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And with that I think Reform are finished. They'll lose Gorton and Denton, then go on to lose Wales and then Reform mania will die out, with Farage suffering a humiliating defeat in 2029 assuming Starmer is no longer Labour leader by then.
Farage distances himself from by-election candidate after calling for tax on childless couples
Farage distances himself from by-election candidate after calling for tax on childless couples | LBC
Nigel Farage has distanced himself from comments made by the Reform UK's Gorton and Denton candidate after he suggested those without children should be taxed in a bid to tackle falling birth rates.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
And with that I think Reform are finished. They'll lose Gorton and Denton, then go on to lose Wales and then Reform mania will die out, with Farage suffering a humiliating defeat in 2029 assuming Starmer is no longer Labour leader by then.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Is there anything more gross than Jess Phillips—under whose watch the govt has actually done an even worse job at protecting women—milking the Epstein scandal to further a career in which she does nothing except pontificate endlessly while pushing for an "online safety act" that protects no one?
We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
I am furious that women and children have to endure a crisis like this for progress to become politically possible. But I will seize this moment, says minister for violence against women and girls Jess Phillips
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Is there anything more gross than Jess Phillips—under whose watch the govt has actually done an even worse job at protecting women—milking the Epstein scandal to further a career in which she does nothing except pontificate endlessly while pushing for an "online safety act" that protects no one?
Starmer says "Reform should be ashamed of themselves" over their plan to reinstate the two child benefit cap that he defended over a year ago.
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Starmer says "Reform should be ashamed of themselves" over their plan to reinstate the two child benefit cap that he defended over a year ago.
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anyway let’s check in with keir starmer to see how “conceding to popular prejudice” is working our for the labour party
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM
anyway let’s check in with keir starmer to see how “conceding to popular prejudice” is working our for the labour party
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repost if u belive love is love
November 23, 2024 at 11:16 PM
repost if u belive love is love
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February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Yesterday I said that Starmtroopers would point to the threat of Equality Act abolition like it's a gun to all our heads that they fantasise about pulling the trigger, and lo and behold it's not even been a day and these quasi-fascist weirdos insist on proving me right.
Nice. You'll enjoy the Ref govt Liz, there'll be so much more to rant about.
February 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Yesterday I said that Starmtroopers would point to the threat of Equality Act abolition like it's a gun to all our heads that they fantasise about pulling the trigger, and lo and behold it's not even been a day and these quasi-fascist weirdos insist on proving me right.
Huh, so I guess being Tories 2.0 is actually starting to hurt Reform in some way.
UK (GB), More in Common poll:
REFORM~NI: 28% (-2)
LAB-S&D: 22% (-1)
CON~ECR: 21%
GREENS-G/EFA: 12% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 11% (-1)
SNP-G/EFA: 3% (+1)
+/- vs. 06-10 February 2026
Fieldwork: 13-17 February 2026
Sample size: 2,108
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
REFORM~NI: 28% (-2)
LAB-S&D: 22% (-1)
CON~ECR: 21%
GREENS-G/EFA: 12% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 11% (-1)
SNP-G/EFA: 3% (+1)
+/- vs. 06-10 February 2026
Fieldwork: 13-17 February 2026
Sample size: 2,108
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Huh, so I guess being Tories 2.0 is actually starting to hurt Reform in some way.
You know when an empire gets to that stage of collapse where it just starts throwing precious resources and money away in spectacular fashion? That's where America is now.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You know when an empire gets to that stage of collapse where it just starts throwing precious resources and money away in spectacular fashion? That's where America is now.
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Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
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Truly the most stupid timeline. At a point in time where renewable energy has tipped into genuine widespread viability, capital invents whole new ways to fabricate waste and scarcity.
Valve warns of Steam Deck OLED stock issues due to RAM shortage
Valve warns of Steam Deck OLED stock issues due to RAM shortage
Hardware manufacturers are struggling to secure key components due to rampant demand within the AI industry.
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Truly the most stupid timeline. At a point in time where renewable energy has tipped into genuine widespread viability, capital invents whole new ways to fabricate waste and scarcity.
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FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
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I wish all of my nonbinary friends relief from back pain
July 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I wish all of my nonbinary friends relief from back pain
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Conservative and reactionary centrist media is trying to set up a narrative in which GLP-1s are some kind of existential threat to body positivity and fat activism.
It's bullshit. If you want to lose weight, go for it. But not everyone can or wants to — and they deserve equal treatment regardless.
It's bullshit. If you want to lose weight, go for it. But not everyone can or wants to — and they deserve equal treatment regardless.
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Conservative and reactionary centrist media is trying to set up a narrative in which GLP-1s are some kind of existential threat to body positivity and fat activism.
It's bullshit. If you want to lose weight, go for it. But not everyone can or wants to — and they deserve equal treatment regardless.
It's bullshit. If you want to lose weight, go for it. But not everyone can or wants to — and they deserve equal treatment regardless.
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We should all eat from the giant bowl of shit. we don't even understand what the useless giant bowl of shit is doing, maybe it's not even a bowl but some other kind of thing, maybe it's a bucket - anyway you should eat from the bowl of shit. The right wing is eating more of the shit - concerning
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We should all eat from the giant bowl of shit. we don't even understand what the useless giant bowl of shit is doing, maybe it's not even a bowl but some other kind of thing, maybe it's a bucket - anyway you should eat from the bowl of shit. The right wing is eating more of the shit - concerning
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Good morning! Please enjoy this ad for cream pies...by McDonald's
February 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Good morning! Please enjoy this ad for cream pies...by McDonald's
They have an ideology though, it's called fascism. You need no further proof than the amount of Britain First goons and open Nazis seen campaigning for Matt Goodwin. They want to get rid of democracy so they can end women's rights, end LGBT rights, treat workers as slaves, and deport half of London.
A political party that spent years yelling "Britain Is Full!" suddenly declaring that UK women should be forced to be broodmares by the state, I'd say 'lacks a coherent ideology', so is presumably run by a bunch of vile reactionary chancers who are easily bought. But then, I'm cynical like that.
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
They have an ideology though, it's called fascism. You need no further proof than the amount of Britain First goons and open Nazis seen campaigning for Matt Goodwin. They want to get rid of democracy so they can end women's rights, end LGBT rights, treat workers as slaves, and deport half of London.
If the UK creates its own Mastercard, are they going to be as censorious as the real thing? What am I saying, it's the UK.
Britain’s biggest banks to create alternative to Mastercard and Visa
The vast majority of card transactions across the UK are made on Visa or Mastercard networks
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
If the UK creates its own Mastercard, are they going to be as censorious as the real thing? What am I saying, it's the UK.
Considering that Labour are basically already attacking the basic principles of the Equality Act when it comes to trans people, the next election is basically going to be Starmtroopers pointing the threat of Equality Act abolition like it's a gun to all our heads that they fantasise about firing.
Braverman is now lambasting equalities policies, saying Reform would scrap the equalities brief and repeal the Equality Act. Giving her this role - any role, in fact - does feel like quite a risk for Reform.
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Considering that Labour are basically already attacking the basic principles of the Equality Act when it comes to trans people, the next election is basically going to be Starmtroopers pointing the threat of Equality Act abolition like it's a gun to all our heads that they fantasise about firing.
It was kind of always going to end up like this. A lot of the people that whine about "gooners" also think literally anything anime-style is indistinguishable from hentai. Moral panic really does rot your brain.
Am I cooked or are we just calling everything that has anime girls gooner?
February 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM
It was kind of always going to end up like this. A lot of the people that whine about "gooners" also think literally anything anime-style is indistinguishable from hentai. Moral panic really does rot your brain.
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Dengeki PC Engine magazine once had a super cute sheep as a mascot. That's it, that's the skeet. (Any transcription errors in the alt-text are mine, and I can't fit the whole cover anyways.) (Source.)
February 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Dengeki PC Engine magazine once had a super cute sheep as a mascot. That's it, that's the skeet. (Any transcription errors in the alt-text are mine, and I can't fit the whole cover anyways.) (Source.)
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This is just gonna be late stage Tories only meaner and stupider
🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has announced Reform's first Shadow Cabinet in full
Chancellor - Robert Jenrick
Deputy PM and Energy, Business, Trade and Housing - Richard Tice
Home Secretary - Zia Yusuf
Education, Skills and Equalities - Suella Braverman
Chancellor - Robert Jenrick
Deputy PM and Energy, Business, Trade and Housing - Richard Tice
Home Secretary - Zia Yusuf
Education, Skills and Equalities - Suella Braverman
February 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This is just gonna be late stage Tories only meaner and stupider