Spockydog

What the fuck is this all about? Does Rishi do this every week? Someone should tell him that London isn't King's Landing. LMFAO.

The reason there are so many British citizens in Sudan is because we are talking about a former British colony. Many people in Sudan have family here. And yet there is not a single legal route for asylum applications. You want to stop the boats? With all the discourse around it, you'd think the Tories would be challenged a bit more on the fact that that, for refugees, there are no safe and legal routes from anywhere on the planet. Not one.

Our country has a proud record of compassion towards refugees? GTFOH.

I wonder why...

Jesus H Corbett.

Trying to understand why people are still expected to pay money to go watch this creep.

Some unbelievable bullshit being spouted today by Tories who have finally woken up to the fact that the British people do not like raw sewage being pumped Into their rivers and beaches. Watching them desperately trying to rewrite history is entertaining af. And this guy is excellent....

I dunno, man. It sounds very much to me that what you are describing is, in fact, a hierarchy. Or am I just really confused, and you aren't actually saying that not all racism is the same? And if this is essentially just a semantic argument, if not hierarchical, how would you succinctly describe the phenomenon discussed above?

Starmer explicitly denied the concept of hierarchical racism this morning. I wonder why. Labour accused of still not engaging with ‘hierarchy of racism’ claims Labour has been accused of still not fully engaging with claims that anti-black racism and Islamophobia were not taken as seriously as antisemitism by the senior lawyer who carried out a report into the party’s culture. Martin Forde KC, who was commissioned by Keir Starmer to investigate allegations of bullying, racism and sexism, expressed concern about the party enabling a “hierarchy” of racism. Last summer Forde published his 139-page report that accused Labour of “in effect operating a hierarchy of racism or of discrimination”. Responding to the inquiry at the time, a Labour party spokesperson said the report detailed “a party that was out of control”. Forde had urged the party to implement 165 recommendations, many of which the party says it has put in place. But Forde claims Labour’s lack of debate and engagement over his findings indicates wider issues.

So why did Starmer omit the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities from his statement rebuking Abbot this morning? Are those people not worthy of his defence? I mean, right there, he's kind of proved her point that there is some hierarchy. And look, I'm not defending Abbot. I'm not saying that it's okay to have any kind of hierarchy of racism. Not at all. But to deny it actually exists, in our day-to-day, practical lives, is really not helpful.

No. Of course all racism is bad. FFS. But some is more damaging than others. Or do you disagree with this? Do you think the impact of me being told to fuck off back to Scotland by some piss head on the tube is the same as having your house burnt down by the National Front?

As a Scot living in London for over forty years, I have been subjected to several instances of low-level, mainly verbal, racism throughout my life. But I am still a white man, with plenty of privilege. And my experiences simply cannot be compared to those of black and brown people who have been subjected to the most appalling physical and mental abuse due to their skin colour. So don't tell me there is no hierarchy of racism in this country. Because there most definitely is.

Lol. I mentioned him once. Anyway, I was taken aback by his insistence that there is no hierarchy of racism in Britain. I mean, what a load of horseshit. Especially in light of the Forde Report, which he seems to have completely ignored.

So there's no hierarchy of racism in the UK? Really? Okay then. What is worse? Being told to "fuck off back to Scotland" by some cretin on the tube? Or having dogshit or petrol pushed through your letterbox by right wing thugs? Are they as horrific as each other? Is the blond haired, blue-eyed Tywin subjected to the same 'on sight' racism as an African refugee arriving on a cross channel boat? No, of course he isn't. In fact, Tywin has told us many times that strangers usually have no idea he is Jewish. So if Ty were to hook up with a white Irishman and a black African to travel the world, on their travels, he would definitely be subjected to less overt racism than his African counterpart. I think it was this, slightly more nuanced point, that Abbot was desperately flailing for. ETA: Just to be clear, and before anyone starts. What Abbot said was really, really bad. But there most definitely is a hierarchy. And Keir Starmer knows this. He has one in his own party. Also, compare and contrast the reaction to Abbot's clanger, with some Tory twat saying last week that every white man should own a black slave. He has not even been suspended.

Watched Better Call John Wick tonight. Fucking great stuff. Odenkirk is surprisingly good at the action hero badass.

She also had a major part in breaking Partygate. Brilliant and courageous journalist. Though I guess it's just a matter of time before some Russian-backed twat is dragging her through the courts a la Cadwalladr.

JFC. Something something dirty pillows.

Unless you're streaming dodgy footy streams or viewing porn. In which case you'd be advised to add at least Malwarebytes to Windows Defender (Malwarebytes is awesome, btw). But whatever you do, get rid of McAfee. It's an awful piece of software, every bit as obnoxious as its creator. Also, uninstall all your pre-installed bloatware.

Bin it. It is a dogshit resource hog.

What antivirus/malware protection are you running? If it's Norton or Mcafee, bin it and get eset.

Um, righto mate.