Thread 26 Starmer: Cats, Rebels and Orange Chaos

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I read that he actually joined in January but they held back announcing it presumably for a time when they felt they would best benefit.

Makes sense. It will be interesting to see which seat they choose for him at the next election.

Vile woman

OK, come on , tell us why.

Instead of just bitchplopping @derxa why don’t you post a more reasoned, polite statement as to why you think that.

Also - don’t speak ill of the dead! She died far too young, and not a pleasant death.

Bitchplopping, very good.

Horrible thing to say, did you ever hear her on R4, with her DD ?

Dealt with her cancer diagnosis with great bravery & humour plus of course, she was a comedian, she had no influence, shut down no mines or tried to sell off the NHS.

Most radios or TV's have an off button or you can change channels.

😅

Another unlicensed sewage discharge into our waterways during a dry spell.

South East Water hang your heads in shame.

https://bsky.app/profile/mrhenrymorris.substack.com/post/3ltmcmqdqqs2e

I must say I was on the fence a bit about Janey Godley. But calling her "vile" needs a bit of explanation!

Good grief, the man went to Ascot rather than vote on assisted dying but this he finds time for?

(I presume he missed the assisted dying vote because he didn’t want his vote on the record and therefore be expected to explain/defend it. Seems to be his plan for most things. All things to all people. )

yes amazing turn of phrase. I’m borrowing it

Edit - responded to wrong post

Perhaps he missed the debate but was there for the vote. He voted against

I stand corrected. Afternoon at Ascot, back in time to vote.

Delurking, it wouldn't surprise me if he stood in his old seat in the next election. It's my constituency and our council is one that went to Reform in the local elections, along with LCC...........there were more Reform posters and signs up near us than anyone else, plus the FB pages have become racist cesspits. Any reporting gets your comments removed and threats of bans. Truly horrible man and I'm just surprised he lasted this long before moving tbh, his voting history tells you everything.
Shall go back to lurking with my usual thanks to all on the threads for informing me and cheering me up most days 💕

Interesting TheOnlyMrsW. Seem to remember that Berry told those that couldnt pay their utility bills to get better jobs (12 years into Tory government).

I'm beginning to wonder how many ex-Tory MPs Reform are sitting on (so to speak).

I’m saving that quote!

A fact that’s often so conveniently ignored

Hitchens razor applies just as well here.

leading to a comment doing the rounds that now the average IQ of both the Tories and Reform has gone up.

Safe routes 👍

https://bsky.app/profile/jessicaelgot.bsky.social/post/3ltmoepeffk2x

Keir Starmer announces now the deal on small boats -

In exchange for every return to France, a different individual will be allowed to come here via a safe route, subject to strict security checks.

It will only be open to those who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.

“I know some people will still ask, why should we take anyone in?

“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need.

“We simply cannot solve a challenge like stopping the boats by acting alone and telling our allies that we won’t play ball."

Excellent.

It's a small scale pilot scheme, baby steps.

Sort of excellent. But can we stop saying that any asylum seekers entered illegally? It’s perfectly legal to enter by any means as long as you claim asylum as soon as you can.