No Ragrats
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incredibly funny stuff from a country obsessed with a beverage made from a plant that does not grow in their climate
ClarksonsFarm@ClarksonsFarm1
National food security should be a top priority!🙌🏼
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@rcolvile Where are the people shrieking about “unfunded tax cuts” this time around?
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This is basically the pastiche version of British industrial strategy. Random handouts for things politicians happen to like, which may or may not actually do anything for consumers.
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves announces a temporary cut in VAT for 'summer attractions' from 20% to 5% over the holidays This applies to ticket prices for adults and children It includes fairs, theme parks, zoos and museums It also includes children's tickets for cinemas, concerts, soft play and the theatre It will cut the cost of children's meals in restaurants and cafes from 20% to 5% The savings will apply from 25th June through to the 1st September Reeves brands it the Great British Summer Savings Scheme
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@stellacreasy “I might be leading the country into an economic crisis, but at least I’m not rude!” 🥴
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Jenrick and Farage celebrating and encouraging someone repeatedly shouting and swearing at a stranger he disagrees with in public is all you need to know about their actual belief in free speech.
Manners maketh the men indeed.
Robert Jenrick@RobertJenrick
He sounds British to me, Rachel! Good for him. This reaction explains why Reeves rarely leaves her bunker in Westminster.
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@KateWilton1 Because it’s still higher than when he took over, even after this drop!
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Remind us why we need to get rid of the PM?
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Inflation fell to 2.8% in April, down from 3.3% in March
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We don’t have a house price problem, we have a wage problem.
Hoops@Hoopss
What opinion will get you in this position?
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@justdavenow89 Some other big global events happened between 2016 and 2023..!! 🥴
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@gorbalsgoebbels Is Starmer amazing? No.
Is he a decent bloke? Also no.
Does he get some things right? Also no.
But does he at least tell the truth? Also no.
But surely he’s changing tack after his huge election drubbing? Also no.
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Is Starmer amazing? No.
Is he a decent bloke? Yes.
Every leader makes mistakes. Thatcher, Churchill, Blair. Now tiny issues are magnified into full blown crisis.
Perspective needed.
Line must be drawn or we end up with instability ad infinitum with PMs going every other year.
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@danielgoyal We can all play that game! Closer to 85% aren’t voting for Labour. Guess your PhD didn’t cover basic statistics, or you’ve had a hard blow to the head since then
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Farage has one of the highest disapproval ratings of all politicians
Over 70% of the electorate are not voting for Reform
Yet, we all may have to live under the warped ideology of a hard right conservatism
That’s not democracy
Time for Proportional Representation
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@GSpellchecker He also did a special anniversary entry in the Fighting Fantasy series that did stupid fourth-wall-breaking things like referencing modern song lyrics. Just didn’t take it seriously or show any respect for the original books.
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I came across this and assumed it must be faked, given how painfully transparent and on the nose this appalling writing is.
But it is genuinely from an official James Bond novel: On His Majesty's Secret Service by Charlie Higson. The book was published in 2023.
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@anon_opin Big “who will make the lattes at Pret” energy. Funny how often Remainers reveal themselves to be the actual racists, saddened by the loss of cheap labour
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Worse thing about Brexit is all the Polish tradesmen leaving. That period when you could get jobs done well, on time, and for the right price, was the golden age of British home improvement
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@KirstieMAllsopp Statistically, the cause is a rise in obesity in the young : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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I’ve read two articles in just one day on worrying levels of cancer in younger people. We have to start asking very serious questions about hormone disrupting chemicals and plastics in our environment. How many things do we bombard ourselves with that are totally unnecessary?
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@Harrygreta55878 He's local to me and known locally. And yes, and yes.
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In the UK, this Far Right Terrorist is on trial.
If he was Muslim, it would be front page news. He’s not, so it isn’t. Not really very much coverage in the media.
I wonder why that might be?
I wonder how many people even know who he is?
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@dannywallace What great stuff?? 😂 Higher borrowing costs? More spending? More taxes? More unemployment? More territory given away? More online censorship? More family farms out out of business? More wealth leaving the country? More expensive food? More expensive energy?
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If I were Starmer, I'd just ignore it all. Announce some great stuff tomorrow. Crack on.
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@Heccles94 Heard you lost to Reform, Harry. Time to wash your hair and have a rethink?
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Piers Morgan has blocked me so I cant respond.
But firstly, you were talking over Rachel about women’s rights which shows this isn’t about fighting patriarchy.
Secondly, civil rights isn’t about going with the bots or loudest voice, it’s about doing what’s right.
Thirdly, I am a trained nurse, I have a deep understanding of biology, what’s your qualifications Piers?
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Civil servant here. If Farage wins the next GE, he'll call us all back to the office 5 days a week. The CS will then be on the verge of collapse, as thousands of people will either retire immediately or quit, due to the removal of WFH. Cheap optics will meet reality.
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@UKLabour Yes, that’s clearly the message : “more of the same” 🥴 Do you hear yourselves????
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Labour was elected to change this country.
That is what the public want, and what they deserve.
Tough days like today don’t weaken our determination to deliver that change. They strengthen it.
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@jamiesont If you think Liz Truss is bad for what she did to the gilt markets, you should really look into what they are under Keir and Rachel today! (Spoiler: the highest gilt prices since 1998)
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Keir Starmer has been a disappointment, but anyone calling him 'Britain's Worst Ever Prime Minister' in a world where Liz Truss & Boris Johnson exist must have been kicked in the head by a horse
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@Heccles94 If you want a good faith answer, it’s because a) it’s the tip of the iceberg and b) it seems easily solvable and yet it’s still happening 8 years later, so it’s a very tangible, measurable failure of recent governments to grapple with illegal migration
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200,000 people in 8 years. That is only 0.29% of the UK population over 8 years.
Yet it’s in the news every single day.
In that same time 4,000,000 people have emigrated away from the UK (twenty times as many people).
The news is in league with Farage. Sadly it’s working.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
More than 200,000 migrants have crossed Channel in small boats since 2018 bbc.in/4uAbEmR
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Now our elections are nearly concluded, hopefully we can pause and then start to discuss how absolutely appalling the British press has been recently?
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@Keir_Starmer What progress? 😂 Is the progress in the room with us right now?! Do you mean the highest cost of borrowing since 1998? Mandelson? Chagos? Meep meep!
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Today, choose progress over the politics of anger.
Vote Labour.
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