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Labour councillor for Norreys East ward of Wokingham Town Council. Chair, Wokingham CLP. Trying to follow real people and institutions, not ProleoftheNorth type accounts.

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Ahhhh I was thinking Hesgeth mlre than Trump.

11.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Presumably at some point the talkshow host cosplaying as a warrior is going to demand a bit more ethos from his navy.

Will he sack the admirals who do not want their ships sunk?

11.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The War No One Wants - and the People Calling for It Farage and Badenoch are beating the drums for escalation. The public response appears to be: abso-fucking-lutely not.

The British public learned something from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Apparently some politicians didn’t.

While Farage and Badenoch push escalation with Iran, most Britons are saying something very simple:

Abso-fucking-lutely not.

10.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6

Feeling pretty pessimistic about a quick economic rebound from Trump's war.

The Iranians, after decades of speculation, having finally pulled the Hormuz trigger - and seeing its impact and having been brutalised, have almost no incentive to play nice.

What will Trump do? Bomb it open?

09.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and the UK have much in common - both avoided getting involved in the Vietnam War.

07.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 4

Is Farage now working for Trump instead of Putin?

Is there a difference?

07.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who actually were the Hero Voters? Labour won in 2024 because of economically insecure voters, not social conservatism.

Have been a bit frustrated by some of the conversation about Labour's voter coalition.

I've written about who the "Hero Voters" actually were, how we won them, and what we need to do to earn their support next time.

chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...

07.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 37

Thank you for writing this.

I had seen this definition of Hero Voter in some training and it was doing my head in the way the term seems to have morphed by people who seem to be commenting from the outside.

07.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Given his track record of back stabbing the Kurds, Ukrainians, Canadians and Greenlanders one would have to be an idiot to assume that this time it is different.

06.03.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am half expecting Trump to encourage all neighbouring states to take their preferred bite out of Iran and leave it as much smaller, more Perisian state.

06.03.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The sight of Matt Goodwin being sad has understandably galvanised the nation to make it happen some more

05.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 217 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scotland has entered the chat.

06.03.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They have spent years screaming at Tony Blair for joining the US in Iraq and are now contorting themselves into knots to scream at Keir Starmer for not joining the US in Iran

05.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is difficukt to imagine a government more easy to beat than the Tories in 2024.

A true measure of a strategist's genius is how they manage a Liz Kendall leadership bid.

05.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was appalling.

05.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I understand correctly, Badenoch and Farage want us to go to a war caused by Trump's feelings.

05.03.2026 07:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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this the FT not The Onion

04.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 16
Sun headline about Β£500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Sun headline about Β£500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his faultπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!😜

Let's take a look

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1/25

04.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 60

Suspect this has a lot to do with him being de-selected by his local party in favour of an Asian woman.

04.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s March 4, 2026. Is a pedophile still president of the United States?

Yes.

04.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5
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Local Reform says they are comservative. As befits a former Tory councillor.

04.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The pro-Reform bots infesting social media cannot stand while the actual keyboard warriors are exactly that.

04.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not least because Trump has already betrayed Afghanistan, the Kurds, Ukraine, Greenland, Canada and Iranians earlier this year.

No Irainian in their right mind would rely on Trump's support beyond his next nap.

02.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 23909 πŸ” 5974 πŸ’¬ 1735 πŸ“Œ 633

The whole Sunni-Shia hostility thing has been greatly overegged by orientalism. Its is a great shorthand excuse for not bothering to get to grips with a bunch of other stuff that is far more important.

Like describing 'The Troubles' as a conflict about relgion.

02.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Straight up Islamophobia.

02.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Applicants must also provide NI numbers.

The risk of non secret voting is however, much greater than with PVs. I have been told of first hand accounts of some horror stories in this respect.

01.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 22252 πŸ” 8172 πŸ’¬ 1018 πŸ“Œ 771

Quick, someone make up some sort of award to give him and maybe he’ll stop

28.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0