Doomwatch

Doomwatch

@doomwatch.bsky.social

Chemist/engineer. Cabaret Voltaire, DM, Electronic, Heaven 17/B.E.F., Sylvian/Japan, Bauhaus, GY!BE, Numan, Industrial...Old, wizened and unabashed socialist, no longer a member of the Labour party.

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The plot of the Harrison Ford film "Air Force One" would have been a little less exciting had the tagline read "DJT is the president and he wants to sneak off his plane" or "catering has a new hero", "you said you would take a bullet for him, now he's cashing that in", "Flight, Flight, Flight!" 🙄

I think the Count's post from the "other place" sums it up nicely, whatever the result in the Clacton by-election today it's a lose for Nigel Frottage. Don't vote for the rubbish, vote for the bin!

Mahmood just looks as if they enjoy that job a bit too much. I've seen that look before, It's the Iain Duncan-Smith stare, where they look like they are having a laugh at the suffering of others. Always smiling....like ALWAYS smiling, some kind of rictus grin.

Evri. Safe place = where anyone can get at it, I'm shocked they don't have a pre printed sticker they can slap on that says "help yourself". Mind you it's what you expect from a company that has a logo based on a ransom note.

The violent death of anyone, pensioner or otherwise is a terrible thing, but can we remind ourselves that the violent death of ANYONE, pensioner or otherwise is a terrible thing? Over 40 people aged 60+ are murdered each year in the UK (low est) by way of altercation, robbery or abuse. #Widdecombe

Mitch McConnell dying is/will be a statistic. All the women who have suffered and died because of the life saving care they could have got had he not engineered the overturning of Roe vs Wade is the fucking tragedy.

Dear future Labour Party leader, can we get a chancellor who knows the difference between "spooking markets" and holding them accountable for the way we have been fucking plundered over the last 16 years. I get it... Profit...but killing the host with their parasitism helps no one. Grow a pair.

My sophisticated take from the release of the Mandelson messages. Considering the subtle nuances and currents visible in these messages and putting this in the most delicate terms I can, I feel the following... That cunt Pat McFadden should do us all a favour and fuck off too!

Kier Starmer "we didn't bring people hope" I can think of few million disabled and sick people being told they will lose money. I can think of an entire country that watched the Labour party fail to deal with energy companies profiteering at the same time. "Hope" yeah... been lacking a fucking lot

I find it utterly gobsmacking in the whole Epstein, Andrew, Mandelson, DOJ thing that even NOW with everything WE know, there are people willing to defend that they did ANYTHING at all involving him AFTER he had done (easy) time for sex related crimes. They STILL think everyone else is stupid.

Not sure why anyone is "loaning" Ukraine anything while there are billions in Russian money locked away. Give it to them, they didn't start the fucking war, Russia did. Oh it might not be legal to do that? Neither is rolling your tanks into a sovereign country. Pussy-footing BS is no deterrent.

Morgan McSweeney gone? I'm lost for words.... Nah I'm not, good fucking riddance. OK that's 50% of the problem fixed, now fix the rest, start doing the things you were elected on. Stop kissing the arse of the wealthy and big companies, tackle fuel costs, stop frightening those who need help!

Mandelson has been a vile canker on labour since Blair. Corrupted and corrupting on so many levels, his protegee and tribute band McSweeny is the same, a whispering, scheming Worm tongue. look at everything Mandelson touched, rip it up, burn it and bury it encased in vitreous glass for eternity.

Mandelson has been a wrong 'un since the days of project new Labour, but pointing that out got you branded a leftie trouble maker Well... I'm a leftie trouble maker and I am going to do a great big fucking leftie "We fucking told you so!". The tragedy is the vile circumstances surrounding his fall

OK a couple of questions on the #font thing. Is it even more wasteful than the originally suggested waste to spend more putting it back the way it was before the thing you called wasteful happened, especially if the new thing worked anyway? What's next Braille, guide dogs? (woke little bastards)

That English to Chuck Schumer Translator in full.. Input English: "we are right behind you, we voted Dem in the elections in a massive way, you have our support, don't give in, don't surrender, stand your ground, you've got this!!" Output Schummer: "Oh I got you I'll surrender immediately"

How fucking sickening, these companies just hack and burn their way through important stuff with a "can't put the branches back on, sorry" mentality. The penalty for this type of assumed immunity should be massive, company busting massive. A few "examples" need to be made. #trees #TakingThePiss

theguardian.comToby Carvery owner urged to fund ‘life support’ for felled Enfield oakSprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expert

I'm waiting for the predictable comments about how much the removal of his titles etc. will devastate and shame the ex Prince Andrew. Fuck right off! They don't pay like we ever do, legally, financially, morally or emotionally. Man should be inside doing time. Republic now!

Companies like Sinclair& Nexstar don't think you are capable of using an on/off switch on your remote, or changing channels when you don't like what you are seeing. That's a bit insulting really isn't it. They seem to think you need looking after, that you can't take care of yourself. Can you?

Did this Tyler Knoll chap have left leaning tendency? were they boss at the ANTIFA base? The truth is out, their manifesto? "Take this four times a day!" Seriously Tylenol's biggest issue? Americans can't enjoy this joke. Why are there no aspirins in the Jungle? The Parrots eat 'em all. 🙄

The global insanity is accelerating. I was sent an obviously AI generated anti-immigrant image and the fucking idiot who sent it believed it. So you could generate tens of 1000's of "believable" images for these morons every few hours. It won't end well #Starmer #reform #London #alt-right

Starmer has one remaining "out", shuffle off McSweeny, he is so "bubbled" that every piece of advice he gives Starmer is just total bollox. Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...

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They had a plan before the election, stronger border control, agreement with France on treatment of seekers, while speeding up the asylum process in the UK to get people either out or contributing tax. Then they start dancing to the tune of Farrage, and it all goes to shit. Principle is more...

Starmer has one remaining "out", shuffle off McSweeny, he is so "bubbled" that every piece of advice he gives Starmer is just total bollox. Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...

The absolute resistance to raising revenues by taxation of the wealthy, they came to power inheriting a hidden mess, hidden debt, THERE was the justification to "bend" that fucking manifesto promise (stupid). But no, rather than do that they slam into the sick and disabled. Then on immigration...

I don't think we should be in a position to be demanding Peter Mandelson resign over his association with Epstein. Because Mandelson should never have had a position in any Labour government or official capacity again for any number of reasons in the first fucking place. Slimy conniving bastard.

Dear Kier Starmer, top tip, your problem (and I guess by extension ours) is Morgan McSweeney. He's been doing such a shite job and yet there he remains. No mini-reshuffle has any meaning at all with him still in post. I could say the same about Reeves but I know that's too much of an ask.

"We are experiencing high call volumes..." is now the default message. If businesses were to employ PEOPLE instead of using chat bots (useless in most instances) then society would be better for it and people would have more money in the economy to buy their stuff. #UK #CustomerService

Labour's messaging & delivery are so piss poor, boring, unimaginative, tone deaf and sporadic they could make the complete abolition of world poverty seem like a negative event. Fire the advisors and Reeves, they are shit. Remind us why we voted for you. #Labour #Reeves #Starmer #FreeSchoolMeals

I hope not, fuck 'em. Bunch of spiteful bastards for whom it seems the only entrance qualification was "Do you enjoy pulling the wing off of insects and do you hate poor people?". From laughing boys Cameron and Osborne through to this fucking idiot, they have been inflicted on us, so no I nope not.

theguardian.com‘The brand is broken’: is there any way back from abyss for Tories?Conservative party has repeatedly proved able to adapt and reinvent itself – but this time might be different

While the financial game of musical chairs with Thames Water was going on, leaving the taxpayer standing with no chair at the end, OFWAT ignored all the signs. Unfit for purpose. Like OFGEM loading the tariffs against the consumer and OFCOM allowing all kinds of abuses Start over. Root and branch.

Thames Water is bust. When it was privatised the emphasis should have been made clear, any risk at all to the provision of a life essential service would result is seizure at no compensation to shareholders. That would have "focused" the shareholders on ensuring the business was run responsibly.

I have some suggestions for the unimaginative Reeves, who manages to fuck up the people who voted for her and still can't run an economy. You could financially beat up on some more poor people.... Or you could tax the very wealthy, a tiny bit more. #Reeves #Betrayal #DWP #PIP #Labour #TaxTheRich

theguardian.comUK borrowing rises to £20.2bn, putting pressure on Rachel ReevesApril figure more than expected and comes despite increase in employer national insurance contributions

Or we could plug the 5 Billion hole by taxing people who won't even miss it and many of them agree that they are under taxed. Not all wealthy people are uncaring, our Labour government seemingly are. Confirmation (as if any were needed) that these cuts are ideological. #DWP #UC #PIP #Kendall #ESA

theguardian.comOur £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says KendallExclusive: Work and pensions secretary to double down on changes despite growing pressure within Labour

Dear DWP claimants, the next time they have you in the job centre giving you shit about something you said and threatening to sanction your benefit payments just remember the "misspoke" get-out-of-jail-free card, doubly effective when played with the "I don't recall" gambit. #ThamesWater #DWP

theguardian.comThames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’Environment secretary makes announcement after company’s chair said he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs

#TakingTheFuckingPiss. We have to retain senior managers, yeah look what a top notch job the senior managers have done in the past. They might leave? That's terrible, don't let that happen, fucking sack them. This rewarding of failure is why we are all where we are. #ThamesWater #Failure #Bankrupt

theguardian.comMinisters to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loanExclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers

Not the same, but be honest, the inclusion of the phrasing of "strangers" is no co-incidence, a calculated crumb thrown to the reform mob, there were many ways they could've made their point, to opt for that was deliberate with a deniability get out if things got heated, they did, cue deniability.

theguardian.comStarmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette CooperHome secretary says PM talked about strength in diversity, after criticism from MPs over ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric

FFS, OK time to have an "MP's expenses" style revision of practice in the UK Parliament. No freebies, they're bribes, otherwise why offer them. No firms lending MPs staff or office help. No second jobs, being an MP should be full time. No subsidised bars. #HoC #Hoyle #Speaker #Bribes (1/2)

theguardian.comHouse of Commons speaker has kept almost 300 gifts over past four yearsLindsay Hoyle’s freebies include champagne, whisky, food hampers, skincare sets and presents for his pets

Additionally further to some obvious anti-gratuity measures It's time they followed rules so many others in the UK follow. For some being an MP IS the 2nd job, unacceptable. They have work benefits that those they represent can only dream of, and yet it's not enough is it? Sickening (again) (2/2)

The optics of the "deal" are not particularly good for Kier Starmer. There's a difference between getting something genuinely useful for the UK and rushing out 1/2 done shite to basically give DJT something to call a win back home. Actually it's all a bit embarrassing. Find some fucking dignity.

Another move towards cultural isolationism. Tariffs? They're not all just bad economics, it's a way of forcing your message and your fantasy world/historical view on your population by restricting access to foreign culture, views and products. Kind of like North Korea then. #Hollywood #tariffs

theguardian.comTrump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff

I'm sick of politicians of all parties, not giving a shit when they sacrifice a group to appeal to the "majority" The sick and those with disabilities, they don't care about your vote. News for them, those people have people who love and care for them, share their lives, their worries. #DWP #PiP >

The votes that "you can live with losing" multiply up many fold when those close to them are taken into account. Your cold calculation, your heartless and vile maths fails when the decency of those who share the lives of the people you discard like a used tissue are factored in. They are not alone.

This is not new, nor should it be any surprise at all. The right are always whining on about the burden of the homeless, yet the REAL burden is these already wealthy landlords charging massively over the odds. It goes without saying that something should be done, but it won't happen. #homeless

theguardian.comPrivate landlords and hotels ‘cashing in’ on England’s hidden homelessness crisisExclusive: Half of local authorities charged double by private providers for temporary housing, investigation finds

Whose hope? Who wants a rushed deal of the type the Johnson excuse for a government were snatching at post Brexit which were entirely detrimental to our industry? If it takes years it takes years, why the need to rush? A bad deal is worse than no deal. #TradeDeal #Tariffs #Reeves #UKUSTrade #UK

theguardian.comRachel Reeves dashes hopes of early breakthrough in UK-US trade dealChancellor says UK is ‘not going to rush a deal’ and rejects new US demands on agricultural products

Doom's rule number 124. Always choose the side of the side that isn't trying to coerce you into choosing their side. Rights laws, access to the NHS market and chlorinated chicken. Nah. Go elsewhere. #TradeDeal #Tariffs #UK #Reeves #USA #Vance #China #EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comCutting business ties with China would be ‘foolish’, Reeves says amid reports of US pressureChancellor supports economic ties with Beijing as she prepares to fly to US next week for trade deal talks