"Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it’s obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate & catastrophic. A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish - many suspect it might markedly improve." - David Graeber

Yes

The @elegraph Farage claims migrants are eating swans in Royal Parks Reform UK leader's accusations immediately rebuffed by Royal Parks charity IBC

I’ve heard it say that Nigel Farage has no less than seventeen nipples spread over his chest and back.

I’m, of course, not saying it’s true, but we have no evidence saying otherwise.

It could be true, we just don’t know.

That’s how this works, right?

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A cartoon. On the left, a view of the sea, with a sign saying "Welcome to Clacton". Someone is standing in front of it and looking at a blue plaque on a wall to the right that says, "FARAGE LIED HERE".

Accurate

If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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Yup - toe in the water

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Why landlords are draining Britain dry

Rents in the UK are out of control. Across England, they now swallow more than 36% of gross income. For millions, life is no longer about living — it’s about paying landlords. This video explains why rent is dragging families into poverty, and suggests ways forward.

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Dear Leader is always playing 4-D chess.

Explain to me how this person isn't under medical care rather than negotiating the prevention of World War 3 😑

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I see King Donny the 47th and Melania Antoinette are clearing the streets of undesirables for the unveiling of his golden ballroom in Washington DC 😑

"All capitalists want capitalism for the masses and socialism for the super rich elites. That's kind of the definition of capitalism in my honest opinion." - David Graeber

Yes.

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

This applies to every tin pot populist we have, currently shouting into the Internet.

We’re being deafened by digital noise. Pause it and you hear the sound of democracy in crisis | Rafael Behr Step offline for just a moment and you see how democratic politics is struggling to cope with the pace of technological change, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Absolutely!
We’re being deafened by digital noise. Pause it and you hear the sound of democracy in crisis | Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We now have ongoing class war in the Anglo-Sphere. The 1% want to impoverish the 20% and starve or remove health care from the rest.

She is now set up for a fatal stabbing by another inmate. Problem solved for the pedo taco.

If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.

If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.

Ursula Le Guin: “A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. 1/2

There is no conspiracy. No cosmic mystery. No "both sides." Every problem on earth makes sense it you remember these 3 facts: 1. We built a society where everything is run by money. 2. Those with the most money can never have enough money. 3. They are totally fine with anything and everything bad that might occur as a result of pursuing more money, up to and including mass death. That's it. That's the secret.

This 👇

According to the government, ordinary people are just economic units - cells in a spreadsheet. It follows that basic human dignity is reserved for thieves, gamblers or their offspring.

Good job they weren't waving a Palestinian flag - they might have got into trouble ...

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England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’

FIXED FOR YOU
Politicians and citizens are powerless as privitised water companies let England’s reservoirs fall to lowest level for a decade to increase profits (as experts call for hosepipe bans) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Which tax rises could Rachel Reeves introduce to pay for the £5bn welfare U-turn? Labour’s pledge not to raise taxes on ‘working people’ leaves the chancellor with a limited number of workable options to fill the £5bn hole in the public finances left by this week’s welfare climbdow...

"Which tax rises could Rachel Reeves introduce to pay for the £5bn welfare U-turn?"

Silly headline, blames the poor for tax rises

Silence on corporate welfare, bailouts, inequitable distribution of income/wealth; profiteering pushing people into poverty; political system that marginalises the poor