Batley and Spen by-election

[Argonia]

Proletergeist FTW!

His spectre is haunting the European Union.

 

[kenny g]

What’s gaba?

A cess pit alternative social media platform which was booted from Google play and istore but has a website and a crafty replica app interface you can save to your mobile. It is one of those things that in better times would be run by us but is infested by gun nuts, replacement theorists, far right memes and DJ trump.

I was pleased to see the anarchist federation are on telegram before I deleted that app. Would be great if other groups had a presence to counteract the sad fuck Nazis and covid denying scum who infest it. Locally to me there seem a remarkable number of bored sex workers who populate local groups.

 

[Argonia]

Thought you meant gabber techno for a minute.

 

[kenny g]

Thought you meant gabber techno for a minute.

Trump on gabber

 

[AmateurAgitator]

When is this by election taking place?

Edit: I see it's the 1st July

 

[DJWrongspeed]

How about this from Galloway. Talk how about to not win and take some of your opponents with you.......

 

[lazythursday]

I live a couple of constituencies away from Batley & Spen and I've now seen several examples of Galloway propaganda left on the train and in a local taxi office. And a guy yesterday hauling a massive Galloway banner off the train. So based on this exclusive local insight I am predicting he's going to do quite well. Cons / Lab / George, with George only narrowly beaten into third place.

 

[brogdale]

Ooof

 

[hitmouse]

Announcement:
Yes we are aware that Tommy Robinson and a plethora of far right groups in support Intend to descend on our community in Batley on the 26/06/2021
We won't share the video as we don't want to give platform or views to fascists.
We would like to announce in the strongest of terms , that fascists will not walk freely and without oposition through our streets. We stand with our Muslim community in absolute solidarity.
There is an event of Unity organised by a holistic group of Unions, Anti Racists and the local Muslim community.
Though we are not organising the event, we will be in attendance in number and we encourage all antifascists and groups to come down and join us autonomously.
For those who need further info or support please contact us using the information at the top of this page.
Keep checking back by the page for any updates.
In Solidarity with our community
Kirklees Antifascists

 

[brogdale]

The twitter thread of polling detail under this Suration tweet is just such an enormous shitshow for Starmer...rather incredibly the only metric in which he appears to best johnson is "understanding working class people" (38 : 32).

 

[brogdale]

I mean...time to think again, surely...

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Raheem]

He might be a piece of shit, but he's not stupid and he's not wrong.

 

[The39thStep]

That some briefing Labour are giving the Dail Mail

 

[brogdale]

That some briefing Labour are giving the Dail Mail

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'kinnel

 

[Sue]

That some briefing Labour are giving the Dail Mail

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'We're not anti-semitic but our Muslim voters are'. That's an interesting approach...

 

[brogdale]

'We're not anti-semitic but our Muslim voters are'. That's an interesting approach...

Interesting, as in er...overtly racist?

 

[Sue]

Interesting, as in er...overtly racist?

Yeah. And slagging off your own voters is generally seen as a fucking stupid thing to do.

 

[Raheem]

If the Labour voters are not voting Labour, how can they not be to blame?

They had one fucking job.

 

[The39thStep]

'We're not anti-semitic but our Muslim voters are'. That's an interesting approach...

Out of curiosity, I read the full Mail article and they followed it up with another snippet later this morning

Sir Keir Starmer is heading for a by-election defeat that could end his leadership amid claims his tough stance on antisemitism has cost him the trust of Muslim voters.

He faces a bitter backlash from Muslim communities in Labour-held Batley and Spen, with even his wife Victoria's Jewish heritage apparently being cited as one reason not to vote Labour.

Last night, Mr Galloway said no voter had raised the issue of Mrs Starmer's background with him in Batley and Spen, adding: 'It's hard enough to get someone to give a toss about Keir Starmer, never mind about his wife.'

 

[brogdale]

If the Labour voters are not voting Labour, how can they not be to blame?

They had one fucking job.

Die Lösung

 

[Cerv]

if truly "It's hard enough to get someone to give a toss about Keir Starmer" then why is the twat running his entire campaign on how very mad he is about Starmer?

 

[CNT36]

if truly "It's hard enough to get someone to give a toss about Keir Starmer" then why is the twat running his entire campaign on how very mad he is about Starmer?

Fuck Galloway but that line still got a chortle.

 

[andysays]

That some briefing Labour are giving the Dail Mail

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I wonder who the "senior Labour official" will turn out to be and if, when as seems inevitable Labour actually lose, this reason will be given as part of the official justification for the loss.

Apart from the blatant anti Muslim sentiment and the tactical mistake of blaming your own potential voters, it appears that the Starmer camp are unable to recognise that the "main factor" in all this is just how shit Kier Starmer himself is, on every level.

 

[YouSir]

I wonder who the "senior Labour official" will turn out to be and if, when as seems inevitable Labour actually lose, this reason will be given as part of the official justification for the loss.

Apart from the blatant anti Muslim sentiment and the tactical mistake of blaming your own potential voters, it appears that the Starmer camp are unable to recognise that the "main factor" in all this is just how shit Kier Starmer himself is, on every level.

From what I hear, local to me at least, the defences of Starmer from the Right are half hearted at best, their main priority atm is still wrecking and purging local parties. Keith will be turned on when they're satiated with that though.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

That some briefing Labour are giving the Dail Mail

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Labour are so shit now it wouldn't surprise me if their response was to officially adopt antisemitism as a policy platform.

 

[steeplejack]

If Georrge Galloway is the one to york Starmer after he's been bruised and battered by a torrid spell of short pitched bowling from the most corrupt and deceitful British government most can remember, I'm fine with it, even if Galloway is a loathsome, unprincipled shit.

Pretty obvious it's time he was trudging back to the pavillion if the Labour Party is to survive in meaningful / recognisable form, let alone challenge to be a government again. Totally clueless and out of his depth.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i take it that george "you're not a celt like me" galloway is going after the muslim vote this month, then?

 

[The39thStep]

i take it that george "you're not a celt like me" galloway is going after the muslim vote this month, then?

‘the pro Palestine vote ‘

 

[MickiQ]

George will go for any vote he can get the man has the principals of a Great White, but at the end of the day he is only going to get a ragtag of discontented voters who don't want to vote for Labour but can't bring themselves to vote for the Tories or the LibDem. It's a reflection of how sad a state that Labour is in that the votes of a few malcontents that could once be ignored are being fought over.