Thread 7 Starmer : Cats and Conferences

[DuncinToffee]

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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5145757-thread-6-starmer-were-going-to-need-a-bigger-skip?page=40&reply=138030825

Yep. Ignoring from now on!

I find the "ignoring" strategy works quite well. I can usually get the gist of the more ridiculous posts from the replies of those who can be bothered to read the drivel their posts - so will respond to them instead (reasonably of course )

I've found that the technique of making a general statement, not obviously aimed at the stupidity, but highlighting the difference by comparison works well. I have to resist taking the passive aggression too far - but sometimes they do really irritate

With certain posters, I'll also make a point of referring to them as "he": no idea if they are or aren't but their aggression definitely seems to have elements of testosterone.

My fingers were poised over a ridiculous, badly written post about how unfair it is that state school pupils are favoured at Oxford (I think. It wasn’t really clear what the point was.) I resisted though, because there’s just no point.

I’m now enjoying a thread about beauty advent calendars. Better for my nerves, but not my bank account!

Colin needs to stop giving Portsmouth a bad name. We've already endured Mourdant and those of us who've moved out of city are now enduring Braverman.

We don't need any more crap 😂😂

As an aside I've love to reap and to posters who target me with crap propaganda repeats from MSM by quoting and just posting 😂 after.

But now emojis get you banned 🧐🤭

To respond to ....

I see Farage is busy

"Nigel Farage jetted off to Chicago yesterday where he spoke at a fundraiser for a climate denial group and urged America to "drill baby drill" for more fossil fuels."

x.com/writesbright/status/1834908617314636254?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Fridays are usually reserved for constituency surgeries.

If emojis get you banned - I had no idea - MN needs to remove the ability to post them.

I must have missed the whole 'emoji banning' thing - can anyone link or explain more, please?

You must have had one of mine 😀

Someone on here - can't remember who - got into trouble for using too many emojis.

We discussed it for a bit on one of threads,

It was me on one of the riot threads

Here is the mnhq post

*HopeMumsnet · Today 13:28
Hi all,
We're still seeing obvious goading on here, could we knock it on the head so that the thread can continue? eg if you find yourselves poised to post comedy eye emojis, we would politely ask that you reconsider unless you are very certain that you are being amusing. Also, it would be very helpful for us busy mods at MNHQ if you would use the 'quote' function that we have provided as it makes deletions (when we need to make them) very much easier and faster.

Ooh er - that was a real telling off, wasn't it?!

Might have guessed it was you. Trouble maker.

Gosh, according to that other thread we are inching towards a dictatorship.

That’s what 14 years of watching the Tory Party flopping about like wet socks does to the public perception when the Labour Party <gasp> does things it said it would do <shock> <horror>

Anyone seen the view - from Lord Brady - that Boris Johnson led the most left wing government since the war ?

I had not. I am not surprised at his view only that it has only taken three months since the election for a Tory to say that.

Consultation on VAT for schools - closes tomorrow

www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Po3eqQaonY4XjRkSJ_3UsLzeCuaFKA-tsjDBKbsE-1K-ZztThdMHpL3o_aem_MtuETXJ7nPa2jimLDyMYBQ

I had to hide it

I will only take inching towards a dictatorship seriously from anyone who also criticised the Tories for restricting right to protest or removing levels of accountability from government.

Using the laws we already have doesn’t immediately strike me as becoming a dictatorship.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunaks-recruitment-drive-toothless-33670042

On the subject of dentists, Sunak’s plan to increase the number of dentists with a £20k golden hello recruited exactly 0 dentists in 7 months.

I love your strategy.

That's as bizarre as on the other thread people claiming the FT is left wing.