Urban v's the Commentariat

[The39thStep]

Old Holborn - a self-styled ' libertarian' Twitterati ie making sick jokes about Hillsborough, Jamie Bulger, and generally being a gobshite reactionary bigot seems to have passed away.

 

[danny la rouge]

Not done an exhaustive search but can only find a Reddit post referencing Robert Ambridge’s death.

 

[steeplejack]

Old Holborn - a self-styled ' libertarian' Twitterati ie making sick jokes about Hillsborough, Jamie Bulger, and generally being a gobshite reactionary bigot seems to have passed away.

that's a wee shame.

 

[The39thStep]

Not done an exhaustive search but can only find a Reddit post referencing Robert Ambridge’s death.

Its on Twitter but there again everything is on Twitter whether its true or not. The funniest thing is people asking if he had been vaccinated and whether that hastened his death

 

[Dogsauce]

Old Holborn - a self-styled ' libertarian' Twitterati ie making sick jokes about Hillsborough, Jamie Bulger, and generally being a gobshite reactionary bigot seems to have passed away.

This requires that Clarkson gif like on the Twitter.

How’s that ‘biasedBBC’ ringpiece (David Vance?) doing these days? Cut from the same cloth.

 

[The39thStep]

This requires that Clarkson gif like on the Twitter.

How’s that ‘biasedBBC’ ringpiece (David Vance?) doing these days? Cut from the same cloth.

Vance is still on there but I think he’s struggling tbh

 

[chilango]

Its quite sad that Nina Power has come to this...I know this isnt a new turn of events, but still

In case anyone is interested, Nina Power is speaking at that National Conservatism conference. Alongside the likes of Gove, Goodwin and Furedi.

 

[ska invita]

shocking tbh

Home - National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023

NatCon UK The National Conservatism Conference brings together public figures, journalists, scholars, and students who understand that the past and...

nationalconservatism.org

says she is an editor at Compact - is that this?

Compact Magazine

A radical American journal

compactmag.com

 

[chilango]

Yep.

 

[Rob Ray]

The Intelligencer skewered it (and Power's descent into reactionary mediocrity) quite nicely when it first launched:

The liberal world order is weak, weaker, perhaps, then it’s been in decades. Compact would be somewhat more admirable if it would at least admit it senses blood in the water. Instead, it whines.

Nina Power claims that the patriarchy has been dismantled, leaving terrible violence in its place. ... Power’s arguments are indistinguishable from the fundamentalist milieu. Thousands, maybe even millions, of conservative preachers around the world perfected her argument a long time ago.

 

[Rob Ray]

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[hitmouse]

Just had my attention drawn to the New Statesman's "left power list", which is... well, it's very New Statesman. I think they missed a trick by not going full clickbait and including "YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE NUMBER 14" in the title.

The New Statesman’s left power list

The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s progressive politics.

www.newstatesman.com

 

[ska invita]

Just had my attention drawn to the New Statesman's "left power list", which is... well, it's very New Statesman. I think they missed a trick by not going full clickbait and including "YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE NUMBER 14" in the title.

The New Statesman’s left power list

The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s progressive politics.

www.newstatesman.com

https://archive.ph/cDiwF

Read and weep

 

[Serge Forward]

That is dogshit.

 

[ska invita]

That is dogshit.

Undeniable

Though in terms of who has quantifiable power.... Is it that inaccurate ?

 

[Rob Ray]

I feel like their entire top ten is basically one giant troll. Calling Wes Streeting left-wing is "calling Joe Biden a communist" levels of incoherent.

And including JK Rowling at number 14 because she donated some money one time is just bonkers. Does she even do political opinions beyond slagging off trans rights any more?

Edit: And what's David Attenborough doing there? Beyond being concerned about climate change (which isn't restricted to the left) he's famously beloved by the right as much as the left because he's stayed out of it!

 

[nogojones]

That is dogshit.

It's not that good.

 

[LDC]

https://archive.ph/cDiwF

Read and weep

Oh god I can hear Bastani's smug head swelling from here.

 

[tim]

Bliar, Attenbore, Sir Haircut and JK Transphobe: what a of shits.

 

[redsquirrel]

Pity poor old Mason, not even making this utter cobblers now.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I feel like their entire top ten is basically one giant troll. Calling Wes Streeting left-wing is "calling Joe Biden a communist" levels of incoherent.

And including JK Rowling at number 14 because she donated some money one time is just bonkers. Does she even do political opinions beyond slagging off trans rights any more?

Edit: And what's David Attenborough doing there? Beyond being concerned about climate change (which isn't restricted to the left) he's famously beloved by the right as much as the left because he's stayed out of it!

Attenborough espouses Malthusian ideas for dealing with climate change.

 

[Serge Forward]

I know he used to but does he still?

 

[The39thStep]

Pity poor old Mason, not even making this utter cobblers now.

Last seen on Twitter lecturing Lula in Brazil. Back of the cab merchant.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I know he used to but does he still?

Dunno. Has he retracted the comments?

 

[Serge Forward]

Dunno.

 

[Rob Ray]

He doesn't seem to have said anything directly for a couple of years but also doesn't seem to have retracted it.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Yeah I think if he was still saying this shit he’d be part of The Culture Wars and we’d all know about it. Probably he still believes it though.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Some of these people seem unwell.

 

[Brainaddict]

Although Musk has turned twitter into an open sewer, the one comfort is that for some reason supertanskii shows up far less in my algorithm than she used to. It's almost made it all worth it...

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I still have no idea why I've heard of supertanskii or why I'm supposed to give a toss what she thinks.