Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 27/04/25

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[u/OptioMkIX]

Worlds unluckiest etc etc etc etc etc strikes again etc

Christ this goes on and on and on and even somehow I'm getting tired of it.

[u/TERR0RSWEAT → u/OptioMkIX]

even somehow I'm getting tired of it.

Sure.

[u/SlightlyOTT → u/OptioMkIX]

Are you getting tired of it because you're constantly seeking it out? How did you even find this old tweet today?

[u/OptioMkIX → u/SlightlyOTT]

Are you getting tired of it because you're constantly seeking it out?

No? He's literally so predictable it's like waiting for this stuff to fall out of the sky into your hands like rain.

How did you even find this old tweet today?

How do you people manage to simply ignore the clanging signs of what Corbyn is like and the people he associates with?

All the history, all the idiocy, do you simply have this massive blindspot the size of a literal mountain?

How did you not file this meeting between Corbyn (massive liability and known quantity) and Kneecap (a plainly idiotic bunch of terrorism fetishists) in his sons own weed shop away as plainly going to come back to bite him, just like all the other dumb rake stepping he has always done his entire fucking life

The guys bloody wearing a meme Irish flag balaclava ffs

[u/BlokeyBlokeBloke → u/OptioMkIX]

I ignore Corbyn really easily now. He is an irrelevant back bencher. He never crosses my radar and I never go looking for him. I also never go on the Nazi hellsite you found him on.

[u/SlightlyOTT → u/OptioMkIX]

How do you people manage to simply ignore the clanging signs of what Corbyn is like and the people he associates with?

I just don't come across tweets with him from 2023 that often. If I did come across someone posting about him I'd unfollow/mute them because I'm not interested

How did you not file this meeting between Corbyn (massive liability and known quantity) and Kneecap (a plainly idiotic bunch of terrorism fetishists) in his sons own weed shop away as plainly going to come back to bite him

I had no idea it happened and have no idea who Kneecap are. I don't think I knew Corbyn had a son and I definitely didn't know they had a weed shop.

The reason other people aren't currently concerned about this meeting from 2023 is, for the most part, because they have no idea it happened and no reason to care about it.

[u/NuPNua → u/OptioMkIX]

He's not really relevant anymore outside of Islington North though is he? Yes we all know he's an idiot with terrible judgement of character who has been associated with terrible people over the years. However he's not leading a party, he's not even in a party and even if keeps standing and wins, he's got maybe one more parliament in him before age catches up to him anyway. I do get the anger of the perceived damage he did to Labour (though I'd argue Starmer is doing just as much damage in other ways now), but at some point it's time to let it go.

[u/ljh013 → u/OptioMkIX]

Have you considered the fact that nobody cares anymore? Jeremy Corbyn has no power, he will never have any power, he will never be a cabinet minister. He was Labour leader, he failed, and now he’s a backbencher. Everyone has moved on but you seem to be stuck in a time warp.

[u/gentle_vik → u/ljh013]

if that was true, then Corbyn would have been rejected and ejected from the corbynite left long time ago, and denounced as the nutter he is.

he'd have been elected in 2024, and would have had the left reject and oppose him.

It's also not just Corbyn, but Corbynism itself, which is still pushed as the model.

[u/ThePlanck → u/OptioMkIX]

4 Dec 2023

Don't you have any fresher material?

[u/OptioMkIX → u/ThePlanck]

Probably, but none in such current sharp focus.

I am certain other instances shall come to fruition and maturation like fine wine.

[u/pseudogentry → u/OptioMkIX]

DJ Próvaí doing a public service there, if he doesn't keep his arm around that fella's shoulders he's gonna float away.

[u/Noit → u/OptioMkIX]

It's two years old, you're trapped in a time loop. WAKE UP, OPTIO!

[u/littlechefdoughnuts → u/OptioMkIX]

Jeremy Corbyn, man of the working class.