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Yes. I can agree with that. But I think there is a subsection of people who, deep down, want that.

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If you fell for the "your brain isn't fully formed until 25" thing, you're not alone. It's not true but it's everywhere, and people are using it to excuse all types of behaviours. Stop doing it and spread the word: www.sciencefocus.com/comment/brai...

That's not true. We don't know what would have happened if Piers Morgan hadn't embarrassed Farage into returning as Reform leader, but chances are that Labour might have had a bigger win based on the polling before that happened. Sunak's campaign was an absolute disaster.

It's not the same conversation. We're having it a year after they won the election in a massive landslide.

Also, blocked because this is clearly bad faith.

Yes. Because the Overton window and Starmer's "island of strangers" speech and him siding with Truss and the fascist right on trans people and Labour putting out misery porn of migrants being kicked out of the country online and his cosying up to Trump have had zero effect on anyone or anything.

There is likely a direct causation between the rhetoric and policy positions Labour has taken, each extremely bigoted, cruel, and clearly led by McSweeney as they're in contradiction to the post-election period under Sue Gray, and the insanity of the far-right, beyond Musk/Trump/et al.

Labour don't seem to realise that when they pivot further right, that makes the right move even further right to escape association with Labour, and push even more extreme policies, and then Labour, stupidly mimicking the Tories by chasing what they think are Reform voters, head closer to oblivion.

But they've also been encouraged constantly by Starmer and McSweeney since the Farage Riots, with escalating rhetoric and numerous photo ops with white nationalists like Trump, and Labour's popularity has sunk because of it, and still they refuse to see sense and change direction.

I'm not going to take their side in this. The right has got pretty much everything it wanted and it still wants more because the right is the side of cruelty and violence. Trans people? Banned. Disabled people? Impoverished. Migrants? Numbers cut. Government? Racist and sexist and cruel.

Anyway, you're getting blocked. Blue Labour are almost demanding withdrawal from the ECtHR. Labour are pushing Reform as much as Reform are because it's part of their strategy. You're spreading lies.

Cool. Maybe you can tell me the times before this that the owner of a social media platform openly pumped misinfo and disinfo into the public debate, amplified conspiracy theories, and made threats against the careers of politicians?

How does Cambridge Analytica have anything to do with Labour's weakass response to the Farage Riots?

You know, the ones where:
- They left it to communities counter protesting to stop it, but have since cracked down on protest
- They responded with a year-long pandering to the rioters' bigotry

It's because of the institutional capture policies carried out by the Tories, which Labour have refused to challenge or change.

They already have. This is what trans and NB people have been facing. Heck, disabled people don't even get this - they're just being treated as disposable.

It's long past time to abandon Labour and the Tories (and never vote Reform), and gather around parties that won't platform discrimination.

"They are the arsonists" he says, whilst his supporters march with tiki torches and the UK equivalent literally set buildings on fire.

All the right has is accusing people of the things they're doing and their own failings.

They aren't just doing it for racist reasons. They've been doing this to trans people, too. Anyone they don't like... whilst harassing, threatening and beating up women themselves. So it's racist, sexist and transphobic. And probably more besides, as they're white nationalists.

That's gonna end up in the ECtHR.

What country, in history, prior to now, has allowed such open, naked propaganda to be delivered into the hands of every citizen by what is essentially an enemy power? Twitter needs banning. Facebook, too. It's decidedly unpatriotic not to do so.

I'm sorry, but what the actual fuck? This should have been done last year when the owner of X was pumping disinfo and misinfo right into the heart of our democracy and Labour sat on their hands and said, "Very good." It's insane we let social media platforms undermine democracy in this way.

Meh. I find it hard to care about the suffering of the vile rich.

Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.

"We need to acknowledge the grooming gangs scandal..."

EXCEPT all acknowledgement of the problem is out of context. Grooming, sex crimes and the abuse of all women and girls are predominantly perpetrated by white cishet men, like those using the grooming gang scandal as a distraction.

Thank you. I am childish and love a good fucking swear! 🤣 So accurate.

What a disaster. TERFs destroy everything they touch.

Think of it this way: Reform were low-to-mid 20s when Labour started this strategy, assuming people would choose centrism rebranded as lukewarm, cynical fascist pandering out of fear of the real thing; the strategy doesn't work without the threat of Reform UK. They need Reform to be a threat.

The "vote Labour to stop Reform" narrative fails to acknowledge that Labour are the ones boosting Reform and validating their fascist worldview solely so they can perpetuate the narrative. Their aim is to promote Reform because that's the only possible way this narrative works.

Also, it's really funny and on brand that Rayner can't add up. May is less than twelve months away. Starmer will be toast after that.

Conservative Unionist Nationalist Tribe.

Labour have cut through, and have a clear story to tell:

They believe in a world where the value of a person is judged by a hierarchy of bigotries, where every child will have the opportunity to grow up in poverty and without access to public services, or will just be dead.

Hundreds?

25,000 protested Supreme Court ruling on trans people within a week.

100,000 marched at Trans Pride against the ruling.

Yet this gets all the attention because The Guardian supports fear-mongering racism.

Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.