Thread 34 Starmer - Conference Swanwiches and a Deputy Leader contest

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I agree.

I can understand people being pissed off at Labour, I used to feel the same about the Tories (and am pissed off at Labour too about some things!). But some of the anger seems so, so relentless and very deep seated, even over trivial things like decals in a church. Some of the stuff posted about the decals on X is mind boggling.

Thank you, they are so funny!

It does amuse me that all these people moaning about the 'graffiti' are actually increasing its publicity and making more people aware of it. Objective achieved, I'd say.

Love this 😊

That’s very true.

we have a large number of black people in our street who dress up smart (men in suits and ties and ladies in tea dresses) for church every Sunday and come back every few weeks in a large group and all gather at someone’s house. I assume the other weeks they gather at someone’s else’s?

Wonder if their Britishness is acceptable. Except we know it’s not because of the colour of their skin. (To some I couldn’t care less theyre here or even if they were born here they are decent noble neighbours!)

Braverman isn’t Christian so I hope she doesn’t jump on this bandwagon!

Loving Jesus post wash 😂

That is brilliant InMySpareTime.

Did you make them yourself?

I also love the little Jesuses!

Is it just me wondering where you buy lots of little Jesuses?

Me too. I want My Own Personal Jesus 🎶

I bought them from Amazon, I think I searched “tiny plastic Jesus” and there were loads.

An alternative to the small plastic Jesus 😳

Ever passed through Neasden on a Sunday evening ?

That will teach me to drink wine 😬😂

(are those nipples lego compatible?)

🤣

Did you start out with water and it escalated?

Funnily enough... 😅

Ever witnessed a Philippino Methodist minister have a celebration dinner for Christmas in a sleepy Cheshire Town?

I used to live close to Kilburn. So know Neasden.

I love this thread for things like a Lego nipple Jesus’ 🤣🤣

'Angry middle-aged white men' abuse woman at Gary Neville's hotel

The grimmest people in the country are on the march because Gary Neville pointed out how grim they are - yet they say they're 'protecting are women'??? @ willem-moore.bsky.social gives up.
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/10/12/gary-neville-latest/

Ah, the good old right wing rage we were talking about yesterday. Plenty of it around, it seems.

There is more, the New York Times

https://archive.ph/vJWET

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.

https://bsky.app/profile/bestforbritain.org/post/3m32tgy2sys26

Yeah, about that ...

Bloody hell.
And certain right wing supporting posters on MN swear blind Reform and friends aren't coming for abortion legislation in the UK.

We have discussed the ADF on these threads before. They bankrolled the anti buffer zone activitist Livia Tossici-Bolt in Bournemouth and no doubt have encouraged and supported other groups.

Quite why they think they should have the right to intimidate women in such a way I dont know. Prayer can be carried out at home without needing to get in the face of women.

Essentially Reform are collaborating with foreign groups to change Parliamentary legislation.

I also note - "And in private briefings, they have supplied the Trump administration with attack lines that cast the British government as hostile to free speech."

So essentially working with a foreign government to attack our own democracy.

Seems pretty traitorous to me.