Thread 41 Starmer : "Alban Arthan" the returning of the light

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Welcome to 2026 for political discussion, general chat and taxes in kind.

Good news!

Kemi-Sutra …her position is moving to the right!

(pinched from threads - I take no credit!)

I see Fartage turned up to PMQ today - obviously over his tantrum!

anyone else completely enraged by his smirking during the question from the lady MP directly in front of him over X and Musk allowing images of children?

UK Government spokesperson: “We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran. This will now operate remotely. Foreign Office travel advice has now been updated to reflect this consular change.”

Glad he managed to get home pointy. It is a cold night to be sleeping in a sports hall., and great news on the feedback.

Am watching 28 Days Later whilst DH watches football. 28 Days Later is now 24 Years Old.😱

Saw this on FB this evening which made me laugh:

This seems a bit odd, the replies are funny

https://bsky.app/profile/peterstefanovic.bsky.social/post/3mcfxynthu227

BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise

The replies are great.

They really are 😂

It can only be

Great replies

It may not be parliamentary language but how are they getting misogynistic from that?

So gilt yields lowest for 12months, inflation down, interest rates down and now we have GDP Growth up 0.3%

Yet the 'papers will all be about U-Turns.....

The economy is about to crash and the IMF is poised to step in. Apparently.

Government's pressure on X has resulted in them making some changes to operate within the law.

This includes "geoblocking the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in those jurisdictions where it’s illegal".

I am sure the MN financial incels will be declaring this a bad thing.

I hope the geoblocking works.

Eta: I meant to type intels 😁 but it a good typo...

Good post from The Bear this morning:

https://open.substack.com/pub/iratusursus/p/reader-contribution-change-fuck-its?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

we didn’t buy into difficult, we bought into that magic wand, that unicorn and for some, that snake oil.

Don't mention 14 years of Tory.....

While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-the-free-speech-union-toby-young

The NHS in England saw the second biggest drop in waiting lists for 15 years in November 2025, the latest data shows.

The drop saw a reduction by 86,000 to 7.31 million & occurred despite 2025 being the NHS' busiest year ever!

Overall waiting lists are down over 312,000 since Labour took office.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/second-biggest-drop-nhs-waiting-list-15-years-record-number-patients/

Urgh. Please issue a trigger warning next time you post a photo of Toby Young! Horrible man. Makes my skin crawl.

I turned off the preview for that reason, did it not work?

oh heavens, the IMF have been 'poised' for aaaaaaaages now according to certain posters.
V bad for the knees.

Pretty sure the term failing upward was coined for TY.

Usual selection of Tufton Street millionaires pulling the strings there - aside from the US anti abortion donor. Wonder if they are connected to ADF.

Americans do seem pre-occupied with UK legislation connected to abortion rights.

Ever wondered what car a thick racist drives ?

Well, seems the answer is an unironic BMW

Labour have secured a record breaking 8.4GW of additional offshore wind capacity.

The auction is the biggest in European history, with long term prices secured at about 20% lower than the maximum.

The sites, off England, Scotland and Wales, are enough to power 12 million homes!

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https://bsky.app/profile/warrenoates1.bsky.social/post/3mcfquzvktc2t