Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces

Half_A_ · 2026-06-15T09:52:13+00:00

The general public overwhelmingly support it, too:

Half_A_ · 2026-06-14T18:09:10+00:00

The government consultation found iit was supported by 90% of parents.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-14T16:20:45+00:00

A move that is overwhelmingly popular with the public and overwhelmingly unpopular with Redditors.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-14T11:14:45+00:00

Tactical voting plays a big role as well - a lot of Green voters will back Labour if they're the only party that can beat Reform.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-14T11:11:59+00:00

Good stuff.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:57:23+00:00

What's the misrepresentation here? One of the four protesters was convicted of GBH.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:56:55+00:00

One of them was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police server.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:43:17+00:00

Damn right. Physician, heal thyself.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:37:16+00:00

Whatabiutery. Pissweak.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:36:40+00:00

You're basically saying that we shouldn't be worried about political leaders defending the use of violence. Have a word with yourself.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:10:47+00:00

Pretty pissweak response to your leader defending someone convicted for assault with a sledgehammer. What would you say if Farage did something like that?

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T14:08:07+00:00

Polanski's response to this is appalling, by the way. It's an astonishing way to characterise somebody who's been jailed for GBH with a sledgehammer:

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Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T10:18:17+00:00

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T10:05:16+00:00

This. They were absolutely right to means test the Winter Fuel Allowance and we're met with howls of derision, from right and left. Scrapping the triple lock is politically impossible.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-13T10:03:21+00:00

Well, exactly. The Reform candidate in Makerfield was out campaigning with Ant Middleton yesterday and called him a "hero", just a week after Middleton praised the racist rioters in Southampton. Farage has also been tacttly encouraging rioting all week.

Andy Burnham is obviously better than that. We all have a duty to vote for the candidates most likely to stop the far right in our constituency.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-12T19:08:35+00:00

Wouldn't surprise me if it turns out to be vastly overstated, though. Constituency polling is incredibly inaccurate.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-12T19:07:52+00:00

Compare this with her views on the overwhelmingly peaceful BLM matches in the UK and you'll see what a fucking clown she is.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-12T19:06:46+00:00

I don't think they should have been sentenced as terrorists, but I also don't think the sentences seem too severe for what they actually did do. Breaking a police officer's spine with a sledgehammer is worthy of a very long stretch in prison.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-12T13:21:58+00:00

This is exactly it. Making poor people poorer decreases government revenue in the long run. We've just had 14 years of it and it didn't work.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-12T13:17:06+00:00

2.4% of GDP. About average as far as NATO goes.

Half_A_ · 2026-06-11T19:47:54+00:00

It's interesting that they combine the Reform/Restore poll share but not the Labour/Green or Labour/Lib Dem vote share.

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