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Thread 33 Starmer - Gerst Monath

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DuncinToffee · 15/09/2025 19:45

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

Taxes optional but greatly appreciated.

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DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 11:03

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

I am very sorry to hear about your cat, must be such a worry Flowers

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cardibach · 16/09/2025 11:04

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

Oh that’s so difficult. One of mine used to wander and it’s a terrible worry. A friends was returned due to the chip after 6 months, so don’t lose hope.

Notonthestairs · 16/09/2025 11:12

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

Sorry to read that. I had a cat who liked to wander for long periods and he was a real worry. Will keep my fingers crossed your cat turns up soon.

ThatbloodyRoblox · 16/09/2025 11:38

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 10:50

Maria Caulfield is the 13th ex-Tory to defect to Reform

So all those Reform voters are voting ex Cons?
Sarah Pochin- Con
Nadine DOrries- Con
Lee ANderson - Lab/ Con
Danny Kruger- Con
Richard Tice- was he a Con donor(?)
Maria Caulfield - Con
Anne Widdicome- Con
Who else? I know there are a few councillors

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 11:48

Last night the Govt rejected all Lord’s amendments which were set to water down the Employment Rights Bill.

Unions have welcomed that Labour "stood firm" as MPs rejected all of the Lords’ opposition amendments, which would have (among other things) kept most zero-hours contracts. Back to the Lords.

https://bsky.app/profile/josiah.writes.news/post/3lywxv544sc2r

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Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 11:49

ThatbloodyRoblox · 16/09/2025 10:43

@cardibach glad Perry is ok- ouch at the cost though!

@Goldenbearmy eldest son was very allergic when he was younger so we haven’t had pets for years. He has now left home so we finally decided to get a cat.

Yes, so annoying to be allergic, we have Guinea pigs and I'm allergic to them as well but we only found out post buying then so have had to create an elaborate outdoor area but also build a shed for them. They often run around freely in the garden but sadly one went missing and we never found out what happened to it. She was quite old and slow so DH thinks maybe a bird of prey as we are near a woods with owls.

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 11:50

ThatbloodyRoblox · 16/09/2025 11:38

So all those Reform voters are voting ex Cons?
Sarah Pochin- Con
Nadine DOrries- Con
Lee ANderson - Lab/ Con
Danny Kruger- Con
Richard Tice- was he a Con donor(?)
Maria Caulfield - Con
Anne Widdicome- Con
Who else? I know there are a few councillors

Jake Berry

I would need to do a search, Sky News mentioned the 13th ex-Tory but didn't provide a list.

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Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 11:51

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

So sorry to hear that.😞

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 11:56

Less than 2 weeks ago

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nadine-dorries-reform-uk-defection-who-defected-b1246131.html

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ThatbloodyRoblox · 16/09/2025 12:06

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 11:50

Jake Berry

I would need to do a search, Sky News mentioned the 13th ex-Tory but didn't provide a list.

Ooh I forgot about JB.

placemats · 16/09/2025 12:13

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

My lovely boy used to disappear for weeks and then just show up. Terribly worrying 😔 💐

PandoraSocks · 16/09/2025 12:21

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

Oh, I am so sorry, that is heartbreaking 💔

He/she could still turn up though.

pointythings · 16/09/2025 12:24

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 10:57

Still lurking on my go to thread for sanity, reasoned discussion and heartwarming kindness on the on the internet. I'm heartbroken at the moment as my lovely lovely dear little cat has been missing for a month and I'm totally at a loss. 😔. Love all your taxes 💕 💕

I am so sorry.
My wobbly one did a disappearance 4 years ago. He came back after 48 hours. It made me get a catio. The worry is awful.

LlttledrummergirI · 16/09/2025 12:28

@takingcareofme2023 I'm sorry about your cat. It's awful when something happens to our pets. Just because they don't look like us, it doesn't mean we love them less. Flowers

takingcareofme2023 · 16/09/2025 12:31

Thank you so much everyone for your love and understanding xxx

rockstarshoes · 16/09/2025 12:41

Thanks for the new thread!

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ilovesooty · 16/09/2025 12:45

ThatbloodyRoblox · 16/09/2025 11:38

So all those Reform voters are voting ex Cons?
Sarah Pochin- Con
Nadine DOrries- Con
Lee ANderson - Lab/ Con
Danny Kruger- Con
Richard Tice- was he a Con donor(?)
Maria Caulfield - Con
Anne Widdicome- Con
Who else? I know there are a few councillors

Andrea Jenkyns 🤮

ilovesooty · 16/09/2025 12:46

Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 11:51

So sorry to hear that.😞

Me too. I'd be heartbroken if Tolkien or little Tennyson were missing. 😢

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 12:49

The ex Tory MP's

Maria Caulfiel, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Aidan Burley, Alan Amos, Nadine Dorries, David Jones, Sir Jake Berry, Graham Simpson, Adam Holloway ,Anne Marie Morris, Marco Longhi, Ross Thomson, Lee Anderson

And a lot more ex tory councillors

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DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 12:51

Keir Starmer tells his Cabinet that scenes of police under attack at a march "led by a convicted criminal and egged on by a foreign billionaire calling for violence" sent "a chill through the spines" of British people.

Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"

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Notonthestairs · 16/09/2025 12:58

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 12:49

The ex Tory MP's

Maria Caulfiel, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Aidan Burley, Alan Amos, Nadine Dorries, David Jones, Sir Jake Berry, Graham Simpson, Adam Holloway ,Anne Marie Morris, Marco Longhi, Ross Thomson, Lee Anderson

And a lot more ex tory councillors

In fairness to Badenoch, none of those are great losses to the Conservative party.

Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 13:34

Robert Redford has died - amazing Actor and many of integrity. When my Dad, who is 80, recently visited us, he wanted to watch All The Presidents Men with my late teen DS, a great film but quite telling how DS thought the scandal to be quite tame compared to today's politics!

Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 13:34

Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 13:34

Robert Redford has died - amazing Actor and many of integrity. When my Dad, who is 80, recently visited us, he wanted to watch All The Presidents Men with my late teen DS, a great film but quite telling how DS thought the scandal to be quite tame compared to today's politics!

Man not "many"🙄

placemats · 16/09/2025 13:37

Goldenbear · 16/09/2025 13:34

Robert Redford has died - amazing Actor and many of integrity. When my Dad, who is 80, recently visited us, he wanted to watch All The Presidents Men with my late teen DS, a great film but quite telling how DS thought the scandal to be quite tame compared to today's politics!

I watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid a few weeks ago. So sad to hear that. 😪

All the Presidents Men is great too.

DuncinToffee · 16/09/2025 13:38

That is sad news.

He liked black cats

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