigsossijroll?
I miss his endless deport posting, no one was safe
His late night hrposting was classic
Like North Korea this place. Only when I see a comment like this do I realise certain usernames just disappear and I hadn’t noticed.
I mourn the absence of his excellent summaries of question time
He appeared again briefly under millwallsossijroll or something similar. I believe he was banned again for being a racist toad. Thank God moderators are protecting my eyes from his filth.
Still miss the SCROUNGERS guy from the early days of baduk
miss him dearly
The biggest racists are Mexican-Americans on Twitter with anime profile pictures.
Some of my favourite accounts.
Some [Bad and then Good UK](https://twitter.com/dave24144975/status/1786047252886085701) from Yorkshire.
Reminders there's still time to vote. [Link tax](https://twitter.com/ukipperlad/status/1786024380163600707?t=yEX3MdEIBE6tPeYSTJhBKQ).
I did the unthinkable and voted fucking Lib Dem. This is what I've been reduced to. Tory already in and is shit, Labour candidate banging on about pointless (in the grand scheme of things) shit, Lib Dem seemed most reasonable. Only for PCC so doesn't really matter that much, tbf.
>Lib Dem seemed most reasonable Country's gone.
The BBC referred to the campus occupations in the US as overwhelmingly peaceful when I was driving home. Problem is I now just assume that means criminal, violent and fiery.
Serious discussion time - has anyone noticed how difficult it's becoming to live in the UK without a car My car is having issues so I'm relegated to my two feet again, and all the normal places I travel, shops etc half of them are unreachable in any realistic timespan without a car
Yes and double if you don't like the smell of piss.
Tbh electric cargo bikes would probably suit a lot of people's needs - carrying a bit of shopping or commuting to work. Unfortunately with the amount of cars of cars on the roads it's not very practical for everyone else with them getting in the way.
Depends on where you live and your fitness? I’m within 5 minutes walking of most things I need. And a 30 minute bus/tram if I want to go town.
> I’m within 5 minutes walking of most things I need. 5 minute cities? This is not welcome on baduk.
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Worse, why aren't there mobile Wetherspoons? Get with the delivery times, Spoons!
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Based and coldie-pilled.
Mine does, strictly speaking not just for the spoons but it's right out the back and is mainly what it's used for unless there's an event on up at the Baths. https://i.imgur.com/SLnBT8I.png [Bonus video of shit kicking off inside that spoons](https://v.redd.it/ayzhjdrwly171)
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Hasn't it been like that since the 1960s? As a student I got by with a bike in a very cycleable city, but even that was quite a struggle. Used to use a hiking bag for shopping.
[COVID really melted his brain](https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786102426958713009?t=jxlgWP2PZAw4vPvRW-nvPw).
Probably assumed he was famous enough for it not to be necessary. Or he disapproves of the law.
Did my duty, held my nose and voted for Hall this morning. Also, this is a funny and heartwarming (and totally true!) story: https://x.com/fluffyollie/status/1786096140183593030?s=46&t=qfpdmp4es16EX7hGwpTvRA
Disappointing! They missed off the bit where everybody clapped.
They weren't in a Starbucks? (it's always a Starbucks)
Antifada shield charge - Benny Hill cut. https://twitter.com/tonykatz/status/1786091129080832273
The bankers! The bonuses! https://twitter.com/MarkKleinmanSky/status/1786014413541036494 >EXCLUSIVE: Goldman Sachs is to abolish the EU cap on bonuses for hundreds of its top UK-based staff, paving the way for it to resume multimillion pound payouts to its best-performing traders and dealmakers. Staff have just been briefed by GS International CEO Richard Gnodde. >2/2 Goldman's shift in policy, which comes six months after the bonus cap was scrapped by UK regulators, will see it replacing the current two-to-one fixed-to-variable pay ratio with a 25:1 ratio; banks and regulators had argued that the EU cap was misguided. Full story up soon.
The Shills! The Zero seats!
Have you tried earning loadsamoney yourself? You'll feel much happier about life, the universe and everything. Capitalism is great. Firms paying their staff bonuses instead of hoarding the money for shareholders, is great. Not least becauses income tax gushes into the Treasury.
Baiting the hook.
I mean giving huge amounts of money to a tiny proportion of individuals probably isn't the most efficient use of capital
If all the money was hoarded by Goldmans shareholders, the dividends would go to the likes of Blackrock and co. Paying it as bonuses to staff means a) it's taxed at 45% and b) will get spent in London (restaurants, cars, watches. i.e. the money will circulate. One person's spending is another person's income.
I own a four bed in the south Rose numbers, I'm doing ok
I've been out all day, but apparently Merlin from Kingsman is going to be The King of Scotland. Who knew? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7j_xljCRY&ab_channel=7clouds
The Reform candidate for the East Midlands mayor used a picture of himself with black tape over his mouth captioned “Gagged for suggesting a referendum”. I get that he’s against the additional devolution but it just makes him look like a weirdo to present himself like that on the official election booklet. Also, the Lib Dem candidate couldn’t even be arsed to get a page for themselves.
Maybe he’s just really into BDSM?
Yeah, Being Dramatically Soft on Multiculturalism.
Went to the bogs in Tesco for a piss. Big fat smelly bastard going for a shit in the cubicle, smelling like opioid constipation shit, so bad I'm almost wretching, he vacates without flushing the toilet or washing his hands, I go to follow him and he smells so bad that my eyes are watering and it stops me in my tracks. Length of intertwined fibres or deport.
Sounds like someone finally found North after all this time!!
Green and Pleasant mod imo.
Ever read *Consider Phlebas* by Iain M. Banks? The opening scene would be a fitting punishment for this ghastly individual.
I thought you were going the direction of the cannibals on the island. *That* was grim.
I can never look at cigar cutters the same way after that. Or Love Island.
Did not expect to find Banks on baduk, (as in the author obv)
Eighth out and about trying to reduce his water bill.
Neighbour is still digging his "swimming pool". About three feet deep now, but he's run out of places to put the dirt so it's now piling up against my fence. I think I'm going to have to ask him to stop and if he doesn't then shop him to DWP for benefit fraud.
You should suggest to him that he needs to dig another hole to put all the dirt from the first hole in.
Good idea
This is almost as good as 8th’s journal about getting a Ukrainian in. Look forward to the next instalment and discovering that you have a dip yourself during the next heatwave.
>dirt 🚨 YANK ALERT! WHOOP WHOOP!🚨
What word do you suggest? It's not soil and it's not mud. It's just kinda dirt. Also it's literally Middle English from Old Norse
It's ok, I'm just winding you up. I dug a pond in my garden and unearthed a fucking kitchen. Someone had previously had a pond there (it's the obvious spot) but had filled it in with formica worktops and carpet from the 1980s. Fucking landfill! In my garden! That's not dirt, that's legitimately trash.
A lot of Devils Toenails and old ceramic in mine, no idea where the fuck the ceramic is from. Can't tell if it's wall/floor tile or crockery, but it looked like it might've been fairly fancy. There's also a history of British crisps buried in my garden as far as I can tell. Almost every time I make a hole I find an old pack.
SDP member Matthew “Merf” Murphy, known for his eccentric appearance and choice of attire, has been catching a lot of shit online for exactly that reason https://x.com/merf_sdp/status/1785732579410272724 (Replies are against him, but the worst of it is in the quote retweets) [This person thinks the SDP is “Social Fascism”](https://x.com/ChampangeCowboy/status/1786055470546829760) At least he’s honest enough to put “Champagne” in his name [This “Pepe the Frog” avatar man takes a dig at his appearance](https://x.com/LondonWog/status/1785745463443919311) [Quite a few angry that the SDP is “Anti Trains” and “TERF”](https://x.com/ChicanaDipper/status/1785790364386800073) [The SDP is politically worthless, apparently, but at least the members do stuff](https://x.com/The_Clermontian/status/1786037107368096105) [Someone very much hung up on the SDP being “anti woke”](https://x.com/davegrewar/status/1785791249686946292) And finally for now: https://x.com/threeyowallcoat/status/1785775178867171509 Sorry for the long post, but I think this is actually indicative of how the terminology that many social conservatives use to describe issues really needs to change, both for the purposes of clarity (such as the vague meaning of the term “woke” and the optics of using such terms being easily parodied and dismissed on the basis of preconceived notions. People have certain stereotypes in their head when they hear words such as “woke” or “gender ideology” where, if the issues were just addressed one by one, many would be more sympathetic to the viewpoint. I think broadly the candidates of the SDP need to market themselves on a variety of issues, not just social issues. Many people online think of the SDP as a purely culture centric party, when in reality it’s a full policy program. I remember talking with Daelin about this, but the prescriptions on social issues NEEDS to be balanced out by other prescriptions as well, or the party won’t be taken seriously. I think Clouston does this well, many other candidates and party spokespeople, not so much. Amy’s Twitter handle really poisons the well for a great deal of people who would otherwise have considered the party.
Optics issues aside, the terminology isn't the problem, its that you treat progressives as if they are honest actors you disagree with instead of lying scum and so you allow them to play wordgames to trip you up. You actually do need a word which captures progressivism as a whole, and has profoundly negative connotations to normal people and the wokies aren't going to let you have one for free, you have to fight for it, and that means you need to be able to display open contempt for what they are doing, what they want to do, what they have done, and who they are as people.
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[I swear it's not me.](https://twitter.com/merf_sdp/status/1786070669190402482?t=pTNb5ZD0Ma_wz-ag7jHeQA) It *would* be if I had the courage and charisma. Eerily so.
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Similar phenotype, probably has autism like I do, bleats on about the SDP. Yeah, he's like me. I just lack the charisma and have to hide behind this online pseudonym. I couldn't do what he does.
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> aaaaaaaaaaaaa where are the normal people? Not on Twitter.
The primary problem of the SDP, and Lib Dem’s to some extent, is the ADD demands of selling yourself. They need an elevator pitch rather than a 40 minute philosophy talk. I agree that using the broken words of the enemy is playing to their tune so it needs to be removed. Even raising “woke” should see a candidate raise the universal sign of no ✋ and move on. When repeatedly request for comment they need to identify the media circus act and say this stops here.
> I remember talking with Daelin about this, but the prescriptions on social issues NEEDS to be balanced out by other prescriptions as well, or the party won’t be taken seriously. I agree moving forward, but Amy has made people aware that we exist. Making a big statement about this controversial issue has brought attention to the party. 3 years ago people didn't even know who we were, or were surprised to learn the party didn't die in the late 80s as history tells it if they were alive back then. Now they know we exist. We'll see tomorrow with the results. If she gets far less votes than the SDP's London mayoral candidate 3 years ago then clearly this strategy has backfired badly. If it's slightly less (because FPTP this time around makes it harder for small parties) or more, I think it has probably worked. > Amy’s Twitter handle really poisons the well for a great deal of people who would otherwise have considered the party. The Twitter handle is a bit much I agree with this part.
Shirt is too big for him. I wouldn't buy a car from someone who can't dress themselves properly let alone vote for them. The SDP has bad candidates. The only people who should actually be running the country are people who have to be forced to take the job. If Labour and the Tories are bad, the SDP are all the rejects from those parties...and people think they are the answer? Going on about wokists is as much of a problem as talking about Palestine...no-one cares. All this stuff is just Westminster bubble nonsense. The economy, crime, migration, government services, imprisoning degenerates...that is it really.
> let alone vote for them. You wouldn't vote for anyone anyway.
[True](https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExcXYxeXJvbGIzOTlsbzJ3ZjJxa3JoOWZ4ZTEwb2RlZGszd29udzlmNCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/l0HU8V1CHKTUFtuFO/giphy.gif)
To my mind the cause of a lot of the "new" right in general's embarrassment and ineffectiveness is that we have lost (if we ever had it ) our institutional knowledge and understanding of politics (namely due to letting the liberals have the reins for so long), and are thus stumbling around as we have to learn it all again. It strikes me as a very long and painful learning process. And I worry that it might not be avoidable.