A Political Thread pt. 2

[dirty harry]

Interestingly a bank recently announced no mortgages to youngsters where deposits etc were courtesy of the bank of mum and dad.

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Pay wall link I'm afraid, sorry

Isn't that 50% of first time buyers?

Ill have to go read a bit, doesnt sound logical to me

 

[Saintjay]

Looks like as expected there trying to line up McSweeney to take the hit.

PM faces Labour MPs' growing fury over Mandelson appointment

No 10 say Mandelson was sacked after new information about his links to Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ncurd]

Looks like as expected there trying to line up McSweeney to take the hit.

About time!

 

[ncurd]

 

[dirty harry]

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Is the racist in the room with you right now?

 

[Vaquer]

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Insincere right wingers been introducing themselves as "classical liberal" for years

 

[Vaquer]

RTÉ: Ireland threatens to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates

The Irish broadcaster said that Ireland's participation in the contest "would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza".

www.bbc.com

Be interesting to see if they go through with it. Tbh it's ridiculous that countries like Israel and Australia even get to compete considering it's EUROvision.

I'd stopped watching in the 2000s but SBS (Australia) joining and covering it like it means something killed my interest for good. Terry Wogan gently mocking everyone for being involved was funny.

 

[AlRums]

I'd stopped watching in the 2000s but SBS (Australia) joining and covering it like it means something killed my interest for good. Terry Wogan gently mocking everyone for being involved was funny.

In fairness, Graham Norton's done a pretty good job of maintaining that approach.

I still wouldn't watch it.

 

[AlRums]

Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodland - BBC News

A sheriff orders the three members of a self-styled "African tribe" to be removed from privately-owned land in the Scottish Borders.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodland - BBC News

A sheriff orders the three members of a self-styled "African tribe" to be removed from privately-owned land in the Scottish Borders.

www.bbc.co.uk

I wonder how much they believe what they say

 

[AlRums]

I wonder how much they believe what they say

Ask a MAGA

 

[dirty harry]

I wonder how much they believe what they say

Ive got all the respect in the world for them, Ghanaians and Texan living in tents in a borders winter? They deserve the land if they manage to survive that hahaha

Havnt a few locals gone in and abused them already?

 

[AlRums]

'Israeli forces took over my home and then they set it on fire'

Palestinian Nasser Faratawi found his West Bank home and business in ruins months after the IDF seized it.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

www.theguardian.com

The retired general told a community meeting in southern Israel earlier this week that more than 10% of Gaza's 2.2 million population had been killed or injured – "more than 200,000 people". That estimate is notable as it is close to the current figures provided by Gaza's health ministry, which Israeli officials have frequently dismissed as Hamas propaganda, though the ministry figures have been deemed reliable by international humanitarian agencies.

The Gaza ministry statistics do not distinguish between civilians and fighters, but leaked Israeli military intelligence data on casualties until May this year suggested that more than 80% of the dead were civilians.

In a quote that was not on the recording but was cited by Ynet, Halevi appeared to suggest that the main importance of Israel's military lawyers was to convince the outside world of the legality of the IDF's actions.

"There are legal advisers who say: We will know how to defend this legally in the world, and this is very important for the state of Israel," he is quoted as saying.

The IDF was approached for comment on Halevi's remarks about the death toll and the role of military lawyers, but had not replied by Friday evening.

Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer, said Halevi's remarks "confirm that the legal advisers serve as rubber stamps".

 

[Saintjay]

Looks like number 10 knew about the Epstein/Mandy Emails before Starmer went out to bat for him at pmq's. Might have been an idea to tell him

Starmer defended Peter Mandelson after officials knew about Epstein emails, BBC understands

Sources say that the prime minister was not aware of new emails between Mandelson and Epstein when he defended the former UK ambassador to the US at PMQs.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

All labour had to do was not be a scandal ridden mess, and they've managed to trip over that very low bar...

Genuinely no idea who I'm going to vote for next election.

Labour - incompetent and poor judgement
Tories - Still a dumpster fire
Greens - Deluded
Lib dem - I guess?
Reform - worst of the lot.

 

[General Melchett]

All labour had to do was not be a scandal ridden mess, and they've managed to trip over that very low bar...

Genuinely no idea who I'm going to vote for next election.

Labour - incompetent and poor judgement
Tories - Still a dumpster fire
Greens - Deluded
Lib dem - I guess?
Reform - worst of the lot.

The Standing at the back dressed stupidly and looking stupid party?

Democracy is becoming overrated anyway given how negative politics is so prevalent in certain countries. All we get is a menu of **** options to choose from.

 

[Which Tyler]

All labour had to do was not be a scandal ridden mess, and they've managed to trip over that very low bar...

Genuinely no idea who I'm going to vote for next election.

Labour - incompetent and poor judgement
Tories - Still a dumpster fire
Greens - Deluded
Lib dem - I guess?
Reform - worst of the lot.

Whoevers got the best chance of beating reform/conservative.

However badly Labour are doing, they're still an order of magnitude better than the current Tory party (if not for scandals).
Happy to vote Lib Dem again, would rather vote green than labour, or labour than Reform/Tory

 

[TommiG88]

Going to vote Lib Dem.

Labour feel like a party who have members that want to see them fail. They always seem to be 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

The Tories are a corpse of a party. No integrity and full of self serving tossers.

I don't want to talk about Reform. They feed on hatred and enraging fools.

 

[Reiser99]

This is what our system gives us. We will never have genuine politicians again until there is more at stake than keeping either the Tories or Labour out.