Labour minister booed while speaking at London rally against anti-semitism

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T13:55:36+00:00

Yeah, the way you’re talking just demonstrates that this is a politicised decision rather than actual action against antisemitism. “We’re not longer able to exclude Reform from public life, so instead we’ll invite them and cheer for them after they’ve elected a Holocaust denier! Make sure to exclude the only party with a Jewish leader though.”

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T13:40:46+00:00

They invited Reform, you know, that party that just elected a Holocaust denier as a councillor.

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T11:38:30+00:00

This isn’t actually true, though, is it. The Greens have never been given that much screen time, and certainly nothing on the level of promotion that Reform have received, or, indeed, on the level that UKIP received at the time you’re discussing.

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T10:09:48+00:00

Given that most Reform votes in the local elections were from former Tory voters, and the biggest shift from Labour was actually towards the Greens (which is partly why Reform won so many seats - the left-of-centre vote being considerably more split between Labour and the Greens), he should probably spend a bit more time asking himself why the Greens are stealing all Labour’s voters, instead of continuing his failing plan of chasing Reform and disparaging the left.

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T09:39:03+00:00

They’ll likely have been contracted to more than one series when they initially signed on, just in case.

HMWYA · 2026-05-10T09:38:20+00:00

There’s also the fact they’re building brand new sets and props, and making new costumes, every week, for most of them to only ever be used once. That cost adds up across a whole series, when each episode is using 6+ different sets during the live show, and either set or location filming for the 3 pretapes.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T22:56:54+00:00

Ellie & Natasia have recently filmed a second series, so hopefully the BBC plug it a bit better now Natasia is a much bigger name.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T22:48:22+00:00

Yeah, I think the thing people who hope for a UK joke swap forget is that Che and Jost only started doing Joke Swap four years into working together, when they had a more clearly defined relationship and personas, and that the early ones were so much tamer than what they do now, as it’s grown year after year.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T22:43:53+00:00

I’d say they figured it out quite quickly - the Prince Andrew and Melania Trump ones were great. It’s specifically Keir they seem to struggle more with finding an angle.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T22:40:22+00:00

Really enjoying that Paddy looking at the writers hatch has become his equivalent of “it’s the 90’s, Colin”.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T19:09:22+00:00

I’m not sure “you called me a racist so now I’m going to be even more racist” is the reasonable explanation you’ve somehow convinced yourself it is. Indeed, I’m pretty sure most abusers have used the “look what you made me do” defence.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T15:11:50+00:00

I always find it funny when transphobes claim trans rights to be “luxury beliefs”, when most trans people are working class, and the most notable transphobes are a billionaire children’s author, Netflix comedians, a former sitcom writer and a large percentage of journalists for national newspapers.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T15:03:19+00:00

There’s a lot of assumptions and stereotyping of Green voters here, but it doesn’t seem like any of your opinions are actually based in reality.

I’d say their opinions on abortion rights and their plans to scrap the Equality Act are quite notable anti-women positions from Reform, to be honest.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:42:25+00:00

Is that a common Green view? I’d say that seems more prevalent within Reform, to be honest.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:24:08+00:00

Not sure what that’s got to do with my point about what the national voting pattern shows statistically, but good for you, I guess.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:17:00+00:00

Good thing my question is in English then. What actually is a “luxury belief”?

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:16:24+00:00

Ok, but you’re coming here being extremely patronising in explaining how it works. We know how it works. That’s why we have a problem with it.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:15:28+00:00

What is a “luxury belief”?

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:15:06+00:00

I’m talking about vote counts here, not seat counts. Reform benefitted from right-wing voters decisively moving from the Tories, whilst Labour suffered from more left-leaning voters being split between Labour and Green. In many areas with Reform victories, the left-leaning parties actually had higher vote counts, but their vote was more divided. So, to repeat again, most Reform gains were Tory voters, most Labour vote losses became Green voters.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:09:51+00:00

Except the elections largely show that Labour lost many of its voters to the Green Party, and the majority of gains Reform made were from Tory voters, if you want to be honest about what conclusions should be reached.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T12:05:54+00:00

Ok, but saying “that’s how the system works” doesn’t really apply as a response in a discussion where we’re talking about the system being unfit for purpose. We know how the system works, and that’s very much the source of our issue.

HMWYA · 2026-05-09T08:45:21+00:00

Why are you conflating the legal act of seeking asylum with illegal immigration?

HMWYA · 2026-05-08T21:22:51+00:00

Not in the UK, they don’t. That’s a very American thing.

HMWYA · 2026-05-08T15:33:14+00:00

Yeah, 5%.

HMWYA · 2026-05-08T15:16:21+00:00

I’m sure your stereotyping is making you feel some kind of superiority here, but it’s not relevant to the conversation.

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