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Wielder of soldering irons. Anti-capitalist. Often sarcastic.
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Don’t ever refer to this Labour government as on the Left.

Reform UK councillors finding out DEI officers don’t exist in British councils.

Only one of these two members of Congress below have been censured by Congress for alleged bigotry. Guess which one?

Really enjoyed #Thunderbolts*. Fun but surprisingly dark.

Laura Kuesnssberg can’t help herself can she. Never enough Nigel Farage coverage. #UKPolitics #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel says that Reform UK are the opposition now… Is it true? Of course not. Going by news outlets you wouldn’t know. If Nigel said the sky was green the BBC would be asking the grass what it thought about that instead of reporting the facts. #UKPolitics #ReformUK

If Labour want to remain in power they need to get their finger out and start delivering in positive ways that people can feel in their daily lives. Not graphs on the evening news. Not simply promises. People need to feel it. Bring people back from nihilism and spite. #UKPolitics #LabourParty

Labour losing one of its safest seats shows what happens when a government cuts disability benefits and winter fuel payments, keeps the two-child benefit cap, and panders to anti-migrant rhetoric: Reform wins and always will. This isn’t the change people voted for and it shows.

When will Labour learn that moving the Right doesn’t win them support? It comes off as fake to Right wingers (they’ll never accept you Starmer) and pisses off everyone else. #UKPolitics #Elections

"It's either us or Reform" the Labour canvasser says, as the Labour Government launches a new campaign to crack down on immigrants, strips more rights for LGBTQ+ people, pulls back from climate funding, halves its international aid, abandons disabled people...