Thread 50 Starmer : Το ταξίδι είναι η ανταμοιβή

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I’m in favour of a bit of Kernow!

He’s gone into hiding, hasn’t he? You’d think he’d be living in Makerfield based on previous form.

He'd rather not be anywhere near a failure. Also he has several houses that need to be kept in order. Literally.

Distraction time. A random Wolverhampton Wanderers fan waxes lyrical about the Welsh Marches and their rich history

The latest from the inimitable John Crace.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/09/search-black-boys-protect-white-folk-kemi-vies-to-out-right-the-far-right

Imagine if there was an association of white police officers. She’s obviously never heard of the Masons

🤣

John Crace is particularly good on 'Kemi'

Badenoch wants to cut welfare to fund defence and people to forget about 14 years of Tory, Tice got called out on his companies not paying tax and here is Hannah Spencer

https://bsky.app/profile/bestforbritain.org/post/3mnwo3scozk2y

45m ago12.49 BST
Family of Belfast knife attack victim appeal for calm, in statement stressing 'deeply valuable contribution' of many migrants

The family of the victim in the Belfast knife attack have issued a statement via Phillip Brett, a DUP member of the legislative assembly.

They ask for privacy and say they are “completely devastated by the horrific attack on our loved one”.

They praise those who came to their relative’s aid, saying:
We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack. Your quick actions absolutely saved his life, and we will never forget what you did for him in that moment. We also want to thank the emergency services and the doctors and nurses looking after him.

And they urge those angered by the attack to refrain from violence, saying:
We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.

We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility.

But what do they know ?

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Even Tice is telling the rioters to behave. Publicly, anyhow.

That bus in its former glory
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So e9ne will be along in a minute to say they were ordered to say that

This is Badenoch's line

“People have a right to be angry. I am angry. But no-one has a right to burn families out of their homes.”

Hard to disagree.

Oh no, have I let the side down ? Isn't this the thread for mindless sniping ?

Farage holding his first press conference for nearly 7 weeks - wonder what has brought him out of hiding

Maybe he's worked out his real excuse for the £5 million.

Thank you for that clip Duncin. I enjoyed it enormously.

He didn't take questions from the press - so no opportunity to discover the new excuse - maybe that was the deal?

If he didn’t take questions it’s not a press conference. It’s TikTok content.

He never does. If he survives that long can you imagine him in an election debate between party leaders? Talking of which I really hope the mics of everyone except the leader answering the question are turned off next time or he’ll just do the usual Reform stunt of shouting everyone else down.

So I'm confused now - if he never takes questions from the press - why has he been avoiding press conferences for so long?

"It's not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.

It’s not Nigel Farage.

It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations."

A social media post from Matt Goodwin on X. Musk reposted with his own comment - "Exactly."

Nigel Farage claims that Reform would have won Gorton and Denton if Commonwealth citizens living there were not able to vote.

Bad loser vibes.

Because a pompously termed “address to the nation” gives him maximum publicity with minimum challenge.