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Clacton by-election

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MawsRosie Tue 07-Jul-26 23:14:25

In the immortal words of Brenda from Bristol, «Not another one!»

This is a wheeze, a dodge, a distraction, an expensive waste of time and an attempt to wriggle out of the morass he has got himself into,

MayBee70 Wed 08-Jul-26 20:55:38

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Really, I’m just amazed at how many people want to extend the 2-party roundabout that has brought 30 years of high taxes, low growth, eroding living standards, rising crime, rape gangs and the cover up of rape gangs, uncontrolled immigration, out of control welfare, an NHS and civil service that have slid from being world class institutions to embarrassments, a two tier justice system, wokeness run rampant and a society that is breaking down.

Do you lot really want 30 more years of that? Apparently so.

No wonder you get so much meagre joy out of a bloke with a bin on his head.

We’ve had thirty years of the gap between rich and poor getting bigger and bigger and the rich are supporting parties like Reform. As are the poor who mistakenly vote for them thinking they’re for the working man. As if.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Wed 08-Jul-26 20:56:29

Who’s Sophia? 😂
I thought I’d typed ‘Has’.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Wed 08-Jul-26 21:00:36

The working man is being hammered in the UK MayBee.
Starmer promised ‘Change’ and hasn’t even scratched the surface.

No wonder disillusioned people like what Farage is saying. Plus, he has an intelligent team. I like Zia Yusef very much. And Danny Kruger. For starters.

MayBee70 Wed 08-Jul-26 21:05:42

They’ve been hammered ever since Thatcher, with their means of employment being taken away from them and replaced with nothing. What good does reducing tax do if you haven’t got a job and with no hope of finding one? So what is Farage planning to do to help the working man?

Casdon Wed 08-Jul-26 21:09:49

Cossy

Chocolatelovinggran

Thank you, Casdon, I didn't know that Mr Fox had attempted to become Mayor.
Can one be a politician if never elected, I wonder?
Why do all of these groups start with "Re.."? Maybe we need the Reflux party?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

No, they’ll just keep repeating themselves!

How about a Rebel party!

Or a Renegades Party, where all the turncoat MPs who have jumped party ships could band together and spend their time slagging each other off instead of everybody else. It would implode quite quickly, but could last until mid August with a fair wind.

Cossy Wed 08-Jul-26 21:13:06

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Sophia’s Farage’s action turned UK politics into a farce?

I’m not sure UK politics could be turned into more of a farce.

An inept minority vote Labour government full of sleazy
fact blind politicians who start every statement with ‘the mess we inherited’ and somehow have a huge majority? A Conservative Party that refuses to accept its vast and serial mistakes. A Lib Dem party led by a Post Office incriminated clown. A Green Party that cares only about Palestine led by a council tax dodging psycho. And then there’s the Nut and Sultana party.

Farage seems positively inspirational compared to the other choices.

Not to me I’m afraid, still each to their own and it keeps life interesting.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Wed 08-Jul-26 21:24:21

Farage and his team will do things differently MayBee. Shake things up. Cull the quangos. Increase our personal allowance from £12600. Bring in experts in their fields to tackle mismanagement by those who haven’t an igloo what they’re doing. I could go on but at the end of the day my witterings aren’t going to convince you so basically there’s no point.

We shall all have to agree to disagree and await our turns at a GE ballot box.

However, the natives are getting restless ….

vegansrock Wed 08-Jul-26 21:24:22

Don't forget the billionaire racists party.

greyfur Wed 08-Jul-26 21:35:39

Farage seems positively inspirational compared to the other choices

What is he inspiring?

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Wed 08-Jul-26 21:57:08

Me. For one.

fancythat Wed 08-Jul-26 22:10:23

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Really, I’m just amazed at how many people want to extend the 2-party roundabout that has brought 30 years of high taxes, low growth, eroding living standards, rising crime, rape gangs and the cover up of rape gangs, uncontrolled immigration, out of control welfare, an NHS and civil service that have slid from being world class institutions to embarrassments, a two tier justice system, wokeness run rampant and a society that is breaking down.

Do you lot really want 30 more years of that? Apparently so.

No wonder you get so much meagre joy out of a bloke with a bin on his head.

Some do on GN[not meaning the last sentence]

Not so much in real life I think want the 2 party thing to continue.
I think now it is broken, it is broken.

sundowngirl Wed 08-Jul-26 22:44:19

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Me. For one.

And me