Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[Pross]

Trying to work out if Blackshorts was deliberate, is this named after their summer wardrobe?

 

[briantrumpet]

Trying to work out if Blackshorts was deliberate, is this named after their summer wardrobe?

Nicked from Bluesky, who nicked it from Wodehouse.

 

[Pinno718]

Now I see myself in rainbow shorts.

 

[Beebo]

Just in case anyone was under the illusion that Brexit wasn't based on and funded by raw racism. Everything else was just a smokescreen.

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This really isn’t anything new.
Heathrow has been employing a high proportion of workers from the Indian sub continent since the 1970s.
There is a big population in the surrounding areas.

 

[briantrumpet]

This really isn’t anything new.
Heathrow has been employing a high proportion of workers from the Indian sub continent since the 1970s.
There is a big population in the surrounding areas.

Banks (and others) being quite so openly racist is new though.

 

[Beebo]

Banks (and others) being quite so openly racist is new though.

That was my point.
Why is it an issue in 2026.

 

[C R]

That was my point.
Why is it an issue in 2026.

"Legitimate concerns" apparently.

 

[briantrumpet]

That was my point.
Why is it an issue in 2026.

It was an issue for his ilk in 2016, but he didn't dare voice it quite as blatantly. He now feels that there won't be a price to pay for proclaiming his bigotry publicly. And sadly, I think he's right at the moment, when the supposedly media-savvy now PM goes into media hiding so he doesn't have to call the New Blackshorts a racist mob.

 

[Psamathe]

I am beginning to wonder if Faränge is actually going to stick around for the next General Election. I'm no Reform analyst but with all the criminal and Parliamentary enquiries going on, with Reform dropping in the polls looking like he at best won't get to be PM. Add that many potential donors (and "friends" making gifts) will now be much more reserved as they really don't want their names dragged through the headlines and inquiries with Färage probably believing the US will be a goldmine for his personal bank balance, etc. I do wonder if he'll look for a face saving departure.

The "face saving" might be a challenge for him with all the criminal and Parliamentary investigations given they can take forever and were he to walk away before they conclude he'll be seen as admitting guilt and running away.

 

[Pross]

If he doesn't stand you can guarantee he'll play the martyr along the lines of the establishment were so threatened by him they have made it impossible for him to do his job. Big conspiracy against him etc.

 

[briantrumpet]

If he doesn't stand you can guarantee he'll play the martyr along the lines of the establishment were so threatened by him they have made it impossible for him to do his job. Big conspiracy against him etc.

Yaxley-Lennon needs to get in quick with that excuse.

 

[First Aspect]

Banks (and others) being quite so openly racist is new though.

I just spent five minutes trying to find out which bank had tweeted something racist. D'Oh

 

[briantrumpet]

I just spent five minutes trying to find out which bank had tweeted something racist. D'Oh

I did wonder if I needed to clarify... then thought "Hahahahaha, no!!"

Thanks.

 

[Pross]

Yaxley-Lennon needs to get in quick with that excuse.

It’s the standard right winger response when their illegal actions get called out.

 

[Pinno718]

If he doesn't stand you can guarantee he'll play the martyr along the lines of the establishment were so threatened by him they have made it impossible for him to do his job. Big conspiracy against him etc.

I think he's already laying the ground over threats to his security (West Midlands police said they had no notice about the security threat Fagash claimed delayed his spiel at the Birmingham conference).