Thread 9 Burnham - Bruadar Oidhche Shamhna? Am faca tu tòn Farage?

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They've already fallen for it. Only they haven't twigged yet. Even now they have committed to opposing a referendum to rejoin. Making it a tad tricky if the majority of the electorate likes the idea and wants it

I also liked the phew she said it on a less watched media outet

Thereby giving it a much wider audience on X.

Don't call them stupid

Could the concept of not paying tax be made retrospective?

Absolutely. In fact you could get a rebate of everything you ever paid. All the fuel tax, VAT, stamp duty. Have at it, you’ll need it without any public services.

If nothing else, it is an interesting thought experiment (elitist that may be)

Yes. You would need receipts though, hard copies and of course the money to get the money back. Tis always the way. A paper trail.

sneakin in late

https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-flexible-euro-schengen-uk-tried-rejoining/

Brussels would be flexible on letting Britain stay out of the euro and the Schengen area if it applied to rejoin the European Union, two EU officials familiar with the bloc’s approach have told POLITICO.

Britain would not necessarily have to join the single currency or passport-free zone — a concern held by some British voters — according to the two officials, who were granted anonymity to speak freely about a sensitive matter.

God, she is hard to listen to in that clip. She comes across as very bad-tempered. She is very muddled in her thinking/speaking. Although right about Farage.

Sweden has managed to stay out of the Euro for aaaaages by deliberately not meeting the criteria.

A nice summary of how bad Reform are doing. The news that Jenrick and Braveman are now in danger of losing their seats if polling doesn't pick up has been lost in the noise.

It's hard not to agree the moniker "A care home for failed Tories" is a very good word picture.

Until now 😀

Not that either of them would be any loss to Parliament at all. I would say that it would be good riddance to bad rubbish. 😁

I’d so enjoy seeing Jenrick lose his seat. It would eclipse the Portillo moment by several multiples.

Apologies for resurrecting this from yesterday

Only 12 months ago Reform were leading Labour by 10 points

I'd forgotten how far ahead Reform were

I'd enjoy it even more if he came not just second but third or lower.

Losing his deposit would be good. It won’t happen though.

^It certainly would. It would be flipping brilliant!! 🤣

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Trying to explain why we can't be held responsible for slavery but can celebrate past war victories

It is quite astonishing how quickly they have sunk.

Not sunk far enough for my liking, though

That’s true, there’s a die-hard group of voters who won’t abandon them.

Yes, there is a hard-core who will cling on.

There really is a sense of a feedback loop here. Once triggered, it's hard to stop.

I suspect it is driven by a lot of people who aren't seeing any of that £72,000,000 they know Farage has to splash about. Hell hath no fury like a grifter not getting their whack.