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How are Labour doing after their first 12 months


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Well the horse racing thing has me out. It’s the Grand National tomorrow
Yep. Good thing about the proliferation of online gambling is that you aren’t trying to get a football coupon on on National day and Sandra is in there quizzing the bloke at the counter on why she needs to give him £2 for a £1e/w bet on the 125/1 shot.
 
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Think I might vote Reform just to tip Archers over the edge. <laugh>

Actually I'd be Labour still tbph, even locally, I just don't trust any of the other ****ers. I quite like the idea of the Greens kicking the Americans off UK soil, but the rest of them is a bit like an infected wound that needs some dettol for the scabby wounds, so they are a no.

Only thing at the mo that would stop me voting Labour is if they tried a rejoin vote. I'm happy to have a trading market and better flexiability on movement. Afterall countries like Norway manage well without being directly in the EU. They don't use the Euro either.

Need to sort our military out though and no ****ing relying on others. Oh and get him to give Macron a kick in the nuts and post a video of it on Twitter for being an irritating ****.

I always thought being an EEA member was up for discussion but May and then Johnson kind of had a meltdown and it never happened

Idiots like Mogg to blame tbh
 
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I always thought being an EEA member was up for discussion but May and then Johnson kind of had a meltdown and it never happened

Idiots like Mogg to blame tbh
Yeah you get some more extreme takes on it. Trouble is it all became very divisive from both sides, then I just become a stubborn **** like the rest.

I still don't trust and never will the likes of Tusk and Von de liar. As with all politics they are all as corrupt as ****. But if people want to have sensible negotiations and not ones that hold us to ransom then I'm all for it.

To explain in short, what I saw Trump doing with tariffs and his board, was to me how I saw the EU with us, and I did think dose of your own medicine.

Like I say don't take the piss then I'm all reasonable.

As for all the migrants they allowed to be lobbed our way, they will be the very people (and families) who they will have to negotiate with in the future after I'm long gone, so be careful that sword swinging our way don't lob your head off one day, metaphorically speaking.

At least history will be able to look back and blame us brexiteers, rather that it being humans unable to come to a amicable agreement.
 
Twitter is like a minefield, just seen Keir Starmer posted on there around lunch-time, about working in the National interest, and some of the replies are absolutely brutal. It's a case of bring your own popcorn. Funny read, but poor sod has taken a proper battering.
 
Twitter is like a minefield, just seen Keir Starmer posted on there around lunch-time, about working in the National interest, and some of the replies are absolutely brutal. It's a case of bring your own popcorn. Funny read, but poor sod has taken a proper battering.
That’s why Sadiq just turns them off <laugh>
 
That’s why Sadiq just turns them off <laugh>
I was thinking when reading the comments, why the **** does Keir post on there. Can see why Trump has his own social media now, so he can moderate it. Probably best idea actually what Sadiq does turn the comments off, I've seen a few accounts like that or they can limit who replies - guessing these are all new functions under Musk that he charges for via subscription fees, like the little blue tick.
 
Sir Keir Starmer has shelved his Chagos Islands deal amid worsening relations with Donald Trump after the US failed to formally confirm its approval.

Trump had urged Starmer to scrap the deal despite earlier expressing support for the treaty. In January the president called the plan an "act of total weakness".

UK government officials have said they are not entirely abandoning the agreement - which would hand sovereignty of the British territory to Mauritius - but have run out of time to pass legislation before Parliament is dissolved in the coming weeks.

However, a new Chagos bill is not expected to feature in the King's Speech in mid-May.
It is understood the UK has still not received a formal exchange of letters from the US - a legal necessity required for the treaty to be enacted.

The Chagos Islands - officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory - are located in the Indian Ocean and Britain has controlled them since the early 19th Century.

The deal would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius, and pay an average cost of £101m ($136m) a year to lease back a joint UK-US military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia.

A government spokesperson said: "Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US.

"Ensuring its long-term operational security is and will continue to be our priority - it is the entire reason for the deal.

"We continue to believe the agreement is the best way to protect the long-term future of the base, but we have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support. We are continuing to engage with the US and Mauritius."
 
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Sir Keir Starmer has shelved his Chagos Islands deal amid worsening relations with Donald Trump after the US failed to formally confirm its approval.

Trump had urged Starmer to scrap the deal despite earlier expressing support for the treaty. In January the president called the plan an "act of total weakness".

UK government officials have said they are not entirely abandoning the agreement - which would hand sovereignty of the British territory to Mauritius - but have run out of time to pass legislation before Parliament is dissolved in the coming weeks.

However, a new Chagos bill is not expected to feature in the King's Speech in mid-May.
It is understood the UK has still not received a formal exchange of letters from the US - a legal necessity required for the treaty to be enacted.

The Chagos Islands - officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory - are located in the Indian Ocean and Britain has controlled them since the early 19th Century.

The deal would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius, and pay an average cost of £101m ($136m) a year to lease back a joint UK-US military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia.

A government spokesperson said: "Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US.

"Ensuring its long-term operational security is and will continue to be our priority - it is the entire reason for the deal.


"We continue to believe the agreement is the best way to protect the long-term future of the base, but we have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support. We are continuing to engage with the US and Mauritius."
How the **** can you get to the bold conclusion after making the red statement.