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[firestar464]

Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eeney-exit

[Yuli Ban]

Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eeney-exit

Funny as hell, Labour might actually be able to defeat Reform (or at least ally with Greens) if Starmer gets the actual motherfuck out of the way while he still has the chance
It seems he, and his cadre of centrists, is the problem with voters

[weatheriscool]

[firestar464]

[wjfox]

[weatheriscool]

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[wjfox]

I'm still pessimistic. We were dumb enough to vote for Brexit – an idea so stupid, you'd have to be lobotomised to agree with it. And I expect we'll be dumb enough to elect Reform when the time comes.

[wjfox]

Public support for the Royal family, already on a long-term downward trend, will be further eroded by Andrew's malfeasance.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a referendum on abolishing the monarchy within my lifetime (I would personally support such a measure).

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Andrew first senior British royal to be arrested since King Charles I in 1647

Thursday 19 February 2026 12:00 GMT

• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested.
• The last royal arrest occurred in 1647 when Charles I was detained during the English Civil War.
• Princess Anne became the first royal to be convicted of a criminal offence in 2002, but she was not arrested.

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/ ... 23559.html

[firestar464]

UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... lternative

[wjfox]

[firestar464]

[Yuli Ban]

I was going to say, that's rather quirky and "remember the days when the news was either boring or wacky?" but then saw this comment

Yah no, that's future serial killer behavior

[firestar464]

[wjfox]

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[firestar464]

Farage unveils two Labour defectors as he makes a push for London votes

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 31639.html

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