- Sat Apr 25, 2026 6:52 pm
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Funnily enough a load of ours disappeared during that 18 months. I can almost guarantee that nobody remotely credits the Labour Government for that.
Spoonman wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 4:12 pm I see Ms "I don't make mistakes" decided it was a good idea to promote the UK armed forces on Xitter by using footage from Bloody Sunday of all things.I just came here to post that, she really is having a good go at alienating the entire electorate, one demographic at a time.![]()
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l2gnvd0lgo
She quickly took it down, but not before enough people noticed.
Oboogie wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 4:55 pmI just came here to post that, she really is having a good go at alienating the entire electorate, one demographic at a time.In fairness, a Venn Diagram where you have Conservative NI supporters in one circle and those supporting the victims of Bloody Sunday in another would barely overlap the edges.
Spoonman wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 4:12 pm I see Ms "I don't make mistakes" decided it was a good idea to promote the UK armed forces on Xitter by using footage from Bloody Sunday of all things.Fuuuuuck....![]()
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l2gnvd0lgo
She quickly took it down, but not before enough people noticed.
Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 5:41 pmWhale Sandwich.Spoonman wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 4:12 pm I see Ms "I don't make mistakes" decided it was a good idea to promote the UK armed forces on Xitter by using footage from Bloody Sunday of all things.Fuuuuuck....![]()
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l2gnvd0lgo
She quickly took it down, but not before enough people noticed.
Spoonman wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 5:26 pm In fairness, a Venn Diagram where you have Conservative NI supporters in one circle and those supporting the victims of Bloody Sunday in another would barely overlap the edges.Oddly enough I used to know a couple of ex-paras, one a WW2 veteran (dropped on D-Day and Arnhem), the other a little older than myself who served from the late 70s to the mid 90s. Each of them cursed Bloody Sunday as a stain on the Regiment and cross they had both at various times been expected to answer for despite neither having been serving at the time, let alone involved. I was relieved to have my own bias checked as I would have expected them, out of misguided loyalty, to have tried to defend it which couldn't have been further from the truth.
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