I really don't think it ever occurred to the likes of McDonagh here that the ratfucking of Corbyn by her and so many of her PLP mates in alliance with the very same journalists, often based on complete fabrications rather than actual evidence, could happen to them

It’s great: these people worked tirelessly to wreck the anti-austerity movement and turned it into endless free tailored suits, corporate hospitality and Taylor Swift tickets for themselves, and yet even mild criticism of what they’ve done seems to them a monstrous injustice.

hardly his worst feature but something that really irritates about Starmer is this forced "now listen young man" hectoring tone and this rhetoric about hard decisions etc. he employs while committing to the easiest, least courageous thing possible in every given situation

asking for a replacement for one of the *potential* ingredients *doesn't even "ruin" the reveal* I feel like I'm going insane

An incredible admission here that the only workable solution for climate change that doesn't involve further unpredictable meddling in the biosphere is socialism. Nice one mate, agreed!

Like honestly we can’t have these things because you selfish middle class cunts exist and you refuse to recognise we have a responsibility to our fellow humans - you’re literally the problem, not that desperate person there

It is actually late-capitalism though, isn't it. *Why* is your phone addictive? It's not just magically so, it's because lots of companies spent lots of money colonising your attention.

I don't know how to explain to these people that the point of the humanities/a classical education is not to quickly absorb info and get the shallow "gist" of it as soon as possible. Depth matters more than efficiency.

It's so convenient that the best thing any of these guys could do for any war effort always turns out to be "the thing I'm already doing [tweeting and writing shit articles] at my cushy journo job"

Yknow, I'm beginning to think the Liberals in general might not be taking this one seriously enough

it was obvious labour were going to be exactly like this, because for my whole adult life they have been exactly like this except for precisely 5 years during which the entire political and media apparatus run by ex labour people declared an unending crusade against them

a previous employer once sent everyone a €50 Amazon voucher for Christmas. which was very lovely, but they used a third party system for this. so we all got an email that said "click here to claim your Amazon voucher," and we all promptly reported and deleted it.