The Fog-Bound Frog

it’s always “discriminatory policy is a resignation-worthy offence!” for the left and “we may not agree with restricting certain groups’ access to healthcare, education, employment, etc. but we need to stick with [starmer/burnham]!” for the right god the performative outrage is so fucking tiring

NEW: NHS England know the harm they are doing to trans patients. Their internal assessment reportedly warns of corridor care, treatment delays, outing, discrimination and healthcare avoidance being among the risks identified from their new policy www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

trans ppl: ... andy burnham and @lucympowell.bsky.social: here is a new way in which we are trying to get you killed i will survive this labour government and i will live long enough to see science finally win out and the ppl of this appalling, wretched, immoral, bigoted government held to account

this is your regular reminder that the labour party is mass murdering transgender ppl, systemically eradicating us, and this nhs 'guidance' is the latest part of that 'gender critical' is not feminism it is a neonazism movement that seeks to mass murder and erase transgender ppl from society

The U.K. Labour government is actively genociding trans people.

been waiting for this fast train to Strasbourg. but yes this will kill people.

Murderer.

nothing says “progressive” quite like a politician who sees woman only by their ability to bear children and polices access to public services based on whether or not you meet her western beauty standards

the last hope the green party has is that the cool membership still outnumbers the sensible membership seeing key figures like berry, lucas, and ramsay publicly try and drag the party back to inefficacy is giving big starmerification vibes and we can’t let it happen again

Honey, wake up! A new Cass Review just dropped 😒

honestly if ZiR means adrian ramsay fucks off forever then that’s a huge W in my opinion GCs are the scourge of political movements

i can’t believe how dangerous, naive, and childish these labour figures are being these entryists are turning labour from a serious movement into a protest party we might not always agree on everything, but we need a strong left-wing coalition to beat reform labour must just want reform to win

“sensible”, “common-sense”, and “grown-up” politics is just a way to feel smart about outsourcing your beliefs to the political and media establishment

If the pro trans politicians in Labour would admit that Labour views and policies are the problem I would believe them more when they say they’re an ally. But they’re just blaming Reform saying they are dividing us while it’s currently Labour. Reform are bad but that does not mean Labour aren’t.

people are still trying to do the “burnham supports trans rights” bullshit from makerfield? using old quotes is pretty weak when: - his last quote was openly transphobic - the equality minister he appointed is publicly promoting bio-essentialism - he oversaw the guidance and section 28 passing

tony blair successfully rebranded thatcherism as 'centrism'. now if you speak to a 'centrist' they are ferociously right wing and bigoted but they think they're moderates. andy burnham is trying to rebrand thatcherism as progressivism. if we let him get away with that we are all truly fucked.

maybe burnham’s speech woulda got me jazzed more if i was there but unfortunately i had major hate crimes and restroom facilities concerns so i didn’t attend.

“the fight back starts here” as though trans people weren’t actively fighting before and were just waiting for starmer’s knights in shining armour to suggest they shouldn’t put their boots on our neck

so what ive learnt from the "sensibles" today is that they would be perfectly fine with farage becoming prime minister so long as he started making nice speeches "i couldn't imagine farage making a speech like that!" its just vibes all the way down at this point.

these are cute but also they strike me as the politics equivalent of a chibi thanos they look sweet on first blush, but then you remember they’re responsible for multiple genocides and it becomes pretty sickening

it’s a little on the nose that the posters for labours “hope” campaign are right-aligned

speaking of not listening to the left; how is the labour women’s conference looking, lizzi?

*horrific racist fascist blackshirt actions* UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up

The government is already bending over backwards to accommodate far-right narratives pushed by American hate groups. So why the Hell should we trust them to tell us what information is “warfare” or not? Our terrorism advisor thinks I’m a Russian psy-op because I’m not the right kind of woman FFS!

reminder: several international human rights organisations have accused @lucympowell.bsky.social, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, starmer, streeting, burnham, and so on of attempting to eradicate transgender ppl. the united nations claims labour is institutionalising discrimination.

As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!!