British Privilege, Entitlement & Exceptionalism in one photo.
The whole problem, in one simple image.
This country sucks so much right now.
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Let’s talk about The Thick of It and the current apocalyptic implosion of the Real Life Labour Party for a quick minute.For all that
BEN(N)egeddonthe forcible ejection of an unpopular Leader of the Opposition was an overarching plot element of TTOI series 4 (poor Nicola), I think Malcolm’s simile from 306 when they were still in government is the best description of what it must be like to be right in the middle of a political party in total total meltdown.(And what’s really frightening is that Malcolm’s simile dates back to 2009, but
the divorce of Jordan aka Katie Price – yes, THAT one – and that bloke aka Peter Andre are STILL current events in the more tabloidly regions of the press.)
I wish the wording of the petition had been “call a second referendum now that the core claims of the Leave campaign have been exposed as outright lies and misinformation thus making the whole process deeply undemocratic”
Ironically though the petition was set up by a Leave voter before the referendum because they were scared of Remain winning.
But now that Leave have won they’re upset that Remain voters are actually paying attention to their petition and agreeing with what they had to say.
this is what post brexit britain looks like, we have given in to xenophobia and racism, and it’s terrifying
this is why it irritates the hell out of me when I see people saying “it wasn’t about racism!” okay, maybe not everyone who voted out did it for that reason – most seem to be regretting it now they see and understand the consequences – but the result is encouraging the racists who did vote out for racist reasons to show their true colours.
update from the UK lads
- gove and boris, pioneers of the leave vote, are literally MIA. like…no one knows where any of the leave campaign are
- the chancellor is basically missing
- we effectively have no PM
- the tory party are in the midst of a civil war so brutal john major’s tenure looks chill
- there may or may not be a snap election
- the labour party literally barely exists as its shadow cabinet resigns en masse
- labour’s deputy leader, hero of the story tom watson, spent the whole of the leadership crisis last night at a silent disco at glastonbury, while snapchatting
- this fucking hilarious video in which it is revealed vote leave have no contingency plan and the presenter literally ends saying “i don’t know what to say to that”
- no one actually wants to press the big red button (article 50) to start the process of brexit
- this conspiracy theory appears to be entirely correct. seriously, read it. it basically suggests brexit is entirely impossible
- nicola sturgeon, separatist first minister of scotland, is effectively the only leader with a plan: that plan being the break up of the united kingdom
- literally we have become a meme
This is…like, I’m having a hard time even believing everything that is happening?
Isn’t Boris, that champion of the anti-establishment, off playing golf at a club owned by his rich friends?
‘No more Polish vermin’: Racist flyers posted in homes of Eastern Europeans after Brexit
‘No more Polish vermin’: Racist flyers posted in homes of Eastern Europeans after Brexit
Of course, not all the people who voted Leave are racist. No doubt everyone who voted had their own reasons. But you cannot deny that some of the votes were the result of racist motivations, hopes that Brexit would stop immigration and that those who weren’t born on British soil would be forced to ‘go back to their own country’.
If you look through social media their are accounts of Brexit supporters taking this opportunity to air their racism now more than ever, even school children are worried about their future, being told by their peers to leave. Those who can’t identify accents have been telling the Welsh to get back to their own country.
It won’t happen everywhere, and it may be a minority of Brexit supporters, but it’s still happening.
So basically if your skin doesn’t look like milk and your accent doesn’t sound like you’ve spent the past few years rimming David Cameron, heads up now more than before.
The sheer amount of anecdotes I’ve been hearing from people who are having violent racism hurled at them in the streets now is horrific. This isn’t even the half of it. Ditto for this. Stories keep on coming, I don’t think I’ve ever been so disgusted with my country in my LIFE.
if you ever feel like a fuckup, just think you will never in your life fuck up as badly as david cameron, the prime minister of the united kingdom, whose political gamble in calling this referendum has completely backfired and britain has not only voted to leave the eu but it might also cause scotland and northern ireland to break up from the union. so if you ever feel like a fuckup, just think of dave and how he, the prime minister of the united kingdom, has single-handedly put at risk the economic prosperity, political stability and unity of his country for the advancement of his own political career and that he will now probably have to resign knowing that this will be his legacy
well at least now he won’t only be remembered as the guy who face fucked a dead pig
“You know you may have done something wrong when ‘Pig Shagger’ is the SECOND most awful thing you are remembered for.” – my partner, just now
