You’re kidding?

It was directly because of New Labour’s economic policies that the UK was hit so hard in the 2007 Economic Crisis.

He absolutely trashed the economy - before New Labour there were no food banks and people could buy houses on modest wages. Before New Labour there was no student debt.

New Labour left the country in a much worse state than they found it.

Ha, I was just thinking that!

I bet over the last few months Kier Starmer has been thinking “well, we’re pretty unpopular right now, but at least we’ve not been dragged into an illegal war in the Middle East like the last lot”.

I read an interview with an actress who was asked why there’s so much step-family porn.

She explained that it’s an easy niche to make content for - it’s literally just two people having sex. The kink is entirely in the dialogue.

That’s why there’s so much of it around. Not because it’s super popular, but because it’s extremely low hanging fruit.

I definitely didn’t take it that way - they’re both politicians, Labour politicians at that. I think that’s enough of a link for a joke without needing to read anything extra into it.

It appears to originate from Tom Scotson’s Xitter account.

https://x.com/_tomscotson/status/2027364833847369976

She says we’re not a multicultural country. I disagree.

How does she define culture? The usual way? Shared values, social behaviours, stories?

I can’t think of a single common touchpoint that me and Kemi share - our values, our sense of what is considered an acceptable way to act, and I’d be very surprised if she grew up playing RPGs and watching anime.

I suspect the truth lies closer to the fact that the Tories need someone to blame. It used to be Jewish people, then it was black people and the Irish, now it’s Muslims. It’s always someone.

We’ve always been multicultural - even without immigration. We’re a country made up of four distinct smaller countries. English isn’t even the official national language - the only official language anywhere in the UK is Welsh.

As for a shared culture, I suspect I would have much more of a shared life experience with a 45 year old Software Developer from Sweden than I would a 70 year old Daily Mail reader from Cornwall.

I do like to think that younger voters get this, though. They’re less easy to scare, and less easy to trick. Hopefully this recent result is a sign of things to come.

I’d sign, but I’ve absolutely lost faith that this government won’t then disclose the list of names to a third party.

They’ve hardly been operating with transparency when it comes to this kind of stuff.