For the longest time, Labour said: “You can’t change things unless you win power” and the moment Labour won power, the one thing it changed was… itself. While Labour supporters celebrated a victory that turned increasingly sour, the real winner of this “change” was the Reform Party which has managed to get its first ever home secretary - an incredible achievement.
A thousand thanks, Laura, for the 24/7 investigative work you must have done to discover the real face behind the latex mask. Is it true that Starmer is having fittings for his Theresa May mask? Having decided not to go full Thatcher - though tempted - he decided May was more 'cuddly' and less puppetlike than the face he was born with. And it is merely a rumour that Blair himself is helping Streeting with his mask, squeezing that boyish rotund visage into the semblance of a mad prophet with the staring eyes and perma-tanned skin? I think we should be told.
you don't have to hate to say: it is the reality. White people wouldn't say the same for fear of being called a racist so they manouevre a person that isn't white into such a position and manipulate them to say it. The manipulator(s) needs to stop being cowardly and out themselves.
It says everything about British politics that the only way Farage could get within ten feet of real power was by cosplaying a brown woman with better speeches than he could ever write stone sober. The Scooby Doo unmasking was the most honest moment Westminster has offered in years.
The joke isn’t that he wore the mask.
The joke is that the country preferred the mask.
Britain keeps voting for cruelty then acting shocked when cruelty shows up with paperwork.
Another masterpiece that encapsulates the zeitgeist of our troubled times.
bloody brilliant laura !
Many were wondering how Shabana was doing such an incredible job of turning away Labour’s four remaining supporters
LOL
Excellent writing.
Highlights the play acting that plagues politics, image is everything.
But, much like in 'murica, this only works while the population is kept dumb as a bag of rocks and distracted with meaningless baubles.
Thank you, Laura! I think you just explained Barack Obama to us here in the US. 🎢
This article captures it.
Is this what Stockholm syndrome looks like in politics?
I know very little about the intricacies of British politics but this is hilarious....and always on point. Let no farce go unturned! ;-) Brilliant!
A thousand thanks, Laura, for the 24/7 investigative work you must have done to discover the real face behind the latex mask. Is it true that Starmer is having fittings for his Theresa May mask? Having decided not to go full Thatcher - though tempted - he decided May was more 'cuddly' and less puppetlike than the face he was born with. And it is merely a rumour that Blair himself is helping Streeting with his mask, squeezing that boyish rotund visage into the semblance of a mad prophet with the staring eyes and perma-tanned skin? I think we should be told.
I am terrified of what is under the Nigel Farage mask....'he who must not be named' perhaps?
Hate to say I called it…
But the Brown / Black female is always the fallback messenger for the absolute worst policies.
you don't have to hate to say: it is the reality. White people wouldn't say the same for fear of being called a racist so they manouevre a person that isn't white into such a position and manipulate them to say it. The manipulator(s) needs to stop being cowardly and out themselves.
It says everything about British politics that the only way Farage could get within ten feet of real power was by cosplaying a brown woman with better speeches than he could ever write stone sober. The Scooby Doo unmasking was the most honest moment Westminster has offered in years.
The joke isn’t that he wore the mask.
The joke is that the country preferred the mask.
Britain keeps voting for cruelty then acting shocked when cruelty shows up with paperwork.
the Devil IsRael. The Antichrist.
I can feel the fury coming from your words- and I hear you!
Watching power corrupt in real time is both fascinating and sickening.
Ok, so do we know who’s inside the Farage suit?
Could it be Starmer? I know he would like to be Prime Minister. 🤔
It may be a Picasso adaptation but anyhow pretty scary mask I must say.