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Camila was wildly wrong on 31
Camila was wildly wrong on 31 May, but is undaunted – fair challenge in this headline. A divided right (wing) in the next few years – see other articles today – would be a bonus, but cutting through beneficially into people’s lives in 5 years won’t be easy.
I’ve only got the first line of the article, but there’s already a theme developing and the beginning of a “What has Kier Starmer ever done for us?” Sketch here:
So I ask you in all good faith, what has Keir Starmer ever done for us??
Won by a landslide? Appointed a cabinet of people who know their brief?
Well, apart from the landlside
got a clear mandate to govern? Increased his share of seats by 211? Won despite many years of Tory-friendly boundary reviews?
well yes, you’ve got your 211 seats, obviously…
won 412 seats and thereby a sizeable majority in Parliament?
look, apart from the landslide, the massive majority, what –
don’t forget the 412 seats, brother
yes, thank you brother – so apart from the landslide, the massive majority, the competent cabinet, what has Kier Starmer ever done for us???
Why Sir Keir Starmer could turn out to be a one-term prime ministerHe may have won big, but he has no plan or authority to fix Britain’s most pressing problems
Judged purely on the number of seats Labour has won, then of course the general election was a victory for Sir Keir Starmer…
If these are easily disproved as fake, makes you wonder whether it’s low-quality work on behalf of Reform or smear work by their opponents.Nige is usually pretty quick at crying foul if/when he’s on the receiving end of anything like this. Will be interesting to hear how the dispute with ismyintendedhirearavingluncatic.com plays out.
4 returned.
Good to see plenty of support in Wales for Labour. Pleased to see Rees-Mogg out. Good to see a handful (4) of Green MPs.
4 Reform returned. 4 examples of where the Conservative “we’re not right-wing enough” actually played out – Conservative candidates’ losses were their direct gains. (Edit: 5 Reform MPs – let’s see what it is in six months.)
Wellingborough & Rushden, a belwether in which Ben Habib stood, is an example of Reform arguably splitting the cons vote and Labour being the beneficiary – but when you look at the UK map this morning, the “no enthusiasm for Labour” argument looks pretty hollow.
Now can we get active travel and Europe back on the agenda please?
Finally for now, what do you and your merry men actually stand for, Nigel?
Taking aim at the Conservatives, Mr Farage said: “There is a massive gap on the centre-right of British politics and my job is to fill it.”
Speaking to reporters after the result, he suggested “this is the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party”.
Mr Farage said Reform would “now be targeting Labour votes”.
“What is interesting is, there’s no enthusiasm for Labour, there’s no enthusiasm for [Keir] Starmer whatsoever. In fact, about half of the vote is simply an anti-Conservative vote,” he said.
“We’re coming for Labour, be in no doubt about that.”
I did an arts thing
I did an arts thing
The North Circular has been named the most polluted road in London, but for many people, it’s known as home. Louis photographed the residents of the road, curious how they ended up in such an inhospitable and polluted environment. In 1952, the great London ‘pea soup’ Smog led to the clean air act four years later. This inspired the project to make invisible pollution visible. By hanging the photographic prints by the roadside, the image surfaces collected dangerous road dust, which were then photographed using an electron microscope to make clear the dangerous particles that are invisible to the naked eye. This particulate matter is 2.5-10 micrometres wide, so small that it slips past our bodies’ defences; you can fit a thousand on the full stop at the end of this sentence. These particles penetrate deep into our respiratory and circulatory system, damaging our bodies.
The work draws attention to the invisible and dangerous impact of our love for fossil fuel powered motor engines.
Vote share numbers are a by
Vote share numbers are a by-product of FPTP, they aren’t the result. I guess if we’re moving the goalposts, are you OK with is this?
NO NO NO we had a referendum*
NO NO NO we had a referendum* on AV, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE is clear you ARE SUBVERTING DEMOCRACY TAKING AWAY OUR FPTP DREAM
* I’d forgotten too
The candidate with the most
The candidate with the most votes (Conservative) won in my constituency. I have a local MP. The same thing happened 650 times over.
Whats your point?
You may well be able to
You may well be able to address your wrist issues in the gym.
C13 seats for Reform, says
C13 seats for Reform, says the Exit poll.
Holdenhurst Road works spark
Holdenhurst Road works spark anger from residents
“People were shouting and swearing saying that they had been trying to get through for 20 minutes,” said Peter.
He added it took him three hours to reverse out of his own driveway because no one would let him out.
“It was impossible to get out, people couldn’t and wouldn’t let anyone through.”
He said on-road parking has become worse of a problem over the years and junctions are becoming blocked making the area more of a hazard.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24428201.holdenhurst-road-works-spark-anger-residents/
Fears lorries will hit residents after drivers ignore diversion for A226 Galley Hill landslide at Swanscombe
A mother fears it is only a matter of time until someone is hit by a lorry after seeing her parked car struck following an emergency road closure.
Residents in Swanscombe complain HGVs are using narrow side streets to avoid the diversion set up following a landslide which happened on the A226 Galley Hill Road last year.
He sliced through the front
He sliced through the front of the house, including through the bus stop. Could have been a lot worse.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zAHcgXX6dCDg3PfG7?g_st=ic
A3102: Woman reported to
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Police search for occupants who fled after car hit Bradford house
Driver arrested after car crashes into house
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx02py4j1x8o
Man injured and property damaged after taxi crashes into house in Cardiff
Photos from the scene show part of the brick work of the property collapsing after the crash
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-injured-property-damaged-after-29459657
Egerton villager action call after car crashes into house
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24205665.egerton-villager-calls-action-car-crashes-house/
Police issue statement after car crashes into house in Derbyshire town
No one was injured following the incident
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/police-issue-statement-after-car-9352034
Car crashes into historic Stoke-on-Trent pub
Emergency services rushed to the scene in the early hours (picture)
Just before 12.30am this morning (Thursday 13 June), we got a call to Shelton New Road following reports of a blue BMW colliding with a derelict pub.
https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/staffordshire/news/car-crashes-historic-stoke-on-trent-pub/
Another zinger from
Another zinger from Dumbrunner, although they got the news headline wrong, should be “Runner seriously injured in collision with BMW”
Look at Life – What Price
Look at Life – What Price Safety? (1965)
recommend a look at this 15 minute film.
It start with this hospital, saying it was put there to deal with the results of road crashes (called accidents throughout of course). They’re testing seat belts, tyres, crumple zones; anti-lock brakes exist, but aren’t fitted due to cost.
Why Ross-on-Wye is making car
Why Ross-on-Wye is making car park free for four weeks
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24413764.ross-on-wye-making-car-park-free-four-weeks/
So let me get this straight, we’re inducing more CO2-producing car trips because of the repair work needed after the CO2-induced thunderstorm?