Thread 47 Starmer: Vai ficar tudo bem esta noite. Rock and roll.

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Delayed by 4 minutes?

I've rung but I speak very little Italian and the person spoke very little English, which is fair enough - no quibbles about that. It's an incredibly fast speaking language, which I love to listen to.

That makes sense. It's upgrading works and so it might be slower - though I'm thinking that it's only on Sicily.

The rfi website seems to have arrivals a d departures that make sense. You need to scroll right down the very corporate front page to find it.

And just a thought, that might be the arrival then departure times.

Deutsche Bahn used to be my go to site for everything to do with trains in Europe,

Yes it's the arrival delayed by 4 minutes. Have rechecked. Thanks!

Lateral thinking?

Don't know if this was deliberate by Labour but an unusually brilliant move if so: the row will bring the PPB (and the remarks) to a much bigger audience than it would otherwise hit. And they can still run the "uncensored" ad online.
https://bsky.app/profile/jamesrball.com/post/3mk5uczqprc24

I agree @Spandauer.

It'll go viral.

Oo I’d love to think so @Spandauer !

I have just had an incursion of unwanted immigrants in my bathroom. The ginger cat who has moved in next door and a slinky black one I have seen around recently had both got in through my open bathroom window (upstairs - they’d done cat burgling up onto the catio from the fence and thence the window sill). Fortunately I have the bathroom door shut when the window is open in case Perdy gets any ideas. They left easily enough then just stared at me when I went into the garden. Brazen. They aren’t from the same home, they’ve just teamed up to cause chaos and upset long standing residents 🤣🤣🤣

Cat tax paid belatedly. Another photo of someone else's cat.

Agree that it will gain more publicity.

Happy St George's Day to a man who was born in Türkiye, is the Patron Saint of Palestine and Georgia, plus many other European and African countries.

He never visited England.

But don't try telling any Ingerlanders that, they won't have it. An ex-colleague unfriended me because I pointed that out to him a couple of times. I don't think he could cope with truth.

So it seems the pious Robbins may have been economical with the actualité...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/olly-robbins-refused-mandelson-vetting-summary-cabinet-office-cat-little

Am waiting for a good reason not to put 3 votes to the Greens in the local elections. They've not stood in this area before. But neither have Reform. Then you have Con/LibD/Labour making up 10 candidates in all.

The non-stupid posters here will completely accept that I have little problem not tribally voting Labour.

No elections for me . I shall have to watch on.

Haha - someone pointed this out to a St George flag shagger at a counter protest - he shouted back he wasn’t at all from outside Ingerland then looked actually quite upset lol

Well, well, well. That will upset posters elsewhere who are banging on about how fabulous he is and how his testimony means Starmer must go (I’m not sure how they arrived at that even without this info though, to be fair).

I couldn’t vote Green now, Polanski has put me right off. Though if the local candidate were ok I might manage it. Or if it was the only way to keep Reform out.

I couldn't really give two shits about Polanski.

And being brutal, neither would you when Farage is PM.

The famous hair on fire scenario.

Yes that's my stance. Anyway the Green Party is going to have to get a new system in place instead of entryism. Plus they are full to the brim with Corbyn fans.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/14/green-party-membership-boom

Not sure Polanski put me right off but he’s not my preference right off either - I wonder how lack of experience would impact too, but then again that’s a perhaps short sighted fallacy that maintains the status quo.

I naturally mainly go Lib Dem, I went Labour last GE tactically and I will also vote Green both locally and nationally if it’s beneficial to keeping Reform out in my area though I’m pretty sure it won’t be being a heavy labour/lib dem place to start - I’ll check on those though as well.

We are campaigning at the minute on keeping Reform out locally - this is the main thing I think right now, for me anyway - however, we don’t advocate a specific other party - basically it’s ’not Reform’ - I find it a bit of a shame when Labour/Green make up more votes than Reform, where I’m campaigning - but Reform can get in past that split vote perhaps but I’m not campaigning on that front so it’s up to them.

Yes - I feel the same. I don't trust Polanski but would possibly consider voting for a Green Party councillor if they talked and walked what I wanted to hear for the local community.

I'm still a member of the Labour Party but live in an area where, even before all the 'disappointments', they are very unlikely to get even one councillor in my ward and historically have zero chance of an MP in a general election.

I suspect the Lib Dem controlled council may lose some seats to the Greens - possibly at the expense of the Conservatives but I will be shocked if Reform get any here. But as I've come to learn (the hard way) never say never.

Had no leafleting/door knocking yet (no posters or placards around either) so have no idea about any of the candidates other than the current councillors who are on the ballot.

Hence saying I’d vote for them to keep Reform out…