Taking the piss out of politics

[CN211276]

I know, mate. With a large majority, though, Johnson has the ability not to pander to the ERG. We will soon know just how hard or soft a leaver he is ...

I agree. Counter-intuitively, the size of the Tory majority is the one crumb of comfort for those wanting British politics to return to the centre.
A narrow Tory win would have kept Johnson in coalition with the ERG, and given Corbyn more wriggle-room to stay.
A large Tory majority massively reduces the relevance of ERG, and gives Labour the chance of starting to become electable again.
Entirely possible that Cummings / Johnson will go full-fat loon Tory anyway, and that Momentum / Labour will continue to prefer being an angry ideological protest movement to being a potential government. But at this stage, a Tory majority large enough to eclipse both the number of ERG MPs, and Corbyn’s credibility, opens up the option of a return to more moderate politics.

As long as Demonic Cummings is pulling the strings I fear the worst.

[NSNO2021]

We live in interesting times

[slinger]

If this isn't taking the piss I don't know what is...

[slinger]

[Docfoster]

Starve trolls like Hopkins.
They feed on attention and outrage.

[savvypaul]

Starve trolls like Hopkins.
They feed on attention and outrage.

+1

[slinger]

Starve trolls like Hopkins.
They feed on attention and outrage.

While I agree wholeheartedly with the principle, she is legitimising this sort of conduct for her 1.1M (that's one point one million) followers on Twitter. I can't speak for other social media platforms.

If decent people don't tell others about the hatred she spreads then we're not prepared to counter and to combat it.

Trust me, I didn't post those to glorify her position on Islam.

[Docfoster]

How best to counter and combat deliberately inflammatory statements without giving them oxygen?

[NSNO2021]

Starve trolls like Hopkins.
They feed on attention and outrage.

+2

[savvypaul]

I'd carried on campaigning on behalf of my local MP, who held on in Durham City, but I knew some time ago that it would be a bad defeat, overall, for Labour.

2 issues...appearing to not respect the Brexit referendum result, and Jeremy's leadership style / back story.

Any Labour leader has always had to overcome a highly biased tabloid press. Jeremy was raw meat to the press barons' attack dogs. A genuinely good bloke, and his policies would be considered mainstream in Germany and Scandinavia, but he was never going to be elected PM in a Brexit dominated election once he put forward a second referendum.

In the long term, this might not be a bad one for Labour to lose. Johnson must now own the 'Vote Leave' consequences.

Carry On Campaigning. Sounds like a film featuring Sid James and Kenneth Williams. With double entendres about ballot boxes, polls, infamy etc
(this is the taking the piss out of politics thread, after all)

Like it.

Up here, most people think I speak like Sid James

Anyway, you should see the size of my mandate...