#UKPolitics #DWP #Benefits It saddens me to see Stephen doing this. He was the first person to join my nascent political society at Farnborough G.S. I remember teaching him about the dialectic, early Marx, the Fabians etc. He must know there is no justification for doing this.
https://mas.to/@therightarticle/114337370904518241
It is not just the corruption and greed, it is the exposure of the foolishness, if not outright stupidity of these greedy eejits. (1) obvious to observers (and bookies hate to be fleeced) and (b) the traceability.
Sadly, that is the point.
Claiming for ANY benefits is designed to put you off and make you feel like crap about yourself.
"How dare you ask us for help to live, how DARE YOU!"
The right to protest is barely hanging on by a thread.
Give the bin workers what they want, pretend they're foreign oligarchs and they've bought you some pop concert tickets.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/14/birmingham-bin-workers-reject-deal-to-end-strike
Steve Bray acquitted in a case brought after police said he was playing music in an area that was restricted in Parliament Square last year.
Court ruled Steve Bray’s anti-Tory and anti-Brexit protest featuring The Muppet Show and Darth Vader themes was lawful expression of his views
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Who is Keir Starmer? As the UK prime minister attempts a balancing act to support Ukraine, strengthen ties with the EU and adapt to a seemingly unpredictable US president, a psychologist aims to reveal his leadership style by analysing his core personality traits.
@TheConversationUK has more:
https://flip.it/z7dcq7
Tories gonna Tory?
Ho hum...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-former-tory-mp-14-35051203?utm_source=mirror_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_politics_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=c58445e4-1bb2-4edf-92dc-4241cba0a3f9&hx=0179db93a994e87c3f72cb77d09a10bcfcbdde799b8a29e5855780e017187d12
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@JennyList @Philsturgeon
That would be so easy to fix that it’s hard to believe it’s even a problem. I suspect it’s just one more example of how the failure to address pressing issues in a timely manner is creating an almost insurmountable backlog.
The UK really needs to stop kicking cans down the road!
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Suffice to say that if what Cowley approvingly writes about accurately reflects Labour thought it'll be a rough four years.
And with both Tories and Labour solely courting Reform voters (who are very unlikely to switch) that's a lot of pressure for the Lib Dems and Greens to represent everyone else - from Corbyn fans to Clarke fans. Minimum.
Still better than the last lot, I guess.
Just read the Jason Cowley piece in The Times (if you hate yourself: https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/hard-labour-keir-starmer-jason-cowley-v68rblnzl)
Wildly incoherent policy proposals (I agree with some, they just make no sense as a package), appealing to the proposer's imagination of the working class. Likely written by people who think they're down to earth because they own flat caps.
FAFO time...
At least 80 Labour MPs are at risk of losing their majorities over proposed welfare cuts, according to data shared between Labour MPs who are warning the government that the changes “pose a real electoral risk”.
Cabinet and senior ministers are among those who have smaller majorities than the number of constituents expected to be affected by the changes.
