Farage receives second £36m donation in two days for Reform

AquamarinePearlGold · 16/09/2026 20:11

KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 13:17

Yes, a lot of people just couldn"t get over Brexit for some reason, ask them how it has affected them and you usually get a blank silence until they think of something that happened to someone else that they read about somewhere.

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so ignorant

12345change · 16/09/2026 19:33

BIossomtoes · 16/09/2026 16:13

It isn’t semantics. What he actually said and your translation are completely different.

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Agree it's not semantics - they are struggling with simple comprehension.

BIossomtoes · 16/09/2026 16:13

Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 15:24

Semantics.

The message to the back bench constituents was clear. We all heard it.

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It isn’t semantics. What he actually said and your translation are completely different.

MelissaLovedMantari · 16/09/2026 15:49

People would do well to read the full statement. Context is everything.

The right hon. Lady mentions the plan that she has set out, and this is why I say that we should have an honest conversation across the Dispatch Box; I looked at it, and I do not think that taking £4 billion out of housing benefit is going to get the right consensus around this issue. That would create levels of homelessness in this country that we would not have seen before, with hundreds of thousands of children in temporary accommodation.

I say to the right hon. Lady that, yes, we do everything to support our national security, but it cannot come at the expense of social security. Having strong national security also depends on resilience in our communities. We on the Labour Benches will not be forced to choose between the two, and we will set out a plan to get to 3.5% by 2035 at the spending review

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 15:25

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 13:53

@Greyrock79

Welfare before defence said Burnham, remember?

What help is welfare if the UK is nuked?

Forget strategic nuclear weapons.

What help is it if we continue to face the kind of hybrid/grey warfare in which Putin is currently engaged.

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 15:24

BIossomtoes · 16/09/2026 14:32

Except he didn’t. He said defense security should not come at the expense of social security (not welfare).

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Semantics.

The message to the back bench constituents was clear. We all heard it.

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BIossomtoes · 16/09/2026 14:32

Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 13:45

Not Labour anyway.

Welfare before defence said Burnham, remember?

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Except he didn’t. He said defense security should not come at the expense of social security (not welfare).

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 13:53

@Greyrock79

Welfare before defence said Burnham, remember?

What help is welfare if the UK is nuked?

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 13:45

KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 13:16

Who will defend them if they get invaded?

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Not Labour anyway.

Welfare before defence said Burnham, remember?

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KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 13:20

concertinacornflake · 16/09/2026 06:15

No one is imagining the Greens would win a GE. They might win more seats and could split the left wing vote.

Whilst true that Green voters are younger on average, your caricature of who votes Green and why dismisses the electoral evidence we've got from recent elections.

In order to win Gorton, in order to get so many votes in the Manchester mayoral election, some very middle of the road voters must be voting for them. This is a significant change in UK politics.

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They got the Muslim vote because they pretended to be onside with that community, they wear different hats, next election they will be telling landlords they are onside with them after telling young people they will abolish private rental (LOL, had to hold the sides for a while after that one)

KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 13:17

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 12:55

@EasternStandard

it’s particularly vicious. I think most just avoid it.

It’s been like that since 23 June 2016. As most posts are made by remain supporters, they get lulled into thinking that the rest of the country thinks the same as they do.

Yes, a lot of people just couldn"t get over Brexit for some reason, ask them how it has affected them and you usually get a blank silence until they think of something that happened to someone else that they read about somewhere.

KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 13:16

Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 09:54

Piddington votes to leave UK over plans for migrant camp
Oxfordshire village passes symbolic referendum held to protest against plans to house 1,200 asylum seekers nearby

Bloody racists….

Who will defend them if they get invaded?

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 12:55

@EasternStandard

it’s particularly vicious. I think most just avoid it.

It’s been like that since 23 June 2016. As most posts are made by remain supporters, they get lulled into thinking that the rest of the country thinks the same as they do.

EasternStandard · 16/09/2026 12:41

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 12:29

only 84 posts to go to hit 1000. Wonder if there will be another? The Mega Brexit threads hit 16, but so far there has not been a 17.

If you’re one of the lone voices for Brexit on those threads then hats off to you for lasting, it’s particularly vicious. I think most just avoid it.

EEexpat · 16/09/2026 12:29

only 84 posts to go to hit 1000. Wonder if there will be another? The Mega Brexit threads hit 16, but so far there has not been a 17.

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 09:54

Piddington votes to leave UK over plans for migrant camp
Oxfordshire village passes symbolic referendum held to protest against plans to house 1,200 asylum seekers nearby

Bloody racists….

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wendywoody · 16/09/2026 06:59

Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 06:55

WTAF?

Why did he avoid jail? A left wing judge, presumably.

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The police are 'conducting a review' into this, apparently.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/algerian-migrant-41-who-sexually-assaulted-schoolgirl-in-london-alleyway-spared-jail/ar-AA2bPZWq

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 06:55

wendywoody · 16/09/2026 06:47

I agree 100% but what can be done?
The law abiding people of Piddington are making their own peaceful protest.
This is keeping the issue in the news.

Meanwhile,
https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastUpdates/posts/-algerian-migrant-spared-jail-after-sexually-assaulting-teenage-girl-in-londonan/1588441776626877/

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WTAF?

Why did he avoid jail? A left wing judge, presumably.

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wendywoody · 16/09/2026 06:47

Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 06:34

The poor women of Piddington….

Asylum seekers will be free to come and go from camp “

Why?!!! They have broken the law by entering the country illegally. They must be detained in secure facilities until they can be removed from the country.

More Labour madness.

I agree 100% but what can be done?
The law abiding people of Piddington are making their own peaceful protest.
This is keeping the issue in the news.

Meanwhile,
https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastUpdates/posts/-algerian-migrant-spared-jail-after-sexually-assaulting-teenage-girl-in-londonan/1588441776626877/

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Greyrock79 · 16/09/2026 06:34

The poor women of Piddington….

Asylum seekers will be free to come and go from camp “

Why?!!! They have broken the law by entering the country illegally. They must be detained in secure facilities until they can be removed from the country.

More Labour madness.

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concertinacornflake · 16/09/2026 06:15

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 19:30

That is young people who believe garbage like "We will ban private renting" (although we are all landlords and you would have to live with mum and dad all your life) or "We will just make all drugs legal, it isn"t real world thinking, the majority of voters are not going to vote for nonsense like that, although it would be funny to see them win a GE, the bond market meltdown would be fucking EPIC.

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No one is imagining the Greens would win a GE. They might win more seats and could split the left wing vote.

Whilst true that Green voters are younger on average, your caricature of who votes Green and why dismisses the electoral evidence we've got from recent elections.

In order to win Gorton, in order to get so many votes in the Manchester mayoral election, some very middle of the road voters must be voting for them. This is a significant change in UK politics.

wendywoody · 16/09/2026 05:54

Not just Reform
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c750vqw0zxko

Luton in a bit of a pickle it seems.

Simmons had been in charge of the authority since 2007, but stood down in March 2026 with Saleem taking over after the council's AGM on 19 May. However, six Labour councillors quit the party just two months later, leaving the authority under no overall control for the first time in 19 years.

A man in a suit, Lib Dem leader Amjid Ali, sits in a leather armchair in an office setting. He is wearing a suit with an orange tie. He has dark hair and a beard.

Luton council leader loses no-confidence vote after four months

Labour's Tahmina Saleem is replaced by Amjid Ali with a coalition now in charge of a unitary council.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c750vqw0zxko

wendywoody · 16/09/2026 05:50

KeepPumping · 12/09/2026 16:49

Makes sense, Labour are now a floater waiting for the flush.

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😆

Efacsen · 16/09/2026 00:35

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 16/09/2026 00:27

Presumably the ones that are the subjects of ongoing criminal investigations?

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Exactly - there are 5 or 6 different investigations into Farage/Reform financial irregularities but only 2 of those are criminal investigations

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MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 16/09/2026 00:27

KeepPumping · 16/09/2026 00:24

What "financial issues"?

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Presumably the ones that are the subjects of ongoing criminal investigations?