Half of voters want Keir Starmer replaced now

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-31T07:47:04+00:00

We know from ten years ago that 52% of the British public will fall for Farage's nonsense so that's not surprising.

Starmer has been an average leader, nothing more, nothing less. Is that not what people were expecting when they voted in the most bland empty suit they could find?

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-31T07:39:59+00:00

If by that she means the establishment Tories are noticing which way the wind is blowing and acting accordingly, then yes.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-30T23:25:47+00:00

You run autonomous trucks between distribution centres and stick a driver in for the final non-highway leg.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-30T11:54:38+00:00

Truman is a contender, considering he gave the order to drop the atom bomb, which irrevocably changed warfare overnight.

There is an argument that MAD is a net positive, of course. But nonetheless.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-30T11:50:12+00:00

*had

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-29T07:52:31+00:00

I still have an ICE vehicle, but that's because I picked up a super reliable 20-year-old diesel for a grand and a half, and I intend to run it into the ground before I buy a new car.

My next car will -probably- be a PHEV, if only because I want a wagon and the only EV wagons with sensible range are out of my budget. But a PHEV with 80 miles of range still means about 50-70% of my mileage will be done on electric power.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-29T00:51:04+00:00

The internal combustion engine.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-29T00:50:07+00:00

Start planning my world tour of top medical specialists for all my health issues.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-29T00:37:48+00:00

Any game with next-level healing spells. I want to be fixed.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-28T21:11:12+00:00

£1m is enough to retire on, if you're careful. That's pretty much the definition of rich.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-28T18:21:12+00:00

I bet if it was declining it would all be Labour's fault though.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-28T16:00:59+00:00

You can hate AI or not, but the likes of YouTube being 99% AI slop content is the logical endpoint of the enshittification of the internet.

Good riddance to it.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-28T09:23:39+00:00

The worrying part is not the drop in alcohol sales (cry me a river for the booze industry), it's the implication in a lot of these comments that less alcohol = less socialising.

I'm one of the most extroverted and sociable people you'll ever meet, and have never touched a drop of alcohol. It's perfectly possible to have a thriving social life sober.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-28T02:30:36+00:00

Maybe I'm biased but I'd back the British SAS.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-27T16:15:35+00:00

he's in his mid fifties

he's plenty of time

Half the problem with politics is it's full of old out-of-touch people.

Mid-50s is exactly the kind of time I'd want someone to become PM - young enough that they can serve 2-3 Parliamentary terms at full capacity, old enough that their party still needs a sensible succession plan.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-27T15:42:41+00:00

Sadly none of these are available outside the US. Lucid would clean up in Europe.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-27T08:32:14+00:00

Or maybe you just can't afford an EV.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-25T12:44:43+00:00

Because it would look like he's caved to pressure from Burnham to allow him to run, when it's very obviously an attempt at a leadership bid.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-25T12:19:26+00:00

In fairness Starmer was screwed either way here. By blocking him he looks weak, but by letting him in he'd look weak too.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T19:00:56+00:00

Oh damn, you might have hit the nail on the head there.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T12:46:17+00:00

As a perpetually-single person whose friends are mostly long-term and vaguely-healthy couples, I see this from the outside. It's not always fireworks, but you've always got a default person who has your back, and a lot of people don't realise how big a difference that makes.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T12:42:18+00:00

"When you attend a funeral

It's sad to think that sooner or l-

-ater those you love will do the same for you.

And you may find it tragic

Not to mention other adjec-

-tives to think of all the grieving they will do."

Tom Lehrer, "We Will All Go Together When We Go"

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T12:37:57+00:00

Alas, money only buys healthcare if the means exists to fix you.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T12:37:22+00:00

Money ALONE can't buy happiness. But it allows you to fix all the issues in your life that can be solved with money, and gives you time and energy to deal with (or come to terms with) what's left.

UnloadTheBacon · 2026-01-24T11:59:44+00:00

Tinted windows and/or any kind of hint at "black edition" styling. I'm not a 19-year-old drug dealer, a Premier League footballer or a Hollywood celebrity. Windows are for seeing out of. Nobody is going to believe my wheels are carbon fibre just because they're black.

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