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A take on the Conservative Party that owes more to Marx, Foucault, and Wendy Brown than political science and lobby hack gossip. What's not to like?
Phil Burton-Cartledge
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Phil Burton-Cartledge
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- It remains the case that no leader has got more votes for Labour in the 21st century than Jeremy Corbyn.
- Starmerism at its height is less popular than Corbynism at its lowest.
- Here is The Financial Times making a more accurate characterisation of the Tories than you could ever hope for from Labour's front bench.
- When Kim Jong Il died, I remember the British media mocking North Korean outlets for talking about rainbows appearing in the sky.Astonishing moment a cloud resembling Queen Elizabeth floats over English town just hours after she died trib.al/BChqbwJ
- Multiculturalism doesn't cause riots. Racists do.
- In his exchange with Lisa Nandy in the Commons earlier, Jonathan Gullis blamed Stoke's Labour council for closing something in 2017. Gullis's Tories have run Stoke since 2015.
- Then why aren't you in a gulag?We live under communism, many of you just don’t realise it yet
- Call me old fashioned, but I don't think head teachers should be on here making excuses for far right thugs who've attacked a mosque.
- Centrism prefers the far right to the left. I don't know how much more evidence some people need.🚨 UPDATE: The far-right National Rally (RN) says it supports the appointment of Michel Barnier as PM. This means that liberal President Emmanuel Macron has formed a de facto coalition with the fascist far right, in order to keep the left out of power.
- Just a bunch of patriotic lads showing how much they love their country and its people by setting fire to a valued community resource.The place set alight last night was Citizens Advice, Sunderland. Its manager this morning told me they’re devastated and now trying to figure out how to help the people they were supposed to see #sunderland
- No matter what Labour's leaders say today, they will privately be gutted that their vote share is feeble and that they polled lower than Corbyn managed in 2019.
