Leanest Optician
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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 12:15 PM
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"
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What about any gold they might have in their teeth?
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What about any gold they might have in their teeth?
About 6 months ago this guy got very cross and blocked me when I said he'd voted for a right-wing party
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
About 6 months ago this guy got very cross and blocked me when I said he'd voted for a right-wing party
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let's go
Under Pressure, but exchanging the main lyric for 'Russ In Cheshire'
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
let's go
Mayday mayday mayday
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Mayday mayday mayday
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That Glasman is held up as some kind of guru speaks to the intellectual poverty of the Labour right.
The seeming influence of Glasman is genuinely bizarre. What exactly are his credentials as a strategic political genius?
Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
That Glasman is held up as some kind of guru speaks to the intellectual poverty of the Labour right.
Starmer’s conference speech increasingly looking less like a reset of Labour’s direction and more like an attempt to distance himself from it
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Starmer’s conference speech increasingly looking less like a reset of Labour’s direction and more like an attempt to distance himself from it
There's one person applauding
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
There's one person applauding
I watched it on BBC2 in 1990 😱
I was lucky enough to watch #TwinPeaks in the order it came out but for many, the first two seasons were hard to come by so #FireWalkWithMe was their introduction.
Not until the show hit Netflix and released on DVD did it take off again.
How did you first find "Twin Peaks"?
Not until the show hit Netflix and released on DVD did it take off again.
How did you first find "Twin Peaks"?
a sign on the side of a road welcomes people to twin peaks
ALT: a sign on the side of a road welcomes people to twin peaks
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I watched it on BBC2 in 1990 😱
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"If you don't let me punch you in the face, the other guy will kick you in the nuts" doesn't seem like a sustainable political message.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"If you don't let me punch you in the face, the other guy will kick you in the nuts" doesn't seem like a sustainable political message.
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Honestly might be one of the bleakest sentences I’ve read in a while
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Honestly might be one of the bleakest sentences I’ve read in a while
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This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spineless Tapp
Halloween has been and gone, you should save the shit Donald Trump impressions for next year
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spineless Tapp
Only a truly despicable human being could stand in front of a camera bemoaning "racism returning to UK politics" and then a few days later introduce a new crackdown on asylum seekers
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Only a truly despicable human being could stand in front of a camera bemoaning "racism returning to UK politics" and then a few days later introduce a new crackdown on asylum seekers
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer is good at the long game, in the sense that rakes are long
Starmer is good at the long game, I'm loving having a Labour government, they've given my NHS employed wife two good pay rises since last July, after fourteen years of sod all.
Life is really good these days here in Richmond and I suspect others may notice it too.
Life is really good these days here in Richmond and I suspect others may notice it too.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Starmer is good at the long game, in the sense that rakes are long
I dunno, if you've made a bonkers pledge to build a gazillion new homes despite a skills shortage, should this really be your priority?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Men arrested after Home Office immigration operation in Bexhill
The men on strict immigration bail will be required to report regularly to the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I dunno, if you've made a bonkers pledge to build a gazillion new homes despite a skills shortage, should this really be your priority?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting: Just remembered this from March
Congratulations here to Wes Streeting for condensing the essence of the Westminster Monoparty into just 23 seconds. Outstanding work.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Streeting: Just remembered this from March
That Nukehurst blog in brief:
- Mamdani's numbers were shit actually
- JEREMBLY CROMBULYMS!!!!!!!!
- North Durham voters are too racist to be interested in free buses or cheaper groceries
- The end
- Mamdani's numbers were shit actually
- JEREMBLY CROMBULYMS!!!!!!!!
- North Durham voters are too racist to be interested in free buses or cheaper groceries
- The end
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That Nukehurst blog in brief:
- Mamdani's numbers were shit actually
- JEREMBLY CROMBULYMS!!!!!!!!
- North Durham voters are too racist to be interested in free buses or cheaper groceries
- The end
- Mamdani's numbers were shit actually
- JEREMBLY CROMBULYMS!!!!!!!!
- North Durham voters are too racist to be interested in free buses or cheaper groceries
- The end
I actually want Starmer & McSweeney to carry on as long as possible now, this is slapstick comedy gold
Keir Starmer's spokesman says he spoke to his senior team today and "has been assured that no No. 10 staff briefed against ministers."
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I actually want Starmer & McSweeney to carry on as long as possible now, this is slapstick comedy gold
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Gavazzeni claimed “many, many, many Italians” were alleged to have been involved, without providing a figure. “There were Germans, French, English … people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.”
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Gavazzeni claimed “many, many, many Italians” were alleged to have been involved, without providing a figure. “There were Germans, French, English … people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.”