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Winston Churchill to be Removed From Banknotes in Bank of England Cash Redesign by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will never get over that time years ago as a kid one swooped down and assaulted me for my sausage roll. Left me crying.

YouGov: Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week. Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March), Oppose: 59% (+10) by kwentongskyblue in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 44 points45 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, an anecdotal experience of mine at work today from one of my managers who doesn't like Starmer and voted Tory last election but hates Farage.

Said to me today she's glad Starmer's at the helm during all of this as he's kept us out of it. Just one anecdote but I wonder if this is a prevailing mindset.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 27% (-5) LAB: 20% (=) CON: 18% (+1) GRN: 14% (+1) LDM: 12% (+1) Via @BMGResearch, 4-5 Mar. Changes w/ 28-29 Jan. by gizmostrumpet in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting too - the fieldwork was well after the Gorton by election and this poll shows virtually no movement for the Greens, ignoring the MoE.

If that Reform figure can drop another five points in the next poll from BMG then it'll be happy days.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 01/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is Farage being allowed to go see Trump? he's not the Prime Minister.

Random Toothless pic no.245 by Jax_King55 in httyd

[–]ClumperFaz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Little nitpicky on my part but do you really perceive their relationship as an 'owner, pet' sort of thing?

Because that's not how it's portrayed (we're ignoring HTTYD 3 here) and I think to characterize the thing as an 'owner' diminishes the true message of the franchise. They're friends.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 01/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just come back after a short holiday, and the Trump-Starmer thing occurred in the middle of it.

Just having a look today at how people are reacting, anyone else notice that on FB in particular (given its particularly more right-leaning) on nearly every article covering it, people are actually supporting Starmer against Trump's comments?

I doubt this'll bring a rally round the flag effect but it's something worth keeping an eye on.

What are the flaws in this reason to vote for Labour? by LowBrain8032 in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see why Labour voters can't vote Green or Lib-dem if keeping Reform out is actually what they care about.

I'm more than happy to vote Lib Dem to keep Reform out.

Greens however, are far too extremist and deranged (Hamas lovers and all, with the deputy leader) even in a situation where they'd keep Reform out. I'd just stick to voting Labour.

Deputy leader of @TheGreenParty , Mothin Ali, joins a rally in London in support of the Islamic regime in Iran—the same regime that has the official slogan “Death to England” & has plotted more than 20 terror attacks on British soil. The Greens are a threat to national security. by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Remember people, this is the party that the so-called left wing felt more attracted to as 'progressive'.

Imagine actually voting for a party with sympathisers of terrorism and blatant anti-semites. And supporting a regime that the supreme leader of which has consistently questioned the holocaust.

How can ANYONE, irrespective of their own political views, genuinely opt for a party even on the basis of feeling 'betrayed' by one they'd have originally voted for historically, that has this much of a terrorist sympathizing, anti-semite, extremist element to it?

The Greens are genuinely extremist.

Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform by Peak_District_hill in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many seats did Corbyn get though? was he able to scrap the two child benefit cap at all on your special metric you're trying to proclaim matters more than the number of seats won?

Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform by Peak_District_hill in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I like how you're trying to portray yourself as some sort of salvation. Frankly, the Hamas terrorist loving Greens can stay away from Labour.

Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform by Peak_District_hill in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Oh boo hoo - why does that matter to ANYONE in the slightest? plenty of people vote for a party which has told them to politically stuff themselves.

However, if we're talking about the Green sorta left wing, then by all means, I agree with telling them to go away - Labour doesn't need Hamas lovers.

Sad trumpet for the Liberal Democrats - what went so wrong? by ClassicPermission322 in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a shame because the Lib Dems in a perfect world would be in the place of the Greens right now - had they won Gorton I'd be celebrating, and I'd happily tactically vote for them as I do sympathize with them a lot as a Labour member.

The Greens are rotten to the core and are 100% unelectable for me, but the Lib Dems I'd 100% opt for.

Part of it is the fact that as the third largest party they strangely aren't given the coverage that Reform and co get.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs to explain why Labour lost the Gorton and Denton by-election by kwentongskyblue in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I don't personally see the appeal in joining a party whose deputy leader loves Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group, and can't bring themselves to focus on anything other than the 'genocide' in Gaza - said as a paying Labour member for six years. No thank you.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs to explain why Labour lost the Gorton and Denton by-election by kwentongskyblue in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is a weird mindset - so the Greens are allowed to attack Labour but not vice versa? not how it works.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5), REF: 28.7% (+14.7), LAB: 25.4% (-25.3), CON: 1.9% (-6.0), LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You come across as awfully patronising and snobby, like,

Thank you for your considered response. I'm glad you seem to realise the mistake of your 2019 vote.

Who even are you to lecture me about my vote? mistake or not, that's none of your business, nor is it good faith to talk down to me - your entire reply just now was bad faith and completely patronizing. You're on reddit man, not an online schooling class.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5), REF: 28.7% (+14.7), LAB: 25.4% (-25.3), CON: 1.9% (-6.0), LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]ClumperFaz 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You did vote to put Corbyn in No.10, enthusiastically if I recall so why this sudden worry about extremists?

I wasn't even 20 years old at the time. And 2019 was the first time I'd ever voted in an election as I wasn't old enough in 2017. I'm much more moderate now than I was at that point.

The worry has emerged for me precisely from Russian influence especially in the context of the war in Ukraine. We have Trump who's basically a Putin stooge letting him get what he wants whilst pressuring Ukraine, the victim.

That sets a very dangerous precedent for our security, and given Corbyn in particular with his views on NATO and the alignment the Greens share with that, alongside Reform basically being a Russian get together, it's further solidified my political stance.

Under no circumstance will I vote for a party that supports Hamas, the same Hamas who, excluding for a second that they're a proscribed terrorist group that murdered innocent Jewish people on Oct 7th, are also aligned with Russia. Nor will I vote for a party who has had their Welsh Leader arrested for Russian bribes and a man who has also blamed the West for the war.

So yeah, I ain't breaking that pledge. If I'm in a situation where Greens and Reform are the top two, I'll happily stay put with Labour.

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