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Symbolism!
The Grauniad keeps on giving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEJy9Xcnyu0
Oh, Noes!!!!!
After all, the Hunger Games version was clearly much more exciting, gotta have that instead . . .
The Grauniad keeps on giving.
It does rather highlight the gulf between Ms Sarkar and the demographic that she and her peers so merrily disdain as in need of either correction from above, by their betters, or outright replacement. As noted recently, from crime and policing to mass immigration, there’s been a marked shift in allegiance – one that’s apparently been noticed by quite a few voters. A point demonstrated, at times vividly, in this documentary by Martin Durkin.
Also, as Tim Newman observed, Ms Sarkar appears to have, shall we say, baggage.
The Grauniad keeps on giving.
As the left is to a large extent driven by pretension, narcissism and in-group status-seeking, it’s all but inevitable that the humdrum working class would be superseded as a demographic of ostensible concern. The search is always on for a more niche and exciting victim group to be seen championing. Thereby accruing those Bogus Compassion Points.
It’s why we find articles by Guardian columnists in which they defend ‘problem families’ but not the working-class neighbours of those families, on whom their sociopathic behaviour is inflicted. Ditto habitual criminals, whose predation must be excused and waved aside as inconsequential, while giving no thought whatsoever to those on whom they prey:
And our Guardian columnists do this proudly, as if waiting for applause.
And right on cue, a Barbara Ellen column. Headed “To be young under Margaret Thatcher was tough for many. I fear this will be far worse”
I was young under Margaret Thatcher. I don’t recall it being tough. Of course, I had a job.
“I’ve never had anything against Leave voters, but, guys, look at the state (the absolute state) of your leaders!”
We did. Then we looked at yours.
Also,
From this thread over at Tim Worstall’s.
If anyone has trouble with comments not appearing, email me and I’ll jiggle the spam filter. Though not for a couple of hours, as I’m being taken out into Derbyshire.
on whom their sociopathic behaviour is inflicted.
Ooh. Just read through (most of) the comments on that thread. That was epic. Hal/Minnow action, entomology, philosophy of choosing a proper long range firearm, Minnow managing to insult not just myself (and others obviously) but two generations of my family AND my dog. Good times, good times.
Christmas in a nutshell: https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1205082844617420801
Christmas in a nutshell
Oddly enough, I did not see that coming.
“It’s why we find articles by Guardian columnists in which they defend ‘problem families’ but not the working-class neighbours of those families, on whom their sociopathic behaviour is inflicted.”
I was reminded by a couple of comments at Guido’s this morning of my realisation about 30 years ago that we have (or had then) in Britain a liberal party called “Conservative”, a socialist party called “Liberal”, and a deeply conservative party of the unemployed and feckless* called “Labour”.
Things have changed over the years, but I think it’s more true than ever. And since the Liberals merged with an avowedly socialist party and added the word “Democrats” to their name, they’ve managed to find themselves fighting an election on a platform of ignoring the biggest democratic vote in this country’s history.
You couldn’t make this shit up. It’s almost like there’s a Trades Descriptions Act operating in reverse for political parties. (See also the European imperialists of the Scottish National Party constantly banging on about “independence” as they plot to hand even more power to Brussels.)
“We did. Then we looked at yours.”
🙂 PJ O’Rourke has a theory that the winner of US Presidential elections is always the one you’d most like (or least dislike) to have a drink with. One-term presidents are good examples: Carter over Ford, but Reagan over Carter; Bush over Dukakis, but Clinton over Bush. The point being that policy and what they’re actually like as people is almost irrelevant: Clinton’s an asshole, but he’s fun. Bush is no party animal (so he lost to Clinton), but at least he’s not a dull political geek like Dukakis. I bet he had some good war stories.
In that light, is it any wonder the Tories, led by Boris, won? Or why the last election, with May and Corbyn, was such a close-run thing with an indecisive result? I think Peej is on to something. (Although, to return to my last parenthetical point, it doesn’t explain the Nats. To be fair, for all his oleagenous smugness, Salmond seems like a bit of a laugh. But that bloody Sturgeon woman? She’s like a middle-aged Greta Thunberg.)
*Mind you, as a member of the unemployed and feckless community myself, I wouldn’t vote Labour if they’d held a gun to my head. Which, if they’d won on Thursday, would have been a distinct possibility next time out.
[Cripes. That was a long ‘un. I should probably get one of these blog things myself.]
Ooh. Just read through (most of) the comments on that thread. That was epic.
It’s one of the things that still pleases me about this dubious establishment, more than a decade on. If you poke through the comment threads, you can often find things of interest.
Well done, heathen rabble.
[Cripes. That was a long ‘un. I should probably get one of these blog things myself.]
It’s all glamorous parties and endless babes. A heady rush.
Oddly enough, I did not see that coming.
I didn’t, at first. It is quite pleasing, isn’t it?
It is quite pleasing, isn’t it?
It’s pleasingly literal.
Heh.
The rot is spreading…
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-chide-article-on-quantum-computing-for-using-term-supremacy-its-for-racists/
The Grauniad keeps on giving.
But I have seen claims that support for the Labour Party dropped chiefly because of Corbyn and that with a less overtly Communist leader who did not bang drum of everybody-but-the-English identity politics Labour would have done much better in the election. Is that accurate? It’s hard to tell from across the Atlantic.
The question uppermost in my mind is, if Corbyn is not representative of the Labour Party then how did he become its leader?
if Corbyn is not representative of the Labour Party then how did he become its leader?
As others have noted, at a gathering of Labour Party members, you’re more likely to see the Palestinian flag than the British one. And photo opportunities like this one are in no way uncommon.
And here’s The Speccie getting the wrong end of the stick again. As “Fraser Nelson’s Underpants” points out BTL, “Boris’s victory was a moment in a greater Western trend of rejecting the liberal, technocratic establishment. Please do not mistake it for anything else”.
….then how did he become its leader?
It was all Toby Young’s idea.
And it happened earlier than predicted.
It was all Toby Young’s idea.
I had never considered Toby Young to be prescient, but he even had BOJO as the beneficiary of a Corbyn led Labour party. That’s if the 2015 dateline on the column is to be believed.
As others have noted, at a gathering of Labour Party members, you’re more likely to see the Palestinian flag than the British one.
In fact, I read very recently that the British flag is banned from Labour Party events.
I have also read that when Margaret Thatcher was first elected PM there were senior Labour Party and union officials who wanted to transform the UK into a Soviet state.
Now, am I correct that a less-extremist Labour Party would be far more popular with the public? And how much less extreme would it need to be to have a good chance of winning local and national elections?
David wrote: “… as I’m being taken out into Derbyshire.”
Is that like being forcibly taken out into the wilds back of beyond, being given a bottle of water and some chips [crisps I think they’re called in England] and told to find your own way home by foot?
Jim
Is that like being forcibly taken out into the wilds back of beyond, being given a bottle of water and some chips [crisps I think they’re called in England] and told to find your own way home by foot?
I did question the wording afterwards. We were running low on Meadowfresh of Chesterfield’s steak pie slices, which are available, for a very reasonable price, at the Chatsworth House Farm Shop.
As I believe I’ve mentioned before, they’re among the finest to be had.
union officials who wanted to transform the UK into a Soviet state.
There’s more on the openly Stalinist Mr Scargill and his comrades – I assume he’s one of the people you’re thinking of – in the comments following this.
See also this.
And this.
Yes, Scargill was one of the people I was thinking of.
Yes, Scargill was one of the people I was thinking of.
In hindsight, he’s an absurd figure, a monstrous clown. But he was a clown with power. Which isn’t quite so funny.
We were running low on Meadowfresh of Chesterfield’s steak pie slices,
What cut of beef do you use for steak pie slices? A local restaurant makes a fantastic Guinness Steak & Mushroom Pie. I think they use a sirloin cut. I’ve always been tempted to give it a go at home.
What cut of beef do you use for steak pie slices?
No idea what cut they use, but it practically melts in the mouth.
I had to make a trip to PetsMart to get socks for my dog (that’s another story). They had a Santa Claus in the store who would take a picture with your pet. The line up was longer than I’ve seen in the mall for the kid’s Santa. Of course the dogs were like young children and wanted nothing to do with Santa. One little cocker spaniel looked at me as if to say “save me from the psycho in the red suit.” Also, not a cat in sight.
I had no idea people did this. (Says the guy who was buying socks for his dog.)
Toby Young’s idea
Holy fucking hell, I’ve never been more politically impressed. This guy predicted our entire election, nay from the article may have engineered the whole thing. And judging from the Wayback Machine [https://web.archive.org/web/20150617090055/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11680016/Why-Tories-should-join-Labour-and-back-Jeremy-Corbyn.html%5D this seems to be the real deal. Toby Young completely and accurately predicted this whole election four years ago. This is some spooky shit. More of you people in this thread need to express their complete and utter wonderment.
Toby Young – I can only bow to your genius!
Also, URLs for the Wayback Machine get completely bolloxed by the commenting software!
As I believe I’ve mentioned before, they’re among the finest to be had…No idea what cut they use, but it practically melts in the mouth.
Probably poached pancreas, but, I can see why you don’t want to know what it really is…
Steve E at 21:56
I had to make a trip to PetsMart to get socks for my dog
I really think that is up there with “It is a truth universally acknowledged … ” and “All happy families are the same … “
If this serious approach to the problem doesn’t solve homelessness nothing will.
@ FM Muldoon: “For the very traditional connoisseur we also sell fresh tripe, hodge, cow heel, & chitterlings from our Chesterfield shop.”
Wot?!? No lambs’ brains to be fried with bacon? One of life’s great delights is crumbed brains and bacon. I thank my long deceased English grandmother for educating me in regard to the consumption of what the ignorant call offal. Now if I can only find some one who can make a real bacon and egg pie, not those anaemic quiche things people try to flog instead.
Jim
One of life’s great delights is crumbed brains and bacon.
“One of life’s great delights”, yes, ranks right up there with other delights as proctoscopy, hookworms, ingrown toenails, Nickelback, or an evening with Laurie Penny.
…chitterlings from our Chesterfield shop.
This is the closest Chesterfield Shop to me. The only part of the animal they sell is the skin.
I really think that is up there with…
Okay, I had to buy socks for my dog because my father-in-law and my mother will be here for Christmas. They are both in their late 80s and have developed very sensitive and thin skin. My dog loves both of them and jumps up on them and his nails end up opening wounds on their arms and hands. This year I thought if I bought socks for him he wouldn’t have to spend all of Christmas locked up in the back porch. I know he should be trained not to jump up, but that ship has sailed.
If this serious approach to the problem doesn’t solve homelessness nothing will.
Following that link to the Seattle Times:
“Kira Zylstra, the interim director of All Home who organized this and makes $123,000 a year, has been suspended.”
Suspended, but not, sadly, suspended from something. 🙂 So perhaps there are limits even to what Seattle denizens will tolerate.
… has been suspended.
Yes, but with pay, so just eyewash CYA to pretend they did something, Seattle mendouchery I believe has no limits.
Stick library!
https://laughingsquid.com/dog-park-stick-library/
I had no idea people did this.
Childless women projecting their frustrated maternal instincts onto their pets. There’s a reason they call them “furbabies”.
From the “Stealing The Proles” thread:
As when Jonathan Miller sneered at suburbia, patriotism and “commuter idiocy,” ….
Which I think partly explains the wholly different responses to the near-synchronous deaths of Miller and another polymath, Clive James. The response among my contemporaries to Miller’s passing was “He was clever, but…” whereas James’ was greeted with “Oh no! What a bloody shame”., etc.
Miller always came across as, well, a bit of a twat if I’m being brutally honest, whereas Clive James seemed like a decent bloke who you would probably enjoy going down the pub with.
Stevie Smith apparently loathed the precocious Miller as a child and wrote “Mother’s Hearse” about his relationship with his doting parent; on the other hand James’ “Unreliable Memoirs” is wonderfully funny and, I think, genuinely self-deprecatory. Recommended for our American regulars who may be unaware of James’ output.
Probably poached pancreas…
Absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of pancreas. There’s a lot of faffing about to be done in the preparation but believe me, it’s worth the effort.
Today’s word is milieu.
Today’s word is milieu.
Antifa -just like normal people!
Antifa -just like normal people!
“Have you seen the teabags?”
“They’re over there, by the decomposing body.”
For the very traditional connoisseur we also sell fresh tripe, hodge, cow heel, & chitterlings from our Chesterfield shop.
One wonders if they have any recommendations for some fava beans and a big Amarone.