Official Labour statement on AWS

[BelaLugosisShed]

Good news, presumably?
I want to know where that leaves a certain womens officer, surely that ruling counts for every Labour post?

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No I think he can't afford to apply for his GRC innit?

I think LM may have a guest commission designing this spring's pyjamas and leisure wear for F&F.

So Tesco are desirous of a mass boycott then? Okay.

Here's the LM tweet complaining about having to pay for UCAS applications

At least three people have offered to pay it. Job done.

Oh what a tedious little whinger it is. Still, I see that someone has already suggested ‘you could try working?’ as a solution.

I saw the UCAS thread on Twitter - LM said that they couldn't get benefits because it's hard to prove estrangement? Do they mean from their parents? Is that because they still live with their parents?!

There were parts of that thread that again seemed a bit trolly - like the 'Why do they hate us 😩' tweet.

I got benefits because of estrangement, I think my Mam had to sign something saying she had cut off support.

Ah so LMs parents won't sign something to say they have cut off support? I wonder why that could be?

Tim Farron is a funny one isn't he. I suppose it's like a bigger version of how we all cope with daily life. Ie, I loathe /slightly dislike /can't understand why people do x, but am an adult and fully aware that it's neither my business nor my jurisdiction.

Take my sister. Absolutely love her to bits. But so many of her life choices leave me baffled. From parenting decisions to choice of carpet. But it's her life, and not my beeswax.

Tim is like that. If he voted in favour of gay marriage then it's job done isn't it. His private thoughts are his own, just like my private thoughts about my sisters relationship history don't get in the way of our fantastic, mutually supportive bond.

I admire the guy. He knows his own views are subjective and personal and fights for the rights of others to live free from the constraints of the judgement of strangers.

I think?

In other news I've decided not to allow myself to engage with anything involving LM. This is in order to keep my life peaceful and my mind full of happy thoughts.

... about Tim Farron :)

Morris yes I do think Tim Farron is a good one. He’s my MP and he has at least responded in a thoughtful and vaguely supportive way but I can absolutely see how the shit would rain down if he said anything in public. You wouldn’t hear anything sensible for the cries of bigot and people linking it back to him not supporting gay marriage. Doesn’t matter that he voted in favour of it on three separate occasions!

I tell you what would be interesting, shall we have a look at how these virtue signalling kool aid MPs have voted on issues such as equal marriage in the past? Bet we would unearth some surprises.

www.theyworkforyou.com

Can you literally crowd fund (beg for) anything these days?

It’s almost offensive that Madigan just drips about money on twitter in the expectation that some transmaiden will stump up. The entitlement of that creature makes me so angry.

Isn't it a conflict of interest to hold a position in the Labour Party while begging for money on Twitter? In that accepting money from specific people or organizations could make you open to undue influence from them, or at least make it look like you might be.

I keep expecting an actual adult in the party to step in and point out that he shouldn't be doing that.

Angry - it's not a conflict per se to accept money from supporters. It just has to be declared (over a certain amount, I think).

But yeah, it's not a good look for a supposed adult to rattle the begging bowl at every opportunity

I'm trying to resist tweeting to ask LM's views on period poverty and they would feel if instead of struggling to find a one off £13 fee they had to find £13 every month to deal with the hassle of menstruation

Surely supporters would normally mean "people supporting/donating to your political campaign" rather than "people paying your UCAS fee for you because you spent all your money on an alternate pink hoodie".

It has been my observation that in internet speak 'supporters' means either people who agree with me or people who give me money, sometimes both.

Another tweeter said that he was literally told not to get a job while at college. I don't know about where you live but Belfasts economy would collapse if no students worked.

Timely tweets by lilys mates on that timeline look coordinated. 'Right troops lets fleece some mugs for a few quid'

So when are the LP getting back to everyone over whether it's 'yeah ok then, just women on AWS' or 'no, in fact it's better if you have a dick'? I'd like to know

CertainHalfDesertedStreets

According to the latest update on the go fund me page, the Labour Party are making a statement next week.

This has potential to do Labour damage at such an opportune time for them too. They need to realise that everyone has a vote, not just those in groups that are loudest on Twitter.

Well in fairness Oxbridge colleges won't let you work (at least if they find out) because it jeopardised the workload, so it may have been true.

But the flip side is that there are a bunch of bursary funds available at university level and from various colleges, and you can apply to some even if you're a member of a different college. If you qualify there are automatic payouts from some, no merit involved (used to be maintenance based, not sure what the criteria are now). So there was a pretty justifiable case that prohibiting jobs wasn't undermining access.

ThisIsAStory - I think there's a big difference between Oxbridge telling undergrads they can't get a job because of the compressed terms and high work load, and someone at Rochester saying that first year students might find it hard to juggle a job and their studies (which, I would bet, is what LM might have been told, not that there was a prohibition on working at all)