seriously I'm struggling here. I currently read NY Times and BBC with a very critical eye but it's fucking exhausting.

  • Waylander [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The Guardian was really anti-Corbyn and was the newspaper with the most falsities/lies about anti-semitism weaponised against him, more so than even the Daily Mail (may Allah curse me for typing out the name of that rag). It's all Blairites and they switch between endorsing Labour/the Lib Dems when General Elections happen. That said, they do pretty good analysis of the shitshow that is the current Conservative government. There's also some flat-out hilarious political commentary (e.g. old one about IDS here and newer one about Raab here )

    • Gorn [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Right, I could totally see The Guardian lapping up that anti-semitism nonsense, of course. Fuck, I can't believe that shit. How is the UK so based as to have Labour, and yet so shitty as to fall for something like that, smh

      Dominic Raab Reduced to the Lowest Common Denominator of Stupidity

      aahahahahaha

      • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        How is the UK so based as to have Labour

        UK's Labour party is anything but based. They have "elected" a pro-austerity neocon nobleman that was a member of the Trilateral Commission as party leader. They're literally doing the same playbook the US is with the dems: when the current conservatives fuck everything up, it will naturally make voters gravitate towards the other, more competent conservatives. That is how politics works, I'm told.

        • Gorn [they/them,he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I see a major political party that identifies as demsoc and socdem, and claims to aim to socialize the entire economy, I’m gonna call it based.

          I will admit to knowing little-to-none about UK politics tho, haha, and I’m not at all surprised they’re overrun by neocons. Looking a little closer, I see they’ve largely abandoned the aim to nationalize the economy. Fuckin’ Blairites.