@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
Still, Our Friends in the North - what a tv series.
Let's face it the BBC would run a bloody mile from it now (and indeed it took a while to get it made in 1990s).
At least three of the young actors are now mega stars.
It's a brilliant series, part soap opera, part historical epic.
@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
It would be oddly satisfying if the LDL election boils down to two long-haired women fighting over a hair brush.
If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her."
If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her."
@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
It would be oddly satisfying if the LDL election boils down to two long-haired women fighting over a hair brush.
Phillipson has more of a long bob.
I think she would come over as a bit more empathetic with a pixie cut.
A long bob looks too severe. Stella Creasy has the best haircut in Parliament.
I’m chilling out with a free glass of Cannonau in Sardinia!
Not that insane
I am merely pointing out the Directionality of the Moment. The Left apparently wants war to defend Wokeness
If that’s what they want, it will happen
"The left wants" - utter bullshit.
This - like the assassination only two months ago of two Democratic state senators, which you seem to have forgotten - was very probably the act of another lone gunman.
You're not "merely pointing out" anything but your own desires.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
5 million followers on X. Supporter of gun ownership. Charismatic presence and speaking ability. Social media titan. Political views not hard to fathom.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
Yeah never heard of the dude.
He was a very important figure behind Trump. He was a massive conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter (doesn't believe in climate change, doesn't believe in COVID-19 vaccines, called social distancing a "Democratic plot against Christianity", anti-birth control, organised and funded buses to Jan 6, promoted Great Replacement Theory, antisemitic, anti-gay, anti-Ukraine).
That's a huge fucking hell moment. And the shooter is still at large apparently.
Trump to declare martial law by Monday?
In the reddest of red states?
As Kirk has said in the past. The Second Ammendment is not there for hunting, nor even personal defence, it is so citizens can resist tyrannical government.
Orwell said much the same in 1941 "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there". This was in the context of the Home Guard.
There is some truth in what they say. Heavy weapons, tanks, airplanes etc are instruments of organised states, but any citizen can aspire to a rifle.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
Yeah never heard of the dude.
He was a very important figure behind Trump. He was a massive conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter (doesn't believe in climate change, doesn't believe in COVID-19 vaccines, called social distancing a "Democratic plot against Christianity", anti-birth control, organised and funded buses to Jan 6, promoted Great Replacement Theory, antisemitic, anti-gay, anti-Ukraine).
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
Yeah never heard of the dude.
He was a very important figure behind Trump. He was a massive conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter (doesn't believe in climate change, doesn't believe in COVID-19 vaccines, called social distancing a "Democratic plot against Christianity", anti-birth control, organised and funded buses to Jan 6, promoted Great Replacement Theory, antisemitic, anti-gay, anti-Ukraine).
For something off-topic and fascinating if anyone wants a diversion from a miserable day, a short analysis of the container ship that had some of its cargo fall off in the Port of Long Beach.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
5 million followers on X. Supporter of gun ownership. Charismatic presence and speaking ability. Social media titan. Political views not hard to fathom.
Tragic, like so much in America.
I'm mostly a traditionalist when it comes to news, watching legacy TV news channels and reading newspapers the old-fashioned way. So not surprising I hadn't heard of a new-style political star in the US.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
5 million followers on X. Supporter of gun ownership. Charismatic presence and speaking ability. Social media titan. Political views not hard to fathom.
Why do so many people put up with being cold in their homes?
It's not big and it's not clever.
How do you define cold?
Maybe it's because I am a northern European and feel more comfortable when it is cool indoors, particularly when trying to sleep.
Also, heating costs money, and if it's not something I am too bothered about, I prefer to spend the money on other things. Surely a concept you have encountered
@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
It would be oddly satisfying if the LDL election boils down to two long-haired women fighting over a hair brush.
I didn’t realise such a nothing role could come with fringe benefits.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
Yeah never heard of the dude.
He was a very important figure behind Trump. He was a massive conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter (doesn't believe in climate change, doesn't believe in COVID-19 vaccines, called social distancing a "Democratic plot against Christianity", anti-birth control, organised and funded buses to Jan 6, promoted Great Replacement Theory, antisemitic, anti-gay, anti-Ukraine).
@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
It would be oddly satisfying if the LDL election boils down to two long-haired women fighting over a hair brush.
I didn’t realise such a nothing role could come with fringe benefits.
That's a huge fucking hell moment. And the shooter is still at large apparently.
Trump to declare martial law by Monday?
In the reddest of red states?
As Kirk has said in the past. The Second Ammendment is not there for hunting, nor even personal defence, it is so citizens can resist tyrannical government.
Orwell said much the same in 1941 "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there". This was in the context of the Home Guard.
There is some truth in what they say. Heavy weapons, tanks, airplanes etc are instruments of organised states, but any citizen can aspire to a rifle.
There have been 5,700 mass shootings in the USA since 2013 . A horrific statistic .
Really? I know there's a lot, but that's insane. More than one a day, I think? Can that really be true? FWIW, while I agree the American addiction to guns is very odd and a significant cause of this, it's not the sole cause. Other countries have gun ownership too, if not an American scale. The fact that they have so many mad bastards must be a large part of it too.
That's a huge fucking hell moment. And the shooter is still at large apparently.
Trump to declare martial law by Monday?
In the reddest of red states?
As Kirk has said in the past. The Second Ammendment is not there for hunting, nor even personal defence, it is so citizens can resist tyrannical government.
Orwell said much the same in 1941 "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there". This was in the context of the Home Guard.
There is some truth in what they say. Heavy weapons, tanks, airplanes etc are instruments of organised states, but any citizen can aspire to a rifle.
2nd amendment begins with the context of states militia. Not individual gun ownership. This is of course a perennial debate in US.
Despite being very interested in American politics I can honestly say I've never heard of Charlie Kirk before. RIP.
Yeah never heard of the dude.
He was a very important figure behind Trump. He was a massive conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter (doesn't believe in climate change, doesn't believe in COVID-19 vaccines, called social distancing a "Democratic plot against Christianity", anti-birth control, organised and funded buses to Jan 6, promoted Great Replacement Theory, antisemitic, anti-gay, anti-Ukraine).
@KevinASchofield BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson easily gets more than 80 nominations to put her into the next round of the Labour deputy leadership election.
Easy to call it. Just like the Liz Truss election, Useless Lucy gets into next phase the Unions and Labour Members will place a tiara of Deputy Leadership on her head. Though they will have to watch out for the dandruff.
Did you see Phillipson speaking at the TUC? She has it in the bag.
Doesn’t matter what she said or how she said it, the one with zero personality is the Starmer candidate and this is “a balls to you and your reshuffle Starmer” election for the vast majority of Union and Party Members.
This is a betting site, and I’m calling it already in the bag for useless Lucy.
Powell is the one with personality?
It’s a close call, but Phillipson is one unique kind of personality vacuum.
Who has the better hair in your estimation? I think Powell.
Phillipson has a rather strong resemblance to Mary from "Our Friends in the North". I wonder how much of this is conscious.
Mary from Our Friends in the North?
Not even close. Try Wendolene Ramsbottom.
As for Powell, I’ll defer detailed comment except to say, I don’t think she even owns a hair brush. I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s, looking at pictures from throughout her career, she seems comfortable beneath however it’s looking.
Also, in a run off of Tory faithful, pre shredding his credibility Rishi Sunak cannot possibly be thumped in leadership election by Liz Truss? Ditto for this Labour Leadership contest - the unions and Labour members are the electorate.
It would be oddly satisfying if the LDL election boils down to two long-haired women fighting over a hair brush.
Phillipson has more of a long bob.
I think she would come over as a bit more empathetic with a pixie cut.
A long bob looks too severe. Stella Creasy has the best haircut in Parliament.
“Stella Creasy has the best haircut in Parliament”
Not even in top 20. It’s like an 80s pop star, where I think the idea was to look boyish and not girly. Styled by the Animus, I shall call it. Is that your thing Foxy? Was that the era you came of age perhaps?
There have been 5,700 mass shootings in the USA since 2013 . A horrific statistic .
Really? I know there's a lot, but that's insane. More than one a day, I think? Can that really be true? FWIW, while I agree the American addiction to guns is very odd and a significant cause of this, it's not the sole cause. Other countries have gun ownership too, if not an American scale. The fact that they have so many mad bastards must be a large part of it too.
A mass shooting is classed as 4 or more people shot . You’re right it’s not just about gun ownership but this makes it all the more disturbing .
I don't think anyone who's salivating at the prospect of mass political violence or civil war has the foggiest idea of how bad those things are in real life. It's beyond their memory and their imagination. https://x.com/yuanyi_z/status/1965873236853535118
There’s a line in A Dance to the Music of Time that goes something along the lines of ‘great evil is dreamt up in quiet sunny gardens, not in the trench’.. https://x.com/bohrinng/status/1965875593947574674
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EDIT : i totaly take this back - breaking news
Robert Draper
Andrew Kolvet, Kirk’s spokesman, says Kirk is dead.
NY Times blog
Great cast too.
Even platforms with recommendation systems like YouTube are like that.
Bedroom window is open as it has been since March when I moved in.
Haven't yet tested to see if the heating works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnqSNEiLTeY
"Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her."
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1965831226956357920
Aubrey Allegretti
@breeallegretti
Exc: Emily Thornberry warns MPs against “the leadership choice” steaming ahead in deputy race.
She messaged colleagues today pointing out Lucy Powell got 1% in recent polling, compared to her on 20% and Phillipson on 39%.
Members need a candidate who “knows that something has to change”, she says, adding: “No more burying our heads in the sand.”
Not that insane
I am merely pointing out the Directionality of the Moment. The Left apparently wants war to defend Wokeness
If that’s what they want, it will happen
Sept. 10, 2025, 4:56 p.m. ET2 minutes ago
Bernard Mokam
Utah Valley University officials confirmed that no one had been arrested.
NY Times
I think she would come over as a bit more empathetic with a pixie cut.
A long bob looks too severe. Stella Creasy has the best haircut in Parliament.
This - like the assassination only two months ago of two Democratic state senators, which you seem to have forgotten - was very probably the act of another lone gunman.
You're not "merely pointing out" anything but your own desires.
It's not big and it's not clever.
But how to manage the future relations with the USA?
I wonder if Lord Mandelbrot knew they had been released?
I've only heard of him because I'm a bit of a US politics obsessive.
Tragic, like so much in America.
Theres no evidence yet of any trans link re Kirk .
Mind you, the ECB puts 80% of games at Lords so if you come in late and haven’t seen the ground, it’s not a bad guess to be fair.
If it’s Cardiff, they should win by putting 20 balls into the Taff.
As Kirk has said in the past. The Second Ammendment is not there for hunting, nor even personal defence, it is so citizens can resist tyrannical government.
Orwell said much the same in 1941 "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there". This was in the context of the Home Guard.
There is some truth in what they say. Heavy weapons, tanks, airplanes etc are instruments of organised states, but any citizen can aspire to a rifle.
Be honest, that’s what you really think
Its not only September, its not even cold yet.
https://youtu.be/IEg8EvG9o4w?t=285
Maybe it's because I am a northern European and feel more comfortable when it is cool indoors, particularly when trying to sleep.
Also, heating costs money, and if it's not something I am too bothered about, I prefer to spend the money on other things. Surely a concept you have encountered
Same US culture war, and also a time of extreme political violence.
The culture war is in some respects even more extreme than back then.
I sincerely hope the violence won't go that way too.
I know there's a lot, but that's insane. More than one a day, I think? Can that really be true?
FWIW, while I agree the American addiction to guns is very odd and a significant cause of this, it's not the sole cause. Other countries have gun ownership too, if not an American scale. The fact that they have so many mad bastards must be a large part of it too.
That's not uncommon.
Trump controls them all.
I can sum things up as gun nut who said deaths were worth it to protect the 2nd amendment ends up being one of those deaths .
Not even in top 20. It’s like an 80s pop star, where I think the idea was to look boyish and not girly. Styled by the Animus, I shall call it.
Is that your thing Foxy? Was that the era you came of age perhaps?
Well, yes it is actually.
I would have thought that anyone who watches US politics videos on YouTube would have come across him.
Parliament rising on 17 September.
So Trump due Sept 17 -19.
Defenestration next week, I argue.
America is in a very bad place, isn't it.
https://x.com/yuanyi_z/status/1965873236853535118
There’s a line in A Dance to the Music of Time that goes something along the lines of ‘great evil is dreamt up in quiet sunny gardens, not in the trench’..
https://x.com/bohrinng/status/1965875593947574674