Mad Paul Mason

[tim]

This makes me sad(der)

Would you prefer a more credible Labour candidate to stand against Corbyn?

 

[Karl Masks]

Would you prefer a more credible Labour candidate to stand against Corbyn?

Paul Mason losing to Corbyn doesn't make me sad. Labour positioning itself to have to oppose Corbyn does.

 

[Wilf]

and despite all the analingus and silver polishing of transihed old tat, the repeated political handbrake turns, the fabrication of consistency across a bewildering spectrum of political hyperactivity, poor old Paul is absolutely no nearer adoption as a Labour candidate for a seat, winnable or otherwise.

Bless.

He shot a theoretical albatross and is condemned for all time to tell his tale to Constituency selection meetings. The delegates emerge wise and sadder bored shitless.

 

[Dogsauce]

Would you prefer a more credible Labour candidate to stand against Corbyn?

I’d prefer Corbyn stood in Starmer’s seat, he’d flatten him.

 

[two sheds]

Mick Lynch would be worth a punt.

 

[tim]

I’d prefer Corbyn stood in Starmer’s seat, he’d flatten him.

If Starmer stood in Corbyn's allotment, he'd stamp on all his lettuces.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Mick Lynch would be worth a punt.

Why would Mick Lynch want to be a Labour MP instead of the leader of his union?

 

[two sheds]

Fair point. He could be both though, loads of MPs have outside 'jobs'.

 

[Karl Masks]

If Starmer stood in Corbyn's allotment, he'd stamp on all his lettuces.

It's important that Starmer does have that right, must have that right

 

[Dogsauce]

If Starmer stood in Corbyn's allotment, he'd stamp on all his lettuces.

It would also be antisemitic to oppose such action. Starmer has the right to do this, legitimate self defence.

 

[brogdale]

It would also be antisemitic to oppose such action. Starmer has the right to do this, legitimate self defence.

Jerusalem artichokes?

 

[The39thStep]

Mick Lynch would be worth a punt.

Didn't Lynch say to vote Labour but also said to vote Corbyn?

 

[The39thStep]

Get in the swing boys

 

[Wilf]

It would also be antisemitic to oppose such action. Starmer has the right to do this, legitimate self defence.

I'm not convinced, but lettuce assume you are right.

 

[PTK]

I'm not convinced, but lettuce assume you are right.

Remember that it was an iceberg that sank the Titanic. Stamp out all boat-sinking lettuces.

There is a rumour that the Freemasons are going to re-name themselves the PaulMasons

 

[steeplejack]

so what is the magic grandpa doing in Islington North? Is he standing as an independent, forming his own left-social-democracy platform, or retiring to spend more time with his Jerusalem Artichokes?

 

[Karl Masks]

so what is the magic grandpa doing in Islington North? Is he standing as an independent, forming his own left-social-democracy platform, or retiring to spend more time with his Jerusalem Artichokes?

 

[Idris2002]

so what is the magic grandpa doing in Islington North? Is he standing as an independent, forming his own left-social-democracy platform, or retiring to spend more time with his Jerusalem Artichokes?

It is said that if danger ever threatens the workers, he will awaken from his eternal slumber beneath Mt. Bevan.

 

[steeplejack]

 

[Wilf]

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If you tolerate this, then.... my chances of winning a seat will be next,

 

[PTK]

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Emma Dent Coad says that she was there and that a recording of the meeting contradicts the claim of Paul Mason.

 

[PTK]

so what is the magic grandpa doing in Islington North? Is he standing as an independent, forming his own left-social-democracy platform, or retiring to spend more time with his Jerusalem Artichokes?

What is the Labour Party going to do in Islington North? How is it going to get a candidate there without a local party to support them?

 

[Wilf]

Emma Dent Coad says that she was there and that a recording of the meeting contradicts the claim of Paul Mason.

do you have a link please?

 

[PTK]

do you have a link please?

On Twiter

 

[PTK]

This is a purported transcript that appears to back what Paul Mason said.

Paul Mason Publicly Attacks Anti-Zionist in Kilburn

The high-profile journalist and Labour campaigner Paul Mason was in Kilburn tonight, part of a debate organised by Kensal & Kilburn – Better 2024 titled “Is it worth voting Labour i…

urbandandylondon.com

 

[steeplejack]

This is a purported transcript that appears to back what Paul Mason said.

Paul Mason Publicly Attacks Anti-Zionist in Kilburn

The high-profile journalist and Labour campaigner Paul Mason was in Kilburn tonight, part of a debate organised by Kensal & Kilburn – Better 2024 titled “Is it worth voting Labour i…

urbandandylondon.com

The tweet was bad enough but that it seems - at best - to be a serious misrepresentation of what happened, is just

You’re still not being adopted as a Labour candidate, Paul.

 

[brogdale]

The tweet was bad enough but that it seems - at best - to be a serious misrepresentation of what happened, is just

You’re still not being adopted as a Labour candidate, Paul.

I dunno; all of the valid points of criticism made by the audience member could have been levelled without claiming that Starmer has Israeli sponsors and donors or that Starmer’s party is an Israeli body. Those claims are a gift to a party loyalist ( arse- licker) like Mason, allowing him to froth and fulminate without addressing the salient point about the party’s abandonment of the working class.

Of course the precise words used and their context is important in interactions like this, but claims that, at best, tiptoe around antisemitic tropes, allow folk like Mason to misrepresent, avoid and deflect. Not smart politicking from the left Labour activist IMO.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

I dunno; all of the valid points of criticism made by the audience member could have been levelled without claiming that Starmer has Israeli sponsors and donors or that Starmer’s party is an Israeli body. Those claims are a gift to a party loyalist ( arse- licker) like Mason, allowing him to froth and fulminate without addressing the salient point about the party’s abandonment of the working class.

Of course the precise words used and their context is important in interactions like this, but claims that, at best, tiptoe around antisemitic tropes, allow folk like Mason to misrepresent, avoid and deflect. Not smart politicking from the left Labour activist IMO.

100%. There’s plenty more of it on Mason’s twitter as well. Easy stuff to demolish, some of it highly dubious and obscures the real questions he should face on both Gaza and the Labour Party.

 

[The39thStep]

The fact is Mason lied in his tweet and wasn't aware that someone else would post a transcript. He's now had to post another tweet . Wont hold my breath for this libel case though

 

[ska invita]

It would be nice to know how LFI is funded, especially so when "37% of Labour MPs are associated with LFI, with an additional 37 Lords"

Who funds Labour Friends of Israel – and why won’t it say?

LFI is one of the largest lobbying forces in British politics, but refuses to disclose its sources of income. What is it hiding?

www.declassifieduk.org