General UK politics VIII - The Last Tory

[Jack by the hedge]

Zarah Sultana MP
@zarahsultana
Keir Starmer dressed up for Easter - the least he could do for his master, Donald
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Cringe. More or less understands how jokes work but expects the audience to hur hur at the shared notion that Starmer is blindly obedient to Trump. Like she's been in a cave this year.

 

[zooterkin]

Zarah Sultana MP
@zarahsultana
Keir Starmer dressed up for Easter - the least he could do for his master, Donald
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Bizarre, when they're also attacking Starmer for not doing what Donald wants. Did she mean to say Faraj?

ETA: ninjaed by Jack and the page break.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

... Did she mean to say Faraj?

The butt of her joke had to be Starmer. It is vital to attack the wrong kind of left and entirely ignore the right.

 

[zooterkin]

The butt of her joke had to be Starmer. It is vital to attack the wrong kind of left and entirely ignore the right.

Ah, of course. And I forgot which brand of swivel-eyed looney she was.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Reform UK would stop issuing visas to people from any country that continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people, the party has said.

Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesperson, told the Daily Telegraph that the call for reparations was “insulting”.

“The United Kingdom is not an ATM for ethnic grievances of the past, and we will no longer tolerate being ridiculed on the world stage,” he continued. “While countries like Jamaica, Nigeria and Ghana ramp up their demands for reparations, the Westminster establishment has rewarded them. Enough is enough.”

The ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’

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[Gulliver Foyle]

Of course the christianisation of Ireland was a British affair first, it is always fun to remind the Irish that St Patrick came from England (not that England existed as a country then any more than Ireland did).

Lad was Welsh, and as eny fule kno, the Welsh are descended from the Deisí of Waterford.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Darren Grimes
@darrengrimes
Dear @waitrose I need to do my weekly shop, I don’t normally go to your place for this, but I’ve recently heard I can get it all for free. See you later on.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

The Leader of the Britain First Party says


Paul Golding
@PaulGolding
I never thought I’d say this in all my 26 year political career:
ABOLISH THE MONARCHY

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I thought to have a political career you need to have been elected to a paid office.

He spent about three years as a district councillor in Sevenoaks an lost his seat15 years ago.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

^ "The left"?

What the ◊◊◊◊ is that eejit on about now?

I'll contribute to a Go Fund Me for a one-way ticket for him to go to the far side of a long way away.

The next Artemis mission? I know the capsule is cramped so I'm fine with duct taping him to the outside.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Darren Grimes
@darrengrimes
Dear @waitrose I need to do my weekly shop, I don’t normally go to your place for this, but I’ve recently heard I can get it all for free. See you later on.

Yeah, until the coppers nick you for shoplifting, Dazza!

 

[Darat]

Zarah Sultana MP
@zarahsultana
Keir Starmer dressed up for Easter - the least he could do for his master, Donald

I thought Starmer not being a puppet for Trump was bad this week - shesh it's hard to keep up!

 

[Andy_Ross]

If he has a $200 million contract and already had a profitable company why is he after a handout?

A British business making state-of-the-art military drones has warned it may have to leave the UK without further support from the government.

Skycutter - based in the East Midlands - recently secured a contract with the US military which the firm said could ultimately be worth $200m (£151m).

Vince Gardner, operations director at Skycutter, told the BBC the UK government was moving "too slowly" and questioned whether it still made "financial sense" to remain in the country.

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[Andy_Ross]

Richard Tice MP
@TiceRichard
NHS staff took 28m sick days incl 8m for mental health in 2025:

Keen to hear from other businesses whose staff take:

Average 19 days sickness pa
Including:
5 days mental health issues pa

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I thought Starmer not being a puppet for Trump was bad this week - shesh it's hard to keep up!

What has Starmer 'dressing up'(?) for Easter got to do with America's least Christian President ever?

 

[jimbob]

Now why would staff coming into contact with multiple people who have infectious diseases often get sick? I also wonder if working a night shift in A&Enon a Friday or Saturday night might be a bit stressful.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Richard Tice MP
@TiceRichard
NHS staff took 28m sick days incl 8m for mental health in 2025:

Keen to hear from other businesses whose staff take:

Average 19 days sickness pa
Including:
5 days mental health issues pa

I bet Tice is like a business owner I used to work for, any time someone was off sick he'd rant about how he NEVER had a day off sick. But any time he sneezed or had a drink too many the night before or just didn't feel like it, he'd 'work from home' (and this was a technologically backwards company in the 90's, everything was pieces of paper and stock in the warehouse)

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Now why would staff coming into contact with multiple people who have infectious diseases often get sick? I also wonder if working a night shift in A&Enon a Friday or Saturday night might be a bit stressful.

Working in MH I was still regularly exposed to flu, chest infections, the likes of norovirus, assault by someone with an unknown Hep C status, bullying by management, unrealistic workloads and more. I knew folk in MH who had time off following serious assaults. And that's before you get into just normal illness and the rest, just like normal folk.

My sister, a general nurse, had time off following assaults, from flu and chest infections contracted at work, a work-related back injury (lack of appropriate lifting equipment), a leg injury sustained by slipping on an unmarked wet floor.

Put people in harm's way and this is what happens. Not that the likes of Tice have a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ clue.

 

[jimbob]

Working in MH I was still regularly exposed to flu, chest infections, the likes of norovirus, assault by someone with an unknown Hep C status, bullying by management, unrealistic workloads and more. I knew folk in MH who had time off following serious assaults. And that's before you get into just normal illness and the rest, just like normal folk.

My sister, a general nurse, had time off following assaults, from flu and chest infections contracted at work, a work-related back injury (lack of appropriate lifting equipment), a leg injury sustained by slipping on an unmarked wet floor.

Put people in harm's way and this is what happens. Not that the likes of Tice have a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ clue.

Sadly, none of what you say is surprising to anyone who has been paying attention.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

The Gofundme was stopped because the terms and conditions don't allow political causes to be funded.

Should've been stopped for funding activities likely to constitute a criminal enterprise.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

The butt of her joke had to be Starmer. It is vital to attack the wrong kind of left and entirely ignore the right.

To be fair, Starmer's not even remotely left wing.

To be honest he does seem to have grown a tiny bit of a spine over Iran.