Stop voting for fucking Tories

[Tichtheid]

I lived in London throughout the entirety of Johnson's tenure. It was a great time to live in London, but that was pretty much entirely down to the national government for that time (Labour), who's policies improved life generally but particularly for the poorest, of whom London has more than its share. Almost immediately as the Cameron Government took over you noticed increases of homeless people, and then came the deliberate degradation of our infrastructure, particularly the assault on TFL, by the Tories who hate the nation's capital whilst they wrap themselves in the flag.

I'm related to someone who worked in this area and the trend in homelessness and rough sleeping was downwards to 2010 due to the work of the Rough Sleepers Unit headed by Louise Casey, with stubborn pockets in certain areas of the country but they were still lessening. That was reversed almost immediately after the Tories took office and continued to an all-time high around 2018 with year-on year growth

[Tichtheid]

I thought it was common knowledge from anyone who has had the misfortune to "work" with Johnson that he was a lazy, lying shitbag and only interested in what he can get out of it, all ambition and not a jot of ability?

He does have something, to be fair to him.

Seems to have this ability to convince people (some people) that's he's charming and charismatic.

I mean he isn't, he's the complete opposite really. But some people really, really think he is.

Got to be some sort of magic amulet or something. Something that's been in his family for generations, dating back to ancient Egypt.

Stop me if you've heard this one before https://reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my-boris-story/

The short version is that "Boris" isn't a real person, he's a carefully constructed persona which has taken an entire lifetime to "perfect", he will do anything to further his own ends, no matter who he hurts or has to stand on on the way up.

[sefton]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

[Tichtheid]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

The levels of idiocy and ignorance have risen to scary levels, it may suit a Tory MP's narrative to state that there are no-go areas for non-muslims in London (Tower Hamlets), but stoking their culture wars and all-round xenophobia does nothing for people going about their day to day lives, in fact it makes things worse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... k-politics

[Slick]

I thought it was common knowledge from anyone who has had the misfortune to "work" with Johnson that he was a lazy, lying shitbag and only interested in what he can get out of it, all ambition and not a jot of ability?

He does have something, to be fair to him.

Seems to have this ability to convince people (some people) that's he's charming and charismatic.

I mean he isn't, he's the complete opposite really. But some people really, really think he is.

Got to be some sort of magic amulet or something. Something that's been in his family for generations, dating back to ancient Egypt.

I’m sure I’ve said this on here before, but I used to work opposite City Hall and his favourite restaurant was under our office, so I used to see him a lot. Every time he walked down he would get a small crowd around him and would banter away, be it the dustman or the PWC types, and have everyone laughing and slapping him on the back. He would often be in our crowd of cyclists heading up Tooley Street at the end of the day and would be great value and engage with everyone.

He’s a cunt, bit he definitely does have something about him

[Lobby]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

And as was reported over the weekend, his main opponent Susan Hall is an enthusiastic member of Facebook groups run by Conservative party staff and activists which are rife with Islamophobic hate speech and conspiracy theories and which include racist abuse directed towards Sadiq Khan, including a post that read: “Seriously can’t believe Khan hasn’t been taken out yet … if dark forces can take out Princess Diana I’m sure they can take out this money grabbing little parasite”.

Its little wonder he described her the most dangerous and divisive opponent he has faced.

[Slick]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

Great post

[epwc]

He’s a cunt, bit he definitely does have something about him

Yep, I think he’d be a laugh in a boozer that Lhan would never be, I’ve got mates that are a proper laugh, have personality by the bucket load but are they reliable, trustworthy, empathetic? Not really, that’s not their purpose in life.

[Hugo]

I’m sure I’ve said this on here before, but I used to work opposite City Hall and his favourite restaurant was under our office, so I used to see him a lot. Every time he walked down he would get a small crowd around him and would banter away, be it the dustman or the PWC types, and have everyone laughing and slapping him on the back. He would often be in our crowd of cyclists heading up Tooley Street at the end of the day and would be great value and engage with everyone.

Yes, he has charisma by the bucket load to be fair. It's hard to pinpoint exactly why but he has a likeable persona regardless of whether he is really a bastard or not. Should be studied.

[Hal Jordan]

I’m sure I’ve said this on here before, but I used to work opposite City Hall and his favourite restaurant was under our office, so I used to see him a lot. Every time he walked down he would get a small crowd around him and would banter away, be it the dustman or the PWC types, and have everyone laughing and slapping him on the back. He would often be in our crowd of cyclists heading up Tooley Street at the end of the day and would be great value and engage with everyone.

Yes, he has charisma by the bucket load to be fair. It's hard to pinpoint exactly why but he has a likeable persona regardless of whether he is really a bastard or not. Should be studied.

Right up until someone asks him a question he doesn't like, or suggests his course of action isn't right. Then "Boris" scuttles off and Alexander Johnson shows himself.

[Biffer]

Speaking of Boris Johnson, the fat fucking prick was turned away from a polling station today because he didn’t have photo id so wasn’t allowed to vote

[Hal Jordan]

Speaking of Boris Johnson, the fat fucking prick was turned away from a polling station today because he didn’t have photo id so wasn’t allowed to vote

"We didn't mean to deprive him of the vote!"

[_Os_]

Speaking of Boris Johnson, the fat fucking prick was turned away from a polling station today because he didn’t have photo id so wasn’t allowed to vote

"We didn't mean to deprive him of the vote!"

Fuck me. Another example of Tories not thinking the rules apply to them. Another example of the morons running the UK not understanding how the UK works. Then those same people wonder why all the laws are so convoluted, lengthy, and open to interpretation.

[C69]

Blackpool South to Labour by 3000+ imho.
If it's any more the Tories really are dead as a dead thing and Sunak will be toast.
If Reform beat the Tories here or get anywhere close to them Then it will be monumental

[David in Gwent]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

Well, one MP was killed by a "white supremacist" Scotsman and the other by an Islamist. There is no threat to Khan greater than any other politician and the former solicitor for the "Nation of Islam" group should lead by example.

[sturginho]

Speaking of Boris Johnson, the fat fucking prick was turned away from a polling station today because he didn’t have photo id so wasn’t allowed to vote

"We didn't mean to deprive him of the vote!"

B...B.. but I'm the big dog!

[Insane_Homer]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

[David in Gwent]

Boris forgetting his ID today is pure theatre. If you've had all your Covid and booster shots, however, you may not understand what I mean.

However, photo ID is a very good thing, it brings us into line with most other civilised countries in Europe.

[Tichtheid]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they get away with it. It's gullible in the extreme to like this man. The fucking Guardian printed a picture of him jogging and I saw the footage that I'm sure everyone else saw of him stepping out of a car from behind the hedge and then jogging 15m to the door of the premises he was going to - why do people buy into these lies?

Oh he's a character, a lovely guy to have a pint with - is he fuck, unless you like your mates to do the dirty in their personal and professional life at every turn

[sefton]

Khan will retain his duties, demographs are demographs.

Quite why he needs a bullet proof £300,000 chauffer driven car, I don't know.

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

Well, one MP was killed by a "white supremacist" Scotsman and the other by an Islamist. There is no threat to Khan greater than any other politician and the former solicitor for the "Nation of Islam" group should lead by example.

Are you privy to the security intelligence or are you just talking uninformed shit?

[Tichtheid]

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

Well, one MP was killed by a "white supremacist" Scotsman and the other by an Islamist. There is no threat to Khan greater than any other politician and the former solicitor for the "Nation of Islam" group should lead by example.

Are you privy to the security intelligence or are you just talking uninformed shit?

On the advice of the police Khan’s security is apparently on a par with the PM and the King, due to direct death threats.

[C69]

Tories well and truly fucked in the red wall seats now.
Reform decimating the Tory vote.

[Biffer]

The success of reform (and UKIP) just goes to show there’s a big racist undercurrent amongst voters.

[dpedin]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they get away with it. It's gullible in the extreme to like this man. The fucking Guardian printed a picture of him jogging and I saw the footage that I'm sure everyone else saw of him stepping out of a car from behind the hedge and then jogging 15m to the door of the premises he was going to - why do people buy into these lies?

Oh he's a character, a lovely guy to have a pint with - is he fuck, unless you like your mates to do the dirty in their personal and professional life at every turn

This! I can't remember the Blonde Bumblecunt walking the streets in Scotland unless it was a carefully planned unannounced event with only his own supporters around. Up here he is seen either as a joke or as Tichtheid says a dangerous, unreliable, cheating con man. I suspect he is liked by Tory voters because he is a slightly more affable Toff who tries to make friends with the proles, albeit only at times of his choosing. It is a bit like the landowner or factory owner coming round at Xmas and elections smiling with gifts for the people whilst the rest of the year treating them like shit on their shoe. He is a more convivial version of the long streak of misery JRM but essentially just exactly the same behind the facade - a posh rich twat prepared to shit on the folk below in order to preserve their position at the top of the hierarchy.

[TB63]

[lemonhead]

Karl Marx back in Stockport.

The long game pays off.

[Slick]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they get away with it. It's gullible in the extreme to like this man. The fucking Guardian printed a picture of him jogging and I saw the footage that I'm sure everyone else saw of him stepping out of a car from behind the hedge and then jogging 15m to the door of the premises he was going to - why do people buy into these lies?

Oh he's a character, a lovely guy to have a pint with - is he fuck, unless you like your mates to do the dirty in their personal and professional life at every turn

This! I can't remember the Blonde Bumblecunt walking the streets in Scotland unless it was a carefully planned unannounced event with only his own supporters around. Up here he is seen either as a joke or as Tichtheid says a dangerous, unreliable, cheating con man. I suspect he is liked by Tory voters because he is a slightly more affable Toff who tries to make friends with the proles, albeit only at times of his choosing. It is a bit like the landowner or factory owner coming round at Xmas and elections smiling with gifts for the people whilst the rest of the year treating them like shit on their shoe. He is a more convivial version of the long streak of misery JRM but essentially just exactly the same behind the facade - a posh rich twat prepared to shit on the folk below in order to preserve their position at the top of the hierarchy.

I have to say though, that's twice this week you have boasted about politician not being able to walk the streets in Scotland. I find that pretty embarrassing to be honest.

[David in Gwent]

Because two politicians have been murdered in the last decade and some right wing loons think he is an Islamist who has handed London over to his fellow Islamists.

Well, one MP was killed by a "white supremacist" Scotsman and the other by an Islamist. There is no threat to Khan greater than any other politician and the former solicitor for the "Nation of Islam" group should lead by example.

Are you privy to the security intelligence or are you just talking uninformed shit?

I suppose his time as a Solicitor for the Nation of Islam doesn't do him any security favours, true.

[Tichtheid]

The Tories, via the Telegraph, are embarking on a strategy of blaming Gordon Brown for all the travails facing the UK. Today it's the stamp duty rise from around 20 years ago that is keeping Britain down. The other day it was the selling off the gold bollocks.

Does this really get any traction with anyone? I don't mean the "vote for a budgie in a blue rosette" readership that they have, I mean in the wider electorate.

[Tichtheid]

Well, one MP was killed by a "white supremacist" Scotsman and the other by an Islamist. There is no threat to Khan greater than any other politician and the former solicitor for the "Nation of Islam" group should lead by example.

Are you privy to the security intelligence or are you just talking uninformed shit?

I suppose his time as a Solicitor for the Nation of Islam doesn't do him any security favours, true.

Some of the death threats towards him have come from Islamist extremists.

[Tichtheid]

Karl Marx back in Stockport.

The long game pays off.

I find that funnier than I probably should. Karl Peter Marx Wardlaw.

Watch the loons start making a "connection" between Marxist -Leninists and Starmer now

[David in Gwent]

Are you privy to the security intelligence or are you just talking uninformed shit?

I suppose his time as a Solicitor for the Nation of Islam doesn't do him any security favours, true.

Some of the death threats towards him have come from Islamist extremists.

You mean Shias?

London deserves a leader like Khan.

[yermum]

In more good news that bell fox should do some time for this:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... inder-kaur

Good as in he is being investigated not good that he did something so awful

[I like neeps]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

I genuinely think the worst moment politically in the UK in the last decade at least was Rees-Mogg saying we brought in this law to disenfranchise voters and ended up disenfranchising the wrong ones.

No consequence for a former minister admitted his government tried to disenfranchise voters. Not one.

[Tichtheid]

This is not just Tories, though they benefit the most from the loopholes

I have a cure for our ailing democracy: ban all donors, British and foreign. Run politics on membership fees
George Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... rship-fees

I'm not sure about just using membership fees for campaign finance, perhaps something more like a cap on campaign spending, whatever the case, the current system is bent.

oh and do a Colston with FPTP

[inactionman]

In more good news that bell fox should do some time for this:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... inder-kaur

Good as in he is being investigated not good that he did something so awful

I can't quite deduce if he just truly cannot help himself or he's recognised he's torpedoed an orthodox career and needs the constant shock-jock nonsense to pay the bills.

He is clearly a bell-end, I'm just questioning where on the scale he sits - how much is just his nature and how much is contrived.

[Insane_Homer]

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[inactionman]

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules

https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779

I genuinely think the worst moment politically in the UK in the last decade at least was Rees-Mogg saying we brought in this law to disenfranchise voters and ended up disenfranchising the wrong ones.

No consequence for a former minister admitted his government tried to disenfranchise voters. Not one.

It's just measure of how far things have fallen, particularly under Boris. Say whatever the hell you want, do whatever the hell you like, with no consequence.

[epwc]

It's just measure of how far things have fallen, particularly under Boris. Say whatever the hell you want, do whatever the hell you like, with no consequence.

Yep, 0 accountability

[Biffer]

I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they get away with it. It's gullible in the extreme to like this man. The fucking Guardian printed a picture of him jogging and I saw the footage that I'm sure everyone else saw of him stepping out of a car from behind the hedge and then jogging 15m to the door of the premises he was going to - why do people buy into these lies?

Oh he's a character, a lovely guy to have a pint with - is he fuck, unless you like your mates to do the dirty in their personal and professional life at every turn

This! I can't remember the Blonde Bumblecunt walking the streets in Scotland unless it was a carefully planned unannounced event with only his own supporters around. Up here he is seen either as a joke or as Tichtheid says a dangerous, unreliable, cheating con man. I suspect he is liked by Tory voters because he is a slightly more affable Toff who tries to make friends with the proles, albeit only at times of his choosing. It is a bit like the landowner or factory owner coming round at Xmas and elections smiling with gifts for the people whilst the rest of the year treating them like shit on their shoe. He is a more convivial version of the long streak of misery JRM but essentially just exactly the same behind the facade - a posh rich twat prepared to shit on the folk below in order to preserve their position at the top of the hierarchy.

I have to say though, that's twice this week you have boasted about politician not being able to walk the streets in Scotland. I find that pretty embarrassing to be honest.

In that post, dpedin has said he didn't, not that he couldn't.