New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Wes Streeting using his Labour conference speech to attack Reform for being anti-science. "Anti science, anti reason, anti-health" says the man who backs quack science when it comes to trans people.

We are at Labour conference, telling members about the impact of the proposed bathroom ban. It would devastate trans people’s lives, create unworkable business challenges, and alienate voters. This would be Labour’s legacy on LGBT+ rights for a generation. But it’s not too late for them to stop it.

Normalise calling GCs GOs instead - Genital Obsessives. They aren't critical of gender, they love it. They are obsessed with genitals.

Why does everything have to be so ghastly?

Don’t worry, Labour’s not going to deport NHS staff, just force them to do slave labour in their off-times.

Starmer's going to pull off quite the trick today. Of infuriating so many. While doing it in such a lifeless and drab way.

"A choice between decency and division," Starmer will warble. As he sits atop a government that's determined to attack trans people and introduce a turbo-charged version of Section 28. And that's before we even get on to "island of strangers" and the other bollocks.

"We can unite around a common good"? Your government can barely go 24 hours without batting your eyes at racists. We'll unite around a common good come the next local elections. You might not like how that goes.

Will this startlingly extreme, punitive and nasty bullshit unleash the good vibes of amity and brotherhood, me for the Guardian

Totally normal behaviour.

I know the membership donations are drying up, but that looks pretty desperate, Keir.

No, and she won't even try to.

yes. change him for someone else. good idea.

For no particular reason, here's the Best UK Politics Meme Ever

my full @rollingstone.com story on the likelihood democrats abandon trans people to fund the government unless they face a mass movement calling on them to hold the line cc @parkermolloy.com

Labour now just going “YOU HAVE TO FUCKING VOTE FOR US WHAT ARE YOU DOING OH YOU WANT REFORM DO YOU THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT IS IT WELL IF YOU VOTE GREEN YOU WILL GET REFORM….YES THE PARTY WE ARE CURRENTLY COPYING IN A REALLY WEIRD DESPERATE WAY” full out.

"Not taking a penny in benefits" if you're on a visa you have no recourse to public funds. do you think you could ask her which benefits visa holders are entitled to? "being in work" work is not a requirement of entry for spouse & student visas. again: do you think you should ask about this?

Phase Two's going well 🙃

Actual principals.

Now. And always. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

So, in just over 24 hours, Labour is back to being racist again. They showed a lot of resolve to hold out for that long.

I'm tired boss

"In what was one of the most anticipated speeches of this year’s conference" Lol

Yes, because the right-wing populism these ghouls are pursuing always ends well. Also, bollocks.

Oh fuck off Darren this guy is an absolute KNOB

St John's church, Glastonbury peering out of the mist. Photograph taken this morning from Glastonbury Tor on Michaelmas day.

What's the difference between what's happening here and what Trump's planning to do in Portland?

"Reeves received a standing ovation for her response from her Cabinet colleagues." Nothing will be learned here by these people. Nothing.

YES THEY ARE!!!

Labour members aren't being "squeamishess." They're leaving your party for the Greens.

i was a member of labour from 2006-2023. i didn't switch to the greens bcos you were 'squeamish' about attacking them. i switched bcos labour lurched right and adopted a whole bunch of bigoted positions on trans rights based on far right conspiracies.

He said what he said

There is a fallacious belief, endemic to mainstream liberal political commentary and thought, that 'centrism' is necessarily antithetical to 'fanaticism'. Fortunately, that fallacy is finally beginning to be identified and confronted.

Two years ago on Twitch we workshopped some Jimmy Carr material.

Keir Starmer comments about Reform are no more sincere than Wes Streeting saying trans people should be treated with 'respect and dignity'. They are words meant for Labour supporters who don't really care about either 'issue' but want some nice things to point to. Their actions tell you everything

He's only doing it now because just before their party conference, he judges its politically expedient. They'll be back to amplifying far-rights bilious assertions as soon as its over.

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is he aware of his own immigration policies? this is the problem with centrism constantly both-sidesing bigotry. labour can't actually claim the moral high ground.

Six days after Farage's announcement, Starmer calculates its politically expedient to call this out. So brave...

In the midst of this enormous ­humanitarian crisis, some say it’s both ­obscene and shameful that powerful elites are already focusing on divvying up the potential geo-political and ­economic spoils of what is now widely recognised as an act of genocide, writes David Pratt ✍️

"I am absolutely convinced..." that this answer, provided by the Tony Blair Institute, has the best chance of selling this ludicrously expensive folly. No, you can't see any evidence to back up this assertion.

Rookie numbers

Starmer on Kuenssberg was defending that old story about buying a field for his mum so she could see her rescue donkeys and I've never mocked that coz it's a nothingburger and I like donkeys too. But he said "WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 GRAND HERE HA HA" like that's nothing. WHAT a terrible look m8.

Which they are. They were as soon as Farage uttered them over a week ago. That's taken them this long to decide whether it politically expedient or not to refute them speaks to the moral vacuum of this man and his government.

I note here that the police raided Nicola Sturgeon’s house live on national television because they thought her husband had spent party donations on a camper van

Once more for the weekend long read crowd 👇

People using "Farage and Trump want to kick out all the immigrants....BUT THEY'RE MARRIED TO IMMIGRANTS!" as a gotcha makes my arsehole fall out. Wow, nailed it, guys, they'll NEVER come back from THAT hot new zinger.