B3ta's one of the few places that has made me laugh over the years, seen so many brilliantly talented artists here, happy toast guy, Drivel Sieve, Blackmoon CGI -what happened to him? Cyriak, Rob Wakefield and many more, anyway, I am raising a bit of loot with this so If anyone wants to get in on the act & help my campaign then get in touch if any creative mischief occurs and let's see if we can cut some cloth. respect to Rob Manuel for keeping this vestige of mischief alive on an otherwise altogether sanitised landscape of pish.
Peace out BPB
(, Wed 24 Mar 2021, 13:41, Reply)
you're going to need it if you keep using obscure and exclusionary language like neoliberal and bourgeoisie. Talking like Chomsky alienates almost everyone, even most lefties.
Seriously good luck though.
(, Wed 24 Mar 2021, 14:14, Reply)
(, Wed 24 Mar 2021, 21:11, Reply)
I have never in my entire life met a working class person who was at all concerned with 'neo-liberalism.' I only ever hear academics and pretentious middle class people bring it up. Literally nobody else.
(, Thu 25 Mar 2021, 14:50, Reply)
I have never in my entire life met a working class person
(, Thu 25 Mar 2021, 21:03, Reply)
haha exactly! That is quite simply an incredible self-own, what a total fanny.
thanks for the positive vibes comrades #VoteBPB
(, Fri 26 Mar 2021, 10:58, Reply)
can you come and stand for the Reading East constituency?
(, Wed 24 Mar 2021, 17:21, Reply)
my advice: get someone to help you with PR, issue press statements to the media on hot-button subjects, offer to go on local radio, basically anything that's free that will raise your profile seeing as you wont be able to compete on advertising.
And if that fails, pay a kid to claim about three days before the polls that Angus molested him. By the time they figure out he's lying it'll be too late
(, Wed 24 Mar 2021, 21:07, Reply)
I’ve lived in and around Edinburgh for over 25 years, after first going there as one of those bourgeoisie middle class student wankers, getting all excited about the festival and shit. And yes, my first year student accommodation was practically made of dried jizz flakes, or at least, materials of similar substance (that I may or may not have added to).
All your points about the deterioration of the city ring completely true, so I wish you the best of luck. I honestly would like to see parliaments more populated with independent members who were genuinely interested in representing their constituents – but herein lies the rub. I know Edinburgh Central covers a lot of socially deprived areas, but you have also got some hugely privileged constituents in the area to win over. Just look at the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation map: simd.scot/#/simd2020/BTTTFTT/13.6/-3.2104/55.9442/
In the above context, I worry that your stance might be somewhat confrontational toward the most politically active demographics of the constituency? But on the other hand, fuck’em. Give it yer best shot. It’s been nearly 50 years since Jimmy Reid’s famous alienation speech, and it still largely reads as if it were written just yesterday.
(, Thu 25 Mar 2021, 20:54, Reply)