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Why are members of the House of Lords allowed to own lobbying firms in the first place ?!! This is completely absurd.
In France, that would be illegal.
In France, that would be illegal.
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Why are members of the House of Lords allowed to own lobbying firms in the first place ?!! This is completely absurd.
In France, that would be illegal.
In France, that would be illegal.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social sums up why Starmer is responsible for voters hating him after such a short time:
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social sums up why Starmer is responsible for voters hating him after such a short time:
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Well, it’s not like the auld yin is wrong, is it.
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Well, it’s not like the auld yin is wrong, is it.
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Exactly no (0) people go on the record to talk up this guy, and the people claiming he’d be a nightmare for the Tories are *the actual Tories*, but you’d be a cynic if you thought British journalism was basically a plot to mislead the public
Alistair Carns: Labour’s ex-marine who ‘would be a nightmare’ for the Tories
Alistair Carns: Labour’s ex-marine who ‘would be a nightmare’ for the Tories
Amid leadership speculation, former commando has been quietly talked about as a possible future contender
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Exactly no (0) people go on the record to talk up this guy, and the people claiming he’d be a nightmare for the Tories are *the actual Tories*, but you’d be a cynic if you thought British journalism was basically a plot to mislead the public
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You know, the Labour peer who was key to Starmer's operation and was mates with a paedophile even after they found out about.
No, not him, the other one.
No, not him, the other one.
BREAKING | Starmer’s paedophile-linked peer and former comms chief quits Labour Party
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Starmer’s paedophile-linked peer and former comms chief quits Labour Party
Matthew Doyle has apologised for his past association with a paedophile councillor Sean Morton
trib.al
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
You know, the Labour peer who was key to Starmer's operation and was mates with a paedophile even after they found out about.
No, not him, the other one.
No, not him, the other one.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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There‘s lots of political incidents that still need clear accountability but if the Epstein stuff just gets turned into a stupid meme for zany tik toks and reels and there’s no justice then I feel like it will make people more insane than usual. How can anyone carry on pretending like it’s normal
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
There‘s lots of political incidents that still need clear accountability but if the Epstein stuff just gets turned into a stupid meme for zany tik toks and reels and there’s no justice then I feel like it will make people more insane than usual. How can anyone carry on pretending like it’s normal
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Imagine if Starmer goes before the by-election they blocked Burnham from standing in so he couldn’t challenge Starmer even happens
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Imagine if Starmer goes before the by-election they blocked Burnham from standing in so he couldn’t challenge Starmer even happens
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Everyone’s always filled with courage when the battle is over and it’s time to bayonet the wounded
It's not just that they get rid, the closest thing the UK has to a national religion is the feeding frenzy when they realise the PM is a lame duck where everyone at all levels of all parties moves in to get a bite or two in and they eat their prey alive before choosing the next tribute as PM
One thing i respect about the British… they will get rid of a prime minister
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Everyone’s always filled with courage when the battle is over and it’s time to bayonet the wounded
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Yes, that is certainly one way to describe what has happened there. Another and more accurate description would be “teamed up in secret with the press to launch an insane jihad of hatred and destruction against his colleagues, working to ensure that his party lost to Boris Johnson’s Tories”.
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Yes, that is certainly one way to describe what has happened there. Another and more accurate description would be “teamed up in secret with the press to launch an insane jihad of hatred and destruction against his colleagues, working to ensure that his party lost to Boris Johnson’s Tories”.
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They bent over backwards to please this roaring crackpot. Hasn’t gone quite as planned.
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
They bent over backwards to please this roaring crackpot. Hasn’t gone quite as planned.
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Do you notice how - just like they do with all the other avoidable calamities - the lads can go from “the public are crying out for exactly this kind of shit-hot political ninja” to “what idiot thought this clueless dork was good”, without ever having been wrong at any point between these positions.
February 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Do you notice how - just like they do with all the other avoidable calamities - the lads can go from “the public are crying out for exactly this kind of shit-hot political ninja” to “what idiot thought this clueless dork was good”, without ever having been wrong at any point between these positions.
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I feel like the public in general don’t need that much guidance to understand that sex trafficking and abuse are very bad. I think we’ve got that part quite well. We may however need a bit of instruction on e.g. “groups of billionaire criminals have been actively working to destroy democracy”.
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I feel like the public in general don’t need that much guidance to understand that sex trafficking and abuse are very bad. I think we’ve got that part quite well. We may however need a bit of instruction on e.g. “groups of billionaire criminals have been actively working to destroy democracy”.
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The Corbyn era gave people the idea that politics should be about improving society somewhat for everyone. Absolutely intolerable shit for the party’s Squillionaire Bribes Officer and his media friends, who teamed up in secret to wreck the fuck out of that stuff and put the crooks back in charge.
February 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The Corbyn era gave people the idea that politics should be about improving society somewhat for everyone. Absolutely intolerable shit for the party’s Squillionaire Bribes Officer and his media friends, who teamed up in secret to wreck the fuck out of that stuff and put the crooks back in charge.
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No this isn't allowed. We aren't allowed to see systemic corruption in the UK. Once the designated fall guy is picked, we must focus all our efforts into him. Pulling on too many threads runs a risk of unraveling the whole thing.
It would be lovely if the UK press would notice that the rest of the world are reporting that Farage and Mandelson,
are heavily linked through the Epstein files.
are heavily linked through the Epstein files.
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
No this isn't allowed. We aren't allowed to see systemic corruption in the UK. Once the designated fall guy is picked, we must focus all our efforts into him. Pulling on too many threads runs a risk of unraveling the whole thing.
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I’m sure nothing suspect was going on here, just as there was nothing at all dubious about the way the national press screamed hateful abuse at the main opposition party in unison until it put Peter and his friends back in charge, at which point they became extremely friendly and laudatory
February 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I’m sure nothing suspect was going on here, just as there was nothing at all dubious about the way the national press screamed hateful abuse at the main opposition party in unison until it put Peter and his friends back in charge, at which point they became extremely friendly and laudatory
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There was IMO no shame in being suckered by the People’s Vote fraud: every media outlet you encountered told you it was real, and not just a scam to put Peter Mandelson back in charge. I understand that. It is however shameful to not now recognise you got fucked, fleeced and filleted, in 2026.
The People’s Vote campaign, much better understood as a “some cranky millionaires are pissed off and also, Peter Mandelson and his friends want their clout and influence back, and there are suckers who are willing to march for this” campaign
People’s Vote *exploded* the second an election was called because it was intended to fuck the left and who gave a shit about Brexit. Its chairman was Amber Rudd’s brother and he was open about it. Mandelson quickly said he has no regrets, and that’s because he got everything he wanted out of it.
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
There was IMO no shame in being suckered by the People’s Vote fraud: every media outlet you encountered told you it was real, and not just a scam to put Peter Mandelson back in charge. I understand that. It is however shameful to not now recognise you got fucked, fleeced and filleted, in 2026.
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This is the usual stunt the pundit twunts have been pushing for decades, by the way: we all believed Iraq had those weapons. We all borrowed too much in the 2000s. We all thought austerity was right; we all wanted to resolve Brexit. Because if everyone is to blame, then nobody is.
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This is the usual stunt the pundit twunts have been pushing for decades, by the way: we all believed Iraq had those weapons. We all borrowed too much in the 2000s. We all thought austerity was right; we all wanted to resolve Brexit. Because if everyone is to blame, then nobody is.
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It is IMO hard to ask the public to not be cynical about politics when the UK press fought tooth and nail to put this fucking guy and his friends back in high office and they can’t even survive 18 months without repelling the public and then collapsing in a disgusting heap of bribery and noncing
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It is IMO hard to ask the public to not be cynical about politics when the UK press fought tooth and nail to put this fucking guy and his friends back in high office and they can’t even survive 18 months without repelling the public and then collapsing in a disgusting heap of bribery and noncing
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Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
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See also the Israeli "ceasefire" in Gaza.
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
See also the Israeli "ceasefire" in Gaza.
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We've had 6 incompetent PMs in a row. It's surely statistically improbable that this is pure bad luck and has nothing to do with our political culture/system or capitalism. But that's what we're being invited to believe.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
We've had 6 incompetent PMs in a row. It's surely statistically improbable that this is pure bad luck and has nothing to do with our political culture/system or capitalism. But that's what we're being invited to believe.
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Er, hello, yes, sorry, hello, we just wanted to remind you that as well as being soft on child abuse and massively corrupt, we’re also extremely racist
Shabana Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition
Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government's proposals.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Er, hello, yes, sorry, hello, we just wanted to remind you that as well as being soft on child abuse and massively corrupt, we’re also extremely racist