Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[briantrumpet]

Ah, but that is just your opinion. 😉
I fully expect everyone to ignore my opinions but some slip through.

It's a bit like when people think they aren't using metaphorical language. All it proves is that they don't know what metaphorical language is.

 

[First Aspect]

It's a bit like when people think they aren't using metaphorical language. All it proves is that they don't know what metaphorical language is.

Language is a living thing though Brian.

 

[briantrumpet]

Language is a living thing though Brian.

Literally.

 

[Ian H]

Literally.

You are littorally living on the edge.

 

[icowden]

Some excellent work here from the Room Next Door:

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My wife sent me this this morning

it keeps track of the Reform people who have been elected or whatever and have left/resigned/got chucked out

not sure if it has already been mentioned but I thought people might find it interesting

https://bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defections-resignations-tracker/

 

[Pross]

Hard to decide if this is just more performative shite or they are genuinely too thick to realise the Senedd has no powers to make such a ban. I could posibly give them credit for mentioning other face coverings which have no reason other than to conceal identity including protestors (news reports this morning on the independent radio station I listen to only mentioned it in relation to burkhas). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmd7qrew7z72o

 

[First Aspect]

What happened to the old arguments that burkas were oppression of women? Are we now worried they are all shoplifters or something?

 

[icowden]

Hard to decide if this is just more performative shite

Almost certainly, although we do have the precedent of France banning all face coverings.

 

[Pblakeney]

Almost certainly, although we do have the precedent of France banning all face coverings.

… and Denmark. Probably a few others.

 

[briantrumpet]

A counter-argument to the 'narrative' of Farage's 'effectiveness'

https://bsky.app/profile/seanjones.org/post/3mypgpv5eek26

"Two things really infuriated me about the @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social session. First, Peter Chappell paid the habitual tribute to Farage’s supposed gifts as a politician. But the truth is that like all populists he plays politics on easy mode. Scaring older people and telling others that their worst prejudices are virtuous is not a challenging task. Doing it without ever developing even the basics of a policy platform that is anything more than “we’ll be cruel to the people you fear” is facile.

The second is an elderly audience member talked non-specifically about “how society is going” and everyone is expected immediately to acknowledge that this is a “genuine concern” that must be dealt with by sage nods and empathy. No-one ever says “What are you talking about? What does the world you want look like? How are you proposing to get there?”

 

[briantrumpet]

Maybe the result is *because* Farage visited this time, and people are seeing what he is. Mind you, a fairly grim choice on the ballot.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Maybe the result is *because* Farage visited this time, and people are seeing what he is. Mind you, a fairly grim choice on the ballot.

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Farage is looking like a Billericay Dickie.