UK Politics Thread

His farewell tweet goes on about Starmer's dark satanic mills, he's a fucking loon with a fake dog collar. Fuckity-bye!

My go-to opener used to be just asking for a light. Route one but effective and now lost to the sands of time.

As someone who is quit, though keeps having drunk lapses, I'd say ban fucking selling the damn things but let people smoke in pub gardens. 95% of smokers will just stop (or vape) if they can't get it from the corner shop. But if you've brought a carton back from your holiday in France, whatevs. The cigarette smoke in a garden isn't the problem.

Smoking while drinking is a problem point when you're trying to quit. But really the problem is that when your will power is low (also due to depression or stress) they're so easily available. Just stop fucking about and ban them.

Won't be living on Torsa Island either.

Is there a way to avoid showing publicly that you've blocked someone?

From a techy data-diving point of view it's very interesting data, but it seems like it could also open up trouble for some people if everyone can see that they've blocked Trump or someone with a following of nutters.

They’ve been hollowing out dentistry, optometry, hearing and other services for decades.
Podiatry appointments are like gold dust. It’s an essential service, especially for old people and they move heaven and earth to make the appointment because miss one and you’re off the list. It will take years to get back on it.


It’s all baseline recalibration. Make the each generation expect less from the health service. Just think back to what was available for your family when you were a child and compare it to the situation now.

I typed a massive post about this earlier and went to hit create post and hit one of those annoying little buttons underneath causing me to lose the post.

I do that quite often but it doesn't normally matter as it's usually about 10 words.

Doesn't add anything to the discussion but I needed to get it off my chest 😂

Sky pundits have glossed over it... Ok now he's saying the club haven't talked to him about contracts! What a weird interview.

Bet the Liverpool directors loved that absolute power play.

Is Salah a Tory or Labour MP?

Bin GCSEs while they are at it. If everyone has to stay on until 18, what’s the point?

Badenoch going in on the "two-tier policing" with her leadership bid launch.

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Edit - oh actually, fuller quote on Guardian blog makes it sound like it is "identity politics" she is having go at. So, it will be her classic trans-bashing.

I mean if she wants it back to how it used to be I guess someone can arrange it for her car to be stopped routinely. I'm sure she'd love that.

"Cleverly is now taking questions.

Q: What is your diagnosis of what went wrong for the party at the last election?

Cleverly does not engage fully with the question. Instead, he says every candidate will have to defend what they did. He has a record of delivery, he says."


Delivering warmed up shit isn't the flex you think it is mate.