@flying_rodent It’s been quite a journey: from the tired contempt of the 2000s, through the slack-jawed revulsion of the 2010s, to the visceral spiritual nausea of the present.
@PeteMason@carryoncabby @emcnally96 Correction: They didn’t “hold him to a higher standard”. They vilified and smeared him, and his supporters.
It was a bloodcurdlingly repulsive spectacle, as I recall.
Rishi Sunak has claimed that to pay a 10% pay rise to all public sector employees will cost each household in the UK £1,000. This is what I call CRAp - which stands for a ‘completely rubbish approximation’ to the truth. Let me explain…a thread…
And it was obviously a con *at the time*, so maybe we should look at who not only fell for it immediately, but who enthusiastically joined in selling it, and ask whether we need to hear more from them now.
I don't want to dunk on Burn-Murdoch, who as far as I can see is doing sterling service, but graphs like these should have been all over the media years ago, and specifically in the time period when there was a political opposition commited to rectifying the outrage they depict.
@brokenbottleboy Ah, Monster! Love it when it’s earworming through my head, but it never sounds quite as good when I put on the real thing. No idea why. Great hooks and noises though.
@gem_ste It really does. Knopfler was moving into soundtracks around that time wasn’t he? LOG’s got this spacious cinematic feel to it, especially Telegraph Rd and Private Investigations.
@thatbloodyMikey Ooh… I’ve a few dozen (at *least*) favourites, but… Lady Cab Driver is an absolute banger. Oh and Condition of the Heart. Oh and Hot Thing. Oh and Girls and Boys. Oh and etc etc etc…