Chris(tyn) Parkes
@parkesland.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in history. Views my own. Historian of US politics and sexuality, especially Sumner Welles. Canadian. Non-binary (they/them). Fabulous.
Congratulations! You look amazing 😊
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Congratulations! You look amazing 😊
It's like trying to nail jello.
Go back and look at the Times/Telegraph/Mail/Sun coverage when Starmer booted out Corbyn and other Mamdani-style advocates. It's all 'thank goodness the grown ups are back' guff.
You are harping on this point despite it proving my overall argument. Labour is cooked.
Go back and look at the Times/Telegraph/Mail/Sun coverage when Starmer booted out Corbyn and other Mamdani-style advocates. It's all 'thank goodness the grown ups are back' guff.
You are harping on this point despite it proving my overall argument. Labour is cooked.
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's like trying to nail jello.
Go back and look at the Times/Telegraph/Mail/Sun coverage when Starmer booted out Corbyn and other Mamdani-style advocates. It's all 'thank goodness the grown ups are back' guff.
You are harping on this point despite it proving my overall argument. Labour is cooked.
Go back and look at the Times/Telegraph/Mail/Sun coverage when Starmer booted out Corbyn and other Mamdani-style advocates. It's all 'thank goodness the grown ups are back' guff.
You are harping on this point despite it proving my overall argument. Labour is cooked.
They did fawn over Starmer for kicking the left. Try to pay attention.
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
They did fawn over Starmer for kicking the left. Try to pay attention.
Evidently you're in too deep to recognize it, but Starmer got attacked by the right but never with the venom Corbyn did. Meanwhile, the Guardian gave him a cakewalk.
Regardless, we we talking about whether it's possible to change Labour from the inside. How's that going? 😂
bsky.app/profile/drha...
Regardless, we we talking about whether it's possible to change Labour from the inside. How's that going? 😂
bsky.app/profile/drha...
Scottish Labour may be picking a fight with its own? 👀
Scottish Labour is considering blocking party members from selecting Holyrood candidates. Party bosses could instead appoint candidates for Lists based on how many voters they contacted during campaigning.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Scottish Labour is considering blocking party members from selecting Holyrood candidates. Party bosses could instead appoint candidates for Lists based on how many voters they contacted during campaigning.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour considering blocking party members from selecting Holyrood candidates
EXCLUSIVE: The party's governing body will discuss a proposal tomorrow which would grant List ranking places to the constituency candidates who have worked the hardest.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Evidently you're in too deep to recognize it, but Starmer got attacked by the right but never with the venom Corbyn did. Meanwhile, the Guardian gave him a cakewalk.
Regardless, we we talking about whether it's possible to change Labour from the inside. How's that going? 😂
bsky.app/profile/drha...
Regardless, we we talking about whether it's possible to change Labour from the inside. How's that going? 😂
bsky.app/profile/drha...
Lol. The press *fawned* over Starmer for three years when he was kicking the left. That's most of the reason he ended up with his inflated majority. The other reason is the FPTP system.
Someone should really change that. Know anyone who tried? Or anyone who said they would then reneged? 😘
Someone should really change that. Know anyone who tried? Or anyone who said they would then reneged? 😘
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lol. The press *fawned* over Starmer for three years when he was kicking the left. That's most of the reason he ended up with his inflated majority. The other reason is the FPTP system.
Someone should really change that. Know anyone who tried? Or anyone who said they would then reneged? 😘
Someone should really change that. Know anyone who tried? Or anyone who said they would then reneged? 😘
If you think Corbyn was given a fair chance to right the ship by the PLP, Labour grandees, the press, the pre-2018 NEC, or by the Starmerites who kicked him out of the party, you can't accept reality.
And he still got more votes than that sentient desk chair you call a leader.
And he still got more votes than that sentient desk chair you call a leader.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you think Corbyn was given a fair chance to right the ship by the PLP, Labour grandees, the press, the pre-2018 NEC, or by the Starmerites who kicked him out of the party, you can't accept reality.
And he still got more votes than that sentient desk chair you call a leader.
And he still got more votes than that sentient desk chair you call a leader.