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It’s particularly dispiriting to find that this virtue-signalling turned woke-bullying has captured TfL and therefore the entire Underground network, so proudly symbolic of this country’s resistance to totalitarianism during the war

The woke bullying in question

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https://x.com/USAinUK/status/1750136728034169147?s=20

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As bad as US politics is the UK’s sounds worse

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Kier Starmer and Labour: “We’re gonna be more right wing about immigrants!”.
Tories: “LOL, you ain’t right wing enough!”.
Kier Starmer and Labour: :flushed:

Sound familiar USA’ians?
Centrist dipshits constantly trying to pander to a virtually nonexistent electorate.

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1797659509910823220?t=x_3YVN5aBPGfICUepewuqg&s=19

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This definitely will be a blow out. But it’s important to remember that polling in the UK is not very good at predicting outcome

You have lots of poorly correlated seats, which are often three way races.

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1804592902167019897?t=tkOO5loQxZyJoLhA72-zxQ&s=19

The ‘let them fight’ to end all let them fights

Christ, she is vile.

No chatter on today’s elections? Exit polls are in:

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Would be hilarious for the LDs to be the opposition.

lol those assholes have been in charge for 14 years? Little late on the ass kicking, no?

Hurray for first past the post and third party spoiler effects.

https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1808790370089652663?t=-MV7SErbGJM0ppKcL0i9gg&s=19

Right-wingers always crawl out of the woodwork at the end. I believe that’s already well established. That and the usual election fearmongering getting to people.

Among the casualties from the Tories are Liz Truss and Jacob Rees Mogg. I think some here will appreciate that.

Jeremy Corbyn has won a seat as an independent after being kicked out of Labour.

From the BBC:

Here are some of Labour’s top priorities:

  • Provide economic stability with clear rules on tax and spending, including no increases to existing income tax rates, National Insurance or VAT
  • Cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments a week by paying staff more to work weekends and evenings
  • Create a Border Security Command with counter-terror style powers to stop trafficking gangs and people smuggling
  • Set up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean energy firm, to create jobs, cut bills and invest in clean energy
  • Tackle antisocial behaviour with 13,000 more police and community support officers on the beat in England and Wales
  • Recruit 6,500 more teachers and introduce free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

It’s a brighter day, but it sure ain’t beach weather.

Labour got fewer votes than they did in 2019 (when they got stuffed); turnout dropped 7 points with almost the whole drop in the Tory vote going to Farage’s right wing Reform.

In essence the scale of Labour’s victory is more a by-product of the giant schism taking place in right wing politics than the result of any particular enthusiasm for their own political platform. Their giant majority is a lot more tenuous than it seems.

Still, we got to see the defeat of some truly odious humans and though I’m not a big fan of Starmer he seems to be at least minimally competent.

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As far as I can tell, what England needs most right now is massive infrastructure investment. The new guy seems like a mega centrist type so I would guess that some form of large scale borrowing to fund large scale public-private partnerships would be right up his alley. They really have to boost the economy to recover from the self inflicted wound of brexit.

Finally got around to watch this:

Doesnt look like Starmer will be the saviour if he wants to waiting for economic growth before he wants to spend more.

Kinda sickening that wherever you look its the same story. Cuts cuts cuts.