UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[MrBlud]

There are 3 plus locations that patriots have shut down so far with many more planned to be closed. People wanted action I’m guessing there are 100,000s of men willing to fill their shoes.”

Press X to doubt

“I would say there are around 300 men, maybe more.

Quelle Surprise

Are we going to hit the trifecta where the ostensible opposition comes out strongly for less overt racism so they can accomplish the same vile ends quietly through the mechanism of the state?

Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, In a post on Facebook, he said: “I bet if you asked any one of those ‘protesters’ they wouldn’t know small boat crossings are down by 40% and we are working hard to fix the mess.

That’s a BINGO!

 

[Anonymous X]

Smooth Dunk (@smoothdunk2.bsky.social)

When The Media Sees Fascism

bsky.app

The UK media ‘response’ to the incident has barely been any different to this strip, to be honest.

 

[MrBlud]

 

[Steamed Hams]

Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

www.bbc.co.uk

Piddington had a referendum to leave the UK due to plans to house over a thousand male asylum seekers near their village. This place voted Tories mostly, then Liberal democrats and had refugees welcome signs all over a few years ago.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

He's actually skipping an election. He's waiting for the inevitable Clacton rematch.

 

[Anonymous X]

Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, Burnham tells BBC

The PM was speaking after using his conference speech to say the government will end the existing triple lock on pensions from 2030 to help fund social care reforms in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

I mean, “as an option”, and he could quickly row this statement back a bit. But even suggesting this is a possibility, in public; I haven’t heard that spoken by a politician of a major party for the best part of a decade.

 

[MrBlud]

Kinda surprised they don’t use that as cudgel for “why everything sucks” like the right does with migrants and minorities.

It even has the benefit of being largely true!

 

[Pocket]

I wonder what the EU has to say about this. If it were me, I'd refuse to let them go back to the special treatment they had before and insist on becoming full members or nothing. That means submitting to all EU laws and regulations and, I presume, abolishing the pound and adopting the euro.

 

[Anonymous X]

I don’t disagree with that, but I think they’d throw in a few ‘extras’. Although, I’ve of the opinion that the longer we stay out, the more the country generally would be probably willing to accept all and any entry requirements.

I don’t have a problem with adopting the Euro currency. I mean, we should’ve joined on day one. TBH, I think convincing the public to adopt it (if needed) will be an easier job than in 2001 because electronic payments are so much more common.

 

[MrBlud]

Holy jive it’s bad over there.

 

[NovaSaber]

Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Russian interference in Brexit vote

Prime minister has left the door open to the UK rejoining the EU

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MrBlud]

Given the direct correlation in dropped bot traffic when Russian date centers were hit; he should be tying that in and screaming it from the rooftops.

 

[Anonymous X]

I’m actually astonished that any politician from the main two parties has publicly acknowledged the extent of Russian interference, let alone a sitting prime minister. It’s quite something to take in.

 

[Anonymous X]

Sky News (@news.sky.com)

Government launches new push to prepare UK for emergencies and hostile acts https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13602203

bsky.app

What aren’t they telling us?