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  • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    The sad thing is that given a Labour victory is extremely likely, purely because the tories have been this criminally incompetent enough to harm their own base, that Starmerism will be touted as a winning tactic and thus inform the policies and strategies of the Labour party in the future for the next 20-30 years. I actually welcome nuclear hellfire at this point and would urge Eternal President Xi to kindly spare a warhead or three for the UK :xi-plz: The Labour leadership is now irredeemably and irrevocably tainted to such a point that no amount of internal pressure or reform will ever change them, short of an upstart third party forcing them into irrelevance. Already the seeds of attracting the "moderate" tory base to Labour is being set in motion, and I hold no optimism for England's future going forward short of revolution.

    • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah the Blairites are gonna be fucking insufferable after Keith stumbles his way into power after 2 years of being complete dogshit, against the most incompetent Conservative Party in history, with the backing of most of the establishment press. I may try and seek humanitarian refuge in the Chinese embassy during the next election season for the sake of my mental health

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Starmerism will be touted as a winning tactic

      The old Homer Simpson Boxing Gambit. Let them hit you in the face until they give up.

    • HornyOnMain
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      2 years ago

      I think it's actually got the NATO logo on it so :same-picture:

    • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Several prominent Labour Party right wingers do for some reason, not sure if it's a dog whistle (probably not but who fucking knows with these ghouls) or if they're just Gen X centrists with absolutely no drip.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If it's a real Fred Perry shirt they were popular before the Proud Boys adopted them.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Yes! Because your politics are not discernibly different from the Tories!

    It's like those Hollywood celeb couples where one is a Democrat and the other is Republican and they're all like "See! We make it work!" It "works" because not only are the two parties basically the same, they're even more similar when you're a rich prick. Both parties serve your interests in particular so of course your politics aren't a problem for your marriage!

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    It's not a confession if everyone already knows you're a tory.

    :surprised-pika: