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Starmergeddon - Restore and Reform reflect the mainstream, crushing humiliaton for Labour

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hollyandtheivy26 · 08/05/2026 23:37

Aplogies for the typo in the title. If you think this makes me look stupid, you are proving that you are a bigoted bully, flailing around in desperation. It's just a typo, entirely down to a slightly sub par keyboard.

Restore took all ten council seats. Anywhere it stood, it won. Many Reform voters have indicated they'd have voted Restore but since they were unavailable they voted Reform as next best. Starmer still refusing to leave, in line totalitarian dictators of old, Starmer's response being, basically "People didn't vote for us because we didn't do all the things they didn't want and didn't vote for even faster".

Farage's Reform UK Party currently standing at 1237 Seats - having won 1235 seats. Starmer's Labour Party has lost 1,108 Seats and retains only 801. And literally 10/10 for Restore :)

So the question is - do the excessively far left radicals (who are highly active on mumsnet but have never represented the majority in real life) still believe that repeatedly using the slur of racist and calling the majority of British people stupid for having absolutely standard uncontroversial reviews, was the right thing to do? Will you continue to use that failed tactic in an attempt to silence your opponents?

Further to that, are you aware that calling me racist, stupid and the others slurs you are itching to type is an obvious and ignorant own goal and only proves the point I am making?

Or do you find shouting slurs at the majority of UK citizens cathartic, so you will still attempt to use these slurs, despite them no longer having any meaning or power?

YABU

Or have you finally understood that the majority of the UK are standard, average people hold uncontroversial views and that they have perfectly valid reasons to vote Reform and Restore? Are you able to understand that people you have been trying to silence with the slurs of Nazi, racist and "far right" are in fact perfectly centrist, commonplace and average voters? Can you learn from your mistakes moving forward?

YANBU

To assist you with critical thinking, here's a quick recap of Starmer's failures:

Pursued a hard line, far left globalist agenda at the expense of UK citizens, against their wishes.
Raised the minimum wage and National Insurance contributions, leading to thousands of job losses and businesses folding.
Continuing to pursue the politics of envy, introduced VAT to private school fees leading to many excellent seats of learning closing their doors.
Removed winter fuel payments to pensioners, despite his own party claiming a couple of years earlier that this would result in pensioner deaths.
Consistently refused to answer questions during the session in the parliamentary week set aside for this specific purpose.
Unilaterally gave away billions of pounds of taxpayers money with no accountability required from the recipient.
Failed to control mass immigration, both legal and illegal.
Introduced legislation that will destroy the private rental market and create hundreds of thousands of homeless families.
Promised to build 1.5 million homes in five years despite everyone telling him it would be impossible.
Failed to address muslim rape gangs.
Increased welfare payments to a point where benefits now cost more than the entire income tax take.
Allowed weekly pro-Palestinian hate marches on UK streets.
Completly ignored the massive rise of anti semitism, attempted to gaslight the UK on the subject.
Consistently referred to people with concerns about the proliferation of migrant violence as "Far Right".
Promoted a friend to high office while knowing he was chums with one of the most prolific paedophiles on the planet.
Consistently worked to reverse the result of the biggest democratic vote in British history by stealth.
Placed tax dodgers, fraudsters and CV fantasists in Ministerial posts.
Invited a known islamist terrorist to No.10 while simultaneously banning foreign commentators from the UK for merely reporting on the border fiasco.
Took two weeks to find a Royal Navy ship that actually worked.
Failed to help motorists and hauliers after the rise in the price of fuel caused by the war in Iran.
Continues to allow Ed Milliband to wreck the UK's energy industry with his unworkable and deeply unpopular Net Zero policies.
Consistently failed to accept responsibility for any wrong doing.
Alienated "working people" while claiming to be on their side.

Well, Britain is going to bed refreshed and energised, a new day has dawned, the British are delighted to see the first step taken towards celebrating and reinstating the British way of life (insert obvious and boring comment from radical far leftist as British people are not allowed to have the same rights as other countries to enjoy and be enthusiastic about, or celebrate their thousands of years of heritage).

Well done Reform, you'll do for now until Restore has the time to swoop in and win across the board :)

And well done Restore, an amazing start - figuratively and literally ten out of ten :)

What a huge relief 😍

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Thedogscollar · 09/05/2026 00:21

Reform Restore Reviled. All the same.

MyAutumnCrow · 09/05/2026 00:22

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I suggest you stop repeating yourself. It helps with not sounding like a bot.

ColdAsAWitches · 09/05/2026 00:22

Not to point out the obvious, but you say several times that the majority of British people voted for Reform and Restore, but that is absolutely not the case. The first past the post system means that seats can be won by a tiny minority of votes cast. And turnout was terrible. So, yes, these parties have made serious gains, but it does NOT mean that the majority of Britons now support them.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 09/05/2026 00:22

Laughing at the usual desperate nonsense of claiming Starmer's Labour are "far left" and anyone who isn't 100% on board with Reform's grift is a "excessively far-left radical"

😂

Thedogscollar · 09/05/2026 00:23

hollyandtheivy26 · 09/05/2026 00:21

Anyway, talk amongst yourselves, I am off to bed.

I am happy to have provided a simple breakdown of events, easy to read and digest, and a clear list of reasons why Starmer is utterly loathed and despised.

How wonderful that the British public have spoken so clearly :)

A great day for the UK and we can all move forward now, relieved that the UK is moving in the right direction.

😍

Clearly deluded.

PinkFrogss · 09/05/2026 00:26

And yet apparently more than 70% of the people who turned up to vote yesterday didn’t vote reform. Not quite the massive win it’s been advertised as.

And of course there’s always the chance that the incompetent councillors will make some voters change their mind about voting reform in the next GE. 10% of reform councillors from the 2025 local elections have already defected/resigned/been removed/ended up in prison (yes really, an elected councillor is currently in prison).

Especially after all their lies about not increasing council taxes, wonder how the voters will react when their council taxes increases next April.

I actually think it’s been a pretty big win for the Lib Dem’s overall and where politics is becoming more polarised I can see more and more people choosing the middle of the road option.

SlumChum · 09/05/2026 00:40

In 1928 Hitler's Nazi party was a fringe movement, achieving 2% of the vote share. In 1930 they achieved 18% of the vote. By 1932 they had become the largest party.

whoosit · 09/05/2026 00:42

Depends on the area. Many labour seats became green in Sheffield. Some went to reform. Quite a few remained lib dem. For a working class northern town it showed that we aren't all captured by the reform restore rhetoric despite all the crowing on social media.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/05/2026 00:44

💐💐💐

MyAutumnCrow · 09/05/2026 00:55

The Lib Dems did pretty well all over the place. Probably ran credible local campaigns, as per.

Our ward Reform candidate ran on totally irrelevant issues to the area. And had too much of Nigel ‘five million quid’ Farage’s mug on his leaflets.

justinhawkinsnavalfluff · 09/05/2026 01:12

hollyandtheivy26 · 09/05/2026 00:21

Anyway, talk amongst yourselves, I am off to bed.

I am happy to have provided a simple breakdown of events, easy to read and digest, and a clear list of reasons why Starmer is utterly loathed and despised.

How wonderful that the British public have spoken so clearly :)

A great day for the UK and we can all move forward now, relieved that the UK is moving in the right direction.

😍

Oh thank goodness it's past her bedtime.

PomplaMouse · 09/05/2026 01:29

I got as far as "leader of elected government refuses to resign midterm, like a totalitarian dictator".

I know calling them thick doesn't win hearts and minds, but the OP's post is an example of the profound stupidity and social media brain rot that will push the UK - already in decline - over the cliff edge.

BillyButlerTheRightTrackNsoul · 09/05/2026 03:34

hollyandtheivy26 · 09/05/2026 00:21

Anyway, talk amongst yourselves, I am off to bed.

I am happy to have provided a simple breakdown of events, easy to read and digest, and a clear list of reasons why Starmer is utterly loathed and despised.

How wonderful that the British public have spoken so clearly :)

A great day for the UK and we can all move forward now, relieved that the UK is moving in the right direction.

😍

The UK?..Scotland and Wales took a very different path.
Don't get to excited it was council elections and can't wait to see how many Reform councillors resign etc as has happened with the councils they control.
Perhaps it's a good thing Reform did well at local level because that will show their incompetence .

beencaughttrollin · 09/05/2026 03:58

It's just a typo, entirely down to a slightly sub par keyboard.

Plus copious amounts of alcohol-spiked Kool-Aid.

Still, I'm sorry that Starmer broke your keyboard, I guess.

NorthXNorthWest · 09/05/2026 04:05

Shakeoffyourchains · 09/05/2026 00:02

Just gonna leave this here...

Why would women aged 51+ not be able to vote? Don't bother leaving that there, take it with you when you leave.

Firetreev · 09/05/2026 04:20

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/05/2026 23:58

Got bored and couldn't be arsed to read to the end.

Just one point to note though. Calling people racist or stupid or whatever isn't a tactic. It's just an observation. We don't think it's going to silence you or change your minds. We are just saying what we see and acknowledging the fact that we don't like it.

As for Restore, they're vile but I am very much hoping that they will split the far right vote. If they still exist by the time of the next election.

I agree. I just had a peruse of the comment sections on a few BBC news articles and I really do despair. Something has gone seriously wrong with education, critical thinking and social media literacy in this country. Absolute cretins spouting lies and conspiracy theories. It's not a tactic to state that many voting for Reform are racist or thick, it's an observation. If you fall for lies, spread misinformation, don't bother to fact check and write things like Zach Polanski was shouting, and I quote, "aloha ackbar" you're clearly not very bright. We need to have guardrails on social media and a campaign to educate and improve people's ability to discern fact from fiction. If we don't this country is going to end up in a very dark place, with people's ignorance being exploited by Reform, Restore and their ilk.

Firetreev · 09/05/2026 04:22

BillyButlerTheRightTrackNsoul · 09/05/2026 03:34

The UK?..Scotland and Wales took a very different path.
Don't get to excited it was council elections and can't wait to see how many Reform councillors resign etc as has happened with the councils they control.
Perhaps it's a good thing Reform did well at local level because that will show their incompetence .

This is the only silver lining I can see. They have enough time to show everyone what grifters and clowns they are. A lot of their voters are the type of people who aren't particularly politically engaged, so hopefully they won't turn out again in a hurry.

Firetreev · 09/05/2026 04:25

ColdAsAWitches · 09/05/2026 00:22

Not to point out the obvious, but you say several times that the majority of British people voted for Reform and Restore, but that is absolutely not the case. The first past the post system means that seats can be won by a tiny minority of votes cast. And turnout was terrible. So, yes, these parties have made serious gains, but it does NOT mean that the majority of Britons now support them.

They probably don't understand how first past the post works, and I highly suspect that their initial post was written by AI.

Firetreev · 09/05/2026 04:28

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For some reason I highly doubt that you read many books.

NorthXNorthWest · 09/05/2026 04:39

I have voted YABU because

A. It didn't win everywhere it stood.

B. It would fairer to say that the average Reform voter voted for a party to paraphrase 'would not be capable of running the country if there is a general election tomorrow' (Nige). Not sure that is something to be smug about.

C. The irony of calling out people for making negative assumptions about you for voting Reform whilst doing exactly the same thing about people who didn't vote Reform.

D. As for whether you are racist or stupid, others will be the judge of that, irrespective of which party you vote for. Your taking our country back style battle cry is not the win you think it is.

ILikeDinosaurs · 09/05/2026 04:59

Far right views are not "absolutely standard uncontroversial" views. I suggest you read a history book or two and get out of your bubble. They are absolutely not mainstream views.

MrsMurphyIWish · 09/05/2026 06:35

My council is still Labour so you’re wrong in that Reform won everywhere it stood.

SidekickSylvia · 09/05/2026 06:53

NorthXNorthWest · 09/05/2026 04:05

Why would women aged 51+ not be able to vote? Don't bother leaving that there, take it with you when you leave.

I don't think it was suggesting that women over 51 can't vote (or men of any age), it was just demonstrating how women between 18 to 50 vote. And they are also the same demographic as many mumsnetters.

Sausagenbacon · 09/05/2026 07:01

I bet you'll have a hell of a hangover this morning.
(Your message sounds deranged, by the way)

ApplebyArrows · 09/05/2026 07:07

I'm broadly opposed to most immigration. I'm still not stupid enough to vote for Reform, who probably couldn't deliver on immigration reform anyway - how many of dear Nigel's promises about Brexit have actually come true? - and even if they could, are promising a whole raft of other policies that would absolutely ruin the country. They don't care about Britain, they just want to turn us into a cheap knock-off of America. No thanks.

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