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Father Ted meme: "And now we move on to liars"
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Related. Scams upon scams upon scams
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Went looking for something from the Covid days and found this banger
Tweet from columnist Jane Merrick from April 2020: "The World At One have just played @BorisJohnson's favourite song, Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles, "in the hope that it might reach him". A simple yet very moving moment of radio. #wato
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Trouble at mill
‪Marlowe_UK‬ ‪@irishdreamer.bsky.social‬ · 4h Ian Dunt on his Substack is repeating the lie that Starmer plans to strip asylum seekers of their jewellery and property on the beach. He used to be a reasonable commentator but has now become so virulently anti Starmer that he cannot longer distinguish between reality and Daily Mail lies.
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Man wakes from coma
Peter Walker ‪@peterwalker99.bsky.social‬ Follow This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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gabyhinsliff @gabyhinsliff Fair play to Rishi Sunak who’s been chancellor for approx 5 mins & already hit the crisis of the century; cool & reassuring.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The "spidermen pointing" meme
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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There was a video clip being shared on Twitter in Sept 2020, maybe from Starmer's appearance on the Andrew Marr show, where he said “I will support the government in whatever they decide to do.” The account that uploaded the clip doesn't exist any more
Ashok Kumar | 🇵🇸 @broseph_stalin · Sep 26, 2020 Keir Starmer literally says “I will support the government in whatever they decide to do.” For anyone still backing Keir, I challenge you to name a bigger simp. It could be anyone at anytime in history. https://x.com/UKDemockery/status/1309623709641183241/video/1
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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If you were alive at the time of the Black Death then I guess Covid seems trivial
John Rentoul ‪@rentouljohn.bsky.social‬ Nothing I have read so far changes my view that the £200m spent on the inquiry so far could have been better deployed elsewhere
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Hipster analysis
@BBCPolitics "The government seems complacent" Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he has written a letter to the prime minister asking why advice on coronavirus "is different to that given in almost every other European country" Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT · Mar 13, 2020 Presumably so more people with humanities degrees can form expert opinions on epidemiology, more expert than, say, a group of senior professors of epidemiology Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV · Mar 13, 2020 NEW: Labour are calling on the government to publish their scientific advice so that public can have confidence in the UK’s approach, as Britain increasingly becomes an outlier in terms of not cancelling events etc Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika Yep. I really need some hipster analysis to reassure me One-week lockdown delay cost 23,000 lives, inquiry finds
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The Sensibles still seem to believe the Labour Party can be rescued
Dorian Lynskey ‪@dorianlynskey.bsky.social‬ Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Update
Screenshot of Rafael Behr column entitled "Labour isn’t winning by luck. Keir Starmer has earned a historic victory" Screenshot of Rafael Behr column entitled "After months of dysfunction and miscommunication, is the Starmer method finally working?" Screenshot of Rafael Behr column entitled "Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making" Screenshot of Rafael Behr column entitled "Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale"
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges The reality is Tommy Robinson and Reform feel cheered by Labour MPs like Nadia Whittome. What scares them are Labour MPs like Shabana Mahmood. (((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges 2015, and the Labour party has "controls on immigration" as one of its five election pledges. Sad day.
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Otto English ‪@ottoenglish.bsky.social‬ One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia. As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards. Now government policy 2020 tweet from Otto English saying he doesn't care what Starmer's politics are
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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State of this
Steven Fielding ‪@polprofsteve2024.bsky.social‬ I think maybe we should stop clutching our pearls and wait to see what lands. If the cost of finally introducing safe routes is the leaking of nasty proposals that will never see the light of day then isn’t that worth it?
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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About 6 months ago this guy got very cross and blocked me when I said he'd voted for a right-wing party
Paul Russell ‪@pwrussell.bsky.social‬ Likewise. I’m left open mouthed, not just at their astonishing incompetence, but at the speed and apparent relish with which they have alienated even their most loyal supporters. It’s borderline insane.
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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LOL nope
JWexTheSpa ‪@jwsidders.bsky.social‬ I do think when Starmer looks back at how his government dealt with immigration he will do so with a deep sense of shame.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Mayday mayday mayday
Russ Jones ‪@russincheshire.bsky.social‬ I've never felt more ashamed of being a Labour supporter. Not even during Iraq, where at least we had cabinet members resigning in disgust. Now: just jostling for position. If I wasn't already turning my back on the party I've backed my whole life, I would be now. #ImmigrantsWelcome #NotInMyName
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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There's one person applauding
Tweet from Tommy Robinson applauding Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans which reads: "The Overton window has been obliterated, well done patriots"
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Memento (2000)
Keir Starmer must know that it simply can't go on like this Starmer's speech was merciless. It's time for Reform to feel afraid again Getting rid of Keir Starmer as PM is self-obsessed insanity I have always backed Starmer – until now
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Montage of immigration tweets from Keir Starmer
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Montage of an avalanche of racist tweets from Keir Starmer from summer 2025
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Thanks for your help
Google AI response to a spelling query: "The two correct spellings are "maneuvering" (American English) and "maneuvering" (British English), with the latter being the preferred spelling in the US, while "maneuvering" is the preferred spelling in the UK and other English-speaking countries. The spelling "maneuvering" is a variation of both. maneuvering: This spelling is standard in American English and is also used in other countries. maneuvering: This spelling is standard in British English and is also used in countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. "
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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It has been claimed by sources talking to The Guardian that staff at the Crown Prosecution Service had been in favour of dropping the case, to the point of informing Chambers, via his solicitor, that they would not oppose the final appeal, but had then been overruled by the head of the service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer.[31] Chambers' MP, Louise Mensch, called for a House of Commons committee to investigate Starmer's behaviour.[31] However, a spokesperson for the CPS said that Starmer had not taken part in decisions about the case.[31]
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM