comment by Michael Scofield (U11781)
posted 12 hours, 52 minutes ago
New from @Ipsos_in_the_UK Keir Starmer is the most unpopular PM in the history of Ipsos polling.

Net satisfaction with PM -66

Meanwhile Reform lead at 12.
Reform 34
Labour 22
Conservatives 14 (record low)
Lib Dems 12
Greens 12

https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/reform-uk-leads-12-pts-over-labour-both-pm-and-chancellor-hit-historic-low-satisfaction-ratings
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Whatever anyone's personal opinion on Starmer is, it's mad that this is the case. No one can tell me with a straight face he's worse than Truss, Sunak or Boris.

I feel we're at the point in politics where we're probably going to have one term governments for a while because a lot of our problems aren't something you can fix in a couple of years, and the voters have aren't willing to give anyone time to fix it.

They require long term strategy and probably cross party consensus which isn't going to happen.

Take the triple lock and WFA as an example. Badenoch actually suggested it needs to be looked into several years ago because it's not sustainable. Labour then try to address it and she immediately criticises the decision so she can try and court some of the grey vote.

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Michael Scofield (U11781)
posted 12 hours, 52 minutes ago
New from @Ipsos_in_the_UK Keir Starmer is the most unpopular PM in the history of Ipsos polling.

Net satisfaction with PM -66

Meanwhile Reform lead at 12.
Reform 34
Labour 22
Conservatives 14 (record low)
Lib Dems 12
Greens 12

https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/reform-uk-leads-12-pts-over-labour-both-pm-and-chancellor-hit-historic-low-satisfaction-ratings
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Whatever anyone's personal opinion on Starmer is, it's mad that this is the case. No one can tell me with a straight face he's worse than Truss, Sunak or Boris.

I feel we're at the point in politics where we're probably going to have one term governments for a while because a lot of our problems aren't something you can fix in a couple of years, and the voters have aren't willing to give anyone time to fix it.

They require long term strategy and probably cross party consensus which isn't going to happen.

Take the triple lock and WFA as an example. Badenoch actually suggested it needs to be looked into several years ago because it's not sustainable. Labour then try to address it and she immediately criticises the decision so she can try and court some of the grey vote.
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Badenoch has zero integrity. She's a vote tactitian and nothing else (and she's ever crap at that).

Badenoch is a totally insignificant in politics at the moment.

A good campaign by the Lib Dems could easily see the Tories pushed into 4th place in the present climate

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 33 minutes ago
Badenoch is a totally insignificant in politics at the moment.

A good campaign by the Lib Dems could easily see the Tories pushed into 4th place in the present climate
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When you actually need the Tory’s to step up to take Reform voters, they’re no where to be seen. End of the party?

People go for the extremes, the full fat version over the lite version, look at NI pre and post the GFA, the major players prior to signing were the relatively moderate SDLP (Hume) and UUP (Trimble) and then immediately after signing and the creation of the NI assembly the major players were SF (McGuinness) and DUP (Paisley).
The Tories aren't just finished because Badenoch is terrible at her job, they're finished because they haven't even realised the rules and parameters of the game has changed.
Divide and Rule used to be the preserve of the conservatives, Reforms lies and deceit have changed the Right.

Hamas claims it has lost communication with two Israeli hostages due to the Israeli military operation in Gaza City. Hamas demands that the IDF pulls back its forces from the area and stops drone flights & airstrikes for 24 hours so that it could try and locate the two hostages

That might actually mean something if Benny gave a fck about the hostages. There's no way he's ever cared about them otherwise the war would've been over 18 months ago.

BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.

Another day in Tory America

Drone footage shows the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, engulfed in flames.

https://x.com/monitorx99800/status/1972335096901578793?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

Live and let live doesn't enter the mind of some lunatics.

Going to hell in a burning handcart.

Burnham gets a big round of applause from Labour activists for slamming the “climate of fear within our party”.

He criticises moves to suspend the whip for “voting against disability benefits” or backing moves to scrap the two child benefit cap.

https://x.com/breeallegretti/status/1972340269992513877?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

I see someone willing to unseat Keith’s throne here

79 year old American business owner slammed to the ground by ICE. Suffered broken ribs and head trauma as he tried to show them his workers’ paperwork.

https://x.com/themainewonk/status/1971940843914514768?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

comment by Michael Scofield (U11781)
posted 6 minutes ago
79 year old American business owner slammed to the ground by ICE. Suffered broken ribs and head trauma as he tried to show them his workers’ paperwork.

https://x.com/themainewonk/status/1971940843914514768?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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this really does have echoes of sinister times.

Mormon Church shooter is now dead after exchange of fire with police.

Suspect was reportedly 40 years old, armed with an AR 15, and had two American Flags in the bed of his truck.

(source: New York Post)

Such a contrary place, one post is a nutter with a gun and the other is that maybe they're right to have guns because they're gonna have to fight back against their tyrannical government.

Maybe America should work on it's mental health care?

No chance of reducing gun ownership at this point

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/pro-palestine-protest-march-nicosia-gaza-ceasefire/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNGXeFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE2MHZyT1BDeERqMUlQbGdkAR5TBffzCbzGQFxQDfuaNvQUE6ZjouGOWoZR4j-sdkjcIBxmLc_rGxJrDn8NAA_aem_GHx7pFgmAYUUT2cOP367Lw

The Cypriots have had enough of Britain's support for Israel.

Fair play to them on that but what kind of Cypriots?

Because there's half who are quite fond of an illegal invasion

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 9 seconds ago
Fair play to them on that but what kind of Cypriots?

Because there's half who are quite fond of an illegal invasion
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this

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted less than a minute ago
Fair play to them on that but what kind of Cypriots?

Because there's half who are quite fond of an illegal invasion
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Turkish settlers aren't regarded as Cypriots.

By you maybe

By Cypriots.

Cyprus doesn't recognise the occupied North of the Island and people who live there now are regarded as illegal settlers.

President Trump told Axios that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is on board with his plan.

📝The main principles of the deal are:
— The release of all remaining hostages within 48 hours of a ceasefire.

— A permanent ceasefire.

— Gradual Israeli withdrawal from all of the Gaza Strip.

— Israel's release of around 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences for killing Israelis, and around 2,000 Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza since October 7.

— A post-war plan that includes a governing mechanism in Gaza without Hamas. This will include an international and Arab board with a Palestinian Authority representative, and a technocratic government of unaffiliated Palestinians in Gaza.

— A security force that would include Palestinians, but also soldiers from Arab and Muslim countries.

— Funding from Arab and Muslim countries for the new administration in Gaza, and for reconstruction and development of the enclave.

— Some involvement of the Palestinian Authority in the new governing mechanism in Gaza.

— A process of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza, which includes destroying all remaining heavy weapons and tunnels.

— Amnesty for Hamas members who disavow violence and want to stay in Gaza, and safe passage out of the enclave for Hamas members who don't commit to non-violence.

— No annexation of the West Bank by Israel and no annexation or occupation of parts of Gaza.

— An Israeli commitment not to attack Qatar again in the future.

— A future credible path for "Palestinian statehood" after the Palestinian Authority undergoes significant reforms.



Why do I not believe a single word of this?

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 20 minutes ago
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/pro-palestine-protest-march-nicosia-gaza-ceasefire/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNGXeFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE2MHZyT1BDeERqMUlQbGdkAR5TBffzCbzGQFxQDfuaNvQUE6ZjouGOWoZR4j-sdkjcIBxmLc_rGxJrDn8NAA_aem_GHx7pFgmAYUUT2cOP367Lw

The Cypriots have had enough of Britain's support for Israel.
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Fair play to them.

Kind of restores faith in humanity that ppl around the world don't condone or turn a blind eye to oppression and mass murder just because of the demographics of the victims. There are good people everywhere.