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Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock
Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.
I'm in politics for people like my Dad.
His dad who was Finance Director at the English Electric Cooker Company and Managing Director of Cannon Industries?
His dad, whose startup company went on to turnover millions and who privately educated his son?
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
It was a council by-election not Holyrood. Local authority by-elections always have low turnout. It's a bad result but not absolutely indicative of anything else.
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When you suddenly start caring about allegations of anti-semitism again
In Scotland, unlike England, Farage needs to be careful what he wishes for…
Opinion polls show that the rise of Reform in England has now driven support for independence into the majority position in Scotland. It’s the ultimate case of political blowback
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This is bollocks. I'm in Scotland. White. We have our own struggles with racism. We should never endorse racist attacks by white people never called to account for their behaviour. You want to solve these divisions? Set in place proper anti racist training in all work places with no get out clauses.
Mamdani is 100% further from being a communist than Trump is from being a fascist. He is also 100% closer to being a Christian.
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
Home Office not expected to recover post Irony By - Pass.
Probably because Trumpmos looking so terrible. However let's see what happens post budget.
Behind paywall. I'd need about 20 subscriptions to read single articles that interest me. Why can't we read individual articles for a small amount without having to subscribe then remember to cancel before it goes to the full amount? I don't want it free just without obligation.
Today is a good day to call Mike Johnson and tell him to do his job of swearing in Rep. Grijalva. Switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Ask for Mike Johnson's office then leave a message once prompted. Be sure to include your name and zip code.
There are greater criminals in history - so far. Hitler. Pol Pot. Stalin. Mussolini. But there is no saying he won't catch up. Certainly with Mussolini whose personality he closely resembles.
It is.
Console yourself with 'Don't Look Now' on BBC2
Sadly lots.
I can't imagine the shame I would feel if one of those officers was my son or my brother or my husband. This is not what the US has become - its the US given licence to be what it has always been. We should all beware. Its not been difficult to unleash it.
Exhibition at V&A Dundee of Palestinian Women's embroidery. Resilience and resistance.
'Resistance is a process not a single event.'
Get along to this if you can. You won't be disappointed.
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Great thread. Details and research. Easy to follow. Excellent.
The matadors don't actually shag the bulls - do they?
So if we find her dead on the patio with a tasteful arrangement of colourfully beribboned swords in her neck we'll know who to look for. 🤔
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (4?) in a leopard-print dress and sparkly cowboy boots is playing with her teddy as she sits across from Mum in a cafe.
Mum is sipping coffee, eyes half closed in the sunshine. Listening intently to Vitally Important Teddy Facts. (1)
Were there chariots of fire as well? And spears and truth unfolding?
And was William Blake there with his copyright and intellectual property?
DJT at UNGA
We're checking unsecured garden sheds and outhouses for missing raptors as I type. May I recommend a Bakewell Tart should your apples run out.
I'm astonished that they don't take his phone away before they give him his bedtime hot milk and sedatives,
or
Find him someone who doesn't write texts like the worst and cheapest video game hack.
