Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP.

[Lord Camomile]

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Ok, the upside down person had the forethought to orientate the text on their outfit so it could still be read by others.

That's some solid message planning right there.

 

[mx wcfc]

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I believe I remember that. The Express?

 

[DaveCinzano]

I believe I remember that. The Express?

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[GarveyLives]

The contempt of Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC and his boss, Morgan McSweeney, is clear:

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[kabbes]

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Fuck me. I… have no words, for once.

 

[krtek a houby]

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An absolute shit.

 

[Raheem]

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Is that thatcher, or were cartoonists limited to a certain number of faces in those days?

 

[mx wcfc]

Is that thatcher, or were cartoonists limited to a certain number of faces in those days?

good spot.

 

[Wilf]

She's loony left

Erm... sau.... erm... what...

 

[Raheem]

Erm... sau.... erm... what...

You trying to say "sausage"?

 

[Wilf]

You trying to say "sausage"?

Don't know what you mean.

I was just asking what you meant about her being "loony left"?

 

[kenny g]

My Diane Abbott memory is watching her in the Hackney Empire during a refuse worker dispute take to the stage in full camouflage outfit, adopt a strong estuary accent and speak about struggle.

I had only heard her previously on Radio 4 Any Questions where she seemed terribly received pronunciation (nothing wrong with that) so the transformation was quite a shock.

Apparently she was a good constituency MP and she is definitely well known in the area. My current Tory MP is an absent ghost.

 

[nino_savatte]

She may be middle class, but she's not middle England. She's loony left, and she was meant to be gone before the election.

Is the loony left in the room with you now?

 

[nino_savatte]

Even though they've made a mess of the operation, I reckon it still helps them electorally. Abbott is a hate figure on the right and so it may help the "changed Labour" narrative with swing voters. Part of a righteous purge. It's dismal only in the eyes of voters who were disillusioned anyway.

The risk is that they might end up forced into letting her stand for Labour. Then it will just look like Starmer can't shoot fish in a barrel.

So, what you're saying is that Starmer will be appealing to the racists? It's not as if he isn't doing that already by appearing on telly and in photo ops draped in the Butcher's Apron.

 

[Raheem]

Is the loony left in the room with you now?

One or both of us is confused. Are you thinking that because I used the phrase "loony left" I must be a copy of the daily mail from 1985? That's not what it is.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cummings was a real hack

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[nino_savatte]

One or both of us is confused. Are you thinking that because I used the phrase "loony left" I must be a copy of the daily mail from 1985? That's not what it is.

I never suggested you were a copy of the DM. Many people who don't read that paper also use the phrase.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

This is a right old mess of Labour HQs making. They knew an election was coming and could have resolved it one way or another.
Obviously Labour supporters are appalled at her treatment. It's entirely political how badly she's been treated.

 

[Pickman's model]

One or both of us is confused. Are you thinking that because I used the phrase "loony left" I must be a copy of the daily mail from 1985? That's not what it is.

Oh dear

 

[The39thStep]

Oh dear

exactly

 

[not a trot]

Who the fuck is this woman on newsnight at the moment. Talking about having engorged breasts because she hasn't fed her baby.

Starmers fault apparently.

 

[Raheem]

Pah! Whisper amongst yourselves, you snooty drips.

Misunderstandings do happen, but there's no need to put so much effort into it.

 

[PR1Berske]

This entire event appears to have been a very cack-handed attempt by Starmer et al to engineer a "dignified" goodbye, and they may have succeeded had they said in January, "here's the whip, now please promise to step aside and you'll be Baroness Stoke Newington by the summer"

Holding on until the last minute has only strengthened the view that the machines dislikes her personally, wants to handicap her personally, and wants rid of her quickly.

Labour managed five days gaff-free in this campaign. Now it'll be shadowed by the words "Diane Abbott" for a good few days yet.

 

[tim]

One or both of us is confused. Are you thinking that because I used the phrase "loony left" I must be a copy of the daily mail from 1985? That's not what it is.

You're more Daily Express than Daily Mail.

 

[PR1Berske]

She may be middle class, but she's not middle England. She's loony left, and she was meant to be gone before the election.

She's not loony left.

 

[Raheem]

You're more Daily Express than Daily Mail.

Good one, but what's with the snidey year 10 bullying?

For fuck's sake "She's loony left, and she was meant to be gone before the election" does not represent my perspective on things. Sometimes you can look back at a post and think you could have been clearer, but I'm struggling in this case to see how it can have be misconstrued.

In any case, if people genuinely have misunderstood, what would be wrong with asking for clarification, rather than the cryptic replies and smug victimisation?

 

[Rob Ray]

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[krtek a houby]

Pah! Whisper amongst yourselves, you snooty drips.

Misunderstandings do happen, but there's no need to put so much effort into it.

You can easily clear up the misunderstanding by saying you were being sarcastic when you used the term.

We've already had one drive by poster describing her as "nuts".

He seems to genuinely believe that.

Am guessing you used the "loony left" term to parody that sort of detractor?

 

[Raheem]

Am guessing you used the "loony left" term to parody that sort of detractor?

More or less. I was characterising the view of the labour leadership. Which I would think is obvious, unless I approve of what they're doing. And yet, whatever other unsavoury opinions everyone clearly thinks I harbour, it ought to be clear from comments I have made in this thread that I don't. You didn't read them? Fine, but why are you sticking your bully nose in then?

It's not the misunderstanding that bothers me, it's the incredibly unseemly instant pile on (Pickman's excepted, he's just like that). It's like having the fucking Labour party pouring over your tweets.

Have a word with yourselves.

 

[xenon]

Fucking hell some people on here really need spoon feeding don't they. Parody an attitude, which is widely understood and the po faced queue up to accuse you of holding said attitude cos you said the bad words.