Thread 31 Starmer - September Rain

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God Sambal2 that is scary. I am so sorry. Bloody wankers.

Welcome and I’m really sorry to hear of you being assaulted. I’m impressed you’re only irritated - I’m furious on your behalf.

Cute cat though!

My goodness that's appalling and frightening for you both @Sambal2, though your cats are lovely.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/02/women-stop-linking-asylum-seekers-sexual-abuse

Those thugs were deliberately intimidating you and certainly don't care about the safety of women and girls.

How frightening @Sambal2

I read that this morning. I thought it was a good piece.

It is a good piece. I read the same story in The Times, it was actually unbiased for once.

That’s terrible @Sambal2

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/09/02/sacked-expelled-or-in-the-dock-all-the-reform-uk-councillors-nigel-farage-has-lost-in-just-four-months/

Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months

Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations

@Sambal2 what an awful thing to happen you must have been very frightening do hope you are ok💐
itsgettingweird hope you can rest up today & feel much better very soon💐

Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on chancellor Rachel Reeves before the autumn budget.

The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.680% on Tuesday morning. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April.

I have the live feed on financial markets if anyone is keen.

GUARDIAN et al

I hope that running total is regularly updated. That number is truly shocking in the space of four months.

I'm going to push back a bit on 'the summer of racism'.

Its been a summer like most of the previous ones. Parents cobbling together childcare. Mixture of weather including a temporary panic mid July that the summer was in fact over, then general relief that it wasnt. Some people had holidays, plenty of people didnt or couldnt. Most parents have reached the end of their tether at some point. There has been some great sport and some disappointing results. Usual threads on shit husbands, sunbed hoggers and passport renewal panics. Front page photos of celebs at Wimbledon and (female) sunbathers in Green Park/Bournemouth.

There has been racism on our streets which the media has enthusiastically covered (or promoted). I'm sure there will be more.

But for the majority of the country, for good or for ill, it will have been a fairly ordinary summer.

And now I will make my annual complaint about the ruddy Conference season.

For heavens sakes get it wrapped up in 2 weeks in the summer recess. No party needs more than 2 days MAX.
Stop turning up for work only to close Parliament only to sod off a week later.
I'm not interested in the interminable backslapping, 'grandstanding' speeches and donor softening that goes on for the next month.
Do some bloody governing/opposing.

Oh it most certainly will Blossom and I also suspect in time that some will defect.

Markets aren’t liking Starmer’s Phase 2.

Gilts are up 60-75 bps along the curve….

Yes, I saw this. Spot on. Behind the guys in masks were (though I couldn't see them) lots of women in pink because this is all apparently about women's safety. Not mine and my daughter's though obvs.

I wasn't scared at the time, just mightily peeved they've come to my neighbourhood. And the guy didn't say anything directly racist to me, though definitely aggressive. He bellowed at me to turn the car around faster before he 'really tells me where to go'. I then tutted at him about road safety, which I felt was very British of me!

The class A drugs probably explain something.

https://news.met.police.uk/news/update-on-anti-asylum-protest-activity-500501news.met.police.uk/news/update-on-anti-asylum-protest-activity-500501

Welcome @Sambal2! I was going to say that there’s no such thing as a cat that isn’t cute, till I remembered my PILs cat, who was the ugliest and meanest cat ever invented. PILs loved him though, so that was OK.

I hope this doesn’t offend anyone but, while I love cats generally, I find the hairless ones repulsive.

I wouldn't have one, but all the ones I've met have been such characters I've forgiven the lack of fluffy.

I just can’t get past the baldness. I might be mistaken but I can’t think of any hairless dog breeds.

@Sambal2 I reckon a lot of them are coked up to the eyeballs.

There was a video on the hellsite with one of them having a full on, poppy-eyed meltdown because one of the police wouldn't shake his hand. Close friend of Tommy ten names, apparently.

Oh yes, that’s true. TBH I don’t really see them as cats.

They must be so cold. It is a bit cruel, I think.

That's a great and noble attitude to have @Sambal2 and I shall carry that with me from now on. 💐

All I ever think of with hairless cats is that episode of friends 😂

Has anyone watched The Hostage. I’m having a binge watch today on account of not very much sleep and my BP being 96/ 55!!!! (Also a side effect of the medication as it’s used for high BP and mine was 120/80 😇 before I started them)

Yes I saw that. Clearly off his head.