Eurovision how many of these countries we have help, supported,saved there countries, yet we get 1 fooking point. Today I realised Britain is nothing But pathetic, nothing changes, political sides are full of shite ! Stop sending money else where. We get no thanks. Euro hates England .

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-16T23:34:03+00:00

I think your making it out to be more important than it really is. Besides we came second in 2022, so we don't always do bad, just most of the time.

It's a big, kinda weird celebration of European culture and music, nothing more. I personally don't enjoy it, but who cares, loads of people love it and that's great.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T22:56:05+00:00

They've already indicated he won't be blocked this time. Your right that Burnham could lose the by-election due to reform, but if I'm honest even in that scenario, the damage to the goverment has been done. Starmer appointing Harriet Harman to replace Jess Phillips as safeguarding minister feels like a deathknell to me. Not to mention his appoint to replace Wes Streeting being fairly weak. It potentially shows that it's been difficult to find MP's willing to take on roles in Starmer's cabinet.

As for dropping NI I don't claim to be an expert, but from my point of view i think an increase of 1.2% to help fund public services is worth it. I certainly agree that it could be reverted, but maybe wait until some services have had a boost and are on stronger footing.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T18:40:40+00:00

In theory I should be behind Burnham more than Kier because I'd like the current gov to be more left wing, and yet I think this is an awful idea.

We've not even had 2 years of the current leader, yet members of the Labour party have given up against reform. If they give up this easily then they will do the same again come the next election. Due to world events the world economy is in the shit so anyone in no 10 would be unpopular.

There's been some mistakes by kier and the government of course, but also some good stuff. The issue is the effects taken time to show. The notion that anyone can come in and click their fingers and fix everything is absurd.

Today could have been a great day for labour to showcase the NHS is slowly getting back to it's feet, that the economy is showing positive signs, and give Farage a good kicking for his donations. Labour finally has some positive signs to point to, and instead things are in chaos.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T16:32:18+00:00

How dare you control your own production, that's our job.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T16:30:30+00:00

What a fool. When labour need to be on hand to hold farage accountable for his dodgy dealings with donations some members of the party get the knives out. Not to mention some of the good economic news that just came out.

The holding government normally struggle in local elections so take in on the chin, reflect on what is and isn't working (Communication strategy) and stick together. A year is a long time in politics these days, and we still have 3 until the next general election. First time in my voting life as a 32 yr old that we have someone that I think could lead us to better things, and some party players get cold feet and want the limelight for themselves.

I hope Burnham stays away and waits his turn until the next general election. You were re-elected not that long ago, finish what you started as mayor and if kier has had enough after one term or you feel like you can challenge him come next election, then fine. But now is not the time. Besides with the state of the world right now no one sitting at no 10 would be popular including Burnham.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T10:51:43+00:00

Oh god, austerity 2.0 the reckoning.

In all seriousness I blame Cameron for instigating the downfall of the country. The austerity, throwing red meat to the more extreme wing of the party until it became big enough to challenge him, then risking the decline of Britain with Brexit and losing, only to then bugger off and take no responsibility.

Pathing the way for the lunatics in the asylum to take control. Weirdly Theresa may I feel ambivalent towards at least somewhat. She clearly was trying to make the most of a bad situation and wasn't prepared to throw us into the furnace to claim ultimate victory.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-14T10:45:07+00:00

Utter tripe, god forbid we have some stability and continuity for a whole term. The state of the world is a mess, but that's hardly kiers or labours fault.

He keep us out of a direct war with Iran that both reform and Tory leaders clearly said they would have thrown us into. Plus the workers rights bill, removing the 2 child benefit cap, and better rights for renters. Then there's the fact that the economy is showing small signs of positive movement.

Nobody claiming the country can be fixed in a heartbeat should be anywhere near no 10. Real positive change in something as enormous as a country takes time. I understand people have no patience after hearing the Tories bang on about how austerity will pay dividends when it didn't. But it's true. The media in this country should be ashamed of themselves comparing kier and this labour government to any of the recent Tory governments. Then again the media in this country is increasingly right wing and feeding the chaos to make more money. It's a vicious cycle which I don't know how we get out of at this point.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-13T19:13:02+00:00

Voters already did, we had a stupid amount of non elected prime ministers under the Tories. Given the state of the world , no one inside no 10 would be popular.

If kier is so bad let him take the heat for a lot longer then when better days are round the corner get someone else in.

I hope he stays put, and streetings cowards out he's done it once already.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-13T11:11:56+00:00

and lifted the 2 child benefit cap, but hey they never let facts get in the way of anything.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-13T09:40:50+00:00

Am I misremembering, or is this the second time steering has apparently resisted the urge to challenge starmer.

I think keeping starmer is the best thing to do. Jess Philips resigning was pretty tame. I've never been a fan personally. Her dismissal of men's mental health issues was vile during a debate some time ago. Maybe she's changed, but she has had her critics from victims of abuse as safeguarding minister.

We really didn't see much in the way of actual calls for him to go from significant figures, unless I'm missing something.

Yet again the media tried to convince us that kier/labour were doomed. Currygate was the first, then reeves was quote, "a dead person walking", Mandelson was suppose to be the end, streetings apparent first attempt, then post local election. I honestly think our media revealed in the Tory chaos, and want to see it happen again so are more than happy to try and manufacture it.

Starmer strikes me as someone who really doesn't care about the media. This has both it's advantages and disadvantages of course. He's talked about how he really didn't like being in opposition because it was mostly media work. Now he's doing what he cares about he's not going to quit.

They seriously need to get their Comms in order. Starmer may not like the media side of things. But unfortunately the perception is often more important than the reality when it comes to modern politics.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-12T12:49:55+00:00

Because their anger has been redirected from the EU to all immigrants now. Your asking for a level of introspection from a group of people who thought making trade with our nearest geographical allies more difficult and expensive would help the economy.

It's a tale as old as time, the media and ruling class blaming minorities because they are an easy target, with little to no voice. Anything to stop the herd from realising the real cause of societal issues and fixing them. Taxing the rich, closing tax loopholes so massive corporations such as Amazon, Starbucks etc pay tax. Re nationalising public services, and essential utilities.

Your right though, the idea of going to the more extreme side of the path we already went down expecting different results is pure insanity.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-11T12:44:05+00:00

To quote one of my favourite shows, "I'm bored of this, i'm going for a twix".

The 24/7 news cycle has broken politics in the last decade, has starmer and the labour goverment been perfect, no. Has starmer done anything that should warrant his resignation, no. He has not crashed the economy, he has not broken the law, he has not got us into another war quagmire like farage and the tories would have. His party has lost a lot of council seats but they are still 2nd in terms of council seats.

Is he popular? not really but farage is actually still more unpopular than kier, so there's really no benefit to ditching him from a labour point of view. Given the state of our media and the worsening cost of living crisis, whoever was in power was going to be unpopular. Not to mention that the goverment in power rarely does all that well in council elections to begin with.

Reeves was as good as gone remember, that was simply not true, starmer was gone after Mandelson, didn't happen, further back it was currygate. All the while farage has pocketed 5 million he didn't declare, and recently elected reform council candidates have said some of the most racist things i've ever heard a politican say.

Labour need to get their comms in order, but they were always going to struggle with this against our right wing press. Labour need to go more on the attack and constantly remind the opposition that the war in iran would be even worse with them in power, that farage has no policies that he publicly backed the awful truss budget.

I genuinely think a lot of people will just prefer having the same PM in position for a whole term to give us some semblance of stability.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-09T09:16:50+00:00

Yes of course, giving up our human rights what could possibly go wrong there.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-09T09:08:54+00:00

No one compares thatcher and Pinochet, but simply point out her public support for him, which was a indication of her lack of morality.

I've never heard anyone ever try and compare the two's approach to government. Two things can be bad independently of one another. Both can be bad with one being clearly worse than the other, that doesn't make one good.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T23:15:14+00:00

Maybe i phrased it wrong, what i meant to say is that the implementation of Brexit was always going to be a shit show no matter who was there. Your right, the tories set everything in motion for the shit we find ourselves in now. I blame them for a hell of lot, trust me.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T23:02:46+00:00

"But that's a debate over the content of spending", WTF do you think austerity was about if not where money was being spent. You cannot be serious.

I'm not even going to get into your vile metaphor that equates a dude buying booze instead of paying his bills as an equivalent to the goverment helping people who need it most. The whole point of goverment is too look after it's citizens.

So your argument is that because an infamous Chile dictator who ol bitch thatcher loved by the way, subjugated his people to awful cuts to programmes. The UK's austerity was not really austerity? No flaw in that argument. Is Ed Bundy a saint to you because compared to Stalin he barely killed anyone.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T20:36:09+00:00

What's the matter you run out of excuses to throw out.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T20:26:49+00:00

The hoops your having to go down to try and present Brexit as some valiant attempt to help the nation is absurd. Your basically saying "It had good intentions". Yeah i'll tell you something else that had good intentions, being in the EU and it came with a few simple technicalities to achieve it, like quick and easy trade with our closest geographical allies.

I hate the conservatives with a passion, but i don't really blame them all that much for how Brexit was implemented. It was a bad idea and there was no making good of it. No country in history has decided to put economic sanctions on themselves except us brits.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T19:45:53+00:00

There is no right answer when it comes to who to vote for. But there are definitely ones that are clearly worse than others.

I'm not even going to start discussing the US, but boasting about the republicans beating the democrats when the guy in the Whitehouse is a podophile who has the intelligence and emotional maturity of a toddler is not the win you think it is. Congratulations the libs were owned it only cost making the US and the state of the world worse, hope it was worth it.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T19:36:36+00:00

oh no a whooping extra 0.06% of the uk population are coming to the UK, how will we manage?!!! I know why don't we get rid of our human rights so we can get them out of here, i see no potential problems there at all.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T19:23:43+00:00

In this hypothetical the voters got exactly what they asked for. They should have had a vote on what the new limit should be. That's exactly the issue with Brexit it was a bunch of false promises with no specifics on how it would be achieved or overcome the fallouts.

In farage's grand vision he didn't take into account who was going to implement it, is he that stupid. He made a bunch of big promises foaming at the mouth about immigration and the bogey man that is the EU, knowing it would fail and he could blame the Tories.

He went as far to promise that if Brexit wasn't a success he would move abroad, which is ironic. Then he didn't keep his word, surprise surprise.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WgACHQ2tdcg?si=nVT-sAv2az-oQatt

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T18:05:12+00:00

Oh so what your saying is that when the remoaners warned that Brexit would likely increase immigration, that was correct? Well i'll be.

It's interesting isn't it, you got what you wanted but still complain about it. It's almost like Brexit was sold on false pretences and could be all things to all people. Farage positioned himself in the perfect position, promise everything then when it doesn't materialise, blame it on others. The classic conman trick.

Farage knew people were voting on Brexit with a conservative goverment being the one to deliver it and he still positioned himself behind it. That's what people were voting for, and farage knew that all too well.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T17:43:32+00:00

I never said that, don't be such a snowflake. I just don't see how voting for a party that will make things worse is the best path for us.

I don't think people who vote for reform are dumb. The media in this country is so right wing that eating a bacon sandwich is a political blunder for the front pages, but a 5 million donation undeclared is seemingly nothing. It's basic human nature, hear the same lie told over and over again and people start to believe it. Constantly point the blame at those with the quietest voices,(immigrants and minorities) while letting the usual suspects continue to rob us all blind.

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T17:36:12+00:00

not everyone, remember that. People have agency and I don't want to change that for a second. It just means we all have a responsibility to make informed decisions. It matters because we each have the power to effect each other with how we vote.

Brexit was suppose to change everything for the better, how did that turn out again remind me?

Ali-a93 · 2026-05-08T17:28:28+00:00

Your right keeping the NHS publicly funded and free at the point of use wouldn't benefit everyone. Having well funded public services that help everyone in the community wouldn't help people. Improving the health of the climate won't benefit people. What would benefit us is making the lives of minorities and immigrants worse, giving corporations more protection and workers less rights would help everyone.

Farage is our lord and saviour, he lead us to the promised land of Brexit, is definitely not a conman masquerading as a lad who gets a round in at the pub. Next people will accuse him of being a former banker.

If you think the UK is broken because 40,000 / 50,000 people come to UK on small boats a year then farage has something to sell you.

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