Dr Gloom 21847 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Meanwhile, UKIP's candidate for London mayor is a bloke called Gammon - I shit thee not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, The Fish said: Why are they fetishising the flag? Is this just another Americanisation? It does seem to have become the new, pathetic virtue signal of the current zeitgeist. It'll be up there with poppies soon. All the more fascinating when you consider that it's being used in lieu of policy as a way of appealing to the red wall from all sides of the spectrum. Literally no one should be won over politically by flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10779 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Rayvin said: It does seem to have become the new, pathetic virtue signal of the current zeitgeist. It'll be up there with poppies soon. All the more fascinating when you consider that it's being used in lieu of policy as a way of appealing to the red wall from all sides of the spectrum. Literally no one should be won over politically by flags. Especially as that flag may well be obsolete sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) True enough - although there seems to be a concerted effort coming to drag Sturgeon through the mud at the moment. I've not followed it particularly and I'm sure she hasn't done herself any favours whatever has gone on between her and Salmond, but I don't think the case for independence should be hanging on her competence anyway. And yet the polls seem to be trending back towards the union again. Edited March 23, 2021 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 sounds like sturgeon is going to live to fight another day, so don't expect the cries for indy ref 2 to die down any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Dr Gammons has got a weird vibe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) In fairness to UKIP, he's only middling levels of weird - which makes him by far and away the most normal person they've put forward for any election that I can remember. Not all his policies are bad ones in truth but they're also very generic in the main, and almost certainly the 'acceptable face' of more nefarious goals. Not that he's in any danger of actually winning. Edited March 23, 2021 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11329 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I just like the fact he's called Gammons 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4375 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3 hours ago, The Fish said: Why are they fetishising the flag? Is this just another Americanisation? The tories have given up on selling policies and now are following Trump in just being a "Values" based party designed to appeal to the old and fuckwitted. That's why Starmer's focus groups are telling him to fly the flag and not oppose anything police power related like that spy legislation and the latest bill until they realised the women's angle had changed perceptions a bit and forced them to vote against. Problem is its not really working for him and he's going to lose young voters to the greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15432 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 And a fragmented opposition works very nicely for the Tories under our idiotic voting system. We're familiar with the 1983 election when the Alliance polled >25%, or 2010 when a Labour-LD coalition would have accounted for more than half of the voting electorate, but it's mad thinking that the Labour+Liberal vote was over 50% even when Thatcher first got elected in 1979. This country is home to considerably fewer flag-shaggers than the system allows it to appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Very much true. But there's just nothing we can do about it principally because the politicians running these parties, even on our side, are more interested in power than they are in meaningful change. There is just no hope of stopping the Tories. Labour could position themselves to the right of Johnson and they'd still not win over Tory voters because, as a collective, they have determined that no matter how shit the Tories are, they will be unwavering. That 40% will stay Tory through thick and thin. And they will win time and time again as a consequence. Edited March 23, 2021 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34913 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 They’re the party of racists essentially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) True I'm not even that sure you could call them a party of the wealthy anymore since 'Fuck Business' became their official motto. So yes, it really does just leave racists and people who I will generously assume pay no attention to the news whatsoever. Edited March 23, 2021 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30371 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 23/03/2021 at 09:49, Dr Gloom said: Meanwhile, UKIP's candidate for London mayor is a bloke called Gammon - I shit thee not They have history on this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34913 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rayvin 5186 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) A rather less than favourable analysis of Starmer's first year: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/29/keir-starmer-year-labour-poll-ratings There's a lot in there that I agree with, albeit you could still argue that we're in very exceptional times. Edited March 29, 2021 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30371 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Labour are bound to have political strategists but it seems like the tactic for his first year was simply 'don't be Corbyn'. In some ways becoming leader five years before a general election is a hindrance. It's hard to build momentum so early into a parliament. But overall the criticism that he doesn't seem to stand for anything is fair. Let's hope that when everything settles down he can concentrate on actually opposing the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Absolutely possible. I suppose if his primary goal for this year is indeed differentiating himself from Corbyn then he has indeed succeeded at that. If he picks up steam from that point on then it will represent a solid foundation, even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 he has shut down the antisemitism stuff so that's good enough for me, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 while i'm on the subject, i implore everyone on here who I have ever locked horns with over the past couple of years about the blind spot that exists in the progressive left when it comes to antisemitism to read this: off the top of my head @Kid Dynamite @Rayvin @Alex @Gemmill @NJS i'm sure there are a few others, who may slipped my mind, and forgive me if i tagged you by mistake. i forget exactly how the debates went down and with whom. but this is a really important book by baddiel. it makes a lot of the arguments i laboured to after the labour antisemitism story blew up a lot more convincingly than i could ever hope to. highly recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4375 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I haven't read it but I follow him and broadly agree with his arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30371 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I'm quite happy to have avoided the list of shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34913 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 The fuck did I do? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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