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Thread 46 Starmer: Meloj kaj kastoroj sur monbiletoj, arbaro de kolero

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DuncinToffee · 24/03/2026 11:48

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placemats · 28/03/2026 23:57

Grifters 😅💯

PickAChew · 29/03/2026 00:15

Useful, that ECHR.

Piggywaspushed · 29/03/2026 07:30

The US had No Kings protests yesterday, too. Huge numbers , especially in Philadelphia.

MsJinks · 29/03/2026 07:59

Efacsen · 28/03/2026 16:16

Wonder if @MsJinks is on the protest march?

Hey - yes I was! Amazing day, and so heartening to see the many, many different groups marching together.

I see there’s a discrepancy with numbers between police/organisers - I’m here to say it would have been the organisers figures. Where I was standing we didn’t get to move for nearly an hour and a half - I honestly thought there was a hold up but no the front started just after 1 and it took that time to filter back it was so big. ETA that it was huge behind us too - I heard someone say they didn’t start moving till half 3!

We didn’t even get to Whitehall due to the having to return to the coach at 4 like quite a few groups.

Lots of happy and fun groups - singing, activities- Extinction Rebellion had an awesome drama set up, and just stop oil a great dress up. Choose love were so energetic and fun near, then there were steel drums, dogs with flyers and so much more - No Kings marched as well so some fun Trump stuff.

Very long day to stand in a crowd for a couple of hours pre moving and miss the end lol but the vibe was buzzy, happy and it was a great day.

I can also confirm the police looked a lot more chilled than the on the Tommeh March ha!
ETA size of March behind us.

cardibach · 29/03/2026 11:48

DuncinToffee · 28/03/2026 23:51

🍿😅

https://bsky.app/profile/sundersays.bsky.social/post/3mi5qjbzlm226

The Reform party Treasurer is citing articles 6 and 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights in writing to the government to oppose the proposed £100k cap on donations from voters resident abroad.

Reform would quit the ECHR

They don’t want their own rights taken away, silly. Just ours.

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 11:55

Kemi Badenoch admits that her plan to expand drilling in the North Sea, whilst scrapping Net Zero plans, probably won't make a direct difference to what people pay.

"The drilling isn't going to go directly onto people's bills" she tells the BBC

🙄

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SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 11:58

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 11:55

Kemi Badenoch admits that her plan to expand drilling in the North Sea, whilst scrapping Net Zero plans, probably won't make a direct difference to what people pay.

"The drilling isn't going to go directly onto people's bills" she tells the BBC

🙄

We never said we'd lower council tax ...

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 11:58

https://bsky.app/profile/guyshrubsole.bsky.social/post/3mi6n45ngxc2k

Revealed: Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double - despite cost of living crisis

Coupled with Reform’s policies to import US chlorinated chicken & frack rural areas, it’s clear that Farage would be a disaster for the countryside:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/nigel-farage-farming-adviser-calls-for-hike-in-wheat-prices-reform-uk

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Notonthestairs · 29/03/2026 12:02

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 11:55

Kemi Badenoch admits that her plan to expand drilling in the North Sea, whilst scrapping Net Zero plans, probably won't make a direct difference to what people pay.

"The drilling isn't going to go directly onto people's bills" she tells the BBC

🙄

The important thing is that she is on record (Neil Record) for her fossil fuel donors/clients.

BIossomtoes · 29/03/2026 12:08

SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 11:58

We never said we'd lower council tax ...

Or even not put it up.

Piggywaspushed · 29/03/2026 13:56

BBC News - Luton MP Sarah Owen stops constituency surgeries after 'incidents' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj9k0w1ndo?app-referrer=deep-link

SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 14:11

Piggywaspushed · 29/03/2026 13:56

BBC News - Luton MP Sarah Owen stops constituency surgeries after 'incidents' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj9k0w1ndo?app-referrer=deep-link

I wouldn't want to create a them and us, but also don't see why offences against elected officials should not be treated as aggravated in the same way hate crimes are.

I wonder what the legal implications of adding "elected official" t o the equality act would be ?

PandoraSocks · 29/03/2026 15:49

Notonthestairs · 29/03/2026 12:41

It is not a million miles away from the sort of thing some of the Labour haters on MN write. Maybe he is on here!

Piggywaspushed · 29/03/2026 17:18

Yes, it has a familiar content for sure!

I am enjoying the fact that he accidentally said that someone who urgently needs NHS care should vote Labour.

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 17:33

And here is James Orr again, at CPAC Hungary

Reform's James Orr shared a stage with Martin Helme, the leader of the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party, who has previously been accused of making a white power gesture

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-policy-chief-shared-36939619

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cardibach · 29/03/2026 17:37

When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time…

Notonthestairs · 29/03/2026 18:05

DuncinToffee · 29/03/2026 17:33

And here is James Orr again, at CPAC Hungary

Reform's James Orr shared a stage with Martin Helme, the leader of the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party, who has previously been accused of making a white power gesture

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-policy-chief-shared-36939619

Bloody hell -

In 2013, Mr Helme said that his immigration policy was “If you’re Black, go back,” adding: “I want Estonia to be a white country”. He also appeared to make an alleged “white power” gesture at his swearing-in ceremony as Estonia’s finance minister in 2019, a role he held until 2021.

Karistyleaftea · 29/03/2026 19:30

I thought the BBC constantly reported on Farage and Reform?
Seemingly not the challenges though.
Wonder if it was mentioned on LK today, I have to leave the room now when it is on.

PandoraSocks · 30/03/2026 11:35

Never mind all that Jane, the serious news is the theft of 12t of KitKats!

Thread 46 Starmer: Meloj kaj kastoroj sur monbiletoj, arbaro de kolero
DuncinToffee · 30/03/2026 11:40

This was nice whilst it lasted

https://bsky.app/profile/thetimes.com/post/3mib2kb7ed52h

The number of job vacancies rose for the first time in seven months after a “rare moment of optimism” in the labour market shortly before the outbreak of war in Iran

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