This is obviously bollocks from Jenrick but that won't matter unless Labour and other parties call it out as bollocks, instead of paying lip service to it
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is obviously bollocks from Jenrick but that won't matter unless Labour and other parties call it out as bollocks, instead of paying lip service to it
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74 children including 58 babies have died in temporary accommodation in the last five years - often because there is nowhere safe for babies to sleep with no cots and the whole family in one room.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
74 children including 58 babies have died in temporary accommodation in the last five years - often because there is nowhere safe for babies to sleep with no cots and the whole family in one room.
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And I don't care how basic I sound, because without hope, we have despair. Despair becomes nihilism. And nihilism breeds fascism.
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
And I don't care how basic I sound, because without hope, we have despair. Despair becomes nihilism. And nihilism breeds fascism.
Guess which group of voters Labour is putting all of its efforts into attracting
If voters could vote against a party (More in Common)
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Guess which group of voters Labour is putting all of its efforts into attracting
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OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
Always "a friend"
I also just love this genre of post. "My friend, who absolutely sucks shit, is struggling to find a partner."
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Always "a friend"
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Don’t get me started on seatbelts. Imagine the reaction today.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Don’t get me started on seatbelts. Imagine the reaction today.
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Nigel Farage says that Christopher Harborne, whose crypto firm the Reform leader plugged on air, while promising to hand massive tax cuts to, wants "absolutely nothing in return" for the £9 million he gave his party bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK as Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Nigel Farage says that Christopher Harborne, whose crypto firm the Reform leader plugged on air, while promising to hand massive tax cuts to, wants "absolutely nothing in return" for the £9 million he gave his party bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
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Stop accepting opposition framing of issues. Improve the services rather than telling people they don't need them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses
The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Stop accepting opposition framing of issues. Improve the services rather than telling people they don't need them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
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Accidentally bought a Ladvent Calendar this year. So far, behind the doors, there’s been a cheeky Nando’s, 12 pints of lager, some Lynx Africa, and a message telling me I’ve got nice tits for an old bird.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Accidentally bought a Ladvent Calendar this year. So far, behind the doors, there’s been a cheeky Nando’s, 12 pints of lager, some Lynx Africa, and a message telling me I’ve got nice tits for an old bird.
And we've been spared Hayden's hog
Rooooooooooooooooooot #TheCricket
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
And we've been spared Hayden's hog
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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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This feels like the central toxicity of these dude-gurus: They're feeding men an ideology that immediately casts it as "virtue signaling" whenever anyone states a moral value of any kind. An explicitly nihilistic worldview and a recipe for lifelong misery.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This feels like the central toxicity of these dude-gurus: They're feeding men an ideology that immediately casts it as "virtue signaling" whenever anyone states a moral value of any kind. An explicitly nihilistic worldview and a recipe for lifelong misery.
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Yes. Whether someone wants to sleep with you on a first date almost entirely comes down to whether they like you as a person!
If you suck it doesn't matter if you pay and if you're cool it doesn't matter if you split the bill. You can't lifehack your way out of forming chemistry.
If you suck it doesn't matter if you pay and if you're cool it doesn't matter if you split the bill. You can't lifehack your way out of forming chemistry.
I’ve had sex on dates where the woman paid. It’s called “being a person people like to be around”.
Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yes. Whether someone wants to sleep with you on a first date almost entirely comes down to whether they like you as a person!
If you suck it doesn't matter if you pay and if you're cool it doesn't matter if you split the bill. You can't lifehack your way out of forming chemistry.
If you suck it doesn't matter if you pay and if you're cool it doesn't matter if you split the bill. You can't lifehack your way out of forming chemistry.
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There's this constant discourse about how "the left" (whoever that is) has to stop being condescending and speak directly to men's issues. But these gurus are, without fail, more condescending to men than any feminist or SJW I've ever met.
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There's this constant discourse about how "the left" (whoever that is) has to stop being condescending and speak directly to men's issues. But these gurus are, without fail, more condescending to men than any feminist or SJW I've ever met.
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
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"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
None of the former officers accused by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
Twelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said.
However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired. Some, including Peter Wright, the chief constable of South Yorkshire police at the time of the 1989 disaster, have died. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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I thought Labour would struggle for their first year in office because of the gap between “what they’d promised to do” and “the tools they’d given themselves to do it”, I just hadn’t anticipated that they would be well into the second year having essentially decided to learn nothing.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I thought Labour would struggle for their first year in office because of the gap between “what they’d promised to do” and “the tools they’d given themselves to do it”, I just hadn’t anticipated that they would be well into the second year having essentially decided to learn nothing.