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These are fantastic.

I can't speak for the US, but honestly it's always been like this in the UK. I was ring crew at Blackpool Pleasure Beach years ago and both the wrestlers and the fans were largely working class socialist family types. One main carder I won't name regularly got into fights with the local neo Nazis.

Go to an ICW show in a MAGA hat. I fucking dare you.

In the UK, being a Tory and/or posh is guaranteed heat for a heel.

I don't log onto Bluesky to be singled out like this.

If you're wanting online wrestling, IWTV or Hooked on Wrestling are decent deals. Honestly, it kinda depends though; if you're just wanting to follow one promotion Netflix is going to be better value. The indy channels really come into their own if you want a lot of wrestling.

Neither Stancil nor Snyder but the posters of the world united

I'd add Chomsky's lesser evilist approach to domestic US politics to that picture. Lesser evilism being campism applied locally. Once you accept it, you de facto end up supporting bad people.

YouTube video by PROGRESS Wrestling I'm Going To Take The Last 30 Years Of Anger Out On Your Head - Mike Bird Vs Spike Trivet

For UK wrestling, check out this promo from Mike Bird at a Progress match. An explicit anti Conservative rant gaining heat from the crowd, including a spontaneous Fuck The Tories chant. Yes, there's an element of pantomime, but who the bad and good guys are is real.

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What I will say is that people well meaningly saying things like "wow, if Trump has lost wrestling..." are kinda showing up their own ignorance. This is *always* who the AEW core audience have been, you're only just paying attention.

WWE are and have always been the exception here.

This sounds grim, but currently I think energy is best spent on working out how to resist Reform in government. On current polling I can't see any outcome apart from that; the big question is if it will be a minority government in coalition with the Tories.

There is currently a domestic war going on about whether sitting on my computer tower is the correct way to show affection. I am losing.

In other news I just bought a new pair of computer speakers only to find out that the fault with the old ones was that the cat had knocked the USB connector out with her arse.

Breaking News: Dr Evil to be appointed Health Secretary.

"He's a doctor" said the Prime Minister. "I think that's all we need to know".

Thing is, I think the "reclaim the LP from the left" tactic has been going on for as long as I've been politically aware and it's never borne fruit.

Starmer hardly has a reputation for personal loyalty and in this situation pledging "100% confidence" is the political equivalent of repeatedly punching yourself in the face.

Kreminology: I suspect Labour Together have threatened to bring the entire Labour party crashing down round Starmer's ears if he moves against McSweeny. It's the only explanation that makes sense.

I think historically the best you can hope for from a purely electoral approach is to get under a decade's breathing room. The Front National are a good example of that; were beaten back electorally previously but are now stronger than ever.

"This cunt supports rapists, child abusers, "

Is this criticism or a nomination for the next US Ambassador?

We're about two speeches away from a rousing chorus of "The Sash My Father Wore".

Specific reference number please. They aren't hard to find.

I'd say Jenkinson was even worse for overseeing the Peterloo Massacre.

This is also why, no, you do not have to hand it to the fucking Worker's Party of Britain even if they've stood down in Gorton and Denton. These people are not the left's friends and Galloway is and always has been a fucking danger.

We're actually very lucky that we're dealing with Reform who are hampered by how pro Trump Farage is. If we had a serious populist party (especially one that was socially far right but economically left) this would be something they'd be fully exploiting.

Apparently "Psycho John" has been getting into fights and "Billy the Knobhead" is a bit of a dick.

I can't believe that someone whose nickname in the Labour Party was the "Prince of Darkness" turned out to be dodgy. Poor Starmer. He couldn't possibly have forseen a man beloved by the Labour Right as the "master of the dark arts" might not be a good person.

You'll have to forgive me for being cynical about this newfound belief among Starmer supporters that they've become brilliant parapolitical researchers over night. Most of them aren't even aware of the Wilson allegations, or even the details of Spycops.

However, I think the flipside is that if it was a British scandal it's likely it would never have come to light, at least not until after Epstein's death. No real tradition of releasing documents and anything that had leaked out would have been buried under a pile of libel threats.

"Great Diplomatic"

Agreed. His choice of US Ambassador was a great way of getting into Trump's good books.

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