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Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 8:53 pm Even without class, anyone failed for being white boys would have a case under race and sex.

They watered down that when they entered government in 2010.

Don't worry; this will be proclaimed as being Prime Ministerial by various pundits.

Remember the hullabaloo when Red Ken compared a certain newspaper's journalist to a concentration camp guard? Yeah, me too.

Jim Hacker was more philosophical when compared to Stalin; "Good, the voters like to know you're in charge."

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 11:09 pm Don't worry; this will be proclaimed as being Prime Ministerial by various pundits.

There's been quite the "Kemi's growing into the role" effort by these pundits, mainly on the back of putting a few Mandelson-flavoured leg stump half volleys to the boundary. But she's not becoming less of a headbanger. Even Farage, when he wants to, can come across as less rabid than she does. It's a strange hill for Badenoch to die on- it's a popular tax on a sector that was flush with cash. That she says this stuff shows she knocks around with think tank goons.

I like Bridget Philpson, she's what we used to call (in gendered language) a bruiser. She doesn't let this sort of shit go.

What's this I see here? Rishi Sunak in April 2024 talking of a big interest in Defence spending. To ... 2.5% in 2030. Did I miss Kemi resigning over this inadequate funding?

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2026 4:39 pm
I like Bridget Philpson, she's what we used to call (in gendered language) a bruiser. She doesn't let this sort of shit go.

Mackem lass.

Dare I venture that if we are looking for a new leader post-Starmer (though to be clear, I don’t want one), it ought to be Bridget. Not Andy, Wes, Ed, Al, or any of the other posturing twats.

Couldn't do better.

And I hope she would bring Jess back.

Even in the Tory Party, the knife wielders seldom clinch the crown. And the aforementioned three stooges are staggering around like Halloween's Michael Myers after 20 pints.

Kemi's been shadowing Farage and Lowe for the past six months.

What odds she condemns "too many Africans" in the England football team?

Deluded woman thinks winning one by-election in an oil town, using a 'drill baby, drill' policy, is clear evidence that the entire country is fed up with net zero policies.

Tory byelection victory gives Badenoch vital evidence to justify abandoning net zero

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... g-net-zero

Speaking at a rally on Friday alongside Lumsden, Badenoch said: “What this means is that we have won that referendum on oil and gas.

“Aberdeen has sent a message to the Labour government and to the SNP that we will not be ignored, Aberdeen will not be ignored, the centre will not be ignored.”

Wibble.

Didn’t Sunak did this off the back Uxbridge only to lose the next election and Uxbridge.

Sounds like Olukemi excelled herself at being a nasty piece of shit at PMQs today.

A summary from the Guardian

PMQs - snap verdict
Kemi Badenoch is probably very happy with that performance. But some of her MPs will worry that she crossed a line, and that she is finding it hard to differentiate between effective parliamentary attack and sheer nastiness.

When a PM stands down, it is normal for their opponents to show a bit of decorum, tone down the criticism a bit, say something complimentary and wish them well for the future. Given that this is not Starmer’s last PMQs, there was no need for Badenoch to do this today – although at least a nod in this direction was probably expected. Perhaps she will manage it on Wednesday 15 July (probably Starmer’s last PMQs), although you would not bet on it on the basis of today.

Badenoch was dismissive and patronising towards Starmer but what was striking was what she said about four of his colleagues. This may have be an indication that, with Starmer out of the way, she is now on the hunt for other targets.

Not for the first time, she was brutal about Rachel Reeves, the chancellor. Badenoch said:

Starmer wouldn’t be in this mess if his chancellor had found money for the defence investment plan. The prime minister gave her the second most important job in Britain, she was the first female chancellor, she lives next door to him, but wouldn’t even come out to stand by him during his resignation speech. She was too busy getting ready for a selfie with the new leader. Does the prime minister feel let down by his chancellor?

Next in line for attack was Ed Miliband, the energy secretary. Badenoch said:

The chancellor isn’t the only person who let him down, the energy secretary is putting up bills and killing jobs. He was a failed Labour leader, rejected by the electorate, brought back from the wilderness by this man, and when the going got tough, he jumped into bed with the mayor of Manchester. It’s not the first time he’s betrayed someone close to him, is it? Does the prime minister think that his treachery should be rewarded by being appointed chancellor?

These comments were harsh, but not unprecedented. More surprising was what Badenoch said when she lashed out at Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary who is not a particularly prominent figure in the government– but who is a hate figure in some Tory circles where people are having to pay VAT on their children’s private school fees. Badenoch said:

She taxed private schools to pay for more teachers, but the number of teachers has gone down. It turns out appointing a spiteful class warrior as education secretary was a disaster.

Badenoch then aimed her invective at the entire PLP, saying they had planted “400 knives” in Starmer’s back and that they were not Labour MPs but “welfare MPs”. At this point Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, had had enough and delivered a reprimand to Badenoch for her language. This is rare, and a sign that at least one influential parliamentary thought she went too far.

Andy Burnham was not in the chamber, but Badenoch also took a swipe at him in her final question describing him as little more than “a pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt”. This was probably the worst of all her jibes – not because it was rude (imagine a male MP saying something like that about a woman), but because there is nothing more fatal, or stupid, in politics than underestimating your opponents, and Burnham’s record in Makerfield suggests the Tories should be taking him very seriously.

Starmer dealt with this splurge of vitriol with good grace. He did win with any zingers, but he emerged from the exchanges as the better person.

If there was an exchange between Badenoch and a pile of dogshit, the pile of dogshit would come away as the better person.

I'm reminded of my early 20s.

When a member of the guys, one who'd experienced a long time single landed a new girlfriend.
90% of the time it's somebody normal, engaging and you wish them well.

Among the other 10% a few radiated virulent toxicity.
That's Kemi that is.

Bros shrug - "who's going to tell him?".

Yug wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2026 3:08 pm If there was an exchange between Badenoch and a pile of dogshit, the pile of dogshit would come away as the better person.

To be fair, that's also how it would arrive.

Pure Birbslsingh.

VAT on private school fees is visceral to Badenoch. She can’t help it. Going to town on this popular policy is like going to town on on fox hunting.

Yup, I am yet to see anyone on social media or anyone credible bring up as a big issue for Labour. It's simply not their voting base, it doesn't matter.