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Frosty

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Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango!

It's a race to the bottom with some of the journalists around this Starmer story. Tom Harwood, Dan Hodges and Harry Cole to name a few. Making themselves look like plonkers.
He has been working for the Mail for too long. I always thought his OTT criticisms of Corbyn were the ramblings of a bitter ex-Labour supporter.

But no, he has gone mad.
 

Jericholyte2

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It's a race to the bottom with some of the journalists around this Starmer story. Tom Harwood, Dan Hodges and Harry Cole to name a few. Making themselves look like plonkers.
I think he’s been going to the same parties as Gove!
 

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In June 2021 Anderson announced he would not be watching the England national football team at UEFA Euro 2020 games in response to the players taking the knee prior to matches. He said: "The FA and the England football team have made a big mistake in supporting the taking of the knee before football matches ahead of the European Championships. The FA, Premier League and footballers now run the risk of becoming like the Labour Party and that is having nothing in common with their traditional supporters."

These people are so weird.
 

DavidDeSchmikes

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If you cannot eat for 30p a day you clearly cannot budget.
what annoys me is that the cost of living is going up, and it seems the Tories are just saying "well it's not our fault, it's Ukraine" and very little attempt to find some solution
 

Frosty

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In June 2021 Anderson announced he would not be watching the England national football team at UEFA Euro 2020 games in response to the players taking the knee prior to matches. He said: "The FA and the England football team have made a big mistake in supporting the taking of the knee before football matches ahead of the European Championships. The FA, Premier League and footballers now run the risk of becoming like the Labour Party and that is having nothing in common with their traditional supporters."

These people are so weird.
He was a Labour councillor until 2018, got overlooked by the local party when he came out and said he wanted to become the next MP, then defected to the Tories and got the nomination he so craved.
 

Frosty

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This is very niche, but the fact that there are no time limits on speeches in the Queen's Speech debates is important. Speaks volumes of the lack of quality in the proposals in the Speech, and the fact the backbenchers don't want to defend this Government.
 

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Where did you hear this?
The first part is public knowledge - Sarah Vine has been writing about it In The Daily Mail. The reasons for the split are not known although the rumour I heard (no idea if it is true) is that Michael is very friendly with a male staffer.
 

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Does anyone keep up with Kwajo housing? For those unfamiliar, a guy called Kwajo travels all over London (this is all off his own back from what I understand he demands nothing out of it apart from situations to change) to expose absolutely horrific living conditions from mold to ceilings falling apart etc. and he successfully pressures landlords/the council to do something about it.

Anyway my point is that between him and Rashford, it never fails to amaze me how comfortable local MPs/the government are happy to sit back and let normal people to do their jobs for them
 

Frosty

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Found out yesterday that this MP used to be a labour councillor. Just a perfect example of a dog shit political system.
Threw his toys out of the pram when he didn't get the Labour nomination for the seat (Gloria de Piero confidentially gave notice that she did not want to run again). Got a better deal from the Tories and jumped ship.

I'm shocked by how often this happens. Locally to me a number of councillors did the same over the past few years.