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Pro Europe, pro music, anti selfish people and liars.

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Four per cent. Four.

And yet the country is once again being pulled apart by intimidating demonstrations, stirred up by disingenuous and dangerous politicians and commentators.

They are getting exactly what they want.

05.08.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

05.08.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7615    ๐Ÿ” 2559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 577    ๐Ÿ“Œ 252

They've always been good at completely changing themselves to get power (whilst still being the same underneath) but since Johnson purged anyone with a brain they've lost the knack, I expected them to go full pro EU!

05.08.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know what, one like, one opinion about elections (or related).

01.08.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 219    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Apprenticeships are so much the way forward for students and employers, it benefits both. Need to train people for jobs.

03.08.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

D: All of the above.

03.08.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"You said you'd get rid of the other people, not us??"

03.08.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ฏ. My eldest did one year and decided it wasn't for them, got a job, did an apprenticeship, moved jobs, and got promoted. I think uni is a dead duck unless you're doing it for academic reasons and can afford it. Degree apprenticeship is the way to go, get paid to do it!

03.08.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, sales generating income for the fortunate ones who owned before the surge in the late 90s/early 2000s but mainly a huge amount of credit since then, large mortgages also means higher payments which means less disposable income to stimulate the economy.......

03.08.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And if they had built new homes to rent, if would have kept private rents lower and slowed down the rate at which house prices rose.

03.08.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, Keith Joseph said so at the time.

03.08.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, one cousin wanted a bigger Navy than Britain and.......

02.08.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe she should try identifying as Liz Truss...

02.08.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She hasn't learnt about the Streisand Effect.....

02.08.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's how Queen Victoria tried to unite Europe, by getting her family to marry most of it....

02.08.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ

02.08.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Erm...who won the war?

02.08.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very erudite.

02.08.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another one who's lost the plot, or sucking up to Trump, or both....hard to tell really.

02.08.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world has indeed gone mad, everyone thought it was the Tories that would turn and go for rejoin EU as a way back to power, but sadly Johnson purged anyone with a brain who would have done that (The Tory party has much past form for changing completely in order to get or retain power)

02.08.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She's too stupid to realise that she can try and disown all she wants, but due to her skin colour many within her own party and others will still hate her.

02.08.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Used to love watching that after we'd been to the pub on a Friday night ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

02.08.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The soundtrack of the womenโ€™s Euros was happiness โ€ฆ and some men canโ€™t cope | Barney Ronay Familiar tones of rage, pain and betrayal that envelop menโ€™s football were missing during Englandโ€™s joyful run to glory

And this one www.theguardian.com/football/202...

02.08.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I am not the colleague you are looking for.....and if I am, you'll have to wait until <date of return>"?

01.08.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shocking rise in recognition of autism in people who would previously have been left to suffer, been excluded, or worse, is what that sentence should say!

31.07.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Puritanism. They can't stand the thought that someone else may be enjoying themselves. Same spirit gives us men moaning about the Lionesses Euros win, as how dare someone be given simple joy.

31.07.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And also the whole "there are no men at home so suddenly we'll allow women to do loads of jobs they weren't previously allowed to" which took some undoing.

31.07.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Johnson is no longer PM, thank god!

31.07.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suspect that continued tax avoidance by many Tory Party backers was at least part of the reason, plus the continuation of the selling off of the public realm for profit (continued by the current government).

31.07.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Companies bought loads for their execs for the tax break so there are so many on the second hand market now that prices have plummeted.

31.07.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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