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We are a police state, with poverty as deliberate policy, we defend apartheid & arm genocidal regimes, we ignore international law, we break treaties, we host global corruption, our covid-19 response failed, we promote racist hostility: we are a failed state.
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The Chancellor has just announced that the cost of an NHS prescription in England will remain at £9.90, despite being free in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Chancellor has just announced that the cost of an NHS prescription in England will remain at £9.90, despite being free in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...
The Chancellor just froze tax on fossil fuels, and raised it on electric-powered vehicles...
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Chancellor just froze tax on fossil fuels, and raised it on electric-powered vehicles...
And bear in mind what he was up against...
Literally the worst shower of Tory incompetence since UK democracy started its squalid pretence.
Literally the worst shower of Tory incompetence since UK democracy started its squalid pretence.
Keir Starmer won the 2024 election with the smallest vote share of any majority government since record-keeping began in 1830.
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
And bear in mind what he was up against...
Literally the worst shower of Tory incompetence since UK democracy started its squalid pretence.
Literally the worst shower of Tory incompetence since UK democracy started its squalid pretence.
If we don't have room in the world for people like Korben, a 16-year-old from Norfolk whose 2022 pure prom perfection was met with huge cheers from classmates and teachers alike, then we are a sadly diminished society.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If we don't have room in the world for people like Korben, a 16-year-old from Norfolk whose 2022 pure prom perfection was met with huge cheers from classmates and teachers alike, then we are a sadly diminished society.
Keir Starmer won the 2024 election with the smallest vote share of any majority government since record-keeping began in 1830.
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Keir Starmer won the 2024 election with the smallest vote share of any majority government since record-keeping began in 1830.
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
This 'landslide' election (as mainstream media STILL insists), was won despite 80% of eligible voters NOT voting for Labour (you can check that on FullFact BTW). Landslide?
If they can seize the assets of corrupt Russian oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, they can seize the assets of corrupt Establishment moguls like Michelle Mone... If they so choose.........
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If they can seize the assets of corrupt Russian oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, they can seize the assets of corrupt Establishment moguls like Michelle Mone... If they so choose.........
The hashtag #LabourLies is worth a click; all kinds of posts pop up, they share a common theme...
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The hashtag #LabourLies is worth a click; all kinds of posts pop up, they share a common theme...
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What happened to Labour's promise to abolish the HoL?
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What happened to Labour's promise to abolish the HoL?
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The Labour Party website has a tab entitled: 'What we've delivered' linking to a whole section of blatant lies.
Labour is using semantics in order to claim policies have been delivered when they actually haven't. Example: the word 'eligible' is important here; the kids are still hungry. #LabourLies
Labour is using semantics in order to claim policies have been delivered when they actually haven't. Example: the word 'eligible' is important here; the kids are still hungry. #LabourLies
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Labour Party website has a tab entitled: 'What we've delivered' linking to a whole section of blatant lies.
Labour is using semantics in order to claim policies have been delivered when they actually haven't. Example: the word 'eligible' is important here; the kids are still hungry. #LabourLies
Labour is using semantics in order to claim policies have been delivered when they actually haven't. Example: the word 'eligible' is important here; the kids are still hungry. #LabourLies
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I really hate that phrase "the British public want..."
There is NO SUCH THING as one homogenous body of people who all think the same thing. And a government elected on 33% of the vote on a manifesto they have largely abandoned have NO right to speak for anyone else.
#labourlies
There is NO SUCH THING as one homogenous body of people who all think the same thing. And a government elected on 33% of the vote on a manifesto they have largely abandoned have NO right to speak for anyone else.
#labourlies
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I really hate that phrase "the British public want..."
There is NO SUCH THING as one homogenous body of people who all think the same thing. And a government elected on 33% of the vote on a manifesto they have largely abandoned have NO right to speak for anyone else.
#labourlies
There is NO SUCH THING as one homogenous body of people who all think the same thing. And a government elected on 33% of the vote on a manifesto they have largely abandoned have NO right to speak for anyone else.
#labourlies
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Allegations have been made before, years ago, about his extreme racism and anti-semitism at school, including in a book. What's new is his contemporaries - over 20 of them and growing - publicly confirming the allegations are true.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Allegations have been made before, years ago, about his extreme racism and anti-semitism at school, including in a book. What's new is his contemporaries - over 20 of them and growing - publicly confirming the allegations are true.
This is a picture of Keir Starmer lying through his teeth about this, that and everything. Can you tell he's lying?
I tried to get a picture of him telling the truth to compare it to, but I couldn't find one. #LabourLies #ALT
I tried to get a picture of him telling the truth to compare it to, but I couldn't find one. #LabourLies #ALT
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is a picture of Keir Starmer lying through his teeth about this, that and everything. Can you tell he's lying?
I tried to get a picture of him telling the truth to compare it to, but I couldn't find one. #LabourLies #ALT
I tried to get a picture of him telling the truth to compare it to, but I couldn't find one. #LabourLies #ALT
Farage & his racist allies are attempting to deflect criticism by asking why allegations haven't been made before now. This is utterly disingenuous: before now, racist news editors hadn't pushed Farage from the far right fringe to potential future prime minister.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Farage & his racist allies are attempting to deflect criticism by asking why allegations haven't been made before now. This is utterly disingenuous: before now, racist news editors hadn't pushed Farage from the far right fringe to potential future prime minister.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Where’s a grassy knoll when you need it?
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Where’s a grassy knoll when you need it?
The rot continues...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The rot continues...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our planet won't ever entirely throw off the virus that is humanity: a vaccine-resistant strain of bunker billionaires will ensure the most virulent socio and psychopaths survive to infect the future.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our planet won't ever entirely throw off the virus that is humanity: a vaccine-resistant strain of bunker billionaires will ensure the most virulent socio and psychopaths survive to infect the future.
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We have allowed sociopaths and psychopaths to create a society in which only they can thrive.
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We have allowed sociopaths and psychopaths to create a society in which only they can thrive.
Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
If you give your keys to a psychotic arsonist, expect the house to be burned down.
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you give your keys to a psychotic arsonist, expect the house to be burned down.
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The ghouls in charge are psychotic maniacs who belong in jail, they are destroying everything, everything...
www.declassifieduk.org/in-gaza-outr...
www.declassifieduk.org/in-gaza-outr...
In Gaza, outrage spreads at Trump’s ‘Governor Blair’ plan
Palestinians have not forgotten Tony Blair’s invasion of Iraq.
www.declassifieduk.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The ghouls in charge are psychotic maniacs who belong in jail, they are destroying everything, everything...
www.declassifieduk.org/in-gaza-outr...
www.declassifieduk.org/in-gaza-outr...
I'm UK, so I may be misunderstanding this, but surely the important maths regarding scotus was done with the appts. of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett in Trump's first term?
Or even earlier, in 1789 with the decision 'unelected and serving for life...'
Or even earlier, in 1789 with the decision 'unelected and serving for life...'
I still can't believe that the man who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy; who explained to camera how hard his cognitive screening test for Alzheimers was; who encouraged the assassination of his own vice president is still legally at liberty, let alone being president of the United States.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I'm UK, so I may be misunderstanding this, but surely the important maths regarding scotus was done with the appts. of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett in Trump's first term?
Or even earlier, in 1789 with the decision 'unelected and serving for life...'
Or even earlier, in 1789 with the decision 'unelected and serving for life...'
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Considering Trump led a coup d-etat & endorsed hanging his own VP before getting off scot-free, I'd say it's more likely he proposes changing the Constitution to allow a third term, and that SCOTUS and/or Congress will back him...
How likely is it that at the end of this U.S administration, some of its members actually end up in jail for what they have done? From this side of the ocean it sometimes seems like Americans have an aversion toward actually going through with criminal procedures against those in the highest office.
July 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Considering Trump led a coup d-etat & endorsed hanging his own VP before getting off scot-free, I'd say it's more likely he proposes changing the Constitution to allow a third term, and that SCOTUS and/or Congress will back him...
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Remember, The Emperor's New Clothes was a parable about the lackeys, not the emperor.
Without the media, his party, and big $, his rise and crimes would not be possible.
Without the media, his party, and big $, his rise and crimes would not be possible.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Remember, The Emperor's New Clothes was a parable about the lackeys, not the emperor.
Without the media, his party, and big $, his rise and crimes would not be possible.
Without the media, his party, and big $, his rise and crimes would not be possible.
And seriously, that's before we even get to the allegations of child rape, normalising Nazism & literally demolishing the White House!
Thing is, you can't really blame Trump. He's a psychotic confidence-trickster who'll get away with whatever he can; it's all of the rest of you that put him there.
Thing is, you can't really blame Trump. He's a psychotic confidence-trickster who'll get away with whatever he can; it's all of the rest of you that put him there.
I still can't believe that the man who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy; who explained to camera how hard his cognitive screening test for Alzheimers was; who encouraged the assassination of his own vice president is still legally at liberty, let alone being president of the United States.
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And seriously, that's before we even get to the allegations of child rape, normalising Nazism & literally demolishing the White House!
Thing is, you can't really blame Trump. He's a psychotic confidence-trickster who'll get away with whatever he can; it's all of the rest of you that put him there.
Thing is, you can't really blame Trump. He's a psychotic confidence-trickster who'll get away with whatever he can; it's all of the rest of you that put him there.
I still can't believe that the man who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy; who explained to camera how hard his cognitive screening test for Alzheimers was; who encouraged the assassination of his own vice president is still legally at liberty, let alone being president of the United States.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I still can't believe that the man who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy; who explained to camera how hard his cognitive screening test for Alzheimers was; who encouraged the assassination of his own vice president is still legally at liberty, let alone being president of the United States.