Fair play to her. I expect her being interviewed on all the main political TV and radio shows tomorrow and headlines being made....
Just to say that, especially the second tweet. Yeah she's crazy for being a Tory but I'd rather the occasional person speaking up than never at all.
Regrdless of her other politics, it is hard to object to her desire to end islamophobia in the Tory party. Yes, yes, we all know the fruitlessness of that, but I'm not sure the appropriate response is to mock or criticise her
Certainly not the most egregious thing she's ever done, but Laura Kuenssberg confidently and energetically explaining shitposting to room full of political journalists, whilst having no idea what it actually means has to emblematic of something.
The fact that no one in the room corrected her is one thing, but actually clipping it and tweeting it out? Hilarious.
Regrdless of her other politics, it is hard to object to her desire to end islamophobia in the Tory party. Yes, yes, we all know the fruitlessness of that, but I'm not sure the appropriate response is to mock or criticise her
No, the appropriate response is to criticise her. She was in the party when Theresa May was Home Secretary and she knows exactly what her party has done for Muslims in Britain. She's scum and I have zero sympathy for her and her crap attempts at rehabilitating herself.
Just to say that, especially the second tweet. Yeah she's crazy for being a Tory but I'd rather the occasional person speaking up than never at all.
She's been fairly consistent on this for some time now.
I'm never going to criticise someone for trying to resolve/call out racism, either.
Benefits everyone if shit like that gets called out, especially when there's a good chance that the party in question will be in government for the next few years.
It's not that, I don't trust her motives. What her end goal is, I don't know. She knows she will never get the outcome she wants, so why is she now looking for attention from the public.
warsi has been an excellent campaigner on tory islamophobia. one part of the huge problem* for our media with exposing it properly is that all tory mp's refuse to go on record talking about it as a problem (unlike labour mp's who are very willing to speak out on anti-semitism). if your position is that all tories are inherently bad and can't be good campaigners on single issues because of that then changing this becomes impossible.
*the main problem is most of them consider islamophobia to be correct and common sense because of the makeup of the lobby
Not just Islamophobia the Tories are still deporting Windrush people secretly. Shit makes me sick. Anyone saying vote for them cus Corbyn is a racist, is a cunt
by this logic if the iraq war was so bad corbyn/abbott/mcdonnell should have quit labour entirely over it
as their current positions show there's merits to fighting and winning the argument inside the party
He always does but you know him, it's not bombastic enough for major news reporting, you just sort of stumble across it when he feels he can make an opportune impact.
BBC - General election 2019: 'Misleading' Abbott tweet used in Labour campaign
Is it just me or is it incredibly odd for the BBC to have this as a front page story based on a comment which is pretty bang average in terms of political spin? Sure it's somewhat misleading but giving it this attention feels like pretty blatant revenge for Diane criticising the media. It's absolutely negligible compared to the shit Tories come out with every time their mouths open about Brexit.
What the hell? I haven't seen tonight's episode, but what did they say? Because they've been consistently shitting on the Tories for things like cutting benefits for years.Man I just got round to watching the last leg and what an embarrassment that show has become in the last year or so. We're talking about a show with two people who are heavily disabled, Alex Brooker and Adam Hills, sitting there discussing how they may vote Tory all of a sudden despite the constant attacks on the poor and disabled. I'm a carer for disabled individuals and also my wife, this is some privilege that's just embarrassing and absolutely beyond the pale for a show that was made with the idea of representing the disabled in the first place.
I've been an avid watcher for years but fuck these guys. I thought these guys would be fighting for the disadvantaged, but they're no better than any part of the media. I stopped the show there and then and honestly have no desire to watch their bullshit again. Jesus fucking christ. I'm honestly really shocked and just dont even know what the fuck they were aiming for.
ok but the tory party is going to continue to exist and win some elections as much as i dislike that fact so it'd be great if we could find ways to make them less racist
About halfway into the episode Adam Hills says he doesnt know who to vote for, either Corbyn who's an anti semite or Johnson with his attacks on the poor, in a more or less his own words. That was jumping off point for me. These guys know the harm the Tories have done to the disabled and they seemingly dont give a shit anymore.What the hell? I haven't seen tonight's episode, but what did they say? Because they've been consistently shitting on the Tories for things like cutting benefits for years.
Just watched it and at least Nish pretty much said that was stupid. lolAbout halfway into the episode Adam Hills says he doesnt know who to vote for, either Corbyn who's an anti semite or Johnson with his attacks on the poor, in a more or less his own words. That was jumping off point for me. These guys know the harm the Tories have done to the disabled and they seemingly dont give a shit anymore.
On a more positive note I'm absolutely delighted with the Lib Dems new childcare policy:
35 month's free childcare for working parents from 9 months and crucially childcare providers will also receive a significant boost in funding for 2-4 year olds as well. Funded by reversing corporation tax cuts and an increase in capital gains tax. I know that the manta of "yellow Tories" is popular here but the policy just doesn't match upto the perception. It is true that there is a deliberate attempt to attract moderate conservative voters in this campaign but given the constituency makeup that is the obvious strategy to the most possible seats and crucial in preventing a Johnson majority.
About halfway into the episode Adam Hills says he doesnt know who to vote for, either Corbyn who's an anti semite or Johnson with his attacks on the poor, in a more or less his own words. That was jumping off point for me. These guys know the harm the Tories have done to the disabled and they seemingly dont give a shit anymore.
About halfway into the episode Adam Hills says he doesnt know who to vote for, either Corbyn who's an anti semite or Johnson with his attacks on the poor, in a more or less his own words. That was jumping off point for me. These guys know the harm the Tories have done to the disabled and they seemingly dont give a shit anymore.
That was Nish's point. Like if you are actually worried about voting for a racist, Boris wouldn't even be an option.just kills me that people have effortlessly shifted from the actual evidence which shows corbyn to have shamefully missed a racist trope in a facebook post and failed to effectively reform a large and unwieldy internal party bureaucracy to address internal complaints....to baldly declaring "corbyn is an anti-semite" constantly on national tv as if it's a self-evident truth
imagine if he'd actually done what boris has on racism. written years of newspaper articles attacking jews for their appearance and culture to whip up hatred, been major part of a government that forcibly deported british jews etc,
whereas the evidence that the tories don't care for the poor is all around us and has been for almost a decade
About halfway into the episode Adam Hills says he doesnt know who to vote for, either Corbyn who's an anti semite or Johnson with his attacks on the poor, in a more or less his own words. That was jumping off point for me. These guys know the harm the Tories have done to the disabled and they seemingly dont give a shit anymore.