Having romped into third place in Gorton and Denton, Labour is celebrating its success with a word salad

Got battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what you’re selling – not considerably less, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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In other news

Royal family: It’s hard to imagine a book more damaging than this one. https://slate.com/culture/2025/08/royal-family-harry-meghan-william-andrew-entitled-book.html
#royals #UKpols #depravity #entitled #wtf #UnitedKingdom
It’s Hard to Imagine a Book More Damning About the British Royal Family Than This

How many people are willing to dish the dirt on a royal despite that not being “the done thing”? Many, it turns out.

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I don't understand why #UKLabour specifically, and #UKPols in general, are not taking the #HousingCrisis more seriously. It is the underpinning of all the other issues and dissent bubbling away. We cannot afford houses. Rent is too high. Too many AirBnBs. People have nowhere to live.

Everything is coming down to that. And no political party is prepared to confront that it is the whole system that has failed. And the grifters and scumbags like reform are taking advantage of that fear.

Welcome to the sunlit uplands of Brexit, where UK water companies no longer have anywhere to test the chemicals that keep our drinking water clean.

#UKPols #UKPolitics #Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/07/brexit-problem-uk-tap-water-safety-at-risk-after-testing-labs-shut-down

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

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"Treasury 'may have broken law' ahead of March Budget"

"The Treasury "may have broken the law" by failing to disclose a ÂŁ9.5bn overspend in the run up to the previous government's Budget, a select committee chair has said."

#UKPolitics #UKPols #UKLabour #TorySleaze

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9xjw4rw10o

Treasury 'may have broken law' ahead of March Budget, says MP

Meg Hillier, chair of the Treasury committee, made the comment after hearing evidence from the boss of the UK's official spending watchdog.

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@rmischook

All of Starmers petty kickbacks amount to less than 0.0000000000001% of the money the previous tory goverment stole from the UK through corruption.

The tory press don't want you to realise that.

#ukpols #ukpolitics #Labour #Starmer

"It suggests that Starmer is a guy who talks to the public like an undertaker but in private likes the finer things. More than that, he feels entitled to them."

The ever-excellent Marina Hyde on Starmer, his luxury habits, his austerity policies, his policy team, and his lack of grip. Hyde once again nails it.

#MarinaHyde #UKpols #Starmer #StarmerFreebies #Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/glasses-donor-money-keir-starmer-pm-approval-ratings-liz-truss

With the best glasses donor money can buy, surely Starmer can see that this week has been a total disaster

When the only recent PM to have worse approval ratings is Liz Truss, one hopes for a rethink, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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BREAKING NEWS: Another 'Reform candidate Georgie David defects to Tories, saying the "vast majority" of others standing for Farage's party are "racist, misogynistic, and bigoted".'
#uk #ukpol #ukpols #ukpolitics #ge2024 #ReformUK #nigelfarage #Clacton #VoteReform #VoteReformUK
https://news.sky.com/story/second-reform-candidate-quits-and-backs-tories-over-racism-and-misogyny-13162247
Second Reform candidate quits and backs Tories over 'racism and misogyny'

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