| A broad church. on 08:50 - May 29 with 8614 views | footers |
Well, that's two independent MPs elected then. |  |
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| A broad church. on 09:18 - May 29 with 8530 views | pointofblue |
I don't think the follow up series matched the first one to be honest.
Wait, we're not talking about the ITV drama? |  |
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| A broad church. on 09:54 - May 29 with 8414 views | DJR |
John McTernan: Labour should hang their heads in shame
Senior Labour figures responsible for the handling of Diane Abbott’s case “should hang their head in shame”, Sir Tony Blair’s former director of political operations has said.
John McTernan told Times Radio last night: “It’s not for the Labour Party to ban a woman with Diane Abbott’s record to stand for the Labour Party if that’s what she wishes to do.
“This kind of briefing, it’s aimed at humiliating her and that is disgraceful. It’s just utterly disgraceful. It’s a process that’s been designed not to resolve issues... It’s a process designed just to drag things out and humiliate Diane Abbott.
“And whoever’s responsible for this should hang their head in shame. It looks like it’s crass, politically-motivated and designed to hurt her. It’s nothing more or less than kind of factional disdain.”
EDIT: as if to rub salt in the wounds Labour were briefing last night that the restoration of the whip yesterday was designed to give Abbott a bit of dignity, and that there were health issues that might prevent her standing.
The term duplicitous doesn't do it justice, especially when coupled with the whopper that Starmer said a couple of days ago about the process still being ongoing.
I am just glad I am no longer a member of a party that stoops so low.
[Post edited 29 May 2024 10:07]
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| A broad church. on 10:29 - May 29 with 8323 views | Whos_blue |
I want to love them. I genuinely do.
But this is shameful if true.
It's not even a bad news day to bury it.
What are they thinking?
Every press opportunity will be dominated by this issue and rightly so.
Strange electionering technique. |  |
| Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness. |
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| A broad church. on 10:44 - May 29 with 8272 views | DJR |
| A broad church. on 10:29 - May 29 by Whos_blue |
I want to love them. I genuinely do.
But this is shameful if true.
It's not even a bad news day to bury it.
What are they thinking?
Every press opportunity will be dominated by this issue and rightly so.
Strange electionering technique. |
But I think they calculate that it will blow over pretty soon, with an election in full swing, and that it would have caused more trouble if announced earlier, not least because Labour MPs would have been still sitting in Parliament.
As Jo Moore might have put it, "it is a [relatively] good day to bury bad news". [Post edited 29 May 2024 10:45]
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| A broad church. on 11:36 - May 29 with 8161 views | lowhouseblue |
| A broad church. on 09:54 - May 29 by DJR |
John McTernan: Labour should hang their heads in shame
Senior Labour figures responsible for the handling of Diane Abbott’s case “should hang their head in shame”, Sir Tony Blair’s former director of political operations has said.
John McTernan told Times Radio last night: “It’s not for the Labour Party to ban a woman with Diane Abbott’s record to stand for the Labour Party if that’s what she wishes to do.
“This kind of briefing, it’s aimed at humiliating her and that is disgraceful. It’s just utterly disgraceful. It’s a process that’s been designed not to resolve issues... It’s a process designed just to drag things out and humiliate Diane Abbott.
“And whoever’s responsible for this should hang their head in shame. It looks like it’s crass, politically-motivated and designed to hurt her. It’s nothing more or less than kind of factional disdain.”
EDIT: as if to rub salt in the wounds Labour were briefing last night that the restoration of the whip yesterday was designed to give Abbott a bit of dignity, and that there were health issues that might prevent her standing.
The term duplicitous doesn't do it justice, especially when coupled with the whopper that Starmer said a couple of days ago about the process still being ongoing.
I am just glad I am no longer a member of a party that stoops so low.
[Post edited 29 May 2024 10:07]
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it is very sad. she is an historically significant figure, and deserves respect for that. it is bad that it came to this. but the party's real shame lies in the fact that it ever put her forward as a potential home secretary. that's the really unforgivable bit. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| A broad head on 11:41 - May 29 with 8113 views | nodge_blue |
edit - why do I always have trouble pasting images?
[gav edit - best not use google images as they aren't real, they just reference images on another site so are kinda virtual]
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| A broad head on 11:54 - May 29 with 8022 views | DJR |
| A broad head on 11:41 - May 29 by nodge_blue |
edit - why do I always have trouble pasting images?
[gav edit - best not use google images as they aren't real, they just reference images on another site so are kinda virtual]
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I can't do it either! | | | |
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| A broad head on 11:57 - May 29 with 7983 views | nodge_blue |
| A broad head on 11:54 - May 29 by DJR |
I can't do it either! |
I added the address starting http. Stuck a .jpg on the end, tried .jpeg as well.... | |
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| A broad head on 12:08 - May 29 with 7924 views | WD19 |
| A broad head on 11:57 - May 29 by nodge_blue |
I added the address starting http. Stuck a .jpg on the end, tried .jpeg as well.... |
Try putting an s after the http. |  | | |
| A broad head on 12:14 - May 29 with 7876 views | nodge_blue |
| A broad head on 12:08 - May 29 by WD19 |
Try putting an s after the http. |
It does have an s, i just didnt write that in my example. But thanks.
You wouldn't believe I have a degree in this stuff lol. | |
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| A broad church. on 12:17 - May 29 with 7853 views | StokieBlue |
| A broad church. on 08:50 - May 29 by footers |
Well, that's two independent MPs elected then. |
The independent state of Islington North and Stoke Newington.
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| A broad church. on 12:24 - May 29 with 7785 views | footers |
| A broad church. on 12:17 - May 29 by StokieBlue |
The independent state of Islington North and Stoke Newington.
SB |
A las barricadas. Forward to freedom (and boquerones), comrade! | |
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| A broad head on 12:27 - May 29 with 7765 views | nodge_blue |
| A broad head on 12:14 - May 29 by DanTheMan |
Some images when searched through Google (especially on mobile) will give you a link something like the following.
(Ignore brackets, just stopping TWTD link detection kicking in)
[https]://images.app.goo.gl/8wnhxKAiXbRdSRda8
This is not a direct link to an image, it's a link to a page on Google which would display the image. If I follow your link through (removing the .jpg bit) I get a page with the image wrapped with some Google stuff.
On a PC, you can more easily get the actual image URL which looks like
[https]://e0.365dm.com/23/10/2048x1152/skysports-nathan-broadhead_6335633.jpg
So that's why it breaks, whatever you're using the get the image url is giving you to Google link and not the underlying image url. I know Chrome on mobile does this, I think Firefox lets you get at the proper link. [Post edited 29 May 2024 12:15]
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An excellent reply. Go to top of the class. | |
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| A broad head on 12:28 - May 29 with 7756 views | ronnyd |
| A broad head on 12:14 - May 29 by nodge_blue |
It does have an s, i just didnt write that in my example. But thanks.
You wouldn't believe I have a degree in this stuff lol. |
Christ, what chance do the rest of us dullards have then> | | | |
| A broad head on 12:34 - May 29 with 7701 views | nodge_blue |
| A broad head on 12:28 - May 29 by ronnyd |
Christ, what chance do the rest of us dullards have then> |
Not much when you miss a full stop for the greater than sign  | |
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| A broad head on 12:39 - May 29 with 7665 views | ronnyd |
| A broad head on 12:34 - May 29 by nodge_blue |
Not much when you miss a full stop for the greater than sign |
 Accidentally hit post instead of preview. That's my excuse anyway. | | | |
| A broad head on 12:44 - May 29 with 7619 views | footers |
| A broad head on 12:39 - May 29 by ronnyd |
Accidentally hit post instead of preview. That's my excuse anyway. |
Go and have a nice big slice of carrot cake with a cuppa and put yer feet up, mate.
Then wait for the good news :) | |
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| A broad church. on 12:45 - May 29 with 7604 views | GlasgowBlue |
"claims that Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine should be treated sceptically” |  |
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| A broad church. on 12:48 - May 29 with 7585 views | jayessess |
One thing that's going to become very apparent is just how unpleasant some of the more right wing people in the Labour Party are.
Particularly some on the "Labour to Win" slate on their National Exec, some of whom are about to get gifted a safe parliamentary seat (with the incumbent getting a House of Lords nom as a quid pro quo).
Apparently they'd struck an agreement with Abbott to be re-admitted and then retire, with eulogies from all and sundry about her accomplishments (first Black woman in parliament etc.), but likely someone in that little knot of creeps just couldn't bare to show a little respect and started briefing the press about her being banned from standing. [Post edited 29 May 2024 12:51]
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| A broad church. on 12:59 - May 29 with 7513 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| A broad church. on 12:45 - May 29 by GlasgowBlue |
"claims that Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine should be treated sceptically” |
You must be thrilled to have found a new long term political home. |  |
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| A broad church. on 13:00 - May 29 with 7502 views | GlasgowBlue |
“Ireland is our struggle. Every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us. A defeat in Northern Ireland would be a defeat indeed.” | |
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| A broad church. on 13:00 - May 29 with 7497 views | lowhouseblue |
| A broad church. on 12:48 - May 29 by jayessess |
One thing that's going to become very apparent is just how unpleasant some of the more right wing people in the Labour Party are.
Particularly some on the "Labour to Win" slate on their National Exec, some of whom are about to get gifted a safe parliamentary seat (with the incumbent getting a House of Lords nom as a quid pro quo).
Apparently they'd struck an agreement with Abbott to be re-admitted and then retire, with eulogies from all and sundry about her accomplishments (first Black woman in parliament etc.), but likely someone in that little knot of creeps just couldn't bare to show a little respect and started briefing the press about her being banned from standing. [Post edited 29 May 2024 12:51]
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your story about the press being briefed doesn't match the bbc's:
"Hours later, it was revealed that Abbott's suspension had been lifted and the whip restored.
Abbott then texted a BBC reporter this morning, saying Labour had barred her from standing for the party at the general election.
She later posted on X, saying she was "dismayed" at the reports she had been barred."
so the being barred story originated with abbott and she was then dismayed by the reports that had actually originated with her. | |
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| A broad church. on 13:02 - May 29 with 7457 views | GlasgowBlue |
| A broad church. on 13:00 - May 29 by lowhouseblue |
your story about the press being briefed doesn't match the bbc's:
"Hours later, it was revealed that Abbott's suspension had been lifted and the whip restored.
Abbott then texted a BBC reporter this morning, saying Labour had barred her from standing for the party at the general election.
She later posted on X, saying she was "dismayed" at the reports she had been barred."
so the being barred story originated with abbott and she was then dismayed by the reports that had actually originated with her. |
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