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This, meanwhile, is from Private Eye and manages to be far more on the nose.

Ha ha ha.

Adam Thompson (Lab) asks what the government will do to improve maths education. He recently came across a 61-year-old man who said he had counted £7bn of government spending, when it was only £27m. What will be done for people like Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, who cannot add up?

Doubtless Brendan O'Neil is already working on how this shows the government are intellectual snobs.

Reform now on 34 percent in the latest ipsos poll.

Well that's nice for them. People get the politicians they deserve.

Probably an outlier. Kemi's team are on 15%. Reform plus Tories on 49% sounds too much.

Labour have lost 12% of 2024 votes to Reform, 8% to Greens, 5% to the Lib Dems. I don't know if those proportions are typical of polls, but it's not as clear as some are saying that the easy votes are in high tax liberalism. But whatever, that shit that was spoken in that immigration speech needs not to be spoken again.

Meanwhile Mrs Runcorn is distinguishing herself. Calling for trade war with France, because there are too many boats. About all we're missing is "they want to sell us champagne".

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France will crack down on dangerous crossings if the UK gives them something. How about giving French fishermen free range off the coasts of Skegness, Great Yarmouth and Clacton. A triumph for Reform?

Some mad figures- how are Labour responsible for Brexit failure? Was it all going well 10 months ago?

Farage getting blame here is encouraging, but he's virtually tied with Remain-supporting Theresa May who got a reasonable deal. Bozo's score is very satisfying and might imply he won't be making a Churchill 1940 comeback.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:15 pm Probably an outlier. Kemi's team are on 15%. Reform plus Tories on 49% sounds too much.

Labour have lost 12% of 2024 votes to Reform, 8% to Greens, 5% to the Lib Dems. I don't know if those proportions are typical of polls, but it's not as clear as some are saying that the easy votes are in high tax liberalism. But whatever, that shit that was spoken in that immigration speech needs not to be spoken again.

Meanwhile Mrs Runcorn is distinguishing herself. Calling for trade war with France, because there are too many boats. About all we're missing is "they want to sell us champagne".

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Hopefully the problem with the immigration speech is that it will be bought up again and again as a reason not to vote for Labour.

Yeah, it can't be unsaid. Like Starmer saying Israel could shut off electricity to Gaza.

What a surprise.

Have-a-go mow warning as councillor cuts roundabout

Price, the whip for the Reform UK group on the council, said he took action at the site near Ilkeston after "many complaints" at the overgrown island and has said he will carry out more cutting.

He was "speaking as a father"...

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:27 pm Some mad figures- how are Labour responsible for Brexit failure? Was it all going well 10 months ago?

Farage getting blame here is encouraging, but he's virtually tied with Remain-supporting Theresa May who got a reasonable deal. Bozo's score is very satisfying and might imply he won't be making a Churchill 1940 comeback.

As Corbyn's wanted Brexit all his life and hardly showed up to campaign, there is a case for blaming Labour for Brexit happening.

Nobody apart from Cameron and Johnson could get any coverage, so I don't blame Corbyn too much for the campaign. Maybe there's some "Labour let in all the Poles" in there?

There are those who will blame Labour, and in particular Starmer, for every political decision and its aftermath since the war.

Farage campaigns on the issues that matter. Starmer probably eats Muslim snacks like those mini pappadoms from Marks and Spencer's food section.

"Remember when the wokes banned us adding white lead to flour" - he added.

Touchy, but isn't he always when he's not being treated with kid gloves
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Does anybody actually know what flavouring has changed in smoky bacon crisps - or even care?

No, of course not. But all that matters is that someone - probably a foreigner - has mucked around with it, and they tasted better in the old days and they employ Gary Lineker and they're based in Leicester which is essentially crawling with Them What Don't Eat Bacon Like Proper Men Does.

Surprised he hasn’t claimed they are now flavoured with halal bacon

I'm genuinely surprised at this. I thought they'd stop short of the full Priti Patel. This may not be popular with lots of their voters. What's the explanation? Wingnut welfare?