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So quick to forget he did Brexit... they keep falling for the same thing over and over and over...
Ah, but Brexit would have been perfect (and it would have yielded sunlit uplands plus also tree fiddy million squid a day for the NHS, etc., etc.) if it had been implemented by Farage or one of the true believers. It was only because of the remoaners and the doubters saboutaging the oven-ready kipper that we ended up with the shitty end of the shitty stick.
Oh for fucks sake
Not surprising. 4 Green Party MPs hardly ever interviewed in the media or reported about. 5 Reform UK MPs who are all over the media. Today I’ve heard Farage and Tice interviewed.
Media is complicit in pumping in the oxygen to boost Reform. It’s deliberate to destabilise UK politics.
People love populism and easy solutions.
And when you're a good enough grifter – as Farage undoubtedly is – even when you do get your own way and things turn to shit, you can just blame everybody else before latching onto the next grift.
1 in 4 Brits are idiots. Not a great surprise, I just want to find out if I know any... 🤔
What ho?
Goddammit, it's the ones you most suspect!
Perhaps this points an electorate axiom: 25-30% are bigots and given a suitable outlet will be more than happy to let their true beliefs shine through.
Your monthly reminder that Labour lost votes the last election and only won because Reform split the right wing vote. The country is moving solidly to the far right, along with the rest of the world. Calls to implement more radical left wing policies from Labour may mean we get the worst of all options...
Mmm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Results
Con + Reform was 38% of vote. Lab + Lib + Green + SNP + Plaid was 54.5% of the vote.
The country pretty much always is progressive. It's just the progressive vote is more split.
If we didn't have FPTP it would all be so different.
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They are masters of social media. Learning a lot from Trump and co.
Labour sadly are shit at social media.