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By Tubby Isaacs
#110179
The Reform element of the Tories never had a problem with Gullis and co. It was the Cameron types they didn’t like. I wonder if there’s much downside to bringing in the worst Tories.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#110180
Having said that, I think Reform will struggle to get past a level in a General Election where tactical voters won’t be able to block them.
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By Abernathy
#110191
That “let the other lot have a go” mentality is idiocy epitomised.

In some instances, in fact very much in this instance, “giving the other lot ago” is the very last thing you should do.

This sort of fuckwittedness is the sort of thing that drives me to despair.
By RedSparrows
#110212
davidjay wrote: Sat May 09, 2026 9:55 am In the post-match euphoria of Thursday night I was talking to a friend's son, presumably in his mid-twenties. He was pro-Reform, I asked him how he thought a public school millionaire stockbroker gave a toss about him, he agreed but "They're different and I'm skint." My older and now sadly late friend's saying about "Let the other lot have a go" is being played out with both major parties at once.
I'd have more sympathy for 'time for a change' if the politics wasn't Thatcher + racism and the personnel weren't half the fucking last Tory government.

This is vibes. That is all it is.
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By kreuzberger
#110216
I would place the blame for a lot of this vibes nonsense at the door of education. There is little there to ram home the understanding that running countries is actually quite a tough task, and simple solutions simply don't exist.

This political illiteracy is the only thing that allows these snake-oil salesmen to get into the hearts and minds of people who should know better, even if it is not their fault that they do not.
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