UK Political Thread, part the second

[MerelyGifted]

IKR?!

ETA:

[MerelyGifted]

The private investigators who exposed Horizon IT scandal | ITV News

Apols if someone already posted this. I’ll delete it if so.

[vermes82]

@MerelyGifted

It’s so wonderful that it worked out the way it did!

Next prime minister’s cabinet did this:

MPs pass controversial Patient Safety Act, as court bans strike in Helsinki

[MerelyGifted]

Well, that’s certainly shitty.

[Purplecat]

Ok, this was unexpected

Keir Starmer tells Benjamin Netanyahu of ‘clear and urgent’ need for Gaza...

[Tamsin_Bailey]

FYI, we have to register to read any article on the FT.

[vermes82]

Keir Starmer tells Benjamin Netanyahu of ‘clear and urgent’ need for …

[Tamsin_Bailey]

[Purplecat]

Here’s another source:

Keir Starmer demands ceasefire in call with Israeli PM

[timd]

The Truss moment may replace the Portillo moment

[Purplecat]

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people

[robertmckenna]

Tony Blair urges Starmer to keep grip on immigration to tackle rise of far right

I recommend that you be carted off for questioning on war crimes you lying sack of shit.

Immigration is a bigger topic in the media than it is among most people. A group of people is very vexed about it and makes a lot of noise. This generates a lot of engagement, in particular rage clicks which are doubleplusgood clicks. We call these people fascists Tony. And we don’t deal with them.

Do keep up you out of touch old war criminal.

If you want to remove the grievances that drive people to the very worst people as a refuge/ build houses, fix health services, provide other social services, make education free again, reduce excessive in your face jaw dropping and alienating inequality.

To do all these really popular things you way need to tax the fucking rich. But that’s a problem for you Anto isn’t it? That’s why you and your ilk need to get gone and not be platformed by the Guardian. You are the reason the Conservative Party was in power for 14 corrupt and incompetent years.

[LurksNoMore]

Lettuce rejoice!

[Mindysan33]

@robertmckenna

Immigration is a bigger topic in the media than it is among most people. A group of people is very vexed about it and makes a lot of noise. This generates a lot of engagement, in particular rage clicks which are doubleplusgood clicks. We call these people fascists Tony. And we don’t deal with them.

@robertmckenna

If you want to remove the grievances that drive people to the very worst people as a refuge/ build houses, fix health services, provide other social services, make education free again, reduce excessive in your face jaw dropping and alienating inequality.

[wazroth]

@robertmckenna

Exclusive: former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists

This has a big “Give the fascists what they want so they don’t get too cranky” mood to it. And we all know exactly how well that will work.

[Purplecat]

How Britain voted in the 2024 general election | YouGov

The Age profile is interesting:

The median age of a Labour voter is now 46 and the median age of a Conservative voter is 63.

[timd]

Unsightly bulge in the Reform votes in the 40-70 range.

[Purplecat]

Lowest turnout in UK general election since universal suffrage, report shows

And, get ready for disappointment:

Keir Starmer on collision course with unions over public sector pay

Possibly the most rapid betrayal of their voters on record.

[jimr1603]

I see discussion on whether the Tories should be chasing the Reform vote on their right or the LD vote on their left.

I don’t see discussion that all parties should be targeting the did not votes. Especially the ones that moved to not voting.

[catsidhe]

But that sounds HaaAAaaaaaAaard.

Doing that means actually engaging with the population and finding out what they want and what would improve society and stuff. Who’s got time for that shit? Easier to figure out whether to chase the smoothbrained fascists, or to pretend not to be chasing the smoothbrained fascists.