Haven't seen one of these threads done in years. Want to ask any insider questions? Go ahead
I know the ins and outs of mostly Labour and to a lesser extent the Conservatives
Could be larp, could be real. I'm not identifying myself but feel to ask questions you know the answer to to try and catch me out
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Parliamentarians with skeletons in the closet. Plots against Corbyn
Hi Andrew
To answer your first one: JRM has a very interesting one but as of yet unproven. To answer your second: none AFAIK, even Watson has practically given up
I wish. Andrew is such a darling
Why do you slurp Ahkmed's cock while he slits your throats?
Chances are I'm acquainted with your work OP.
What do you think of the changing nature of journalism?
I work in the industry and I'm pretty happy to watch The Guardian losing so much money and The Independent practically turning into Buzzfeed 2.0 to remain relevant.
Are labour aware of how many white Brits have turned their backs on the party over Sarah Champion / Naz Shah hypocrisy
Editorial control, influence. Outside intervention. MI5 in the newsroom? Shut it down subject or questions that would make you a very a bad goy.
I think it's exciting but most young journalists do. There's a definite bell curve. Starter journalists lament New Journalism because its edgy to be really institutionally conservative and the veteran journalists (apart from a couple like Marr) are fixed in their ways. I'm neatly in between so I'm lucky
Guardian and Indie were Buzzfeed 0.1 desu. People don't really remember what Indie/Guardian were like in the days of 2001-2010 and it isn't that shocking that that culture bred people like Milne and OJ (who there's interesting dirt on regarding 2014 party conference)
It's the decline of the Telegraph (Alex Wickham's coverage as WikiGuido on their decline is excellent) is the really depressing side. It's the paper I used to love and now it's meh
Some in the PLP are. There's a weird youth renaissance of Old Right Labour happening right now that nobody really sees because everyone thinks all young people are Momentum
Whoever leads the Old Right in the next ten years is the next Labour PM
I'm not an editor so I wouldn't know. Most of it is pretty consensual (voluntary D notices on sensitive topics) but otherwise I don't think there's a huge fucking conspiracy going on
Editors will talk to subeditors when necessary about certain people but that's mostly because friendship, not espionage or thought control
Yeah if Corbychev ever gets the boot. He's like a limpet.
Don't think Corbyn is in place forever. Expect some potential movement at conference
Do you know anything about the odious Hammond and Rudd attempt to derail Brexit?
OP do you work for one of the big daily papers?
Won't try and dox you, just curious as there's so much competition from online publications now (HuffPost etc)
Also how much do you earn?
Do many of you lurk Sup Forums? Also, Oxbridge?
Hammond and Rudd aren't as close as people think. Hammond is a pro-EU Thatcherite (think early Thatcher, not late Thatcher), Rudd is a pro-EU Mayite. They only agree that Brexit is bad and that's about it, neither want each other to succeed the crown. I can definitely see a compromise in the near future involving the up and coming Gavin Williamson
Centrists want a Cameroon or Mayite. The hard right want a Leaver. Gavin Williamson is the compromise candidate that could surprise people in the next election. Very loved internally, totally unheard of externally - potent leadership combination (think Cameron in 2005)
Used to as an underling. Now I get a shot at writing a few leads but it isn't front page of the Sun unfortunately
I've done both digital/print. I'm pretty worried my style is distinctive so I'm deliberately writing in a way I normally wouldn't
I earn between 30-40. I'm not HCole but I'm not an intern
Not Oxbridge. Russel group, Southern white and male though
A few of us do, although more likely down the food chain. There were a few intakes (I've been lurking since I was in school) with the biggest for UK politics being when TWatson mentioned Sup Forums publicly
Andrew Griffin is probably the biggest named lurker that I guarantee know of unless Murdoch is on here somewhere. Few others I suspect
Fair play, earning 30k+ in modern journalism is getting harder and harder.
(1) To what extent is pedophillia,occult/human sacrifice practiced?
(2) how much influance do the power elite (Rothschilds ect) have over the cabinet?
Oops I forgot, journalist = mouthpeice = useless.
Nevermind.
Once you get a step on the print ladder, you can name your price reasonably well with digital
(1) Dolphin Square scandal is legit, has probably died out
(2) Debatable. More than the average joe public thinks, less than the average Sup Forumsack thinks
What's JRM's interesting, yet unproven hidden skeleton?
He's a notorious womaniser and a dominant (which is so surreal). Doesn't fuck them (because that would be adultery) but in his head, BDSM is totally fine
I have my suspicions about one up-and-coming female Tory candidate (lost at GE17) who has a close connection with JRM, who is also speculated to be as adulterous and as kinky as JRM. A scandal to do with her will be out in early 2018 around the time of the locals and that could end up getting attached to JRM if the right questions are asked and followed
Neither of them are my stories. Someone else has it and will be running with it independently
Will the links between the BBC and Chinese industry ever exposed?
How was this story sourced? I'm interested
you know I went past that place once on a slow moving bus and it gave me a bad vibe
maybe it's just ugly or who knoes
CCHQ. There was an incident involving one of the staff member who are now (as a result) no longer affiliated with the Conservatives. They knew about some candidate's weak spots and pointed a couple independent journalists in the right direction
We talk in the lobby, we share the stories we're running/investigating (nicking someone else's story can get you isolated and practically exiled from the lobby)
Someone's running the local story in hopes it'll expand into a national story down the line. Good luck to him. He's an up and coming journo, very good at what he does, very tenacious. Broke a minor (but interesting) story in GE17
Probably not. Look how long it took to break Yewtree. Interesting one will be if the links between Chinese steel and Labour will be unveiled. Esp given how pertinent the steel industry is to their narrative
I've never been personally but a couple friends were involved in the initial investigation. He's adamant about one of the Chuckle Brothers
recent Balliol PPE grad here, what experiences have you had of PPEists in journalism?
As a PPEist in journalism, I'd say I have quite a lot of direct experience. It's changing though, PPE is falling out of both frontline politics and journalism.
Also I know quite a few people from Oxford. How recent did you graduate?
Okay, I'll bite.
Does Jeremy Corbyn secretly support brexit as some have said?
What's the biggest conspiracy you've come across during your years as a journalist?
Are newspapers (specifically the people who own them) aware that it's a dying industry and what's their plan for the coming years as sales continue to decline?
>the links between Chinese steel and Labour will be unveiled
what is the quick rundown on this and why don't you or anybody else make a story about it if it is real?
why don't you leak stories online if they are hushed up or ignored?
This june.
Also, what fun journalistic outrage at Trump have you encountered? My dad's BBC and there was a memorial posted on the wall of the newsroom mocking Trump for several years until they finally took it down only within the last month.
do you ever tell the truth?
if all presstitutes died tomorrow of natural causes, would anyone mourn them?
>Jeremy and Brexit
Yes and no. He wants to leave the EU but not under "Tory terms". However, he's sensible enough to know that it's now or never, and either he can get his ideal hard Brexit under Tory terms or his non-ideal soft Brexit under Tory terms
Now it's guaranteed to be Tory terms regardless of what Brexit it is, he supports a hard Brexit. The team around him are partially glad he isn't PM simply because this would have created a massive internal rift if he got to decide what actual terms Brexit was done on
>Biggest conspiracy
Not sure how to answer that one. Yewtree is the biggest confirmed of our time, but I didn't break it or have much involvement in reporting that. There's a few smaller scandals/plots but they're hardly conspiracies
Lynton Crosby deliberately losing May's majority has some merit but I'm not sure if I believe it
Gavin Williamson is a modern Machiavelli is one I do believe. He will be PM in the next decade, guaranteed
>Newspaper and the future
Look at the mirror and the express. Pretty obvious the top are aware. Most of them are splitting up their print and their digital for the day that the print ends. Journalists don't care (apart from the sentimental ones who are retiring anyway) since it doesn't matter where the words go, as long as the money comes back afterwards
Google "Barry Gardiner" and "China" and that's where the rabbit hole starts
Most stories either lack interest or evidence if they don't get published. If I posted on Sup Forums a huge story about a certain politician without evidence, would you believe it? What do I get out of it? I'm happy leaking during AMAs but I'm not gonna spend hours and hours running a mediocre public interest story nobody will believe when I could be earning (or spending what I earn) honestly
If I said names like Turner and Mather, would they mean anything?
Nothing I can think of. Jon Snow is a weird one after a few drinks if you start talking US politics
No
see above
after the revolution, what will you pretend your career was? to avoid the backlash
How do you live with yourself?
>Gavin Williamson is a modern Machiavelli is one I do believe. He will be PM in the next decade, guaranteed
Blissfully unaware of this fright until now
What do you think of pizzagate and all that?
Weather Modification. ?.
I don't really take a huge amount of interest in American politics, unlike most journos. I don't see how it affects me or the people I'm writing for.
How do you know about that?
> (You)
>How do you know about that?
Because you told me. But please tell me more
last 3 d-notices your paper recieved
...
I assume you haven't yet demonstrated a single credential.
What's the WABG?
The notion of the City of London as one of the archetypical 3 pillars of the World along with Rome and Washington?
The Queen and Deep Politics. Wanted/got Brexit?
I wish I was privy, I'd be earning more than 50k on that
I can't remember what the fucking acronym stands for but we use them for video sourcing sometimes
Wanted Brexit. Getting it
Is there any hope?
current perceived state of outer-EU trade-deals? messaging seems to be they are getting lined up for day 1 (US, Aus, Jap)
Where is the next Rotherham?
Hi George/Stephen!
Have you had governmental or think-tanks setting the talking points when it comes to hot issues (radical islam, far-right)?
If so, do they just present favoured talking points for consideration?
Demise of the BBC?
Also, one of Labour's top speech writers is about to resign.
How is Labour doing in their own inside polls?
Sage what a fucking gay thread
Balls. You can find out with a simple google if you know what you're looking for.
They have fucking nothing to do with video.
Larp confirmed.
It's not doing too bad. Ignoring the ministerial farces, the civil service is apparently doing quite an excellent job preparing treaties within boundaries that we're currently bound to as per EU membership
Looks like we'll be quickly sweeping through them come the moment we leave the EU
Expect some bold symbolic signings lined up for the first week outside the EU
Yeah. Looking at the rising stars, British politics will start to reset back to 94-97 sometime soon. I'd say 5-10 years time, it'll be an Old Right Labour v Williamson. Better than May v Corbyn
Not really my remit, desu
Privatised within the next 20 years. Internally it's pretty much known. Expect it to become more like its commercial competitiors (iPlayer to be like Netflix and Sky Go, opening up the archives).
People know the license fee is time-limited so it's prepping for the day
I think I know who George is, but I'm neither, sorry
DP or ST? ST is very loyal, and if it was DP, I'd know
Labour HQ don't believe/understand what's going on. Heneghen expected 80-120 losses, it was a hung parliament. He was pushed, he didn't resign to spend more time with his family
They're trying to find someone who will understand it (IM is, anyway) but what Labour has internally and what is coming out the polls are massively contradictions (read Labour Uncut for better explanation pre-GE17)
If I was a larper, surely I'd have googled it and known exactly what you're talking about.WABG is a video sourcer, evidence:
>telegraph.co.uk
Tell me everything you know about Jacob Rees-Mog. Did Piers fuck everything up etc?
Fucking rubbish. It's a small conservative group, Westminster Africa Business Group.
>ID plz or lies
> DP or ST? ST is very loyal, and if it was DP, I'd know
Neither
actually, used to be a major speech writer. now in far more senior role helping leadership. should be known in next 2 weeks
Excellent thread.
Q1: does the establishment know about demographic collapse/displacement of whites? What do they think will happen? Race war?
Q2: are you/people you know generally woke to the JQ?
Do you have any more insight on the deteriorating security situation in London? It doesn't seem like a place you'd like to be at the moment.
One last chance. initials of personal adviser to lord popat.
Otherwise fats and other sub par IQ abandon thread.
Nah. From what I understand joe public don't give a fuck about his personal views (and actually respect him for it). The problem isn't Piers and the public, it's the MPs. JRM isn't hugely popular, nobody thinks he could seriously win it. Williamson, Johnson/Cleverly stand a better shot internally than JRM.
I've heard of them, just not the acronym? I don't do international stories, I'm not a Tory, and I focus more on digital (hence why I know more about video sourcing than obscure fucking interest groups). Gg, try again
AF?
I'm a mid-tier journo, not an Establishment hack. I don't think anyone seriously thinks a race war is imminent but there's potential for racial tensions to escalate as Brexit progresses in their mind
Although if you ask Buzzfeed, who fucking knows
I walk on Westminster Bridge most days. It doesn't phase me. Part and parcel, innit?
"if you don't know the personal adviser to a tory trade envoy even though your specialism is labour internal politics (and occasionally dabbles in tory commons politics) then you must be fake hahaha"
How many security barriers do you go through to get to the strangers bar?
nope. after leaving will joint author a book about a certain aspect of parliament in which they have experience. cant say more!
won't take too long to work out from the clues. pretty damn senior
Ooooo question I most want answered. Best dirt on Sadiq Khan? Presumably he is framing himself for next leader
Influence of the Fabian society on Modern Labour?
Also, how come Keith Vaz got away with all of that
Does frighten some MPs on the Labour side that potentially JC, Mcdonnel and Abbot could lead the country one day.
Also, how big is voter fraud in the UK. Uni students, Muslims etc.
Depends which way you go. Plus I prefer sports.
I normally go through (not saying why, that may help identify me) portcullis so through the security point there (get someone to take me in with a pass since you have the revolving doors there as well), go down the escalators leading to the corridor into the main parliamentary estate, head down forwards (the main car exit on your right), follow the corridors, passed the ATMs and the PLP office on the right, turn right at the terrace, and head down until Strangers is on your left
Detailed enough?
No, I know who it is now. I didn't hear about the book deal so I'm gonna start looking into that if you don't mind
Vaz is excellent at accruing favours.
No. Most MPs are over the shock of not being destroyed on election night that they know that this is their ceiling
It's not feasible
Also voter fraud is miniscule. Might impact less than five council wards in the country, definitely doesn't impact a parliamentary election. It's more the principle that pisses people off
Missed this one, sorry. Sadiq is weird. I first met him back when he was Shadow Justice and he is not the same person he is now that he was then
Pretty sure someone gave him people skills training because he wasn't charismatic before. As of dirt, nobody seems to have anything
If they did, you'd know it by now
cheers pal. you should come on more often. nice to get an insider perspective.
Apologies, does 'it'
Does Parliament know JC is a Marxist? And do they care? I don't know why Cons didn't push this during the election and show the dangers.
Why are JC and Owen Jones so outwardly confident about another election being called soon?
Is this inside info or just bluster to keep momentum (and Momentum) going?
Also, how often is Owen Jones in PLP meeting spaces
Why are journalists the lowest form of "human" life on Earth?
A politician may be pushing a failed agenda, lying to the public, and taking bribes but at least he does it for personal ambition or a desire for power. A journalist doing the same things on he other hand can only ever hope to become a worm crawling under the boot of said politician.
>No, I know who it is now. I didn't hear about the book deal so I'm gonna start looking into that if you don't mind
don't say you got it off Sup Forums! that could potentially bust me
What's with the hatred being expressed towards Jacob Rees-Mogg? The guy's authenticity is very refreshing from the Tories, and journalists have always treated Corbyn's batshit ideas as acceptable when they are far worse than disliking abortion.
Yeah. Everyone knows JC and JM are Marxists ever since they both admitted to being influenced (although JM didn't fucking do it live on Marr like JC did)
They don't care why he's unelectable, just that he is. Some of them despise what he stands for, but that's quite few.
They pushed the whole Marxism thing during the election but it didn't stick. Marx doesn't resonate with the electorate as much as people would hope
Because they think they can win the next election, as if the whole process of winning an election is about making equal steps forward
No insider info, Jones is clueless and JC more so. Jones is using it to profile boost for a seat down the line
His whole Unseat campaign is about getting favours with likely MPs (should Rudd, Johnson, Davies, etc., lose their seat) to build up a potential leadership bid (God fucking help us)
He's a huge fantasist (but, to be fair to him, top lad down the pub, I hate his views but I don't mind going for a drink with him)
Also I don't track Jones' movements but he's not there often?
If it's legit, cheers, pal. I won't run it myself, I'll trade if I find anything. Just in case you think whoever runs that story could be me
Luvvies in the media think anything with the word "abortion" and "rape" can be a huge story so they ran wild with it. Turns out, public don't care
Expect JRM's next "shock view" to resonate with the media less often
Thanks OP. I'm English but in Nederlands on hols
Is there anything Labour can do to stop a hard Brexit? Or is it set on stone now?
>Turns out, public don't care
Yeah i'm not surprised that the typical media hacks are still living in their bubble. Brexit hasn't yet changed a thing. I say this as someone in Elmbridge with a foot in both camps. People within the M25 are living in a parallel universe and they/we still don't understand it. Where was all the soul searching the neoliberals were supposed to do?
I just assume most of the people at your paper are pretty standard Twickenham mob globalists?
Kek.
What is it with Labour, lefties, liberals etc. etc. who continously bash JRM. It's almost as if they are scared of him?
>Not enough Tory rebels
>Not enough Sabotage Labour MPs
>Not enough competent Opposition
>No Snap Election ever going to happen in time
Brexit's safe
You'll be surprised - journalism's changing. It went through a weird liberal phase as print media started to die, now digital seems to have a weird vintage class of young reactionaries rising up
Expect the hyper-liberal bubble to pop. Don't expect the next generation of luvvies to lament gay marriage but don't think the SJWfest will continue forever
Nah, Labour aren't scared. Complacency is an awful thing. I think JRM stands a shot if you remove Tory MPs from the equation. They hate him because he is the walking stereotype of "tory scum", not because they think he'll win
People laughed at Trump
Is Jeremy going to destroy this nation of am I getting worried over nothing?
>now digital seems to have a weird vintage class of young reactionaries rising up
You seem to be fairly kosher from what i've read so far in this thread. If such a trend is truly happening, then thank fuck for that. You've single handedly given more hope than anything has in the past year.
Worried over nothing
There's also a few people worth watching within Labour in that case. May seem weird to say bc it's Labour but trust me, there's a new faction (only a handful of people now) that would attract Sup Forums in a heartbeat over JRM
Already there's a few people who know who the next Labour PM could be (but for their sake, I'm not saying)
Do you work with/for many Jews? If so what are they like in the workplace?
Please tell me how Naz Shah is aloud to step foot in Parliament????
Have YOU ever met Douglas Murray?
Anything spicy insider stuff about him?
nice digits
couple from me
when will bercow go?
what's going on with the queen's abdication?
do you reckon Britain will have a period of constitution building after breggsit?
finally; what do you know about Emmanuel Macron's university thesis on Machiavelli [pic somewhat rel8d] I've looked all over and can't find it. I'm sure there are some gems in there and the keys to understanding his plan. He's snuck into EU high office imho.
peace for doing this ama btw, even though it's all a larp ye..
>there's a new faction (only a handful of people now) that would attract Sup Forums in a heartbeat over JRM
I'm assuming this is a kind of Strasserist Nation Socialist faction?
Aren't labour now forever tied to going for mintority voters and abandoning the white man similar to the Dems in America?
>there's a new faction (only a handful of people now) that would attract Sup Forums in a heartbeat over JRM
In... Labour?
What do people in your profession think of that cunt of a person called Owen Jones.
What odds would you give Soft Brexit vs Hard Brexit?
Plz tell me that chuckra ummma will fuck off.
How do real political journalists feel about Jonathan Pie?