People's Alliance of the Left (Announced 20/01/22)

[chilango]

So the NIP, TUSC, Breakthrough and Left Unity are going to "work together on a future electoral strategy". Are you not excited?

Shit name for starters.

 

[chilango]

...don't get me wrong, I wish them well. But I fear this will end up being less than the sum of its parts.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I assume it is just an agreement that they won't stand against each other rather than A New Exciting Party Of Unity For The Left?

 

[Pickman's model]

so their members are pals but probably not mates

 

[platinumsage]

I'm not sure this will save any deposits from being lost.

 

[Sprocket.]

so their members are pals but probably not mates

I remember when we were all comrades! But not brothers and sisters.

 

[hitmouse]

Can't believe that they've missed out thingy, harmony party or whatever, that other one from off twitter. Yeah, Harmony, that's the one. Also, is it just me, or is "pal" one of those terms that always sounds more aggressive than it is friendly?

 

[NoXion]

I'm not your mate, PAL.

 

[DotCommunist]

Pal always makes me think of the now defunct regional differences in TV engineering.

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm not your mate, PAL.

Sorry Chum, but I question your pedigree.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

PAL ? A dog's dinner surely?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Damn you Danny and my slow typing!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[NoXion]

Sorry Chum, but I question your pedigree.

To be fair it is a complete dog's dinner.

 

[two sheds]

Pal always makes me think of the now defunct regional differences in TV engineering.

Never Twice the Same Color
Système Européens Contre les Américains
Peace at Last

was what they were called in the Netherlands in the 80s

 

[Rimbaud]

IMO I think it is a mistake to explicitly identify your movement as of the left.

Most people don't really identify strongly as left or right. They should give themselves a more broadly populist name.

 

[danny la rouge]

Damn you Danny and my slow typing!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Beat you by a Whiska.

 

[a_chap]

So the NIP, TUSC...

Shit name for starters.

The NIP and TUCS party.

I'll get my coart...

 

[Jeff Robinson]

So the NIP, TUSC, Breakthrough and Left Unity are going to "work together on a future electoral strategy". Are you not excited?

Shit name for starters.

I personally would have preferred The People's Iron Fist Alliance of the Left.

 

[smmudge]

I'm not your mate, PAL.

I'm not your PAL, buddy.

 

[not a trot]

So the NIP, TUSC, Breakthrough and Left Unity are going to "work together on a future electoral strategy". Are you not excited?

Shit name for starters.

Yeah the downtrodden will be falling over themselves to get to the ballot box.

 

[MickiQ]

So altogether this is what? Ten people? A dozen?

 

[Pickman's model]

So altogether this is what? Ten people? A dozen?

somehow i get the feeling that if they were of a different political persuasion you'd be cheering them on with 'brave lads and lasses, tho few not afraid to take on the big parties'

 

[Santino]

Felix As Good As It Looks

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, this lot are in competition with the 'Alliance of People on the Left' and the 'Left People’s Alliance'?

 

[bluescreen]

Also, is it just me, or is "pal" one of those terms that always sounds more aggressive than it is friendly?

Reminds me of the beginning of this (shockingly dated) routine from Dave Allen:
"Listen to me, pal..."



Not his best work, imo and not stuff a modern audience would tolerate, let alone find funny.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Beat you by a Whiska.

Well done. You win a lot.

 

[MickiQ]

somehow i get the feeling that if they were of a different political persuasion you'd be cheering them on with 'brave lads and lasses, tho few not afraid to take on the big parties'

Nah

 

[JimW]

All a bit nip and tuck for NIP and TUSC.

 

[JimW]

People's Left Alliance just so the Mail could have fits over the initialisation.

 

[hitmouse]

Reminds me of the beginning of this (shockingly dated) routine from Dave Allen:
"Listen to me, pal..."



Not his best work, imo and not stuff a modern audience would tolerate, let alone find funny.

Having listened to it now, the bit about "shit" was quite funny, and still feels relatively contemporary.