NotImpressed , to palestine group
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@palestine

"...the deployment of a British spy team in Israel since 7/10, the dozens of flights by UK military aircraft to Israel in this period, the surveillance activities in support of Israel and the training of Israeli military personnel in the UK. Almost none of these have been followed up in broadcast bulletins and articles"
There have been stories covering arms sales to Israel, but 85% of those appeared after three UK citizens got killed

https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-mainstream-media-ignores-uk-military-support-for-israel/

junesim63 , to random
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A total of 350 environmental groups came together to pressure the government to act more robustly and decisively against the biodiversity crisis. Charities including the National Trust, the Wildlife Trusts, the RSPB and Friends of the Earth stood side by side with direct action groups such as Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rising.

I'll bet this isn't on the TV news this evening.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/22/thousands-march-london-urge-leaders-tackle-uk-wildlife-crisis

ukplissken , to random
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Bad Enoch says Starmer will “reverse Brexit” if elected.

Don’t threaten me with a good time, Kemi.

junesim63 , to random
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"I was once hopeful about politics. Under Corbyn, I believed a better Britain was possible. As a person who grew up working class, I found that his desire to scrap tuition fees really spoke to me.. Nationalised railways would have meant I could afford the commute to work. What’s more, he had a clear stance on Gaza.
With Starmer, I haven’t felt remotely the same"

Shania Odulawa on young people abstaining from voting in the #GeneralElection

#LabourParty #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/21/abstain-voting-young-people-election-generation-politics

NotImpressed , to palestine group
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#palestine
#israellobby
#zionists
#ukpolitics
@palestine

"The Israel lobby exists, is real and is coming to a Parliament near you"

Corruption, weapons industry, illegal wars, illegal settlements ... that's what the Israel lobby protects by funding our politicians. So, it's not just The United State of Israel, because we also have the United Kingdom of Israel.

video/mp4

Natasha_Jay , to random
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paulhutchinson , to random
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Unashamedly purloined from another place ...

Natasha_Jay , to random
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Polling - Redfield and Wilton Strategies

Labour leads Reform (!!) by 23%.

  • Highest Reform %.
  • Tied-lowest Conservative %.

🇬🇧 Westminster Voting Intention (19-20 June):

🔴Labour 42% (-1)
⚪Reform 19% (+1)
🔵Conservative 18% (–)
🟠Liberal Democrat 11% (-1)
🟢Green 5% (–)
🟡SNP 3% (–)
⚪Other 1% (–)

Changes +/- 14-17 June

Reform genuinely appear to be making ground. Second Reform crossover vs Conservatives from memory ...

Natasha_Jay , to random
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Betting patterns by Betfair. They're really showing their true selves on their way out, aren't they ...

PoliceStateUK , to random
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"If disabled people were represented in politics according to their proportion of the UK population, there would be about 136 disabled MPs. There were, in fact, just five in 2021."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/03/disabled-mps-uk-politics-election-craig-mackinlay

fkamiah17 , to random
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Nigel Farage is in Blackpool today.

Led By Donkeys got there first.

Natasha_Jay , to random
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For UK political types interested in the big scale /modelled MRP constituency level polls (becoming a feature of the 2024 GE) Peter Inglesby is consolidating them, so you can get a snapshot. Both by poll, and by electorate and well worth a look

Github page: https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/

Party winning an electorate per poll

ukelections , to random
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MRP OPINION POLL

Headline Westminster seats projection from MRP poll by :

🔴 Labour: 406 (+204)
🔵 Conservatives: 155 (-210)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 49 (+38)
🟡 SNP: 18 (-42)
🌻 Plaid Cymru: 2 (-2)
🟢 Green Party: 1 (=)
⚪ Reform UK: 0 (=)

Conducted 22 May - 17 June 2024. Changes with 2019 general election result.

Details, including map: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-election-2024/mrp-19-june-2024/

ukelections OP ,
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Projected national voteshare from the #MoreInCommon MRP above:

🔴 Labour: 44%
🔵 Conservatives: 28%
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 11%
⚪ Reform UK: 8%
🟢 Green Party: 5%
🟡 SNP: 3%

Details: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-election-2024/mrp-19-june-2024/

#ukpolitics #ukpol #polling #Labour #Conservatives #LibDems #GreenParty #SNP #ReformUK #MRP #GE2024

Natasha_Jay , (edited ) to random
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🚨NEW Savanta MRP for The Telegraph

📈 Lab projected for 382 majority
📉 Cons fighting with LDs to be Official Opposition Seat forecast

🌹Labour 516 (+316)
🌳Conservatives 53 (-319)
🔶Lib Dem 50 (+42)
🎗️SNP 8 (-40)
🌼Plaid Cymru 4 (+2)
⬜️Other 0 (-1)

17,812 UK adults, changes to last GE notional results

Implied vote share:

🌹Labour 44%
🌳Conservatives 23%
➡️Reform UK 13%
🔶Lib Dem 12%
🌎Green 4%
🎗️SNP 3%

A huge MRP poll, with the Telegraph in meltdown ...

and cc: @ukelections

Natasha_Jay , to random
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iNews UK: "Rishi Sunak’s public humiliation is as mortifying as it is satisfying" (by Ian Dunt)

"In each case, Sunak could have attempted to do something about the problem... He could have shown a desire to address the conditions that gave rise to food banks. He could have tried hard to secure an agreement in the various NHS disputes... He could have provided a functional asylum policy... He could have thought about how to help young people rather than providing policy punishments in a bid to placate the jealousies of the old"

"He had done none of these things. At best, as with NHS waiting times, his policy solutions were non-existent. At worst, as with Rwanda, they were actively harmful. And today, he faced the music"

"It is amusing and satisfying. But it is also something else: it is democratically necessary. The public humiliation of the Prime Minister is a demonstration of the free society working"

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunaks-public-humiliation-mortifying-satisfying-3120310

ukelections , to random
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In lighter news, GB News' pet pollster, has come out with a corking outlier of a poll showing Labour on 35% and Reform UK on 24% of the vote (mindblowingly out of step with every other pollster), which would make Nigel Farage the leader of the opposition with over 100 seats in parliament.

I am feeling very vindicated about my decision to not report seriously the findings of this 'pollster'...

18+ rhys , to random
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Two new MRPs!

First up, Telegraph/Savanta:

Labour: 516
Tories: 53
LibDems 50
SNP: 8
Plaid Cymru: 4
Others: 1
Greens: 0

On VI of:

Labour: 44%
Tories: 23%
Reform: 13%
LibDems: 12%
Greens: 4%
SNP: 3%
Plaid: 1%

Sunak would be the first PM in history to lose their seat. Most of the cabinet would too. The Tories would have their worst result ever. Labour would win the biggest victory in Parliamentary history.

#UKPolitics #GE2024 #UKPol

black_flag , to random
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Stonehenge is literally just some old stones yet you will sincerely get people who care more about that than the lives of millions of currently existing people.

Just Stop Oil today sprayed a couple of the stones with harmless orange cornflour which will wash off without any damage at the first rain but there are people genuinely apoplectic about it.

We are a totally fucked species. Totally gone. Dead.

18+ sarahijackson , to random
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This will be my only electioneering toot (and I'm going to mute replies immediately) but I'll be voting Green on 4 July.

Their manifesto includes:

  • universal basic income
  • 4 day week
  • rent controls
  • reversing 'hostile environment' anti immigration measures
  • self ID for trans and non binary people
  • re-nationalising the railways
  • switching to renewable energy
  • taxing the rich
    & more

https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/

Edent , to random
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Blimey! 630 thousand people left it until the last day to register to vote.
https://www.registertovote.service.gov.uk/performance#past-month

clacksee , to random
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I moved to the UK in 2010. I lamented to a colleague that the most frustrating thing about being an immigrant was not being able to vote.

My friend put me straight. Commonwealth citizens legally resident in the UK (regardless of how long we've been here) are allowed to vote. You just have to register.

Are you Canadian? Australian? Indian? Nigerian? If you're allowed to live here, you're allowed to vote.

Today's your last day to register.
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Maple Leaf Loop GIF by Pi-Slices

natureworks , to random
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Deadline to register to in is tomorrow, midnight Tuesday 18th June 2024

> Register to vote by 11:59pm on 18 June 2024.

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Natasha_Jay , to random
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In a two-horse race, Sunak is in third place for best Prime Minister. Behind Starmer and ‘Don’t Know’. Which is a little bit funny ...

Redfield & Wilton Strategies: Which of the following do Britons think would be the better PM for the UK? (14-17 June)

🔴 Keir Starmer 48% (+1)

⚪ Don't Know 27%

🔵 Rishi Sunak 25% (-1)

Changes +/- 7-10 June

Natasha_Jay , to random
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The Critic (UK): "The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson"

"Bad behaviour has to come with consequences"

"... let me offer a different counterargument: it would be very good for our democracy for the Conservative Party to suffer a crushing defeat. The Conservatives have behaved terribly in government, and politicians, like children, need to know that their actions have consequences"

"I want the Conservative Party from 2015 to 2024 to be a cautionary tale that politics professors whisper to terrify their students. Because if you can govern this badly, behave this badly, without any consequences, that would bode very ill indeed for our democracy"

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-conservatives-deserve-to-be-taught-a-lesson/

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