Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[DaveCinzano]

When Kate Winslet wins an oscar and thanks other people - that's a little bit communism.

She married a cameraman - COMMUNISM!

She divorced a cameraman - REVANCHISM!

 

[Greebo]

anyway, laurie has gone from a tiny little column to a full page in the independent.

Bless

 

[rekil]

When I was in Chicago, I let some strangers share my taxi - I had communism coming out my ears.

 

[butchersapron]

Letting someone shine your shoes in the street as a sign of respect - little bit communism.

 

[chilango]

This thread just keeps on giving. Laura is well worth 25k on this basis alone. I can't think of any other journo that has given me as much entertainment.

 

[rekil]

All this talk about dropping the Workers Bomb has probably brought these boards up higher on the MI5 list of suspect websites.

 

[The39thStep]

Letting someone shine your shoes in the street as a sign of respect - little bit communism.

bringing shoeshiners back should be part of the PD manifesto.They are good for the word on the street.

 

[butchersapron]

pro-po-leace policy surely?

 

[DaveCinzano]

bringing shoeshiners back should be part of the PD manifesto.They are good for the word on the street.

GO HOME, GET YOUR FUCKIN SHINEBOX, AND PREPARE FOR VICTORY

 

[rekil]

"Every shop and cafe had an inscription saying that it had been collectivised; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black."

Orwell sez Shoeshiners is communism. Fact.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Bootblacknreds, Eric, bootblacknreds.

 

[butchersapron]

When you tip a waiter (doesn't matter where) - that's a bit communism.

 

[rekil]

But if it's in Kenya, or someplace that might as well be the moon, it's one bit more communism.

 

[gosub]

When you tip a waiter (doesn't matter where) - that's a bit communism.

What's McDonalds policy on sharing out tips?

 

[butchersapron]

What's McDonalds policy on sharing out tips?

Don't have waiters. As you'd know if you weren't who you are.

 

[butchersapron]

But if it's in Kenya, or someplace that might as well be the moon, it's one bit more communism.

That's not only a bit communism, that's a bit colonial-communism.

 

[gosub]

Don't have waiters. As you'd know if you weren't who you are.

Wimpy ftw then

 

[gosub]

Don't have waiters. As you'd know if you weren't who you are.

So what do you do if you thought your meal was really flavoursome?

 

[rekil]

Empty your tray into the bin and slot it into the little rack thing. McD's is a bit communism.

 

[butchersapron]

Wimpy ftw then

It's not the 70s either. You went to some ghastly diplomats school didn't you?

 

[DaveCinzano]

But if it's in Kenya, or someplace that might as well be the moon, it's one bit more communism.

Laura would deffo out-me-me-me the Mau Mau.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Empty your tray into the bin and slot it into the little rack thing. McD's is a bit communism.

Ronald McDonald = SuperSize-Inquart

 

[gosub]

It's not the 70s either. You went to some ghastly diplomats school didn't you?

No, used to play one at rugby though. Farnborough where I used to have an office has a wimpy, ate there twice a week when I was renovating the building from derelict. Tipping did seem to improve service.

Was dragged into a mcd drive through two weeks ago. Had a gloupy sort of cheese in it. Revolting

 

[JimW]

bringing shoeshiners back should be part of the PD manifesto.They are good for the word on the street.

Shoes in general are progressive. If I recall my Making of the English Working Classes, itinerant shoe-menders travelled from town to town spreading the good old cause, so of course the PD slogan has to be 'radical cobblers'.

 

[butchersapron]

See the radical cobblers.

 

[JimW]

Our Laurie's produced more than a Clark's factory occupation.

 

[butchersapron]

I set 'em up...

 

[JimW]

I set 'em up...

Oi! I set it up!

 

[DotCommunist]

Shoes in general are progressive. If I recall my Making of the English Working Classes, itinerant shoe-menders travelled from town to town spreading the good old cause, so of course the PD slogan has to be 'radical cobblers'.

If you seek radical cobblers then look no further than the town that sheltered thomas and provided boots for cromwell. Gechya ass to northampton. Our tradition of leatherworked dissidence is aged

 

[butchersapron]

Oi! I set it up!

Opps, you actually said radical cobblers