Sheβs a non-right wing leader enjoying positive approval ratings - we should be taking notes!
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Sheβs a non-right wing leader enjoying positive approval ratings - we should be taking notes!
15.10.2025 17:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0After much careful thought and deliberation (and a few outdoor glasses of wine in Bologna) Iβve decided June is THE best month
07.06.2025 22:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I live in Italy and sadly it feels very unlikely to pass. The right wing government is pretty popular and is actively discouraging people from voting at all, let alone for it
05.06.2025 06:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Need an expression more intense than βhell yeahβ to describe this
27.05.2025 19:03 β π 52 π 8 π¬ 5 π 1Reform UK fulfils pledge to scrap LTNs in its council areas as none exist
21.05.2025 08:03 β π 115 π 23 π¬ 15 π 10Equal parts fantastically fascinating and intensely disturbing !
18.05.2025 19:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Listen, I have never loved Austria as a country more in my life
17.05.2025 23:03 β π 47 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0The horrific situation that the EBU have put #Eurovision in where a country commuting GENOCIDE can nearly win the contest is an insult to everything it stands for.
17.05.2025 23:04 β π 559 π 99 π¬ 6 π 4Switzerland also got 0 with a beautiful song after winning with over 100 televotes last year. We also got over 100 televotes with Sam just a few years ago; Sometimes it is just random and weird
17.05.2025 23:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tbf, every local Iβve heard from LOVES it - that obviously wonβt help us with votes but itβs good to know!
17.05.2025 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Avrebbe dovuto sentire piΓΉ βsporcoβ π¦
15.05.2025 20:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Scott Mills and Rylan werenβt joking about the BSL during Finland #Eurovision
15.05.2025 20:50 β π 315 π 96 π¬ 10 π 9Our collective memory is so embarrassingly poor, this is depressing
15.05.2025 18:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Canβt believe it!
13.05.2025 21:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful shot and beautiful words! Are they from a film or poem or something?
11.05.2025 20:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What next for the Sycamore Two?
- sentencing
- Piers Morgan interviews
- I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here
- slot on Morning TV where viewers vote on nuisance trees they chop down
- run as Reform Party candidates
- their own reality TV show
- honorary degree in forestry
- open garden centres
Guess it will depend on how keen the Americans are to buy our British beef! Hopefully very π
08.05.2025 15:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The beef we receive wouldnβt be hormone loaded - it would have to meet our safety standards, which wouldnβt change π the exchange just allows greater choice for the consumers who would want that, I suppose!
08.05.2025 15:50 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0His own words give himself away. He says he cares about the UK and that he thinks Kier and Labour are ruining it. If he genuinely believes both statements, he canβt want Kier to continue doing what heβs doing. Proves he only cares about himself and his own success, not the wellbeing of the country
02.05.2025 14:59 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0People on the left tend to be more focused on the morality of issues. I donβt think this is bad, but it makes it easier to focus on the βactionβ of voting for a party they align with most (Green rather than Lab), than the βresultβ of it enabling a win for the party they align with least (Reform)
02.05.2025 06:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why does Nigel Farage want me to lose my job?
30.04.2025 09:52 β π 679 π 332 π¬ 19 π 27Oh Canada!! β€οΈ
29.04.2025 06:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The minority of renters who behave badly can be considered a βriskβ of the investment of becoming a landlord, as any investment has its risks. Itβs overwhelmingly renters who have it bad and who need protecting. Landlords can choose not to be landlords, most renters have no other choice but to rent.
01.04.2025 06:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh this is great news!
28.03.2025 07:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt personally think thereβs any way Belgium doesnβt qualify considering we already know the live performance is good, but interesting prediction! Excited to see what happens π
28.03.2025 01:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The number of Islamophobic posts about London Mayor Sadiq Khan has risen from 12,000 to 28,000 over the last 12 months, according to a GLA report.
Theyβre nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.
Yes totally true, BUT the sheer βconceptβ of a death slot means producers will typically put weaker songs there to limit risks of upsets. Itβs a self fulfilling prophecy
28.03.2025 01:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That would be nice!
27.03.2025 15:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This will be funny but I am slightly scared itβll mean weβre put after the kind of song thatβs likely to be very attractive to televotesβ¦I hope it doesnβt put us in a shadow π«
27.03.2025 15:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0π¨πΊWe've just uploaded our full performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto with Principal Cello David Cohen on our YouTube!
Take a watch belowβ¬οΈ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlW...