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Author and dog lover - multitasking...mostly looking for the ball. Any articles from lcdviews.com should be taken with a bucketful of salt.

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Was wondering if that is part of it too?

03.03.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So I’m confused. What is the level of UK involvement atm with Trump’s war on Iran?

03.03.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIFA Peace Prize winner running out of countries to bomb - LCD Views HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND PANIC INSTEAD : Everybody's favourite peacemaker, Donald Trump, is said to be fretting in a bunker (golf bunker) today -

FIFA Peace Prize winner running out of countries to bomb

03.03.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems impossible for Labour leadership to get their heads around 1. not everyone is a fucking racist. 2. Maybe a lot of us have ethnically mixed families and social groups and workplaces and sporting clubs and…3. Why telling 1. and 2. to piss off constantly seems to be a bad strategy electorally.

03.03.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t work out why I gave up on the i some time back after a change of leadership. 🀣

03.03.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At this stage, I suspect there isn’t a hinge to un from.

03.03.2026 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is he so bad at this? Is he the living embodiment of the Peter Principle? Here! Made flesh! A concept as a man! Roll up! roll up! Come see the terrifying Prime Minister!

03.03.2026 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having watched the Tories chase Farage into the bin, Labour decided, there must be some room still in the bin? And chased the Tories who chased Farage into the bin, only to find when they squeezed in, Farage was not inside, just Kemi and friends.

03.03.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re just jealous you weren’t invited to join. Just have a rumble under the sofa for a few billion in change and ask Trump to expand the board and give you a seat.

02.03.2026 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reed is my MP. I recall him telling me in response to a question about Thames Water and possibly taking it back into public hands? β€œWe can’t do that! It would Β£210bn and no one would ever invest in the UK again!”. At that moment I decided he was 100% bullshit merchant. Useful meeting. lol.

02.03.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨🚨Just editing an emergency edition of #BehindtheLines on #Iran with Charlie Gammell. It'll be in your podcast apps by 4am. Don't miss it!🚨🚨

01.03.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey you there! Traumatised person! Don’t get too comfy now…well done Labour. At least you learned from last week’s by-election loss. You did learn? Didn’t you? Oh.

02.03.2026 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ffs. They’re despicable. Fittingly enough I have an Iranian sister in law who was, many years ago now, a refugee from Iran. Trying to imagine what her experience would have been like if it was now under the current cruel debacle of forever chasing Nigel that is UK politics.

02.03.2026 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ha!

01.03.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIt was cheating not me being a massive bellend” - Farage responds to by-election loss - LCD Views IT’S A DISC RACE : BRITAIN’S LONGEST SERVING BBC QUESTION TIME CONTESTANT has responded today to his current party’s shock by-election loss somewhere up -

β€œIt was cheating not me being a massive bellend” – Farage responds to by-election loss

01.03.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them."

Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

01.03.2026 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2522    πŸ” 683    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 53
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PM pledges to "Drown more puppies!" after voters reject "Drown Puppies Party" at by-election - LCD Views FINGERS FIRMLY IN EARS : The UK is on course for more continuity governance with last Thursday's shock by-election defeat for Keir Starmer's government -

PM pledges to β€œDrown more puppies!” after voters reject β€œDrown Puppies Party” at by-election

28.02.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. It's an interesting misreading of the public at large though. "Okay so there's some crazy lefties here in our party and everyone else wants to machine gun refugees in the Channel. My X feed is full of that. Let's go!"..."What happened?".

28.02.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Constantly staggered by the waste he is making of being PM. From a meteoric rise from MP to PM and...then...um...wtf. Sigh.

27.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer needs some sort of FIFA Peace Award equivalent for how he's using his power and position. Talk about a clusterfuck of cluelessness and waste. Sigh. The people have said they're not into hate and division...let's give them some complete trash full of hate and division...that'll work.

27.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘ Yes! And hopefully the government will listen and realise that the actual voters maybe slightly different to what X suggests to them....hopefully.

27.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spence Addresses After Historic Green Party Win in Gorton & Denton| AC1Z
YouTube video by DRM News FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spence Addresses After Historic Green Party Win in Gorton & Denton| AC1Z

Hannah Spencer victory speech
youtu.be/Tf7wVpDEvho?...

"We have shown that we don't have to accept being turned against each other. We can demand better without hating each other"

27.02.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 602    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 35
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Farage to demand second referendum in Gorton & Denton - LCD Views THE BIGGEST POLL IN WORLD HISTORY, PROBABLY: Ballot means Ballot, as we all know. The People of Gorton & Denton had a vote, a once in a lifetime vote. -

Farage to demand second referendum in Gorton & Denton

27.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour to make Farage leader in rapid response to Gorton and Denton loss - LCD Views HEAD HIT WALL : LABOUR PARTY HQ have today responded to Thursday's staggering by-election loss up north somewhere by requesting a meeting with Nigel -

Labour to make Farage leader in rapid response to Gorton and Denton loss

27.02.2026 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've used Opus 4.6 a lot over the last few months. It's been a fascinating experience. I've built some very complex apps with it. It has also been eyewateringly frustrating many times as it seems to come to work drunk and then deny accountability for the resulting mess.

27.02.2026 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now...what lesson will Labour take from this? Keep chasing Reform?

27.02.2026 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LINO - Labour In Name Only. Sigh. It’s like they aim to get their polling into single figures.

25.02.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Labour Party : People are saying we’re just continuity Tories and they hate us for it.

Also Labour Party : What would the Tories do in this situation?

25.02.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0