[Tubby Isaacs]

What's virtue signalling? When the Tories criticize other pople for bad things, is that virtue signalling or something different?

[The Red Arrow]

They have no virtue to signal.

[Tubby Isaacs]

We're spared "virtue signalling" here, at least, but "woke", which I guess is bad. I still don't get these rules of what behaviours we're allowed to criticize, and which ones we aren't.

But on the bright side, the Right never play "identity politics".

[Tubby Isaacs]

Tony Abbott was PM for less than 2 years before he was removed by his own party.

Where's this trade experience? Or is this an even more flagrant lie than usual?

[The Red Arrow]

Tony Abbott was PM for less than 2 years before he was removed by his own party.

Where's this trade experience? Or is this an even more flagrant lie than usual?

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[Andy McDandy]

Loudmouth prick who doesn't get this rules thing.

He'll fit right in.

[spoonman]

We're spared "virtue signalling" here, at least, but "woke", which I guess is bad. I still don't get these rules of what behaviours we're allowed to criticize, and which ones we aren't.

But on the bright side, the Right never play "identity politics".

If Abbott was a Muslim I doubt the chinless wonder would excuse misogyny and homophobia as simply the byproduct of "practising Islam". IIRC Hannan has form in stirring up anti-Catholic rhetoric particularly concerning the EU.

Cunt.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I read in Left Out that Seamus Milne is a fan of Dan Hannan...

[Tubby Isaacs]

Tony Abbott was PM for less than 2 years before he was removed by his own party.

Where's this trade experience? Or is this an even more flagrant lie than usual?

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That's quite spectacularly bad.

[Tubby Isaacs]

If Abbott was a Muslim I doubt the chinless wonder would excuse misogyny and homophobia as simply the byproduct of "practising Islam". IIRC Hannan has form in stirring up anti-Catholic rhetoric particularly concerning the EU.

Cunt.

Indeed. And funny how other Catholics seem to manage avoid being like Abbott.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Hard rightists love their conservative Catholics, mind. See the US Supreme Court.

[MisterMuncher]

The average Catholic skews a lot more liberal than the actual church, which is probably a large amount to do with RW dislike of them in general. Probably no small part of that is the shit-show the Church make of the social fabric in any nation they get the chance to.

The conservative Catholic almost seems like some kind of attempt to counterbalance that liberal mass. Then there's the Mel Gibson tendency, big on anti-Semitic rhetoric, Anglo/Euro-centric worldviews and just really not keen on anyone who ain't exactly like them.

[Andy McDandy]

In 2017 many right wing commentators were keen to paint the DUP as having views "shared by a great many normal English Christians", to justify their extremism. I also recall the Mail targeting the likes of Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman as "dangerous leftist atheists" for criticising the papal visit by Pope Palpatine. It's all about justifying kicking down.

[The Red Arrow]

I'm all FFSed out.

Brexit: End tariffs on UK-made ice cream vans - Liz Truss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54013285

[Boiler]

I thought coffee always came from some luxuriantly-bearded twerp in a Citroen 'H' - unless they can't afford the French Transit and buy a Renault Estafette instead...