Marcus Rashford QOL

[octophone]

Tyrone Mings tearing Patel a fresh one was delightful. The repercussions of this tournament are going to be vastly more important than the results. Is it too much to suggest that there really is a sea change in the air?

 

[Soldi]

I hope we miss more penalties if it means bringing down the government

(Ideally without the racism in between of course)

 

[jivafox]

It’s funny watching some of the careerist Tories start to panic watching the culture war monster grow out of control:

 

[octophone]

Johnson is on the ropes. This has made a lot of people realise that he is absolutely not a leader, something most of us have known for years. As has been commented regularly, he watches which way the crowd is running, takes a private jet to the front and shouts "follow me!". His U-turn during the Euros was all gesture and no substance, was thoroughly unconvincing and, for once, even his supporters can see it.

 

[GinAg (39)]

What the fuck is Johnny Mercer's profile picture?

 

[Alex]

It’s funny watching some of the careerist Tories start to panic watching the culture war monster grow out of control:

Sayeeda on the money

 

[octophone]

Meanwhile...at Downing Street...

 

[Funky]

this made me HOWL

 

[dUb]

And speaking of Darren…

 

[lolly]

It's because he's not trying to humiliate the government. He's just trying to give something back to his community. He's an intelligent young man who hasn't forgotten how little he came from and wants to help others. The simplicity of it, the HUMANITY of it, is exactly why he's humiliating Johnson and co because they simply cannot conceive of this. They've come from plenty and have been taught to aim for plenty more. Essentially, they're found themselves bewildered by - and unable to respond to - basic kindness, humility and a desire to make things better for people other than one's self. The Tories cannot understand why he isn't just pulling the ladder up behind him in the way that, as an example, Priti Patel is by creating immigration criteria that her own parents would have failed.

It should not have been difficult for a government to respond to Rashford as an individual. That he had to build a network via social media to feed children has created something much, much wider. Which is why The Fail have to try and comfort their readers by holding him to an impossible standard because they cannot possibly engage with the reality without challenging their entire politic.

Just quoting this magnificent post to acknowledge (again) the absolute truth of it.