It was an insight into his character, though.

He got elected on a platform and then disregarded it.

It doesn't scream "integrity".

Isn’t that the truth.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/human-rights-the-uks-international-human-rights-obligations The substantive rights and freedoms contained in the Convention are: Article 2: the right to life Article 3: the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment Article 4: the prohibition of slavery and forced labour Article 5: the right to liberty and security Article 6: the right to a fair trial Article 7: the prohibition of retrospective criminal penalties Article 8: the right to private and family life Article 9: the freedom of thought, conscience and religion Article 10: the freedom of expression Article 11: the freedom of assembly and association Article 12: the right to marry Article 13: the right to an effective national remedy for breach of these rights Article 14: the prohibition of discrimination in the protection of these rights The UK has also ratified Protocol No. 13 to the Convention on the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, as well Protocol No. 1, which contains three additional rights: Article 1 of Protocol No.1: the right to free enjoyment of property Article 2 of Protocol No.1: the right to education Article 3 of Protocol No.1: the right to free and fair elections See also, as it incorporates the ECHR, the UK Human Rights Act (1998) https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act

I keep a handy ColorNote on my phone of the ECHR main points, to ask people 'Which of these rights do you wish to be denied to you and family?'
Oddly, very few wish to eschew these for themselves; only for 'others'...

I am old enough to remember when that charlatan Farage said leaving the EU would get immigration 'under control'.

Now he says we must all lose our human rights, leave the ECHR, leave the Refugee Convention and deport 1m people to get immigration 'under control'.

And still some people listen to him

The Greens are pretty close to getting my vote, right now.

Past tense.

Starmer's jettisoning of Corbyn's popular policies, as soon as he was elected Labour leader, foreshadowed all of this.

A tiny oasis of hope in this Hell-hole of a planet.

And you can complain to the BBC here:

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UKIP still deserved representation (if only that their lies could be refuted) but they had no parliamentary representation.

That doesn't explain Farage's almost weekly appearances, though?

Part of me hopes this is some sort of AI.

I don't want to be this disappointed in the BBC.

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

How do they get away with being so consistently wrong about everything they pontificate on?

Oh, yes... newspapers.

People literally buy this shit!

We see where their interests lie, and it's not with the future of the planet.

(Well it is really, only they're to stupid to see it).

Yeah

I pronounce the argument that Americans need guns to protect us from a tyrannical government officially dead. Kaput. We're living under a tyrannical government and the only people suffering from gun violence are innocent children and civilians. No one's using them against this government.

I should hope so! He's everything you should aspire not be as a human being.

Only one of them is currently in power.

I wonder if there's a greater institutional intolerance within the BBC for those in power in comparison to those who would be in power?

It doesn't seem to have the foresight to realise it's helping those that will be worse in government.

Maybe Americans aren't the only ones susceptible to a bit of right wing populism?

I suspect fat fewer of us are quite so stupid. An association with Trump can't be doing Farage any favours.

The Greens have a charismatic leader and saving the planet is a really compelling argument.

Trump could signal the end of our reliance on oil sooner than expected.

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Before or after the pink furry handcuffs are applied?

I'm pretty sure you're replying to (a not terribly subtle) parody account.

Not principled?

Is the Pope against genocidal maniacs!?

The papers lie.

Don't be fooled again.

No apology required.

Yeah, like my mental health.