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@millie141414 Fuck that

3 Major Parties & 3 Minor Parties in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❓️

@baseddss @EuropeElects Check your maths again... 28 seat minority government?

@EuropeElects Most likely labour + greens coalition and i hope it will get major backlash for the greens

UK (Wales), More in Common: Welsh parliament seat projection PC-G/EFA: 30 (+17) REFORM~NI: 28 (+28) LAB-S&D: 24 (-6) CON~ECR: 7 (-9) GPEW-G/EFA: 4 (+4) LDEM-RE: 3 (+2) +/- vs. Last election result Fieldwork: 30 January - 10 April 2026 Sample size: 2,519 ➤ europeelects.eu/uk

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 26% (-4) LAB: 22% (+4) CON: 19% (+1) GRN: 15% (=) LDM: 13% (=) Via @tweetfreshwater, 10-12 Apr. Changes w/ 27 Feb - 1 Mar.

My Seat Model (Accounts for lack of Greens in Constituency Seats): SNP: 48 (-16) LAB: 21 (-1) RFM: 20 (+20) CON: 16 (-15) LDM: 13 (+9) GRN: 11 (+3) Changes w/ 2021.

You know, one take away from this whole Your Party debacle is that Jeremy Corbyn has zero leadership skills. He was completely absent from moving the party forward and missed the first proper CEC meeting because he was in Cuba. He never spoke to anybody in Scotland about their vision for the party, even though he knew the clash we were heading into. He has been utterly useless. I'm sorry if that bursts the halo you have crowned him with, but having the correct politics does not make someone a good leadership candidate.

Political position of governing parties in Europe from 1946-2017

It is difficult to accept the basis upon which these so called facts are presented. In modern times, the two most demonstrably unsuccessful Prime Ministers this country has endured are Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. No other Prime Minister, including Sir Keir Starmer, approaches the scale of those failures. What has followed is a narrative constructed and sustained across major broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Sky News, and GB News, alongside sections of the wider press, the persistent chorus of voices from within the Conservative Party, and the influence of Reform UK. Within that narrative, criticism of Sir Keir has been constant from the moment he assumed office. That scrutiny stands in stark contrast to the latitude afforded to his predecessors, particularly at times when serious errors were made and rules were plainly disregarded. The effect is cumulative. A narrative is repeated, reinforced, and amplified until it presents itself as established fact, regardless of whether it withstands scrutiny. It is this constant echo that many have grown weary of, particularly when it appears so plainly unbalanced in its application. It is not unreasonable to conclude that such imbalance reflects editorial inclination rather than objective assessment. A Labour Prime Minister does not sit comfortably with certain proprietors or institutions, and that discomfort appears to shape the tone of coverage. Yet one fact remains beyond dispute. Sir Keir secured a decisive electoral mandate, a landslide victory that confers both authority and responsibility. Those who supported him expect that mandate to be honoured through steady and effective governance. To date, there has been no failure of the kind so readily alleged. What we are witnessing instead is the noise of political transition. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party finds itself diminished, its relevance increasingly in question, and its future uncertain. It would therefore be welcome if sections of the press returned to the task of reporting events as they are, rather than seeking to shape them into something they are not.

Probably the most well rounded/highest quality UK Elections Account on this entire godforsaken site

Parties to the left of Europe’s centre-left probably offer more attractive and bolder economic policies when it comes to tackling structural problems such as wealth concentration and corporate power. However, they are so extreme — especially on cultural issues — and so disastrous on others, such as foreign policy, that I personally find it impossible to vote for them. That makes the centre-left option feel safer. The real task, then, is to push centre-left parties further left on economic policy, or to collectively expand the political space enough to build a broad and viable left-wing majority.

@YIMBYKieran Rayner would run in that scenario 💯%

I think both Streeting and the SL get MP nominations. The SL would also probably win the membership vote. I think the biggest barrier for the SL is finding someone willing to run and doing it soon enough so that a potential leadership election isn’t just Streeting v Starmer

@owenjonesjourno @Nassreddin2002 Quite the silly billy indeed!

@Lab_Smint @Nassreddin2002 silly me!

Wild poll from Denmark: Frederiksen’s Social Democrats gain 5 points in one month from 17.7% to 22.7% Moderaterne of Foreign Affairs Minister Løkke Rasmussen also surged from 2.2% to 6.4% Trump is causing major upheaval in Danish politics

@owenjonesjourno @Nassreddin2002 It's all there in the table Owen, 0.5% decrease since the last poll.

@Nassreddin2002 I can see SF are up big from the last election - has their polling changed over this?

Keir Starmer when Andy Burnham pulls up and they get to fight it out for the remaining 18% of people who vote Labour

@SamCoatesSky You’re correct but also a part of the problem.

@patmcculloch @meganekenyon Yes you can pay it off early but 90%+ of graduates are not able to pay this amount off in a lump sum even before the 7%+ yearly interest kicks in. The suitcase sound great though, I'll take 4.

@meganekenyon (presumably people don't have a briefcase full of cash, I know that, I'm just asking as the discussion around this is very confusing, people are acting like they have no repayment options at all)

I stupidly logged on to check the status of my student loan earlier this month - since 6 May last year I had paid off just *half* of what had been added in interest in that same period. I will likely be locked into paying it off until the 30 year timeframe runs out - it's essentially an additional tax on graduates.

If a financial institution sold these loans at this scale and then changed all the terms after the fact it would be a national scandal and someone would be in jail

Russia's oil export revenues plummet to their lowest since the start of the war in Ukraine.

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

@PGKroeger Laying it on a bit thick there..!

Yesilgöz complimenteert D66 en CDA met hun "mooie proces, zonder lekken en gedoe" en het feit dat hun document snel af was. Oftewel in alles zo veel professioneler dan haar coalitie met PVV, NSC en BBB.