Laurence Fox. The twat.

[Jennaonthebeach]

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[LeytonCatLady]

 

[brogdale]

Nailed the fucker.

 

[danny la rouge]

to be fair to Sting

Nobody wants that.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Nobody wants that.

I'm not a fan (FFS)

 

[smokedout]

Other Police songs are equally creepy, Can't Stand Losing You, for example.

I'm so glad other people have noticed this. Roxanne as well. I've never been able to work out if Sting is a lyrical genius subtly (for the time) exposing how patriarchy and toxic masculinity drive cultural narratives of love and romance or just a misogynistic fucking dick.

 

[krtek a houby]

I'm so glad other people have noticed this. Roxanne as well. I've never been able to work out if Sting is a lyrical genius subtly (for the time) exposing how patriarchy and toxic masculinity drive cultural narratives of love and romance or just a misogynistic fucking dick.

Yup.

Like The Beatles, and Rolling Stones - there's a few dodgy ones amongst the classics.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I'm so glad other people have noticed this. Roxanne as well. I've never been able to work out if Sting is a lyrical genius subtly (for the time) exposing how patriarchy and toxic masculinity drive cultural narratives of love and romance or just a misogynistic fucking dick.

I always thought he was a very clever writer. I really hope he wasn't being misogynistic.

 

[Lurdan]

a lyrical genius subtly (...) exposing how patriarchy and toxic masculinity drive cultural narratives of love and romance

If it was fifty years ago and I was still in my 'adolescent idiot' phase I'd be tempted to pinch that line and add it to my resume.
Sounds much better than "my mission in life is to get away with inserting inappropriate dodgy jokes at every opportunity".
Happily my 'adolescent idiot' phase largely petered out sometime in my mid-fifties, he said.

Anyhow on Tuesday Loser x-creted:

I am giving very serious thought to running for @MayorofLondon again.
I’m not going to stand by and watch the city I live in and love be destroyed before our eyes.
It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused.
Watch this space.
4:23 PM · Jan 2, 2024 x-twitter link

x-twitter link

 

[Voley]

I hope he goes for it. Genuinely interested to see how many deposits he has to lose before he realises everyone thinks he's a prat. Could get into double figures, I reckon

 

[LeytonCatLady]

I hope he goes for it. Genuinely interested to see how many deposits he has to lose before he realises everyone thinks he's a prat. Could get into double figures, I reckon

He's probably envisioning using the big fat pay out he imagines he'll get from his libel case. Poor deluded fucker.

 

[Lurdan]

Assuming that Jeremy Hosking is still prepared to fund his vanity 'Party', and Reclaim still exists come the Mayoral election in May, then the deposit wouldn't be coming out of Loser's back pocket. Indeed as a paid officer of the 'party' he'd presumably be able to 'Reclaim' some personal expenses for electioneering.

A couple of pages back I wondered what would happen to Reclaims ex-MP Andrew Bridgen, given the financial ties between him and the 'Party'. I could have added back office arrangements as well. Well one possible clue might be read into an item in yesterday's Politico newsletter:

WEB WOES: Independent MP Andrew Bridgen (no longer of Reclaim or the Tories) appears to have lost ownership of the domain bearing his name (andrewbridgen.com,) my POLITICO colleague Bethany Dawson writes in. The website, which the North Leicestershire MP regularly updated with every one of his addresses in the House of Commons, now redirects to… an Indonesian betting site. (...) Whilst Playbook PM would never want to second guess the intentions of an MP, we put money on this not being the goal, especially since Bridgen expensed more than £1,000 for website maintenance and his domain in April 2023. An alternative domain, andrewbridgen.co.uk, sends web surfers to a parliamentary standards report into the MP’s conduct. Someone get IT on the line.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I hope he goes for it. Genuinely interested to see how many deposits he has to lose before he realises everyone thinks he's a prat. Could get into double figures, I reckon

One if he has to pay for it. Dozens if he can get some other mug to.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

If it was fifty years ago and I was still in my 'adolescent idiot' phase I'd be tempted to pinch that line and add it to my resume.
Sounds much better than "my mission in life is to get away with inserting inappropriate dodgy jokes at every opportunity".
Happily my 'adolescent idiot' phase largely petered out sometime in my mid-fifties, he said.

Anyhow on Tuesday Loser x-creted:

x-twitter link

"It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused."

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

"It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused."

Count Binface said he didn't want to look stupid.

 

[Yossarian]

"It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused."

I'd like to see the rejection letter from the Monster Raving Loony Party

 

[Voley]

"It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused."

I enjoyed that bit, too.

 

[Lurdan]

"It is always my wish to collaborate with the other small parties, but they have refused."

Well it's got the sentiments of a Sting lyric but none of the ability. Kind of sums Loser up really.

 

[krtek a houby]

Well it's got the sentiments of a Sting lyric but none of the ability. Kind of sums Loser up really.

Every little thing he does is tragic

 

[isvicthere?]

I think this guy is going to keep on being a bellend exemplar, so let's give him a thread where we can paste up his privileged stupidity and racism as it unfurls.

I’d never heard of Laurence Fox until he started lecturing us about racism | Suzanne Moore

The actor has joined the ranks of posh white guys who feel they have to champion the so-called common man. Why are these people so easily offended, asks Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore

www.theguardian.com

Just look at this fucking video

Wow! Is it really already four years since Loser´s appearance on Question Time catapulted him from not very well-known actor to tedious right-wing rent-a-gob?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Wow! Is it really already four years since Loser´s appearance on Question Time catapulted him from not very well-known actor to tedious right-wing rent-a-gob?

Really living the dream isn't he. He seems to be having such a good time passing his days as Angry Twat With No Mates.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Also in my experience, don't most parents tell kids not to answer the door if you don't know who's calling?

 

[tim]

Assuming that Jeremy Hosking is still prepared to fund his vanity 'Party', and Reclaim still exists come the Mayoral election in May, then the deposit wouldn't be coming out of Loser's back pocket. Indeed as a paid officer of the 'party' he'd presumably be able to 'Reclaim' some personal expenses for electioneering.

A couple of pages back I wondered what would happen to Reclaims ex-MP Andrew Bridgen, given the financial ties between him and the 'Party'. I could have added back office arrangements as well. Well one possible clue might be read into an item in yesterday's Politico newsletter:

"... we put money on this not being the goal, especially since Bridgen expensed more than £1,000 for website maintenance and his domain in April. 2023."

How long has"expense" been a verb?

 

[Sue]

How long has"expense" been a verb?

A long time.

 

[two sheds]

and is particularly apt for politicians like him

 

[tim]

A long time.

"I've just expensed £25 in Tesco's."

 

[two sheds]

"I've just expensed cleaning the moat on my country estate"

 

[Sue]

"I've just expensed £25 in Tesco's."

Hear it at work all the time. 'You can expense that lunch.' AKA 'You can put that lunch on expenses.'

 

[ouirdeaux]

A long time.

Since 1909 at least. I said at the time that the 20th century was going to hell in a handcart.