UK Political Thread, part the second

[Mindysan33]

Joe Biden plans to visit Belfast to mark Good Friday agreement anniversary

[robertmckenna]

@Entity447B

Typical conservative attitude - pointing out something bad is so much worse than perpetrating it.

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’

“Look here plebs, we may be spewing raw shit into rivers, lakes, and seas, but at least we have the good manners not to talk about it. Take a leaf from our book called “The Natural Party of Government.”

[Mindysan33]

[robertmckenna]

Here’s hoping he brings Dark Brandon with him!

(Not really. NI is somewhere Democratic politicians can take a well earned slap on the back and hearty thanks. He can send Dark Brandon to Westminster.)

[Mindysan33]

@robertmckenna

Here’s hoping he brings Dark Brandon with him!

[Doctor_Faustus]

@Greasy

So of course, Gary Lineker said nothing of the sort. He said that the language currently being used about refugees was reminiscent of 1930s Germany. That’s a far more nuanced statement than implied by the coverage. He’s saying that we’re in danger of creating a similar environment of dehumanisation

Exactly. This statement especially struck me in the AP article above:

“As somebody whose grandmother escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s, I think it’s really disappointing and inappropriate to compare government policy on immigration to events in Germany in the 1930s,” Culture and Media Secretary Lucy Frazer said Thursday.

No, Lucy, it is you who is trivialising the Holocaust by using it as a club to beat Linneker with, who didn’t even mention it.

And another thing:

Former BBC television news chief Roger Mosey said that he sympathized with Lineker’s views, but thought he shouldn’t have shared them.

“What if he was tweeting ‘Brexit is working, Suella Braverman is right, refugees should go back to Calais’?” Mosey told Times Radio.

I honestly think that nothing at all would have happened in that case

[robertmckenna]

Well every British person I know would have instantly hated him.

But their opinions don’t count anyway it seems.

[Doctor_Faustus]

Yeah, well, there wouldn’t have been a reaction from the BBC and the Tories, I meant.

[robertmckenna]

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day

Freeeeeze Peach for all (except for critics of the fash).

[L0ki]

The day after Lineker’s tweet, Robert Jenrick was interviewed on LBC about it.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC this morning: “It was very inappropriate.

“He should certainly be shown a red card. We are taking robust and fair measures on behalf of the British public.”

“It’s a shame he’s so out of step with British public opinion right now.”

Tory party deputy chairman Lee Anderson wrote: "This is just another example of how out of touch these overpaid stars are with the voting public.

“Instead of lecturing, Mr Lineker should stick to reading out the football scores and flogging crisps.”

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said Gary Lineker’s comments were disappointing.

“I think it’s unhelpful to compare our measures, which are lawful, proportionate and - indeed - compassionate, to 1930s Germany,” she said.

"I also think that we are on the side of the British people here.

"It’s plain for anyone to see that the British people have had enough of this situation of thousands of people coming here illegally at huge cost to the taxpayer and undermining our laws, and, in fact, British generosity.

“That needs to stop, we need to take the necessary steps now to ensure that if you are coming here illegally you will be detained and you will be removed, and that’s what this Bill will do.”

Hmm, so:

The cruel measure is actually compassionate.

They know what the will of the British people is.

Anyone who is against the will of the British people had better shut up or be made to shut up.

I’d say that pretty much makes Gary’s point for him.

[robertmckenna]

@L0ki

I’d say that pretty much makes Gary’s point for him.

Q.E.Fucking.D.

My solidarity with British mutants living under this disgusting regime.

You will overcome.

[timd]

Alan Shearer and Ian Wright pull out, Micah Richards and Alex Scott have confirmed they won’t be appearing either.

Gary Lineker: Wright and Shearer pull out of MOTD - BBC News

[the_borderer]

At this rate they will end up doing MOTD with Sol Campbell and the arsehole who owns AFC Fylde.

ETA:
MOTD will have no presenters or pundits tomorrow. I guess they really couldn’t find anyone who would sell out and be on the show.

[smulder]

BBC in chaos as Lineker's Match of the Day axe sparks mass walk-out

[AnonyMouse]

It’s based on the logo of the BUF - Oswald Moseley’s gang.

[AnonyMouse]

Tiocfaidh dorcha Biden.

[catsidhe]

(Tiochfaidh Biden dorcha. What you had is more “Dark will come, Biden”.)

[vermes82]

Logo on the letter.

British Union of Fascists

Sturmabteilung

It looks like a remix of the two.

National Action (UK)

[smulder]

@the_borderer

no presenters or pundits tomorrow

I have to say, I would have expected the Tories to be more sophisticated in their media strategy

At this point they’ve just got people quoting each other saying “Germany in the ’30s” over and over again, and it’s not stopping any time soon

[FGD135]

@smulder

I have to say, I would have expected the Tories to be more sophisticated in their media strategy

Well, the first-class mind of Prentiss McCabe Government Media Relations has recently passed on, and Charles has shown on several occasions in the past that he can’t really hold the fort on his own.