The elections to the 1922 committee this time will be especially acrimonious precisely *because* the thread is wrong- the 1922 will set the terms of the contest and this will obviously shape the outcome of the contest.
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This thread is full of errors (a consequence of the fact that the Tory rulebook is not available online). No, the 100 is not fixed. No, no members of the 1922 “lost their seats” - there are no members of the 1922 when parliament is dissolved. There are fresh elections every term.
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Note this tweet was after the exit poll but: yes it's not as bad as it could be, yes Farage won't do any actual work, but it's still something to be very concerned about given the vote numbers. But no, not as bad as it first seemed.
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Which is why the people making music now are increasingly coming from money. Add in the impossibility of having the time to learn your craft while getting by on part time work or the dole...
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Yep. All that stuff. That article about Sydney Sweeney from a while back applies to music a lot too.
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And tours cost insane amounts now, so you have to be REALLY big to make decent money on it, if you're not actually going to lose out.
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They hate mentioning trans men because following through their "logic" for trans men too disintegrates all their arguments.
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Licensing, deals, etc. Unless you are mega big.
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This was interesting right until they got to quoting Caroline Criado Perez. If you're going to talk about pipelines to fascism, she's definitely an expert, but not for the reasons they give...