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@queerash.bsky.social

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Queer, bi, br*tish, cis, lefty, extremely hot, ENM, he / him 🏳️‍🌈⛓️🍉⬆️economist | researcher | nsfw | just a guy replying too h*rny for polisky, too political for h*rnysky

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · Jan 11

also your regular warning for anyone who follows me because of my stunningly witty political-ish posts:

i am largely just a horny shitposter / shit hornyposter

it's called having range, darling

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 9h

THIS MOMENT DESERVES A BAFTA #CelebrityTraitors

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 9h

[complimentary] this is gratuitous, disgusting, homosexual filth

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 9h

Well done for giving the girls and gays what they want #CelebrityTraitors

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 10h

wow you're telling me this wife is mid? she seems pretty helpful getting the baby out

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

Laptop & Lapbottom

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

"my t-shirt which says I am not Zack Polanski that barely fits over my huge naturals" etc.

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

I thought we were all doing it for plausible deniability to get to skive off for a day as the laptop gets repaired/replaced??

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

Zack
Zash
Ash

ah fuck

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

rumours that I am Zack Polanski's alt are entirely unfounded, as everyone knows I am actually pro naturals at all sizes

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14h

putting the trans in transpennine etc.

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

"my wife? oh you mean my patron"

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

also just realised my phone has been autocorrecting Zack to Zach this entire time just going to kms no worries

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

100%! but I think the Greens (and Zach, and posters here) are smart enough to know that the Greens are not going to be in Government, they don't *need* to be coherent

they need to win members, and votes, and from the very early indicators, their current approach seems to be doing *okay* at that

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

that's probably fair, though then I guess it raises the question of what is better; genuinely not having that deeper tradition or just pretending you don't in order to win votes...and whether that actually makes any difference to voters

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

"he changes his political beliefs to pursue his own promotion and obtain power"

okay but enough about Starmer what about Polanski etc.

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

"I just don't think he has a coherent policy platform or the courage of his supposed left-wing convictions"

okay but enough about Starmer, what do you think of Polanski?

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 15h

that's sort of my point; he doesn't have an intellectual tradition (beyond self-interested populism) but that's a poor criticism when there is a substantial bloc crying out for a politician to say those things!

Labour aren't even *saying* those things anymore, never mind doing them

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 16h

I agree but I'm not sure that comes from a deep intellectual tradition as opposed to political pragmatism, and they absolutely didn't *advertise* Blair as an intellectual or ideologue

the 1997 manifesto even included the line: New Labour is a party of ideas and ideals but not of outdated ideology

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 16h

it's actually fine to just say you dislike a politician's vibes, that is a fair criticism

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not even a Zach Polanski stan but describing him as an empty suit when Starmer is our current Prime Minister just feels like a very odd criticism

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 16h

Especially for political leaders, and even more so for someone who even in an optimistic scenario is not going to be the next PM

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 16h

He thought about it but I'm not sure he ever really governed with a particular intellectual tradition in mind, is my point

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 17h

...how many modern politicians are actually deeply rooted in any kind of intellectual tradition? or indeed ever have been

most *leaders* aren't. even "successful" ones like Blair, and the advantage of e.g. the Greens is that they don't need a coherent platform (yet), they *can* work on vibes

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 17h

Something I find striking about Zach Polanski is how - unlike the vast majority of those who played a key role in Corbynism - his politics are so clearly not rooted in any kind of deeper analysis or intellectual tradition. It's all just a surface-level synthesis of 2010s left-wing slogans and memes.

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 18h

I originally quite liked them but now have been entirely reverse polarised by Gavin Newsom

these are peak Newsomcore

Paul @rudemrlang.com · 21h

Sorry to anyone who wears it but this is definitely the worst “officewear” for men.

Office drone in quarter length zip jumper thing

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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 18h

Just when I think I've read the worst sentence I'll ever read every day it gets worse

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 18h

I think he dated Liz Kendall, the other shoulder-length centrist brunette in Cabinet, v easy mistake to make

Photo of Liz Kendall