Thread by @brokenbottleboy

In ‘Left Out...’ Pogrund and Maguire tell on themselves in every other paragraph. They see politics as a game to be played and are baffled that Corbyn sees it as something else.

Iain McNicol is honestly a giant baby with a constantly filled nappy.

People like Neil Coyle — who sent Corbyn ‘barrage(s) of dozens of abusive texts...” — are not ‘moderates’ and should never have been described as such.

First appearance of Mike Gapes and a ridiculous description of Gavin Shuker as ‘destined for the top’.

Here we go! It’s time for CUK to make their first appearance. It’s as embarrassing as you might imagine.

Absolutely uncalled for sleight on @Reverend_Makers here, but at least they’re clear that Corbyn had no desire for Labour Live! to happen.

Stop trying to make ‘fetch’* happen!

*UB40.

Imagine having to babysit Ross Kempsell for a day. The time required to hand him clean trousers after he pissed himself in public would use up hours.

I have now read 25% of Left Out and reached Chapter 6 which is title, I kid you not, “For The Many, Not The Jew” and I’m taking a break until this evening so I don’t have to Iobotomise myself with a spoon.

*titled

Well, Ian Austin certainly earned that life peerage.

Gavin Shuker is actually Gareth Keenan. The ‘stages’ of TIG’s grand plan were ludicrous in the extreme.

Well, there’s a surprise...

It says a lot about the authors that they consider Guido Fawkes’ blog to be ‘daring’ for reporting a lie.

I am 65% through the book and it has just descended into tedious factional point scoring with every minor interaction between the Watson camp and LOTO gone over in excruciating detail. Bring on the election chapters.

Frankly, they’ve made this sound like rather inept cottaging:

The book is full of stuff like this: One source frames an incident and that’s how we’re to understand it. Is it unreasonable that he was unhappy that the bus contradicted the manifesto pledge, especially given how he knew most of the media would frame that? But, no, “a tantrum”.

Similarly, there is NO recognition that the media played a role in framing the response to Labour policies, nor that the view on their efficacy has changed since the pandemic.

Despite having been corrected in the extract published in The Times/Sunday Times, this section — denied by ITV News — has not been corrected in the ebook. Funny that.

It’s clear and undeniable that antisemitism was and is an issue in the Labour Party. It’s also a huge issue in the Tory Party. But why are the authors so surprised that someone like Corbyn found repeatedly being called a racist distressing. He doesn’t think he is...that’s human

“...the studiously impartial i, Corbyn’s favourite daily.” Oh fuck off. Earlier in the book, the same authors allege he NEVER read the copies of the i that were given to him daily. Which is it? Or just whatever fits that particular moment in the story?

I’m 85% through the book and stopping for the day. I’ll finish it tomorrow and will be on @TheSinanKose stream on Saturday at 6.30pm to discuss it more. Tune in if you want high blood pressure.

The authors of Left Out really love Guido Fawkes. They also describe people in the most public school manner. What is a “second row physique” to anyone who hasn’t spent years reminiscing about the homoeroticism of the rugby squad?

It’s clear to me that Pogrund and Maguire don’t want to criticise Starmer in any terms within this book because he and his intimates are important sources for them.

The Starmerites really do think they are in The Thick Of It. Total brain worms.

It’s not clear to me why they suggest people like @AaronBastani, @AyoCaesar and @michaeljswalker would just unthinkingly back a candidate because John McDonnell told them to. They backed RLB because she represented the closest platform to their political views.

Since I’ve just posted a screenshot that mentions @mattzarb, read my interview with him brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/is-britain-a…

We are constantly told that it’s BAD to be within the Westminster bubble and yet...

Starmer is not sound on train beers or the correct way to consume them.

Kat Fletcher had to tell the rest of Starmer’s team to stop calling people “trots”. So left-wing, that bunch.

So they assumed that Labour Party activists, many of whom ran themselves ragged to support the 2019 campaign, are stupid. Btw I am not a Labour Party member.

This is so ridiculously over the top. Man’s wife clears his office becomes symbolic to the point of satire.

I’ve finished Left Out, a book defined by its howling vacuum where an analysis of power dynamics, the role of the permanent state, and the influence of the media would be. It’s a caricature of the Corbyn years, not a sketch.

And it’s as politically partial as any of my tweets.

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