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

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Apparently there are approx 23 prisons mothballed acc to my ex Prison Service neighbour. But someone has to pay to open/run/staff them. Influencers need not apply.

Did I see Kemi wants to keep the triple lock now?

In the 80s when visiting my sister, I mistakenly wore a white raincoat on a night out. We got rained on and the coat was ruined because of acid rain.

She's having an argument with herself on whether to keep it or not.

I wonder how her garden grows ?

Quite contrary?

Todays least surprising news

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/uk-domestic-abuse-survivors-ex-partners-behind-far-right-street-patrols
Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

Never change Kemi

Badenoch says her air defence plan "is not going to be exactly like the Irone Dome. We haven’t called it an Iron Dome."

Except this is what it said in the press release.

https://bsky.app/profile/jessicaelgot.bsky.social/post/3mx6viwhnlk2s

Probably just the tip of the iceberg, too.

I can’t imagine that the Kemistry reverse Robin Hood tax policies are going to help much to rehabilitate the Tories with the electorate somehow.

£10bn is not much. Where is she expecting these drones and missiles to come from?

Asked when she would raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP, Badenoch says she has a plan to get to 3%. But she is not in government.

Q: But you say there might be an election soon?

Badenoch says the 3.5% is a Nato target.

She says she is not in government, and she implies it is unreasonable for McCann to expect her to set out a path to 3.5% when she is not in government.

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But you can see her target audience with her talking of changing IHT and keeping the triple lock. Now we have an Iron Dome!! I presume vat on school fees and stopping the boats will be next. Re Iron Dome is this a Defence system that starts at £10 billion, takes years to develop and goes wildly over budget then gets scrapped?

£10b most certainly isn't enough to protect all of the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/05/no-queues-empty-seats-and-the-worst-speech-ever-heard-welcome-to-the-tory-conference

There's hardly anyone at the conference. Jeremy Clarkson in a Q&A session remarked

“Wow,” said Jezza. “There’s an awful lot of people here dressed as seats!".

"The Britannia Dome" is absolutely cringeworthy and very Farage-esque.

And Trump

A Tale of Two Andys. Vive la difference.

Badenoch must be having second thoughts about booking the 2,000 seat venue for her speech.

The feelers on PS Vat are out on MN, few threads on it over the last few days.

Iron Dome, the new HS2?

Brought to you by the makers of Rwanda.

Lots of money to be shared out to friends/donors

Jeffrey Archer has died.

Immortalised in "The New Statesman" by Alan B'Stard:

"Two grand ! That's an Archer !"

More realistic cost of this proposal is upwards of £100 billion according to former general Richard Barrons

And won't cover the whole UK just 'critical infrastructure'

So cheap at half the price - lets order two of them!

Yougov latest poll is interesting considering the last one had Reform a point ahead.

Westminster Voting Intention:

LAB: 27% (+3)
RFM: 22% (-3)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
GRN: 11% (=)
RES: 3% (=)
SNP: 3% (+1)

Via
@YouGov
, 4-5 Oct.
Changes w/ 27-28 Sep.

She is getting into a pickle with her iron dome that is not an iron dome even when she called it an iron dome in her interview with the Scum.

As for not covering the whole country, what parts will she miss out?

Iron rusts.

Nuff said ?

Gimmick.