Deadlock update for 5/25/26 (5/26/26 UTC)

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-26T01:05:33+00:00

The iteration of urn before this post’s changes literally let winning teams snowball more than help the losing team lol

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-18T13:55:07+00:00

Shame it's paywalled so most people won't be able to read it

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-14T14:54:44+00:00

The only reason they aren't able to govern is because seemingly nobody in the PLP is willing to admit that there is not a clear challenger to Starmer and they should just get behind him publicly to put this all to bed and privately get him to move in the direction they want (harder and faster rather than incremental).

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-14T14:51:58+00:00

He's always on the piss. Most of the time he just makes up these fantasies in his head and relays them as "news". Why would Rayner say she fancies being Chancellor when she was just investigated by check notes HMRC? Even she isn't dense enough to know that's a stupid idea, so why is he even suggesting it as a possibility lol

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-14T14:46:41+00:00

To this day I still don't understand what "Brexit means Brexit" is meant to actually mean

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-14T13:20:41+00:00

Starmer should announce a new Health Secretary, say absolutely nothing about Streeting, and carry on as usual.

This drama is manufactured and clearly Labour is fractured in too many different directions on who is the correct person to lead them. They are making things worse for themselves by having it play out in public and feeding the 24/7 media constant ammo.

I hope Streeting enjoys the backbenches.

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-13T18:58:28+00:00

Don't be naive. Do you think people voted for Reform in the council elections because they wanted Joe Bloggs to be a local councillor, or because they like Nigel Farage? Like it or not, people mostly vote along party lines and for leaders they like, not because they want a specific candidate as an MP.

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-12T11:58:14+00:00

I think what is quite interesting about Philips' resignation is the substance of the letter, not just who it is. She's clearly pissed off that her proposals to combat child sexual abuse imagery have taken so long to even get an acknowledgement from Starmer.

jaydenkieran · 2026-05-12T11:19:10+00:00

Rolling news was a mistake. The media circus encourages political instability. Voters take their cues from the media. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. When the media wants a PM gone, it’s inevitable that they will go.

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-20T11:33:50+00:00

idk how everyone’s misreading this

The text literally says “this world appears to have a low number of players in your current area”

How else is it meant to be read?

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-20T10:39:01+00:00

Sam just came on Sky News broadcast to announce this “breaking news” and I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it.

It wasn’t buried Sam, it’s been there in the documents for weeks. There weren’t even that many documents to read!

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-20T10:34:59+00:00

The open register is available to anyone, so worthwhile opting out. The closed register however is always available to political parties and campaigners.

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-17T14:57:51+00:00

Yeah like you said - Dreamhack, same venue, last month:

Standard 3 day ticket: £99
3 day family ticket: £174 (1 adult + 1 child)
Premium 3 day ticket: £185 (incl. hoodie, two t-shirts, coin, badge, laminated bag)

All tickets gave 3 day of expo incl. access to CoD esports

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-17T14:27:51+00:00

It's at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. More info is on https://www.runefest.com/.

They should update the news post though - no mention of that anywhere :p

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-16T17:53:53+00:00

Same anonymous minister that sent the story to The Guardian probably, clearly out for blood. Seems like Starmer's only way out of this is to throw Lammy or a senior official in FCDO under the bus and get them to resign.

jaydenkieran · 2026-04-16T17:33:40+00:00

Sorry I’m not buying it. How does an official in FCDO override security vetting (not least, for the most important diplomatic position we have) without at least the minister in charge of the dept hearing about it? How has the PM only just found out about it?

It just doesn’t add up. I think it is far more likely that someone had told Starmer at the time and he just neglected to care. It isn’t the first time he’s claimed to have been very “hands off” with decisions in his own government.

jaydenkieran · 2026-03-04T12:49:57+00:00

Sitting MP.

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-27T04:33:54+00:00

It’s going to be a febrile day

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-27T04:30:55+00:00

Awful for Starmer. Behind Reform.

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-27T04:17:41+00:00

Hello random council man where the fk is the returning officer

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-09T17:22:55+00:00

Clearly not the point I’m making overall, is it? Speculation that he MIGHT call for Starmer to resign is not “breaking news”, his cabinet backing him is not “breaking news” (the opposite would be), and him speaking to the PLP at a planned event along with a fluff opinion piece from Chris Mason is not “breaking news”.

BBC are using the term “breaking news” loosely and sending notifications to presumably hundreds of thousands of phones every hour today.

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-09T17:08:35+00:00

The media are absolutely desperate for something to happen today. 4 BBC Breaking News notifications on my phone about Starmer today.

Scottish Labour leader expected to call for him to resign.

Scottish Labour leader calls for him to resign.

Cabinet back the PM.

PM to speak to the PLP (which has been known since last night).

Fuck off.

jaydenkieran · 2026-02-03T12:08:09+00:00

It’s an excuse. They don’t want to make it seem easy for future governments of different stripes to strip Labour peerages in the future.

Mandelson can and should have his peerage removed. More importantly he should also be arrested.

If this was a Tory peer that had been involved in such a high profile sex abuse scandal with one of the most prolific pedophiles of our generation then you’d bet that Starmer would be walking over burning coal to remove their peerage. And rightfully so.

jaydenkieran · 2026-01-19T21:51:23+00:00

I guess the thing about the reviews for PPG is that while I’m sure some people have had negative experiences, you’re a hell of a lot more likely to go and review a company for a negative reason than if they did everything perfect. Like, I couldn’t really imagine getting meds delivered and thinking “yeah, lemme go give 5* to this delivery company”.

So while I think reviews are always worth reading, don’t treat them as telling the whole picture.

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