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Thread 40 Starmer: Prettig Kerstfeest, Nollaig Shona, Hyvää Joulua, Nadolig Llawen ,圣诞快乐, God Jul, Feliz Navidad, Bouan Noué, Nollaig Chridheil.

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DuncinToffee · 17/12/2025 09:00

Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🎶

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Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 16:28

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2026 15:59

It was supposed to be a tad light hearted, what with it only 4 days into a new year 😀

On a more serious note, until pollsters start to work out how to reslice their data to account for the fact that people under 20 have a completely different relationship to those between 20 and 40 (or so my tame 30 year old education advisor says) it would be wise to take polls with a little bit of critical thinking.

It wasn't a poll jane. It's an analysis of posts over a period of time.

PickAChew · 04/01/2026 16:53

Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 16:28

It wasn't a poll jane. It's an analysis of posts over a period of time.

Highly scientific, then.

Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 17:03

To be fair, its an established research method. And would we disagree with its findings that MN has gone right?

My main issue is with the ST reporting it as if MN genuinely reflects all women.

Karistyleaftea · 04/01/2026 17:08

How are Labour comms ever going to get their good news out there in a hostile environment though.
LK this morning - her intro to Sir Keir Starmer was so "anti ."
It was ridiculously biased for a so called impartial broadcaster.
In my opinion.

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2026 17:27

I did ask why there were suddenly so many 'dear labour voter' threads.Grin

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PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 17:50

Clare Foges on LBC is going to have a phone in later on 'why are mums turning to Reform?'.

itsgettingweird · 04/01/2026 18:15

No snow here. But we rarely do on the south coast!

Glorious clear blue skies and sun today. Went for a walk along the beach in thermals and sunglasses 😎

Defrosting the car at 4.30am is a fun challenge though!

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2026 18:17

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 17:50

Clare Foges on LBC is going to have a phone in later on 'why are mums turning to Reform?'.

I thought Badenoch was gaining in popularity?

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Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 18:17

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 17:50

Clare Foges on LBC is going to have a phone in later on 'why are mums turning to Reform?'.

FFS

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 19:11

Foges is definitely a mumsnetter! She is going on about discussions being closed down.

Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 19:19

She is probably the one who is named in the ST article!

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2026 19:40

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 19:11

Foges is definitely a mumsnetter! She is going on about discussions being closed down.

Well the majority of MNers don't intend to vote Reform, maybe that is what she means?

According to the thread on it, it's only 5/6 posters who alledgly do it anyway.

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PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 19:51

She keeps going on abuut millions of mumsnetter, but then clarified that a thousand mumsnetters were polled and there was analysis by AI etc.

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 20:04

Well, it actually turned more into PR for Reform, not MN. And there were quite a few men calling in. More than women, I think.

Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 20:07

Men telling 'mums' what they think? Surely not???

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2026 21:10

PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 19:11

Foges is definitely a mumsnetter! She is going on about discussions being closed down.

I just saw that she also had a rant about PS Vat, definitely a MN reader if not poster

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PandoraSocks · 04/01/2026 22:00

Piggywaspushed · 04/01/2026 20:07

Men telling 'mums' what they think? Surely not???

I know!

itsgettingweird · 05/01/2026 07:35

I lied! We have snow!!! About 1cm but snow none the less 😂🥶

BIossomtoes · 05/01/2026 07:37

We have a sprinkling this morning too. Bloody cold, nasty stuff. I hate it.

Efacsen · 05/01/2026 07:50

Just a covering here - but still it's snow!

itsgettingweird · 05/01/2026 07:56

A covering (being generous!) is a good description here.

Snow tax

Thread 40 Starmer: Prettig Kerstfeest, Nollaig Shona, Hyvää Joulua, Nadolig Llawen ,圣诞快乐, God Jul, Feliz Navidad, Bouan Noué, Nollaig Chridheil.
placemats · 05/01/2026 08:06

A huge amount fell from about 10 pm onwards. Traffic chaos this morning as the roads were not gritted. Taken this morning.

Thread 40 Starmer: Prettig Kerstfeest, Nollaig Shona, Hyvää Joulua, Nadolig Llawen ,圣诞快乐, God Jul, Feliz Navidad, Bouan Noué, Nollaig Chridheil.
pointythings · 05/01/2026 08:24

We have snow too, a couple of inches. Fortunately I am WFH.

PandoraSocks · 05/01/2026 08:26

No snow here, but it is bitterly cold. My heating clicked on in the night, which is very rare.

LlttledrummergirI · 05/01/2026 08:31

No snow here, just ice. I'm sitting in my car waiting for it to defrost so I can head out to work.

The binmen here are doing stirling work, its our first collection since before Christmas and freezing. They still had a smile though.

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