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Labour isn't Working - Thread 40

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Nuthatch26 · 07/09/2026 13:26

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. 🥀

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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justasking111 · Yesterday 18:53

SapphireCasino · Yesterday 15:35

what is the deal with the AI posts by the way?

I mean, I’m aware that some posters are actually using AI to analyse content under individual usernames.

However, if they are just relying on AI to generate a summary that would be bonkers. I put my own username in and it was very surprised to find that I have been vocally supporting the Lib Dems for years. Couldn’t they fit their MPs into a black taxi at one point? And no, I haven’t been vocally supporting them and actually it’s particularly funny because I know very little about them. I don’t really consider them necessary to take seriously. Obviously I’m aware that they were the king makers in 2009 or 2010…. But I’d really rather just deal with that sort of stuff when it happens.

Anyway, it was bizarre because there is a huge percentage of my posts on here about books, TV, music and so on and AI did not pick up any of that. Asking “ tell me about this poster” generated a huge amount of stuff that absolutely does not link to my username.

Goes off to check my username 😁

justasking111 · Yesterday 18:58

justasking111 · Yesterday 18:53

Goes off to check my username 😁

Bums. AI is being coy, see screenshot. Someone else please find out about me coz I'm not allowed to know.

Labour isn't Working - Thread 40
ColdOut2025 · Yesterday 19:00

PurplePinata · Yesterday 16:56

It's clear Labour is turning the UK into an authoritarian state. An anti migrant protestor and Dad of 2, Del Somerville has been locked up for 2 years for throwing an empty plastic bottle at police. The judge said the sentence was to act as a deterrant. If that isnt making someone a political prisoner than what is?

Soon people will stop protesting altogether because they're too afraid of being sent to prison. Labour are utterly loathesome and corrupt. They are actively destroying this country and will throw the full force of the law on anyone who doesn't like it.

No wonder they're emptying prisons of murderers and rapists - they're making room for protesters and anyone writes the wrong thing on twitter.

Only if you protest against something the elites like

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justasking111 · Yesterday 19:05

LuckyHazelFox · Yesterday 11:13

I've had a warning from HQ for a post I made here and saying they've had a lot of complaints about me! It's really really fucked me off so I've taken action. It's bullying - end of.

Three days ago I filed a report about a deletion. Didn't hear back so messaged again on Thursday. Still no response. I'll try for the third time on Monday.

justasking111 · Yesterday 19:15

Binnyforthewin · Yesterday 12:02

There definitely a group of posters who co-ordinate their posts between themselves. All very passive aggressive.

MN can check our PMs so if they are latching onto one poster to harass then it should be obvious after going through their PMs.

LuckyHazelFox · Yesterday 19:16

justasking111 · Yesterday 19:15

MN can check our PMs so if they are latching onto one poster to harass then it should be obvious after going through their PMs.

I believe there's an external way they are doing this.

Binnyforthewin · Yesterday 19:25

justasking111 · Yesterday 18:58

Bums. AI is being coy, see screenshot. Someone else please find out about me coz I'm not allowed to know.

Here you go this is what chatgpt says about you (Note I going asked because you asked I don't make a habit of researching posters!):

The account appears to be a fairly regular and long-standing participant who posts across both political/current-affairs discussions and ordinary lifestyle threads. The material indexed by search engines spans at least 2023–2026, although that doesn't establish when the account was created. Mumsnet

Politics and current affairs are a prominent interest. The user participates repeatedly in the long-running “Labour isn’t Working” threads and is strongly critical of the current Labour government and several Labour politicians. For example, they have criticised Wes Streeting in particularly forceful terms, criticised the record of the Wilson and Callaghan governments, and expressed scepticism about David Miliband/Andy Burnham-related developments. Those posts establish opposition to Labour much more clearly than they establish support for any particular alternative party, so I wouldn't infer a specific party affiliation from them. Mumsnet

Immigration, crime and asylum are recurring concerns. In May 2026, justasking111 started a thread concerning Afghan refugees charged with serious sexual and trafficking offences and asked whether people convicted should be returned to Afghanistan. The thread shows a comparatively restrictive attitude toward deportation in that particular case, but it would be an overreach to extrapolate an entire immigration ideology from one discussion. Mumsnet

Their posts aren't exclusively—or even necessarily predominantly—political. They participate in long-running royal-fashion discussions, commenting on Catherine, Princess of Wales's clothes, jewellery and styling. A very recent example has them comparing the design of a dress and saying they particularly liked its pearl necklace. Mumsnet They also post about shopping, restaurants, clothes and hair. In 2023 they asked for somewhere at Cheshire Oaks where they could have a leisurely meal and glass of wine during a shopping day. Mumsnet

There are also glimpses of family life, although I'd be cautious about assembling these into a detailed personal dossier. They refer to a husband/partner in posts, including a light-hearted 2026 thread about his clothing preferences, and elsewhere mention a son who enjoyed Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks as a small child. In that latter conversation, they also said their mother's family was southern Irish. Mumsnet

In terms of posting style, justasking111 comes across in the sampled posts as conversational, informal and quite direct. Political comments can be combative and categorical, whereas lifestyle posts are noticeably lighter and frequently contain laughing emojis, anecdotes and self-deprecating humour—for example joking that they don't change usernames because they'd forget the new one. Mumsnet That contrast is useful: looking solely at their political posts would give a substantially harsher picture of their overall Mumsnet persona than looking across topics.

One other feature is a tendency to bring external news stories into discussions. The posts I found link or refer to reporting from the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, GB News and others, rather than consisting solely of reactions to other Mumsnet posters. Mumsnet

So, restricting the description to what the posts themselves reasonably support: justasking111 appears to be an established, fairly chatty Mumsnet participant with strong interest in UK politics/current affairs, distinctly anti-Labour views in recent political discussions, an interest in the Royal Family and fashion, and regular participation in everyday lifestyle conversation. Their political voice is considerably sharper than their social/lifestyle voice..

Sex trafficking by refugees in the UK | Mumsnet

7 afghans charged with human trafficking. Most from Norfolk, one from Scotland an eighth the CPS will have to extricate from Ireland. They're accused...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5533119-sex-trafficking-by-refugees-in-the-uk?page=1&utm_source=chatgpt.com

Binnyforthewin · Yesterday 19:34

Just heard that Burnham has announced a new scheme to help first time buyers. The newsreader on the radio said it was going to be funded by "reprioritising existing government spending" in a distinctly sarcastic voice - I could picture the air quotes!

hittingthegroundcrawling · Yesterday 19:39

Don’t get me started. More performative bollocks

justasking111 · Yesterday 19:46

Binnyforthewin · Yesterday 19:25

Here you go this is what chatgpt says about you (Note I going asked because you asked I don't make a habit of researching posters!):

The account appears to be a fairly regular and long-standing participant who posts across both political/current-affairs discussions and ordinary lifestyle threads. The material indexed by search engines spans at least 2023–2026, although that doesn't establish when the account was created. Mumsnet

Politics and current affairs are a prominent interest. The user participates repeatedly in the long-running “Labour isn’t Working” threads and is strongly critical of the current Labour government and several Labour politicians. For example, they have criticised Wes Streeting in particularly forceful terms, criticised the record of the Wilson and Callaghan governments, and expressed scepticism about David Miliband/Andy Burnham-related developments. Those posts establish opposition to Labour much more clearly than they establish support for any particular alternative party, so I wouldn't infer a specific party affiliation from them. Mumsnet

Immigration, crime and asylum are recurring concerns. In May 2026, justasking111 started a thread concerning Afghan refugees charged with serious sexual and trafficking offences and asked whether people convicted should be returned to Afghanistan. The thread shows a comparatively restrictive attitude toward deportation in that particular case, but it would be an overreach to extrapolate an entire immigration ideology from one discussion. Mumsnet

Their posts aren't exclusively—or even necessarily predominantly—political. They participate in long-running royal-fashion discussions, commenting on Catherine, Princess of Wales's clothes, jewellery and styling. A very recent example has them comparing the design of a dress and saying they particularly liked its pearl necklace. Mumsnet They also post about shopping, restaurants, clothes and hair. In 2023 they asked for somewhere at Cheshire Oaks where they could have a leisurely meal and glass of wine during a shopping day. Mumsnet

There are also glimpses of family life, although I'd be cautious about assembling these into a detailed personal dossier. They refer to a husband/partner in posts, including a light-hearted 2026 thread about his clothing preferences, and elsewhere mention a son who enjoyed Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks as a small child. In that latter conversation, they also said their mother's family was southern Irish. Mumsnet

In terms of posting style, justasking111 comes across in the sampled posts as conversational, informal and quite direct. Political comments can be combative and categorical, whereas lifestyle posts are noticeably lighter and frequently contain laughing emojis, anecdotes and self-deprecating humour—for example joking that they don't change usernames because they'd forget the new one. Mumsnet That contrast is useful: looking solely at their political posts would give a substantially harsher picture of their overall Mumsnet persona than looking across topics.

One other feature is a tendency to bring external news stories into discussions. The posts I found link or refer to reporting from the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, GB News and others, rather than consisting solely of reactions to other Mumsnet posters. Mumsnet

So, restricting the description to what the posts themselves reasonably support: justasking111 appears to be an established, fairly chatty Mumsnet participant with strong interest in UK politics/current affairs, distinctly anti-Labour views in recent political discussions, an interest in the Royal Family and fashion, and regular participation in everyday lifestyle conversation. Their political voice is considerably sharper than their social/lifestyle voice..

That's actually a fair assessment. If somewhat worrying.

EasternStandard · Yesterday 20:13

LuckyHazelFox · Yesterday 19:16

I believe there's an external way they are doing this.

Just stick with us on here. You were right, mnhq have backed you up.

globalinfluence · Yesterday 20:25

Yes I've been scanning MN for weeks now and just joined. I think 1/2 of the site is AI, a 1/4 is nasty passive aggressive crap, and a 1/ 4 is good, useful, interesting, great for whatever a person is into / has questions about.

One type of user seems to be particularly vicious / passive aggressive and that's the full on left (far left?) wing people. Nasty. I like this thread though, and agree with most of what I've read of it. A beacon of light in this weird world where we are supposed to think men can be women (although maybe that battle has been won - in the uk - thanks to FWS and JKR etc), we're supposed to be ok with a PM no one voted for apart from a few misogynistic labour MPs and a few people in Makerfield, and finally of course we need to be ok with sometimes 80,000 unknown undocumented men from dubious misogynistic countries where we don't go on holiday, per day rocking up onto our shores and us paying for the privilege. What a world. Rant over.

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:38

Welcome aboard @globalinfluence 👋

That's a fair assessment of MN, bet you've had a baptism of fire if you've just joined.
Also agree with your assessment of the current state of play in the UK.

We don't always agree on everything on this thread, but we don't knife each other when we disagree.

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Worrall20 · Yesterday 20:43

globalinfluence · Yesterday 20:25

Yes I've been scanning MN for weeks now and just joined. I think 1/2 of the site is AI, a 1/4 is nasty passive aggressive crap, and a 1/ 4 is good, useful, interesting, great for whatever a person is into / has questions about.

One type of user seems to be particularly vicious / passive aggressive and that's the full on left (far left?) wing people. Nasty. I like this thread though, and agree with most of what I've read of it. A beacon of light in this weird world where we are supposed to think men can be women (although maybe that battle has been won - in the uk - thanks to FWS and JKR etc), we're supposed to be ok with a PM no one voted for apart from a few misogynistic labour MPs and a few people in Makerfield, and finally of course we need to be ok with sometimes 80,000 unknown undocumented men from dubious misogynistic countries where we don't go on holiday, per day rocking up onto our shores and us paying for the privilege. What a world. Rant over.

You will enjoy this thread lots of great knowledgeable people. I have commented on a few other threads and mainly get told I am wrong. Unfortunately I do not like Burnham which is a disaster on the other threads, oh well! Xx

globalinfluence · Yesterday 20:43

Thank @Nuthatch26

PS. my username sounds high falutin, but I liked it. Of course in reality the only thing I actually have any influence over, is my dog.

eta- and even then I think I'm being played

EasternStandard · Yesterday 20:48

globalinfluence · Yesterday 20:25

Yes I've been scanning MN for weeks now and just joined. I think 1/2 of the site is AI, a 1/4 is nasty passive aggressive crap, and a 1/ 4 is good, useful, interesting, great for whatever a person is into / has questions about.

One type of user seems to be particularly vicious / passive aggressive and that's the full on left (far left?) wing people. Nasty. I like this thread though, and agree with most of what I've read of it. A beacon of light in this weird world where we are supposed to think men can be women (although maybe that battle has been won - in the uk - thanks to FWS and JKR etc), we're supposed to be ok with a PM no one voted for apart from a few misogynistic labour MPs and a few people in Makerfield, and finally of course we need to be ok with sometimes 80,000 unknown undocumented men from dubious misogynistic countries where we don't go on holiday, per day rocking up onto our shores and us paying for the privilege. What a world. Rant over.

Welcome. These threads are good. We’ve had some laughs and just generally as a place without other stuff.

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:55

Crikey. Just caught up on what's been going on.

I did the AI thing for my own user name. Its absolute cobblers. Because I've talked a lot about Reform gaining traction in the North West and that I think Labour is no longer loyal to it's working class roots, it suspects I'm a member of Reform.

The truth, I was until recent years a Labour voter, I talk about Reform gaining traction only because it demonstrates how far Labour have abandoned it's traditional voters base.

Its lazy and misleading.

globalinfluence · Yesterday 21:28

Worrall20 · Yesterday 20:43

You will enjoy this thread lots of great knowledgeable people. I have commented on a few other threads and mainly get told I am wrong. Unfortunately I do not like Burnham which is a disaster on the other threads, oh well! Xx

Ha ha yes. He's probably fun in the pub for Labour fans, if a bit of a smug bore. But quite definitely not PM material. Though who is these days. Rishi yes. Kemi - I think she could be. I hope she is.

globalinfluence · Yesterday 21:39

ColdOut2025 · Yesterday 19:00

Only if you protest against something the elites like

The 'elites'? The betas more like.

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:41

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:55

Crikey. Just caught up on what's been going on.

I did the AI thing for my own user name. Its absolute cobblers. Because I've talked a lot about Reform gaining traction in the North West and that I think Labour is no longer loyal to it's working class roots, it suspects I'm a member of Reform.

The truth, I was until recent years a Labour voter, I talk about Reform gaining traction only because it demonstrates how far Labour have abandoned it's traditional voters base.

Its lazy and misleading.

Agree. I've made the same point on the SS thread. Not only is it intrusive, it often gives false information.
MN have agreed thankfully and asked posters not to use AI like that. Some posters are defending it though.

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Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:42

globalinfluence · Yesterday 21:28

Ha ha yes. He's probably fun in the pub for Labour fans, if a bit of a smug bore. But quite definitely not PM material. Though who is these days. Rishi yes. Kemi - I think she could be. I hope she is.

I've got my hopes pinned on Kemi 🙏

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Worrall20 · Yesterday 22:42

globalinfluence · Yesterday 21:28

Ha ha yes. He's probably fun in the pub for Labour fans, if a bit of a smug bore. But quite definitely not PM material. Though who is these days. Rishi yes. Kemi - I think she could be. I hope she is.

My hopes are pinned on Kemi too! 🤞🤞🤞

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