What the Fuchs?

“I’m impressed Liz, I thought I was good at wasting public money and lining my pockets while the serfs queue at the food banks, but you really take the biscuit!” (Works both ways 👀)

That's gone well XD

Nige, Shakey and Walsh, happy days

the use of bee killing pesticides springs to mind. dont know whats going on with that coal mine in Cumbria either

Problem is the vast majority who vote Conservative and describe themselves as Conservatives would define conservatism about as inaccurately as they would define socialism. The Conservative Party are anything but conservative - in fact they've become frankly authoritarian over the past few years - and many of their voters don't necessarily identify with traditionally conservative principles. Instead they focus on whataboutery handed to them in the right wing media sphere (presumably because they can't give ordinary people a concrete reason why they are better off under a government which prioritises its donors and the wealthy), and they justify their voting habits based on who they're not voting for and why, instead of the opposite. Hence why on online comments pages you see things like 'can't define what a woman is...', and catchall terms like 'woke' and 'cancel culture', and vague and unsubstantiated things like 'got Brexit done' and 'he got all the big things right'. To paraphrase Nige, these guys should get their heads out the sand. The extent that people in this country have been manipulated by billionaire owned media really is frightening, to the extent where any politician or public figure who demonstrates even the slightest concern for the poor, or for refugees for instance can be 'smeared' as a socialist, or woke by people who know their audience don't know what these terms mean, and that these terms are not inherently bad. Christ people use the word Marxist like its a swear word. Marx made a critique of capitalism, (that it was exploitative of workers), one that has proved to be valid - he didn't call for an overthrow of capitalism but stated that it was likely under extreme conditions. I just wish people were honest about the terms they used and stopped manipulating those who can't tell if they're being manipulated, or who's doing the manipulating as has unfortunately been the state of the British electorate for some time

Just out of interest why do people complain when elected politicians abuse public money, avoid accountability and are treated above the law, but it’s great when a family of unelected billionaires do it? Struggling to understand the hypocrisy.

Booked tickets to see Kaiser Chiefs and Florence and the Machine at the o2 in November - I think I’m addicted to live music now lol, last gigs I went to before this year was Morrissey and Johnny Marr almost 10 years ago, now these two are gonna be the 7th and 8th of the year as it stands! Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats and Pale Waves in Finsbury Park this summer might be good too On the way to Brum to see Aurora now, traffic’s horrendous 👌💀

Oh and that poor woman who was stuck in Iran for the past 6 years ostensibly due simply to the sheer incompetence of Johnson publicly contradicting her, was actually due to the government refusing to pay a debt it admits is legitimate. It should be a scandal of massive proportions, yet they’ve tried to spin it as a bit of good news. If I was her family I’d be suing the government in a heartbeat.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/ministers-drop-plan-to-cap-mps-second-job-earnings-after-sleaze-scandal-12568486 Bet the tories et al are rubbing their hands over the timing of the Ukraine crisis, able to wash their hands of a load of stuff without public scrutiny, like rowing back on anti corruption legislation, environmental legislation promised in the manifesto (no surprises that was a lie), partygate and of course the taxpayer paying for the royal family to evade justice over trafficking to name but a few. What a fantastic country we live in. Every time I see the police brutalising protesters in Moscow (as in Hong Kong previously) and see MPs condemning it I can’t help but remember this government is still actively seeking to ban the universal right to peaceful protest!!

Saw CHVRCHES on Wednesday at the o2 in Brixton…wow. Support act were decent, then they came on at 9, 14 songs later they went off for the old encore schtick…. Then who should emerge with them but Robert Smith of The Cure! He did a mini gig of 4 songs with them, including Just Like Heaven! Great night! Seeing AURORA at Birmingham Town Hall on the 27th (and Leeds and London lol) plus Florence and the Machine have announced a new tour 👌. Hopefully this is the end of covid concerts 🤞 Btw has anyone ever spoken to bands as they arrive or leave at a venue before? When I arrived at the o2 as I walked past the production door a black car pulled up next to me and Chvrches got out - I was the only one there but I felt I’d be rude asking for a photo or autograph or something cos they were busy getting stuff out the car. What do you think the etiquette for something like that should be?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/business-and-finance/2022/02/the-tories-talk-tough-on-russia-and-welcome-its-dirty-money ‘A report that came out in the US last week, written by a former Obama-era official, said that “uprooting Kremlin-linked oligarchs” would be a “challenge given the close ties between Russian money and the United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative Party, the press and its [Britain’s] real estate and financial industry”.’

Or maybe the government/Johnson sycophants have finally realised that even their usual repertoire of mental gymnastics to defend the indefensible isn’t enough to deflect or muddy the water this time. I think most of the ones with a conscience know how utterly contemptible this government is, and we’re not even talking about the frankly authoritarian and dangerous legislation the government is pursuing

Don’t know what she’s got to do with it tbh, in fact her and her family are a major part of the problem with class obsessions and obsequiousness we have in this country that normalises corruption and cronyism among the old boys networks the Tory Party thrives on and is used as a faux-nationalist symbol to justify abuses of power such as this government routinely undertakes.

Very 80s

Yeah it was the John Lewis Christmas ad in 2015, I remember liking it at the time and also liking her song on Fifa 16 as well but I never delved further until a few months ago and she’s brilliant can’t believe it took me so long. She was great again tonight at Rough Trade East in London, I honestly don’t know how she’s making any money though, £13.50 I got a concert a cd and another signing/meet and greet, she’s probably still there now the amount of time she spent with everyone! Then you have the likes of Adele cancelling Las Vegas shows four hours before they start…whereas on Friday we were queuing up for a free signed vinyl (should be like £27) and she was going down the queue actually apologising that we were having to wait outside in the cold!