Thread 7 Burnham : Teimlo’r hwyl - feel the hwy

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmn06l362ypeo

People who work hard don't often earn £100,000 a year.

They introduced the threshold

Oh dear, but they’re not stupid are they…..

You couldn't make it up.

But now it's dressed up in polyester as hard workers.

This reply is funny

😂

Great reply, love it!

They have scrapped the proposals to curb jury trials

I can see why they've done that, but as has been said many times before, we wont benefit from swifter court dates if there isn't some investment in both the estate and the staff. Decades of underinvestment is the reason why it takes so long to get listed - it leads to witnesses dropping out, increased number of prisoners on remand, and a lack of faith in the process.
There's no easy fix.

Because that's not a weapon you want to hand an incoming government.

The idea that some Brexiteers would secretly love the to rejoin the EU so they can ride a crest of nostalgia is not as barmy as it seems. I can certainly see it being a Farage idea to distract from .... well everything

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/seven-surprising-benefits-of-rejoining-the-eu-for-brexiters-20261001269735

That reminds me of the episode in Father Ted when Mrs Doyle was given a teasmade as a Christmas present to take the misery out of making the tea. Hating it she admitted in the end that "Maybe I like the misery!".

It’s the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable street today.
Apparently Tony Benn was bang on when he said “There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.” (Not about Cable Street obvs).
Exhausting though, isn’t it?

https://bsky.app/profile/seanawallis.bsky.social/post/3mx2cgpoyxk2c
Crowd gathering for the 90th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street addressed by @rmtunion.bsky.social

They shall not pass.
#TowerHamlets
#CableStreet

A thread with plenty of photos of the tapestry and more

https://bsky.app/profile/generalboles.bsky.social/post/3mx26bhvyns2u

https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_vipoll_20260924.html

I'll hand them the laugh for the photocopier scene.

I wonder what the Jewish People's Council Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism, one of the organisations that rallied people to Cable Street 90 years ago, would have thought of the motion the Green Party conference passed today.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/04/green-party-votes-adopt-policy-zionism-racism

I thought it was funny, too.

That would make for an interesting thread. Why don't you start one?

Agree, definitely worth a bit of civilised debate.

I'll just add it to the existing thread on the Green Party.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5524462-sexismother-issues-in-the-green-party-england-wales-discussion-thread-3?page=1

As you wish.

That Green Party motion passed by 1022 votes to 830.

It will most likely be investigated by the ECHR as they did with Labour.

It's been condemned by most of the Green MPs I think? Polanski wasn't there from what I gather. I think he is on borrowed time. He won't win Holborn and St Pancras.