In fairness, extremely relatable
03.03.2026 09:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@cjterry.bsky.social
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In fairness, extremely relatable
03.03.2026 09:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If the Greens start coming first is he going to count consecutive poll leads.
03.03.2026 08:48 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Alhamdulillah
03.03.2026 08:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As Maria Sobolewska and I first said in Brexitland, the legacy parties under FPP are like Tinkerbell - they need belief to survive. if people cease to believe they see the best and only options, they can die fast. Is this the moment Labourβs Tinkerbell dies?
03.03.2026 07:24 β π 72 π 21 π¬ 4 π 2You can actually see my house in this
03.03.2026 08:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With restrictive asylum rules?
03.03.2026 08:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0God alive lads make up your minds. The Muslims are voting Green. The Muslims are being pandered to by the Labour Party. There's not that many Muslims.
03.03.2026 08:02 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0Thatβs a lot of Muslims
03.03.2026 07:47 β π 83 π 10 π¬ 4 π 0I, for one, welcome our new Green overlords and remind them I can be deployed to explain niche committee rules in the underground participatory democracy mines.
03.03.2026 07:35 β π 21 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To some extent I think he does just personally believe a lot of nonsense too. Probably a lot more than we get to see
02.03.2026 23:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The main thing we learned about Sunak as a politician during his premiership was simply that he's too busy for this shit. A lesser politician would have stayed for the D-day commemoration for instance.
02.03.2026 23:53 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Though it should be noted that if you disagree with the show the least you could maybe not do is tell the host how much of a fan you are. That tends to send a different signal
02.03.2026 23:45 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0'Look, let me show you my favourites'
02.03.2026 23:28 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, agreed. It'll also be hard for the Greens, or anyone else, to flood a single constituency with volunteers in quite the same way.
02.03.2026 23:23 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think the thing is he probably does attract some non voters, but they're probably already ones who voted Reform in 2024. But Reform are REALLY good at energising non voters against them.
02.03.2026 23:13 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think probably a bit from column a and a bit from column c but the blocs have changed size in fairness since 2024, it's just MOST of the movement has been intra-bloc
02.03.2026 23:11 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Bloc voting thesis go brrr
02.03.2026 23:02 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0It's OK, he's dead now.
02.03.2026 21:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is not about being 'a sore loser' it's about being the biggest sore loser in history.
02.03.2026 21:40 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Tbf you are the palest man in any hemisphere
02.03.2026 21:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well unless the fountain of youth is in Herzylia
02.03.2026 21:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Chances have to be high that she dies mid-bit mind
02.03.2026 21:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's all about the alliances you don't respect.
02.03.2026 21:09 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Opening my Octopus app to check how long I have left on my 12 month fixed rate.
02.03.2026 21:05 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In which I reply to someone with a blacked out name that they are missing the joke and they inform me that in-jokes are virtue signals βused often by the far right.β Kinda want to frame it.
And they keep saying Bluesky doesnβt have the juiceβ¦
02.03.2026 18:32 β π 4150 π 424 π¬ 144 π 37There was a ska band in my hometown who were called Weapons of Brass Destruction and I've always thought that was excellent
02.03.2026 20:51 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Yeah I had a Bengali friend as a young man whose parents were either very tolerant or very gullible about the effects of tiredness on their son
02.03.2026 20:12 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Ah, someoneβs noticed that the constituent members of Andy Burnhamβs combined authority have control of no fewer than three airports.
02.03.2026 17:01 β π 94 π 14 π¬ 4 π 1In previous reports they have stated that they don't believe family voting to be something that occurs within one ethnicity yes.
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