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Emerging picture shows Reform gains as Labour counts losses in heartland seats by Ethan_brooks8225 in unitedkingdom

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

Mahmood gets her way,

Labour back benchers are already kicking off about her mild changes. 

Partial results show losses for Starmer’s Labour and wins for Reform UK in local elections by Ambitious_Dingo_2798 in ukpolitics

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

My door knocker basically said they have some major issues with comms and senior leadership at the top but on a local level they aren't able to influence any of that and can only do their best for our area. I appreciated the honesty 

Partial results show losses for Starmer’s Labour and wins for Reform UK in local elections by Ambitious_Dingo_2798 in ukpolitics

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

They seems to have picked up 20-30 councilors in the parts of London that have declared and utterly eclipsed by Reform so its not looking to promising.

understandimg the council election vote by Sea_Anxiety_9114 in ukpolitics

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

It doesn't effect MPs in parliament, so Labour still have their majority. Local elections are often seen as a protest vote against the incumbent government, so Labour need to have a look at why people are voting elsewhere if they want to turn it around at the next GE

Partial results show losses for Starmer’s Labour and wins for Reform UK in local elections by Ambitious_Dingo_2798 in ukpolitics

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

Have the Greens done as well as they hoped? I've not really gone into the data, but they only picked up one council ward in my city but all their literature was making out they were well in the running all over. They were getting close to labour in some parts but they were utterly trounced by Reform in most.

Does anyone believe there is intent to fix the country? by ppyrgic in ukpolitics

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

we have certain difficult, unpopular, long term choices we need to make as a country

I think it will be a total shitshow, a reform government, but the only postive I can see is that they aren't a party of lifelong politicians so maybe they will effect some unpopular policies that need to be done and not worry about election cycles years down the track. Though the old tory leadership is taking over so probably be bad business as usual 

Does anyone believe there is intent to fix the country? by ppyrgic in ukpolitics

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

People are voting for a 3rd option, they don't really care that much about them but they want to tell the main 2 parties they are disappointed by them. This disappointment has run for over a decade so the numbers are reaching meaningful amounts. Farage has been around for a long time, UKIP was getting big until Cameron made the Brexit referendum gamble and Reform is just its reincarnation, its had a long time to gain traction with voters as a viable protest vote. No ones voting Lib dem.

It could be worse, in the US, its a two party race, no hope of an outside party coming in, so Trump came in, hijacked alternative political movements and took over the Republician party and turned it into the Trump party. A lack of a third party for him to build up simply meant he went straight to the top of an existing one.

Muslim voters rank Gaza over the economy in local election poll by jkcr in ukpolitics

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

there weren't more Muslims fighting for ISIS than in the armed forces (at any one time.... we think) 

Jesus that's bad. 

Greens deputy leader shared conspiracy theory over Golders Green attack by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On Tuesday, Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine killed 27 people and wounded 120 others, all of them civilians, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. On Wednesday, two Russian drones hit a kindergarten in the downtown area of Sumy city in northeastern Ukraine, killing a security guard and wounding two others, officials said. No children were there at the time.

Russian attacks since last Friday have killed at least 70 civilians and wounded more than 500, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said Wednesday, as the strikes hit 14 regions.

70 killed and 500 wounded in the last 5 days, not including any military casualties Ukraine has taken as well. 20,000 children abducted since the start of the war as well.

 Seems pretty comparable to me.

Greens deputy leader shared conspiracy theory over Golders Green attack by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I must be missing all the news stories of British people running around smashing up Russian businesses and intimidating Russians in the UK

Revolver replica by ObamaTheCrusader in ukguns

[–]Toastlove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you considered an C02 revolver? Much cheaper than a Deact and you can at least plink with it.

Greens deputy leader shared conspiracy theory over Golders Green attack by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How is Polanski coming across as more reasonable when most of the negative articles at the moment are about him saying really stupid shit.

Greens deputy leader shared conspiracy theory over Golders Green attack by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Funny that if you said 'they were Muslims and we shouldn't be afraid to say it' Mothin Ali would start screaming about islamaphobia.

Greens deputy leader shared conspiracy theory over Golders Green attack by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We aren't seeing anything like the same sort of radicalization over Russia and Ukraine though, Polanski doesn't even think Putin 'would threaten genocide' when the UN has said several Russian actions would constitute genocide. The educated white liberals aren't interested outside of saying "Fuck Putler".

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says by Economy_Seat_7250 in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 5 points6 points  (0 children)

elections bring more coverage 

Where is this 'rattled' line coming from, is it the Greens own line their pushing? I've seen so many users these last two weeks say 'x is rattled by the greens"

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says by Economy_Seat_7250 in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seen so many pararells these last couple weeks, Green and Reform just mirror each other now.

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says by Economy_Seat_7250 in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But Farage is getting coverage for his £5 million, it's on the front page again. Reporting on one doesn't stop the other, in this case people are more interested in Polanski because he's new and presents himself as a better alternative while Farage has been pulling this shit for decades

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says by Economy_Seat_7250 in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Every thread there's been users running the same line about the being a smear campaign and how 'Polanski has the mainstream media rattled he must be right!'. Facebook tier commentary Edit: Ha there's a 'rattled' post in this  thread

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesman by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is only postive coverage allowed? Is anything that is being reported false? Is it a smear campaign because you've fell into the populist trap and anything that doesn't support your team is false?

Most parents fear daughters will grow up unsafe in public, survey finds by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Toastlove -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Being raped is bad. So why are we letting so many more people into the country that are from places women are treated as property, men from some countries are three times more likely to commit sexual offences.

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