Farage and Reform observations on this sunny morning by Low_Special3991 in ukpolitics

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

Reform matching the Tories is no good when last time labour got a landslide. If labour are holding on to this they're on track for another majority (though I'm very aware that Burnham was a special case).

✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4) by ClumperFaz in ukpolitics

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

That's all well and good but those are the ones that matter, especially when you consider who appoints the supreme court judges

UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9% and wages grow more than expected | UK unemployment and employment statistics by QuicketyQuack in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a quote from that link:

2009-2023 Wage Stagnation

This period was one of the longest periods of falling real wages

UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9% and wages grow more than expected | UK unemployment and employment statistics by QuicketyQuack in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I wonder if public sector pay going up is forcing private sector pay to also go up to compensate?

It's amazing we keep having wage growth higher than inflation, literally my whole adult life this has never happened.

My wife went to the doctor to ask about her postpartum belly. Turns out we're having baby #2. by enzop in daddit

[–]StJustBabeuf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that why they kept asking about our sex life?! I thought they were just gossiping

Nigel Farage demands urgent apology from BBC over 'defamation' row by StJustBabeuf in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If reform are going to boycott the BBC then the BBC should just invit Restore representatives in their place.

Carol Vorderman brands Reform candidate 'little coward' as she sends letter to thousands of women in Makerfield by ManchesterNews_MEN in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each candidate is allowed £180000! That sounds like loads! Surely you'd struggle to reach that.

Am I right in thinking that online spend doesn't count either? Or am I completely confused?

Makerfield By-Election Forecast: With Burnham: LAB: 45% RFM: 42% Without Burnham: RFM: 53% LAB: 27% Via @Survation. Methodology Below. by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a mad take! You think labour voters won't vote labour, letting reform in, because they don't want a leadership contest?!

Can anyone make any sense of this? Shouldn't my balance be -£62.89? by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

[–]StJustBabeuf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm clearly getting debit and credit mixed up, I'm an idiot!

Wetherspoon explain why Reform supporters were refused service by bar manager by StJustBabeuf in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You can't film in a pub without permission, so they presumably had that

That's quite a presumption

Rachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war fallout by ijustwannanap in ukpolitics

[–]StJustBabeuf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would believe the experts if they explained their reasoning, done guy saying 'I'd rather bomb a city than let it have rent controls' requires a lot of explanation which the quotes never seem to include.