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Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
'Jeremy Corbyn's new party could be called Palestine Inaction - it has a certain ring to it'
Does Jeremy Corbyn want his new party to punish Labour, highlight injustice, or break new ground? Fleet Street Fox suggests some names to cover all the bases It's a difficult thing, picking a name for a political party. Labour arose from the trade union movement, which arose from the Chartists, and you can probably draw a line all the way back to the Peasants' Revolt. Yet its current membership, political leaders and voters have soft, white hands that have never laboured at much more than picking their noses. The Conservatives, if their name is accurate, want to keep things the same as they've always been. Only they've just presided over Brexit, the biggest constitutional, social and economic upheaval since the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Greens would be better known as the Rainbow Flag Warriors, the Liberal Democrats should really call themselves Combined Watersports and have done with it, and Reform UK is, well, more like Nigel Enterprises Ltd. Thanks to Jeremy Corbyn this is all about to get much harder, because he wants us ALL to have a go at naming the party he's setting up after finally splitting from Labour, which of course split from him some time ago. The obvious one, is therefore, Splitty McSplitface, in honour of the Great British Public's penchant for ridiculing the whole idea of voting for names of things which already ought to know what they're called. We could go with Peace, Love, & Understanding, but with his back catalogue of internal party rows it'd have the sketchwriters cackling with glee. Better, perhaps, to go with something less likely to highlight one's own failings, and points the finger instead at others. Calling the new party Keir Starmer's Not Very Good At This, Is He, would thoroughly tickle the nation's toes every time they issued a press release. If, on the other hand, Jezza really wants to cause the government a headache, he could opt for Palestine Inaction - having just declared its near-namesake a terror group, it would highlight the tectonic slowness of the official response to the horrors of Gaza, and at the same time make Home Secretary Yvette Cooper spit staples. It's certainly got a ring to it. If that's just a little too terrorist-y, there's always highlighting the authoritarian decision to outlaw environmentalists for the terrible crime of sitting down in inconvenient places. Must Stop Oil, Action on Sofas, Greenpolice: they're are all there for the taking. If he really wants to clean up British politics and lead a Left-wing insurgency, he could try calling it Reformed Reform UK. Although it's possible that the Electoral Commission will throw it out for being too similar to another party, and it'd have to be tweaked to Deformed UK. That probably wouldn't sell so well at the ballot box. Perhaps Jeremy has no interest in attacking other parties, and still has his head in the allotment. In which case, a name like Courgettes Have Feelings Too could be on the shortlist, along with Potato Justice and Co-Operative Jam Making. There is no substitute for making sure your party is of the now, ahead of the zeitgeist and with its finger on the pulse of what people really want. In which case, for broad media coverage and general public approval, the best name might well be Publish The Epstein Files, Ya Big Pervert. But let's be honest - the entire point of this party is not to win general elections, which Jeremy has twice proven is beyond him, nor to appeal to a broad church of otherwise-disaffected Britons. Because if he was capable of that, he wouldn't have lost. The only reason that he and fellow purgatory-adjacent MP Zarah Sultana have set up a new party is to cause problems for Labour, to split the vote, unbalance a centrist leadership, and give themselves a home they won't be evicted from for their host of unwelcome views, friends, and habits. And so there is only one possible name that will suit. One name, one vision: to piss off Keir. Which is why, Britain, when you are asked to come up with a title for the new iteration of Corbynmania, you must baptise it 'New Labour Ego Trip'. For nothing else comes close.
IOL News
30-05-2025
- IOL News
The peasants are revolting; know your place meddling woman or lose your head! and a murdering president
Charles Taylor Ex Liberian president, warlord and war criminal in court awaits his fate. What happened on this day in history: May 30 1381 England's Peasants' Revolt begins. Also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion, it was the first great popular rebellion in English history. Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century. 1431 Unjustly condemned, French heroine Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake by the English. 1536 England's King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives. Married the day after the execution of Anne Boleyn, Seymour's only known involvement in national affairs was met with a blunt reminder of the fate that her predecessor met when she 'meddled in his affairs'. 1806 Future US president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy. 1815 The British troopship Arniston is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans (Arniston) after the captain mistakes Cape Agulhas for Cape Point, and heads north for St Helena thinking he has rounded the Cape. The ship grounds. 1883 A stampede on New York's Brooklyn Bridge, caused by a rumour it was going to collapse, kills 12 people. 1899 Wild West outlaw Pearl Hart (1871–1955) holds up a stage coach in Arizona. It is one of the last stagecoach robberies in the Old West. 1900 Lady Violet Cecil writes to Britain's Lord Salisbury on conditions in Bloemfontein, noting: 'Far more have been killed in our hospitals than by Boer bullets... Men are dying by the hundreds who could easily be saved.' 1942 Japanese submarines shell naval bases in Australia and Madagascar. 1967 Daredevil Robert 'Evel' Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars in Gardena, California. 1972 Members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre near Tel Aviv in Israel, killing 24 people and injuring 78. 2012 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in jail for war crimes. 2017 A suicide bomb in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul, Afghanistan, kills more than 150 people and injures 400. 2024 Vermont becomes the first US state to pass a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by climate change. DAILY NEWS
See - Sada Elbalad
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Andrew Garfield in Talks to Replace Matthew McConaughey in Revolt Movie "The Rage"
Yara Sameh In one of the bigger deals being thrashed out during the Cannes market, Focus Features is working on a domestic pact in the $11M range for Paul Greengrass' peasant revolt movie "The Rage", with Two-time Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield is in active negotiations to replace Matthew McConaughey as the lead. The film is set during the Peasants' Revolt, a major uprising that took part across large parts of England in 1381 in response to socio-economic and political tensions and high taxation. Should a deal get done, Garfield would play a farmer who becomes the leader of the revolt. It has been speculated that the character could be based on the legendary Wat Tyler, who led the uprising before being killed by forces loyal to King Richard, though this is unconfirmed. Garfield's English background (the dual UK-U.S. national was raised in the UK) makes him a good fit for the project. Between "Spider-Man," "Hacksaw Ridge," "The Social Network," and "tick tick…BOOM!", he has long proven able to mix it between action and prestige roles that connect with audiences and garner significant box office. Garfield is coming off romantic drama "We Live in Time", which took close to $60M worldwide, and next will be seen opposite Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino's "After the Hunt". Oscar nominee Greengrass, well known for the "Bourne" franchise and such movies as "Captain Phillips" and "United 93", is scripting the project. Jason Blum is producing through Blumhouse Productions, with Greg Goodman, Joanna Kaye and Greengrass. CAA Media Finance is repping domestic. FilmNation is selling international. Focus has been into the project for a while and began talks at EFM. Focus is coming off a busy and lucrative awards season thanks to "Conclave" and "Nosferatu". It's at the Cannes Film Festival with Wes Anderson's "Phoenician Scheme" and "The History of Sound", and there are high hopes later this year for movies such as "Hamnet", "Bugonia", and the next "Downton Abbey" installment. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
German president opens major exhibition on Peasants' War of 1525
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened a major exhibition on the Peasants' Revolt in the Bavarian town of Memmingen on Saturday, taking a swipe at opponents of democracy. The exhibition, at the town's Museum of Bavarian History, commemorates the 500th anniversary of the manifesto of the peasant movement, known as the twelve articles, written in 1525. These included principles such as self-determination, justice and social participation, which are an outstanding and enduring testament to Germany's history of freedom, Steinmeier said. He added that the country is experiencing threats and attacks to liberal democracy - both from within and from outside - with a force that many had not thought possible. Steinmeier, to applause, remarked that ironically, those who agitate against democratic institutions and only want freedom for themselves or for their group are the ones citing historical freedom movements. The exhibition, titled "Project Freedom - Memmingen 1525," is open until October 19.
See - Sada Elbalad
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Matthew McConaughey to Star in Movie "The Rage"
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey is attached to star in Paul Greengrass' peasant revolt movie "The Rage". Oscar nominee Greengrass is also scripting the project, which FilmNation is selling for the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. The movie (formerly known as The Hood) is set to take place during the Peasants' Revolt, a major uprising that took part across large parts of England in 1381 in response to socio-economic and political tensions and high taxation. McConaughey will play a farmer who becomes the leader of the revolt (which could indicate that he's playing the legendary Wat Tyler, who led the uprising before being killed by forces loyal to King Richard, though this is unconfirmed). CAA Media Finance is repping domestic with WME Independent. Jason Blum is newly producing through Blumhouse Productions, with Greengrass and Joanna Kaye. In a previous incarnation from a few years ago, the project had Benedict Cumberbatch aboard. The "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Interstellar" star McConaughey is currently in post on Greengrass project "The Lost Bus" for Apple. That movie is also produced by Blum. McConaughey's "The Rivals of Amziah King" will launch at this year's SXSW.
