Raymond Bennett
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And could the UK follow suit for Russian assets here ?
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And could the UK follow suit for Russian assets here ?
I once smiled and said good morning to someone who may have been an immigrant... should I turn myself in now?
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I once smiled and said good morning to someone who may have been an immigrant... should I turn myself in now?
We're getting into thought crime territory now.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're getting into thought crime territory now.
Yes, but we haven't exactly had a deluge of FDI under the current UK/EU deal which would be desirable under a new agreement.
Not sure how excited the EU would be about a bespoke SMA, might smack of more British exceptionalism.
Not sure how excited the EU would be about a bespoke SMA, might smack of more British exceptionalism.
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Yes, but we haven't exactly had a deluge of FDI under the current UK/EU deal which would be desirable under a new agreement.
Not sure how excited the EU would be about a bespoke SMA, might smack of more British exceptionalism.
Not sure how excited the EU would be about a bespoke SMA, might smack of more British exceptionalism.
Dom Perignon?
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dom Perignon?
"Entitled to"
Is that what he thought about the girls too?
Is that what he thought about the girls too?
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Entitled to"
Is that what he thought about the girls too?
Is that what he thought about the girls too?
Really? But that's Brexit all over.
And why would the EU bother with such an uncertain deal. EU (and UK) companies might be reluctant to invest long-term in cross-border trade with the (not so small) possibility that it might be cancelled in 12 months.
And why would the EU bother with such an uncertain deal. EU (and UK) companies might be reluctant to invest long-term in cross-border trade with the (not so small) possibility that it might be cancelled in 12 months.
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really? But that's Brexit all over.
And why would the EU bother with such an uncertain deal. EU (and UK) companies might be reluctant to invest long-term in cross-border trade with the (not so small) possibility that it might be cancelled in 12 months.
And why would the EU bother with such an uncertain deal. EU (and UK) companies might be reluctant to invest long-term in cross-border trade with the (not so small) possibility that it might be cancelled in 12 months.
I'd say:
"Nah, you're allright, we tried and failed, work it out for yourselves"
alternatively:
"Make sure to levy a tax on meanness and to subsidise kindness".
"Nah, you're allright, we tried and failed, work it out for yourselves"
alternatively:
"Make sure to levy a tax on meanness and to subsidise kindness".
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I'd say:
"Nah, you're allright, we tried and failed, work it out for yourselves"
alternatively:
"Make sure to levy a tax on meanness and to subsidise kindness".
"Nah, you're allright, we tried and failed, work it out for yourselves"
alternatively:
"Make sure to levy a tax on meanness and to subsidise kindness".
The Labour 2024 manifesto did.
The rest is just trying to apply sticking plasters to a hemorrhage.
The rest is just trying to apply sticking plasters to a hemorrhage.
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Labour 2024 manifesto did.
The rest is just trying to apply sticking plasters to a hemorrhage.
The rest is just trying to apply sticking plasters to a hemorrhage.
Yes, she did. In her psychotic hallucinations at least.
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes, she did. In her psychotic hallucinations at least.
Agreed but tbf to the UK public, Liz Truss never actually fought or won a GE as Tory leader.
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Agreed but tbf to the UK public, Liz Truss never actually fought or won a GE as Tory leader.
It would take a PM like Farage or Jenrick to ally the UK to the EU's enemies in Orbanesque fashion. The idea of Farage simultaneously trying to get the UK back into the EU would be a sick twist but would you put it past the berk?
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It would take a PM like Farage or Jenrick to ally the UK to the EU's enemies in Orbanesque fashion. The idea of Farage simultaneously trying to get the UK back into the EU would be a sick twist but would you put it past the berk?
"the prime minister, whose job it is to shape public opinion, not cower before it"
The best summary of Starmer's premiership.
What was the point of such a large majority if you're not willing to use it to do and say the right things.
The best summary of Starmer's premiership.
What was the point of such a large majority if you're not willing to use it to do and say the right things.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"the prime minister, whose job it is to shape public opinion, not cower before it"
The best summary of Starmer's premiership.
What was the point of such a large majority if you're not willing to use it to do and say the right things.
The best summary of Starmer's premiership.
What was the point of such a large majority if you're not willing to use it to do and say the right things.
Sounds like a US Marines marching song...
I don't know but I've been told
Infightin’ till they all explode
Our Party ! Whose Party? Your Party!
I don't know but I've been told
Infightin’ till they all explode
Our Party ! Whose Party? Your Party!
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sounds like a US Marines marching song...
I don't know but I've been told
Infightin’ till they all explode
Our Party ! Whose Party? Your Party!
I don't know but I've been told
Infightin’ till they all explode
Our Party ! Whose Party? Your Party!
If you told me that Zarah Sultana had been paid to destroy the end of Corbyn's political career, I'd say that she'd earned every penny.
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you told me that Zarah Sultana had been paid to destroy the end of Corbyn's political career, I'd say that she'd earned every penny.
Apologies to Layla Moran it may have been Daisy Cooper who said it....Deputy Leader of the LibDems of all people.
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Apologies to Layla Moran it may have been Daisy Cooper who said it....Deputy Leader of the LibDems of all people.
Nonetheless, and don't get me wrong because I really don't like UK exceptionalism, there would still be a strong net benefit for the rest of Europe if the UK were to return.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nonetheless, and don't get me wrong because I really don't like UK exceptionalism, there would still be a strong net benefit for the rest of Europe if the UK were to return.
I'm hearing the 'mishandled Brexit' too often in the last couple of weeks - it's obviously been pushed by the government spin doctors and it's also contagious as even I think Lit was Layla Moran of the LibDems, of all people, who repeated it on Channel 4 news last night.
I fucking despair.
I fucking despair.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm hearing the 'mishandled Brexit' too often in the last couple of weeks - it's obviously been pushed by the government spin doctors and it's also contagious as even I think Lit was Layla Moran of the LibDems, of all people, who repeated it on Channel 4 news last night.
I fucking despair.
I fucking despair.
Reposted by Raymond Bennett
Brexit wasn't 'mishandled,' this is what it is.
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Brexit wasn't 'mishandled,' this is what it is.
democracies getting closer through shared values, human rights, solidarity and freedom for individuals to live and love without borders. Call me a soppy idealist. 2/2
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
democracies getting closer through shared values, human rights, solidarity and freedom for individuals to live and love without borders. Call me a soppy idealist. 2/2