@adrianfry Yes, FPTP is crappy. But people *could* (in super-reality theory) just all vote for a new contender or party, but things just don't happen that way.

Politics just creeps in a general direction because - I assume - many people just accept the situation as normal so are happy to continue voting for it. It's also normalised by media.

Also please #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/29/big-money-british-politics-democracy-vouchers-donors

I'll have a read of the article.

@equusasinus #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

The paper was instrumental in destroying Corbyn, one of the worst. So it's not surprising they would get behind a personalityless soft Tory like Starmer.

I kinda feel like #TheGuardian has become bigger in the #US news scene as the liberal newspaper for liberal liberalism.

Perhaps it's just #corporate desire for growth, or perhaps it's because that newspaper was instrumental in destroying #Corbynism and so helped to deliver this magnificent calamity of a #Tory government, that has damaged the #newspaper's reputation in the #UK ... idk

#media #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

@kitsune Yes, the 'failure' in this case is the failure to be the next Twitter, the next go-to social media where all the celebrities and politicians are and where all the journalist look for the latest (non) stories.

If your criteria for successful social media is '*the* most popular site *everyone* uses' then you're idea of success is severely limited.

I'm happy to continue here on the failure that is the Fediverse ...

Also: #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

"You wouldn't

Share a #Guardian article!"

#DumptheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

Another reason to #DumpTheGuardian:

"The Guardian has thrown the ME community under the bus, using bias and misinformation"
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/07/11/me-cfs-guardian-hit-job/

Man part of #Patriarchy is concerned that the word 'Father' is too patriarchal ...

#DumpTheGuardian

Also:

Don't forget to #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

@strypey >they know which articles are getting more eyeballs.

Unless you use RSS or #DumpTheGuardian !

@strypey Sounds like you know a bit about this and could write a little blog post on the matter ... ?

Also #DumpTheGuardian

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

#JonathanCook | #Guardian cartoon row: How antisemitism #smears are intended to throttle the left

"No one ... is calling the Guardian 'institutionally antisemitic' ... Nor will its senior editors ... be forced out of their jobs, as #Corbyn was from his. Ofcom will not investigate ... and issue a denunciatory report, as the Equalities and Human Rights Commission did into Labour."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-05-05/guardian-cartoon-row-antisemitism-smears/

#DumpTheGuardian

Can we think of a new name for a type of person? Add your suggestions below.

What name could we call people who are particularly ill informed about media and politics and who blindly, uncritically share links to the #Guardian, helping to disseminate their unique brand of tepid, stagnating centrism that serves only to keep politics moving rightwards?

#DumpTheGuardian #AskFreddy

It gives me the chills to see the comments on the #DianeAbbott hashtag.

Abbott has long been a victim of disgusting racism, yet a bunch of Guardian-reading dupes are ready to denounce her as if this current mistake is more than just a poorly-worded letter.

Where was #Labour's reaction to the #FordeReport? What action did they take then against the non-left wing party members?

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/04/23/labour-suspends-first-black-woman-mp-abbott-for-highlighting-partys-hierarchy-of-racism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labour-suspends-first-black-woman-mp-abbott-for-highlighting-partys-hierarchy-of-racism

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/04/23/jewish-voice-for-labour-the-reaction-to-abbotts-comment-and-her-suspension-were-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jewish-voice-for-labour-the-reaction-to-abbotts-comment-and-her-suspension-were-wrong

#DumpTheGuardian

@jdpoc And while you're at it #DumpTheGuardian
Here's why:
dumptheguardian.com

@Free_Press

#DumpTheGuardian

Why? See here www.dumptheguardian.com

@lydiaconwell My go to hashtag from now on
#DumpTheGuardian

Brrrrr! It makes me shiver when people harp on about how good the #Guardian is.

#DumpTheGuardian

#TheGuardian is friends only to liberals and centrist. It's purpose is to steer left wing debate into an establishment friendly centre ground.

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

#CaitlinJohnstone | The #MassMedia Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today

"It places the brunt of the blame ... at Washington’s feet"

"Whether or not you agree ... is irrelevant to the very important fact that they could say things in the mainstream media in 2014 that they could never say in the mainstream media in 2023."

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/01/27/the-mass-media-used-to-publish-perspectives-on-ukraine-that-they-would-never-publish-today/

#Media #Guardian #DumpTheGuardian #propaganda

Can we make it so all links to the #Guardian #newspaper have the word 'dump' added automatically so #Mastodon will always #DumpTheGuardian?

Please?

https://www.dumptheguardian.com

@Brexitpirates #DumpTheGuardian -