surely THIS new form of violence won't be brought back to the imperial core

This was, again, Boris Johnson's argument

Can honestly say having heard the anger from the public about these sorts of issues in focus group after focus group this line is wishful thinking. It’s also surprising given Starmer really seemed to get it isn’t just about policy, it’s about restoring faith in politics.

who is this 'we' that didn't criticise the tories? i have a feeling this anonymous source( they should be allowed anonymity ) is referring to how keir starmer's labour provided fuck all opposition while in opposition the public criticised the tories for being corrupt.

Luckily there are no historical instances of fascists gaining popular support and/or palling around with British royalty. So that puts that to bed. I'm relieved. Are you relieved?

“They blew up the pagers it’s so cool! A 9-year-old girl was killed? Oh. Well Hezbollah is bad so don’t worry about that. Anyway yeah, so what they did, they intercepted the pagers and rigged them with explosives. It’s like Mission Impossible!”

This is one of those where there is a very different tone between the replies and the QTs.

Pay *very* close attention to what he actually says (or doesn’t say). At no point does he directly state he’s been told not to do surgeries: “When Parliament allows me. Take a guess. I would’ve thought that makes sense wouldn’t you? There is a team that gives advice.”

"porn message board commenter" is maybe the second worst thing you could be known for, after, uh, this other thing

It's one really determined mime artist