Who will be the next Labour leader?
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Proper Tidy
Arsed
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
That notable working class profession (which was your problem with Starmer).
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The push is very def on, big EXCLUSIVE front page piece in the guardian today. Trying to set the agenda early door across all fronts. And they probably don't even know they're doing it- no overt planning required or even conscious understanding that they're doing it, peston (get your hair cut and do your shirt up ffs) and guardian started all ready.
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fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
I’d vote for Starmer 
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think you need to re-read.
Mr ski said - in way reminiscent of your claim that Keir Starmer didn't go to privates school that you had to take back - that Keir Starmer isn't posh (now accepts that he is) and i responded by listing all the ways in which he is posh. To this you added human rights lawyer, either to suggest that once being a human rights lawyer whilst being all the things i listed makes him invulnerable to ever being poshor is another example of his poshness. Which is it?
I never had a problem with someone being a human rights lawyer, i didn't bring it up - you did - and i then said i had no problem with it. You seem to be uncharacteristically all over the shop on this thread. I never mentioned RLB either yet you seem to think i have been supporting her or something so try and throw her in my face in your defence of private school posh boy starmer.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Many things are broken, not seen dawn on the list yet.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Heading into David Brent territory.
mauvais
on reddit or something
RLB at least has a working class background - dad was a docker and union rep in Salford, then she eventually went to Man Met to do a degree. She represents a constituency a couple of miles from where she was born. Hardly privilege.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Continuity Corbynites vs Continuity Remainers. Could get tasty
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Just watching Ian Lavery on Novara, ffs he's shit. Some people have been suggesting him. Although some people have been seriously suggesting Corbyn doesn't go too.
Yup. If he wasn't an ex-miner(?) with an accent he wouldn't have been on the show, right? A clear indication of the shallow cultural portrayal of the w/c that the entire media/political scene seems to have signed up to this election.
Novara appear to be both flailing around and under sustained attack right now. Hmm. I don't mind them as much as I perhaps should. I think they can produce mildly interesting, watchable content. Politically they've backed themselves into a corner without walls here though.
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
smoke tabs, drink beer, subscribe to Novara Media
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Labour always descend into horrible civil war after their, fairly regular, crushing defeats.
The fact that both dogs in this particular fight have been routed by ordinary people makes this one highly anticipated (by me).
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
You realise that by dismissing several candidates as 'women with accents' you're not attacking the idea of tokenism, but reinforcing it?
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Fuck off and watch tyskysour then
On a serious note I clocked Ash Sarkar praising Lucy Powell on twitter. I think we can guess where fully automatic luxury communism is heading....
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
I'm not referring to the candidates themselves but the reasons people are giving for backing them.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Where they under attack? And who from?
I do watch/listen to them a bit although the content has got worse politically the last few years. Some of the presenters and commentators are fucking annoying too, especially Sarkar is much better on TV rather than Novara where she just acts like she's chatting with some mates and tries to play the joker far too much.
It is annoying to watch them not miss a beat from pre to post election without any noticeable reflection on their cheerleading previous positions.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
All MPs are posh. They might not have always been posh and some are a lot posher than others but they are all still posh. Because they are fucking MPs.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
No. They are possessive of cultural and social capital because they are MP's. They are also possessive of relatively high levels of economic capital.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Yeah posh
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Ian Lavery is not posh.
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
I watched some of that Lavery piece last night and your comment is spot on. Ash seems to have just doubled down, I detect that she is actually feeling justified in some way for her previous thoughts about the white w/c. (she likes to say white w/c).
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
Fuck off and watch tyskysour then
On a serious note I clocked Ash Sarkar praising Lucy Powell on twitter. I think we can guess where fully automatic luxury communism is heading....
I’m surprised she hasn’t come up more often before, though I suppose people who would like her have Kier to cheer for.
She was behind Ed’s election ‘strategy’ so a sure fire winner.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Ok he just has far greater social, cultural, and economic capital than any normal person. But it's simpler and easier and clearer to say posh instead of talking about social, cultural, and economic capital.
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