Thread 33 Starmer - Gerst Monath

[DuncinToffee]

Pull up a chair for some friendly chit chat about politics and beyond

Taxes optional but greatly appreciated.

Previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5405579-thread-32-starmer-corn-moon?page=40&reply=147167011

Well done Canada

Screen shot as I wouldn’t link to The S*n, but I think Keir Starmer needed to do this to try and fight back against Reform

He cheated on his wife a month after their wedding
He was asked to leave his private school for selling porn videos
He's been convicted of handling stolen goods and the possession of controlled drugs.

Wow. What a bum.

@ilovesooty 😮 that’s shocking, I can’t understand them having him on after the scandals they’ve already had

"Suella excites me" Steve Baker?

Neither can I.

Ew it’s not past the watershed

This Milei? 🤨

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/argentina-milei-defends-peso-to-last-dollar-as-devaluation-jitters-mount

https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-09-20/mileis-fall-from-grace-argentinas-stock-market-becomes-the-worlds-worst-performer-in-2025.html?outputType=amp

I think Steve Baker and most of the ex Tories have lost their minds

Shades of when a man stops believing in God, he doesn't believe in nothing, he believes in anything...

I've always thought that saying by Chesterton was typical of the arrogance of the religious, but it definitely applies to the Tories.

Talking of bonkers ex Tories 🙄

Speaking of Tory MPs, it suddenly occurred to me that Mark Francois is very quiet these days.

Oh no! How will we survive?

John Stapleton has died age 79. I always really respected him as a presenter and journalist and thought he was brilliant interviewing politicians.

How do you report posts now. I can't see the option anymore.

Use the three dots at the top right hand of the post.

DS just sent me this, “I’m not racist, but I can’t name any other policies”

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DODTGSiDNa3/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Farage is going to expel hundreds and thousands of immigrants, incl people like me with settled status or indefinite leave to remain.

Ofcourse he is citing CPS numbers that have been withdrawn by its own authors as they made several major errors

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/22/more-than-150-lawyers-and-refugee-ngos-report-being-pressured-into-silence-by-far-right-protesters

More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters.

It's an appalling proposal.

Yes, I agree, that type of journalist- pursuing the truth, fairness and objectivity, seems like a distant memory.

I am so sorry Duncintoffee. It must feel horrible to be one of Farage's targets. I wonder what all the Reform lovers will think of that.

Reform wants to bring the UK into line with the UAE

Just don't call them thick