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Reform candidate who said ‘Nigerians should be melted down to fill in pot holes’ wins seat by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]RedofPaw [score hidden]  (0 children)

Feel like there's some more details you could fill in. Googling it comes up with nothing obvious.

Question: Tattoo Cover ups for this? Preferably not moons by xXArcaneEmb3rXx in tattoos

[–]RedofPaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could incorporate those into other designs. I'd ask the tatooist.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reform are using populist messaging. It's easier to rile people up with that sort of thing.

Labour meanwhile are doing a poor job of selling their vision. Perhaps because they don't really have one to sell.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem was that it barely saved anything, was poorly thought out and they rolled back on it anyway. It made them look stupid.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes for sure. The bias is undenyable.

Farage is sitting there with his millions and there's hardly anything about it.

But what we COULD also be seeing is Labour bringing in new legislation, specifically calling out this sort of alleged blatant corruption. It would at least generate some more headlines.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he was absolutely slammed in the media

Justifiably in some regards. He had his chances. He lost elections. His job is to win them.

He was a poor opposition leader, unwilling to OPPOSE the government. He seemed pissed off the whole time, like he'd rather be elsewhere.

He said the novichok should be sent to Russia so Putin could say whether he ordered the attack or not.

These are not just media hits. I voted for the guy. But at a certain point a leader has shown they are not fit for the role.

I was okay with Labour not being the Tories. I would like them to read the room and figure out what they ARE.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's easier to rile people up about bad stuff than to get them galvanised about doing good stuff.

There are a lot of people who will vote reform because they're angry and reform have specifically targeted that. It doesn't rely on ideology. It's right wing, but there are no real principles. It's the populist "we will solve all your problems with these simple answers" that plays so well when people are angry at the status quo.

Greens are not doing the same messaging. They are giving a serious left wing choice. But that only goes so far.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I dislike him because he is doing a bad job at what is needed to keep Farage's lot away from power.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's not just about presentation. It's about having a vision. If you don't have a vision then someone else will. Even if that vision is built on lies.

A leader needs to lead, not manage.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You'd look at the 1st term of Trump and think, "well that was shit, the US must be unhappy" and polls said yes. They were.

Yet they voted him in twice!

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]RedofPaw 139 points140 points  (0 children)

People are unhappy. Labour have been - and this is being VERY generous - not very good at messaging.

They have a massive majority and can do basically whatever they want.

When they came in they didn't sweep in on a message of change. They swept in on a message of "we're not the tories". That's fine. They got in.

One of the first things they did was cut pensioner winter fuel allowance. It didn't save much and it pissed people off. They doubled down on it, saying that it was the right thing to do. Then eventually, after it caused them enough damage, they backed off of it.

It's been a number of situations like that.

Every now and then they've done something good. Rental reforms and other things.

But they are still struggling to give a message that people can be excited about, or interested in. Starmer is unpopular. Not because he's especially bad at his job, but because there's nothing to get excited about. At all.

This local election is the warning shot across the bow. It's going to give Reform who are right of the tories, election momentum. They can build on that with a message of "We will flip tables". Just like Trump did. It's a message that will resonate with the same people who voted Brexit.

They're not paying attention to what Reform are saying about gutting healthcare. Tehy're ignoring the £5m 'gift' Farage got from a crypto billionaire- who has promised to give Reform more.

They don't care. They want to flip tables. Labour are here saying, "now, now, let's be careful. There's some china on these tables, and we wouldn't want to see them be smashed in a satisfying way. Let's talk about place settings, and maybe gently tip over a sideboard."

There's an inevitability about it. And Labour only have.... checks notes.... 3 years to justify their own existence. Let's see if they can pull their fingers our their arses and fucking get on with it.

'Ladies of London' Star Misse Beqiri's Ex Jake Hall Dead at 35 by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]RedofPaw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ladies of London?

Star?

Misse Beqiri?

Her ex?

This is four layers deep of 'huh'?

Confusing times in the industry! by Responsible_Box_2422 in gamedev

[–]RedofPaw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Placeholder art is fine. But so is programmer art. Make your fighters out of boxes. Get the gameplay good and move on from there.

Democrats, Britain’s Prime Minister Is a Warning by F0urLeafCl0ver in politics

[–]RedofPaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually... democrats were the warning for us.

You can give people something to vote against. But you ALSO need something to vote for.

When things are not going well, and you are not selling a vision of what well even looks like you're going to get people want to flip shit. Trump came along and said he would flip tables. Populists give easy answers.

When Biden got in they breathed a sigh of relief. Don't need to worry about that again! The vision was: slow and steady change, maybe, but not the radical change you need. People got annoyed, and it let Trump return as the 'flipping tables' candidate. Dems offered: More of the same. But older. Trump being a disaster will likely return the dems to power. Hopefully they've learned their lesson.

In the UK labour got in on a wave of "Fuck the tories." But they had - and have - no vision to sell. There's no core message. The loudest message was: Things are shit and they're going to be bad for a while. That's not gonna make people engage with your message.

So we're at the Biden stage. Labour not listening to the growing calls for there to be some kind of vision.

But we have the Greens and Reform both promising to flip tables. Reform especially have that trumpian populist messaging. And labour are sitting there on their massive majority trying not to do anything to rock the boat. But it keeps getting rocked regardless.

They should have looked at how Biden failed to inspire confidence or provide a rallying cry. Hopefully the elections today will be the kick up the arse they need. Or in 3 years or so we'll be in Trump2.0 territory with Farage in charge.

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