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Thread 54 Starmer: Grev Søppelbøttefjes Sommergalskap

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DuncinToffee · 10/07/2026 17:13

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SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 16:08

BIossomtoes · 16/07/2026 15:43

I’m so sorry you’re having such a tough time @PickAChew and @TemperanceWest. It’s really bloody hard being a carer. My friend who was a carer for her bloke had a hard time, I don’t think I could be as selfless as she was.

Strangely I heard Alastair Campbell say exactly the same thing about Farage this morning @Cheguevarahamster. He too thinks he’ll pull out at the last moment because he couldn’t face the chance of being beaten by Binface.

I have a lot of time for all the unpaid carers in Britain.

Happened see a clip of Rory Stewart making the point that Christopher Harborne must be incandescent with rage (or, in MN parlance "fuming"). He gives £10,000,000 to Reform and the £5,000,000 extra to Farage so that Farage can devote himself to becoming Prime Minister with needing to grub for money.

The irony being that grifter Farage could not help himself and had to carry on with his sordid little side hustles, which are now sinking Project Farage.

And weirdly, charismatic far right demagogues aren't exactly ten a penny in the UK. Farage being an exception that proves a rule.

I still can't see Farage withdrawing. But if he does, you can bet the narrative will be how he has been prevented somehow, with no actual detail.

And if he does withdraw, no media outlet will make the point it's because no one has bunged him £5,000,000 this time.

E2A: If Farage does pull out, it rather underscores his lack of faith in his own base. Or maybe he knows too well how iconoclasm can turn out.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 16:48

If he does pull out, it means that he's already onto plan D. Or is it E, now? He'll already have found a new drum to bang, at any rate.

DuncinToffee · 16/07/2026 16:48

Sadiq Khan is one of 26 to receive a peerage from Starmer.

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DuncinToffee · 16/07/2026 16:50

Full list
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-july-2026

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SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 16:55

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 16:48

If he does pull out, it means that he's already onto plan D. Or is it E, now? He'll already have found a new drum to bang, at any rate.

How, if he pulls out (he won't) then what do Reform do to replace him ? Because no one is going to flock to the party of Jenrick and Braverman as the party of the proletariat.

I find myself having similar discussions with friends over who could replace Greg Davies/Alex Horne as Taskmaster hosts. 😂

Piggywaspushed · 16/07/2026 17:03

DuncinToffee · 16/07/2026 16:50

It's great to see so many women on there.

LittleBowSheep · 16/07/2026 17:37

Thank you so much for the very kind birthday wishes. I'm just back from two weeks in south-west France touring around the Dordogne and Lot regions. We saw some wonderful bastide towns and villages and ate our body weight in cheese. The highlight of the holiday was seeing the Tour de France on the day after my birthday. That's definitely one to be repeated.

placemats · 16/07/2026 18:20

SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 17:47

It's those car times again.

Every person who thinks they know someone whose done something horrific and completely out of character will always say that the person was a lovely child.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 18:36

SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 16:55

How, if he pulls out (he won't) then what do Reform do to replace him ? Because no one is going to flock to the party of Jenrick and Braverman as the party of the proletariat.

I find myself having similar discussions with friends over who could replace Greg Davies/Alex Horne as Taskmaster hosts. 😂

Reform will probably go the way of UKIP without Farage.

I'd have Tim Key replacing Alex - natural successor. We don't have enough female taskmasters, internationally. Need to think about that one.

SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 18:44

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 18:36

Reform will probably go the way of UKIP without Farage.

I'd have Tim Key replacing Alex - natural successor. We don't have enough female taskmasters, internationally. Need to think about that one.

A shame Joan Rivers is no longer with us

DuncinToffee · 16/07/2026 19:03

Zelenskyy has awarded Starmer with highest Ukranian honour the Order of Freedom,

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placemats · 16/07/2026 19:04

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 18:36

Reform will probably go the way of UKIP without Farage.

I'd have Tim Key replacing Alex - natural successor. We don't have enough female taskmasters, internationally. Need to think about that one.

Sophie Willan is brilliant. Alma's not Normal and Great British Sewing Bee.

Eta plus she was in Taskmaster.

dontcallmelen · 16/07/2026 19:10

Agree Sophie she is fantastic.
oh I say that’s rather nice of Zelenskyy.

DuncinToffee · 16/07/2026 19:18

Oh, she would be good.

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LizzieW1969 · 16/07/2026 19:21

Yes, I'm a keen reader of murder mysteries and it is acting true that the victim is more often than not the victim. That’s something that I haven’t really thought about before, admittedly.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 19:27

SerendipityJane · 16/07/2026 18:44

A shame Joan Rivers is no longer with us

But we have her mini-me, Katherine Ryan.

Yes, Sophie would be excellent. As would Superkins.

BIossomtoes · 16/07/2026 19:43

So pleased Zelenskyy has done that. Well deserved.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 21:34

Some interesting names, here.

Politics Home Article | Andy Burnham Bolsters No 10 With New Hires https://share.google/HyMvqTehrOtNFnqI8

Piggywaspushed · 16/07/2026 21:36

Not Josh Simons. This is good.

BIossomtoes · 16/07/2026 21:51

Matthew McGregor sounds like good news: He has strong values and ethics without every being pious. They drive him. He is kind and decent and very hard-working. And funny.

placemats · 16/07/2026 22:32

The ECHR thread is interesting 🧐

Have been apprised of some interesting information.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 23:06

placemats · 16/07/2026 22:32

The ECHR thread is interesting 🧐

Have been apprised of some interesting information.

I shall have to go back to it.

placemats · 16/07/2026 23:10

I feel violated and dirty and just horrible. I feel disgusted with myself at having been taken in by a poster.

PickAChew · 16/07/2026 23:22

placemats · 16/07/2026 23:10

I feel violated and dirty and just horrible. I feel disgusted with myself at having been taken in by a poster.

While you were enjoying camaraderie in one thread, they were already showing their colours, elsewhere. Those typical of a TLA username.