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Starmergeddon - Restore and Reform reflect the mainstream, crushing humiliaton for Labour

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hollyandtheivy26 · 08/05/2026 23:37

Aplogies for the typo in the title. If you think this makes me look stupid, you are proving that you are a bigoted bully, flailing around in desperation. It's just a typo, entirely down to a slightly sub par keyboard.

Restore took all ten council seats. Anywhere it stood, it won. Many Reform voters have indicated they'd have voted Restore but since they were unavailable they voted Reform as next best. Starmer still refusing to leave, in line totalitarian dictators of old, Starmer's response being, basically "People didn't vote for us because we didn't do all the things they didn't want and didn't vote for even faster".

Farage's Reform UK Party currently standing at 1237 Seats - having won 1235 seats. Starmer's Labour Party has lost 1,108 Seats and retains only 801. And literally 10/10 for Restore :)

So the question is - do the excessively far left radicals (who are highly active on mumsnet but have never represented the majority in real life) still believe that repeatedly using the slur of racist and calling the majority of British people stupid for having absolutely standard uncontroversial reviews, was the right thing to do? Will you continue to use that failed tactic in an attempt to silence your opponents?

Further to that, are you aware that calling me racist, stupid and the others slurs you are itching to type is an obvious and ignorant own goal and only proves the point I am making?

Or do you find shouting slurs at the majority of UK citizens cathartic, so you will still attempt to use these slurs, despite them no longer having any meaning or power?

YABU

Or have you finally understood that the majority of the UK are standard, average people hold uncontroversial views and that they have perfectly valid reasons to vote Reform and Restore? Are you able to understand that people you have been trying to silence with the slurs of Nazi, racist and "far right" are in fact perfectly centrist, commonplace and average voters? Can you learn from your mistakes moving forward?

YANBU

To assist you with critical thinking, here's a quick recap of Starmer's failures:

Pursued a hard line, far left globalist agenda at the expense of UK citizens, against their wishes.
Raised the minimum wage and National Insurance contributions, leading to thousands of job losses and businesses folding.
Continuing to pursue the politics of envy, introduced VAT to private school fees leading to many excellent seats of learning closing their doors.
Removed winter fuel payments to pensioners, despite his own party claiming a couple of years earlier that this would result in pensioner deaths.
Consistently refused to answer questions during the session in the parliamentary week set aside for this specific purpose.
Unilaterally gave away billions of pounds of taxpayers money with no accountability required from the recipient.
Failed to control mass immigration, both legal and illegal.
Introduced legislation that will destroy the private rental market and create hundreds of thousands of homeless families.
Promised to build 1.5 million homes in five years despite everyone telling him it would be impossible.
Failed to address muslim rape gangs.
Increased welfare payments to a point where benefits now cost more than the entire income tax take.
Allowed weekly pro-Palestinian hate marches on UK streets.
Completly ignored the massive rise of anti semitism, attempted to gaslight the UK on the subject.
Consistently referred to people with concerns about the proliferation of migrant violence as "Far Right".
Promoted a friend to high office while knowing he was chums with one of the most prolific paedophiles on the planet.
Consistently worked to reverse the result of the biggest democratic vote in British history by stealth.
Placed tax dodgers, fraudsters and CV fantasists in Ministerial posts.
Invited a known islamist terrorist to No.10 while simultaneously banning foreign commentators from the UK for merely reporting on the border fiasco.
Took two weeks to find a Royal Navy ship that actually worked.
Failed to help motorists and hauliers after the rise in the price of fuel caused by the war in Iran.
Continues to allow Ed Milliband to wreck the UK's energy industry with his unworkable and deeply unpopular Net Zero policies.
Consistently failed to accept responsibility for any wrong doing.
Alienated "working people" while claiming to be on their side.

Well, Britain is going to bed refreshed and energised, a new day has dawned, the British are delighted to see the first step taken towards celebrating and reinstating the British way of life (insert obvious and boring comment from radical far leftist as British people are not allowed to have the same rights as other countries to enjoy and be enthusiastic about, or celebrate their thousands of years of heritage).

Well done Reform, you'll do for now until Restore has the time to swoop in and win across the board :)

And well done Restore, an amazing start - figuratively and literally ten out of ten :)

What a huge relief 😍

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Gallowayan · 09/05/2026 08:07

I have honestly never heard of a political party called Restore??

You are entitled to your opinion, and I am not going to say you are thick, but I do believe they are making a monkey out of you.

What have they actually done so far to make you any better off apart from criticise and blame others for the state of the country. They have succeded very well at lining their own pockets. Actually being in power is harder than being an armchair pundit.
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What they think they could do, if voted in at a general election, has not been tested. And what you think they could do, does not mean that much to me, in the face of the evidence so far.

Locally they have not reduced council tax bills as they said they would or even shown up, in many cases, to represent thei voters at council meetings.

ClockClocCloClC · 09/05/2026 08:04

I’m just glad the boats are finally going to stop now.

Praise be.

thepariscrimefiles · 09/05/2026 08:03

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You jumped the shark with this:

Pursued a hard line, far left globalist agenda at the expense of UK citizens, against their wishes.

If Keir Starmer had moved to the left, particularly on Israel/Palestine, he wouldn't have lost so many voters to the Greens and Independent candidates.

Your suggestion that the 'never Reform' and 'never Restore' voters need to read more is an absolute joke. A poll on voting by education level says 42% of people whose top qualification is GCSE or lower would vote Reform. Only 13% of people educated to degree level would back Reform.

Maybe you can tell us about the successful things that Reform/Restore councillors have achieved in office rather than just spewing out insults in all directions.

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 08:01

OneTealShaker · 09/05/2026 07:52

I’m not sure this is the flex you think it is.

There a word for voting this way. Cognitive dissonance. Greens hate women.

Women voting for a party that doesn’t believe in women, and thinks that a man can be a woman.

A party that wants legalized class A drugs and prostitution.

A party that wants open borders and mass immigration. And says that all illegal immigrants should be brought in.

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Reform is the anti feminist party if you truly care about women’s rights( pretty sure you don’t).

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-nigel-farage-equality-act-pregnant-women-maternity-b2967253.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/21/nigel-farage-women-problem-trump-style-provocation-prejudice

Look up newly elected Regorm councillor Stuart Prior

www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/mps-demand-reform-suspend-candidate-over-claims-he-celebrated-of-sikh-women

Reform plans ‘threaten maternity leave and job security for 500,000 pregnant women’

Exclusive: As many as half a million pregnant women could be left without protection each year, new analysis shows

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-nigel-farage-equality-act-pregnant-women-maternity-b2967253.html

BillyButlerTheRightTrackNsoul · 09/05/2026 08:01

JacknDiane · 09/05/2026 07:45

Cos someone on fb says

That settles it then if it was on FB..it must be trooo.😁
Taxi driver in Ne Scottish city,tells me he voted reform because
Stop the boats...mmm UK govt decides policy.
Too much health and safety in the Nsea..wait for it..compared to Nigeria who can produce oil cheaper.
Nsea drilling for more oil..That's decided by UK govt and besides that it gets sold on the international markets.
FB dweller and it showed.

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:56

BillyButlerTheRightTrackNsoul · 09/05/2026 07:18

And here's me thinking councils done bins,roads etc.
Didn't realise a council could deploy the Royal Navy🤣🤣🤣.
Thanks for highlighting the stupidity

Quite. I'm unclear as to how landlocked Newcastle-under-Lyme council launch the Navy. But there we are.

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:54

connie26 · 09/05/2026 07:52

No, people didn't think this was a GE. Stop being so arrogant. It's a clear message that people have had enough of seeing the country going down the pan and want change.

It's not arrogance. See the image I posted above. You also only have to look at the number of people on Mumsnet alone who seem to think that this would be the end of the Labour government, let alone Kier Starmer.

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 07:53

JacknDiane · 09/05/2026 07:45

Cos someone on fb says

Reform don’t like the word “how” in any discussion.

OneTealShaker · 09/05/2026 07:52

Shakeoffyourchains · 09/05/2026 00:02

Just gonna leave this here...

I’m not sure this is the flex you think it is.

There a word for voting this way. Cognitive dissonance. Greens hate women.

Women voting for a party that doesn’t believe in women, and thinks that a man can be a woman.

A party that wants legalized class A drugs and prostitution.

A party that wants open borders and mass immigration. And says that all illegal immigrants should be brought in.

connie26 · 09/05/2026 07:52

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:43

Genuinely I think they are.

No, people didn't think this was a GE. Stop being so arrogant. It's a clear message that people have had enough of seeing the country going down the pan and want change.

MasterBeth · 09/05/2026 07:46

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 09/05/2026 00:15

Perhaps you could try using ChatGPT, OP? It's still developing but you might find it helps to reduce the drivel?

I thoroughly disagree with the OP's politics, but she writes perfectly clearly without bringing a nonsense-engine like Chat GPT into it.

She's also profoundly wrong. Reform don't represent the views of the majority, or anything like it. They're getting about 25% of the vote.

Starmergeddon - Restore and Reform reflect the mainstream, crushing humiliaton for Labour
JacknDiane · 09/05/2026 07:45

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 07:35

“Controlled the public sector and infiltrated it” - how?

Cos someone on fb says

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:43

Dabralor · 09/05/2026 07:26

Christ. Did people think this was a general election?

Are they now expecting Havering Borough Council to launch aircraft carriers into the English Channel?

Genuinely I think they are.

BIossomtoes · 09/05/2026 07:43

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:37

Bot/ troll/ racist/ lacking in critical thinking etc etc. You're all certainly taking the bait. It's how easily you're played every time Reform is mentioned. Obsessed. Bye 👋 👋 got VE celebrations to prepare for

Hate to tell you this but it’s no longer 1945.

JacknDiane · 09/05/2026 07:42

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:12

For me this image sums up that many people really didn't grasp what they were voting for. No it's not AI.

There will be many gutted people waking up today and realising Farage isn't the next prime minister.

Boomer55 · 09/05/2026 07:38

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Posting long and boring hyperbole is not really the best way to encourage others to engage with your comments.

Just saying….,🙄

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:37

PassTheCranberrySauce · 09/05/2026 07:31

Russian bot sprays manure and hopes some of it sticks (and rigs the poll).

Bot/ troll/ racist/ lacking in critical thinking etc etc. You're all certainly taking the bait. It's how easily you're played every time Reform is mentioned. Obsessed. Bye 👋 👋 got VE celebrations to prepare for

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:36

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:35

@Lucyjuicy On the subject of the civil service and NHS can you, as I presume a Reform voter, tell me
A) How Reform propose to both cut the size of the civil service and simultaneously round up all migrants and keep them in centres until they're deported. Given that immigration enforcement is the domain of the Home Office?

B) How they propose to staff the NHS and social care without immigration. there isn't exactly a queue of British citizens to the latter and, given their record in the councils they currently control of closing council-run care homes, it doesn't look likely that they'll be proving the care through slightly better paid council jobs.

I should add, I asked the local Reform candidate this and he didn't have a clue.

TemperanceWest · 09/05/2026 07:36

Did I fall asleep for three years and miss a General Election?

ByKindNavySwan · 09/05/2026 07:35

@Lucyjuicy On the subject of the civil service and NHS can you, as I presume a Reform voter, tell me
A) How Reform propose to both cut the size of the civil service and simultaneously round up all migrants and keep them in centres until they're deported. Given that immigration enforcement is the domain of the Home Office?

B) How they propose to staff the NHS and social care without immigration. there isn't exactly a queue of British citizens to the latter and, given their record in the councils they currently control of closing council-run care homes, it doesn't look likely that they'll be proving the care through slightly better paid council jobs.

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 07:35

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:34

They have controlled the public sector and infiltrated it. They don't have to have been in power to have done that. Do keep up love.

“Controlled the public sector and infiltrated it” - how?

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:34

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 07:31

Have they? They’ve only been in power for 2 years.😆

The right have caused all we’re struggling with now.

They have controlled the public sector and infiltrated it. They don't have to have been in power to have done that. Do keep up love.

Su1rlie · 09/05/2026 07:31

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:29

The tide is certainly turning. The left have had their miserable way for too long.

Have they? They’ve only been in power for 2 years.😆

The right have caused all we’re struggling with now.

PassTheCranberrySauce · 09/05/2026 07:31

Russian bot sprays manure and hopes some of it sticks (and rigs the poll).

Lucyjuicy · 09/05/2026 07:30

BlossomLeaves · 09/05/2026 07:29

But Farage’s £73k per annum personal EU pension will be safe so all good here right?

I'm sure it will be. Good for him. He can join the left with their MANY double standards.