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God knows what is going on but I have had a flood of Jenrick, Braverman and Reform crap on my social media feeds today. They must have my algorithms mixed up with some other posters on here 😩 7 councillors from KCC who were booted out of or left Reform have now joined up with Lowe’s party. We now have 3 types of Tory to pick from in Kent and none of them remotely close to centre right. Happy days.

Absolutely. The lack of self awareness by everyone in Trump’s administration is staggering. Given that he and the rest of Trump’s cronies are actively dismantling democracy in the US and turning it into Trump’s own banana republic is not lost on most of the rest of the world.

Our local surgery is brilliant. I know several people who have been diagnosed with cancer and they have all said that they can’t fault the way that they have been looked after. I guess some are better than others. As for the economy/travel with Europe, wouldn’t it be better if we were in the EU? As for part bridges part tunnels across the channel, how would that work??

I did make it to the end but still don’t get it so yes, that on my list. Should have added The Shining to my list too.

Fellini’s Satyricon. Released in 1969, the critics raved about it and it was the cool film to see according to my peers at school. Still don’t have a clue what it is about. Last Tango In Paris. Boring. Betty Blue. Boring and depressing. Saturday Night Fever. Hated disco. Disliked The Bee Gees and John Travolta. Not sure why I went but wish I hadn’t. Dumb and Dumber. Irritating and not remotely funny. La La Land. Fell for the hype. Wish I hadn’t. A Clockwork Orange. Stylistically brilliant but the casual violence is disturbingly portrayed as a bit of a lark.

Middle class parents? Why not just call them parents? I don’t have a “snap dragon.” I have a wife. I did not moan that the state wouldn’t pay for a second car. I said that we gave it up because we could no longer afford to run two cars. Apart from that, spot on. No surprise that someone who supported Johnson and currently supports Farage has such little regard for the truth.

I agree, but the helicopter attack sequence and Duvall’s performance are rightly considered as Hollywood gold.

Whose fault was austerity? Whose fault was Brexit? God knows what things will be like in 10 years time, but we have lived through what has brought us to this and those who didn’t have their heads in the sand know what that was.

I wouldn’t say breakfast clubs, lifting children out of poverty, those at the bottom of the food chain earning a bit more money, shorter waiting lists is nothing. But then he voted for Johnson and will vote for Farage so we know he is a turkey happy to vote for Christmas.

This current “shambles” were served a poisoned chalice. They are far from perfect but are still better than what went before and led us to this mess. Brexit, austerity and Covid have shafted this country economically. Starmer said last year that it would take two terms (10 years) to turn things around. Anyone thinking that there is a quick fix is seriously deluded.

Would that be people who don’t start a new sentence with a capital letter or didn’t know how to spell “language?” Seriously, why is it an issue if people in A & E didn’t have English as a first language? How do you know that “most” of them didn’t? Did you talk to them all or were they just dressed funny?

Minister for Home Economics?

Suella looking after “equalities” 🤣

His cameo in Apocalypse Now! was special though. I’d forgotten that he was the original Major Frank Burns in M*A*S*H too. Great actor. RIP.

On this thread? Sorry but I don’t see it.

I’m guessing they rounded it up from £16,999,999,999.

Not that nic will be bothered… FACT CHECK: Nigel Farage’s victory lap 🤔 Farage is celebrating after Labour backed down from plans to postpone local elections, framing it as a Reform victory and proof that only they “fight for democracy.” Let’s check the tape. 👀 “Keir Starmer tried to stop 4.6 million people voting.” ❌ Dramatic, but misleading. More than a dozen councils had requested the postponement themselves, including Conservative and Lib Dem ones, citing capacity concerns during local government reorganisation. Not quite the sinister voter suppression plot Farage is selling. 🎭 “We took this Labour government to court and won.” ❌ Not quite. Reform launched a judicial review that never reached a final judgment. The government withdrew “in the light of recent legal advice” and no court ever ruled in Reform’s favour. Big difference. “Only Reform UK fights for democracy.” 👀 When Tory MP Christian Wakeford defected to Labour in 2022 without a by-election, Farage called him “the Dishonourable Member for Bury South.” Suella Braverman is now the fourth Conservative MP to defect to Reform without calling a by-election. Not one constituency got a vote. Four dishonourable members, quietly welcomed through the door. 🚪 As for democracy within Reform itself? The party is structured as a private company, with Farage and Tice as its only directors. Members have no vote on leadership or policy. 🇷🇺 More broadly: Farage named Putin as his most admired world leader in 2014. When Russia invaded Ukraine, he told the BBC the West had “provoked” it. 🇺🇸 When a mob stormed the Capitol to stop certification of a democratic election, his entire response was: “Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.” No mention of his friend Trump. No condemnation of the attempted overturn. Just enough words to claim he technically said something. 🫥 Labour’s handling of this was a shambles. An absolute own goal. And they will suffer because of it. But let’s get real here… Nigel’s big fight for democracy lasts exactly as long as it’s convenient. For Nigel. ⚖️

My brother is a Fulham season ticket holder. Bragging rights at stake.

Someone doesn’t understand the difference between deporting those who legally should be deported in an orderly fashion and shooting dead US citizens on the street without justification.

It’s ridiculous that this is still an issue in this day and age. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/15/gender-pay-gap-persist-30-years-uk-tuc

And nowhere is the decline more apparent than in the USA.

I wonder if Andrew is sweating yet? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/more-two-dozen-people-linked-153149553.html

I am sure he was, but trying to convert others too. It turns out that Ratcliffe had met with Farage just before his speech about colonisation. Funny that.