Apparently #Reform have turned down #LizTruss's application for party membership due to concerns it would "Damage [their] Reputation" And that is just too hilarious. Imagine sucking so badly at British politics even the party that puts teenage racist cryptobros in senior positions thinks you are too toxic to consider...

#VeryNormalIsland #UKPol #UKLabour

#Brexit: Breaking new frontiers in cheap novelty plonk, and devaluing traditions and quality along the way.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm73z0np93o

#VeryNormalIsland #ThisIsFine #GaslitUplands

The French winemaker whose wines are illegal in his home country

Maxime Chapoutier makes wines that combine French and Australian grapes, a strict no-no in the EU.

BBC News

Well with #StormEowyn rolling, and me having to go to work driving a lorry because the government is terrified of issuing compulsory Do Not Drive notices, so every workplace would prefer to risk employees dying that lose a single day's profit, #FuckNeoLiberalism, I think I should get the #weatherforecast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZzEEaKC90

#OllieWilliams #VeryNormalIsland #ProbablyGonnaDieToday

Ollie Williams - It's gonna Rain!

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Okay, to the #UKGov has responded to the #StopTheCull petition, and basically said that the reason they are carrying on with the #BadgerCull is that they think #Farmers are too thick to know how not to cull badgers.

They prettied up the language, but the gist is farmers are too thicko to work out how not to shoot things.

#VeryNormalIsland #UKpol #UKPolitics

How crazy do you need to be when even #NigelFarage thinks you're too rightwing crazy? #ElonMusk crazy, that is the level of rightwing loony tunes crazy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7ve4m1q42vo

#MadLonnie #UKPolitics #UKPol #VeryNormalIsland

Nigel Farage distances himself from Elon Musk on Tommy Robinson

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has voiced support for jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

BBC News

Today in life inside #EndStageCapitalism, #LloydsBank is in trouble because so few people can now afford to take out a mortgage.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68887633

#VeryNormalIsland

Lloyds hit as banks compete for mortgage customers

The banking group's results showed it had made less money from loans and mortgages compared with last year.

BBC News