Local Elections | Thu 7 May 26

[1964]

rusholme voted reform wtf

 

[youngbob]

Then why were the Ukrainians mostly women and kids?

Because the men all joined the Ukrainian army. Dingbat.

 

[jacko74]

Reform have a cluster round Moston/Blackley and another cluster in Wythenshawe. The greens have done well in south Manchester - too many beards and cords round here, but better than fascists.

Fascists?

Are you sure you really want to embarrass yourself and show everyone your tragic lack of intelect by using such a word?

 

[Monkfish]

Then why were the Ukrainians mostly women and kids?

Remarkable, I know “delete your account” is a little 2024 but really I would, I don’t know if there’s any coming back from this

if your on a wind up fair play

 

[BobKowalski]

Fascists?

Are you sure you really want to embarrass yourself and show everyone your tragic lack of intelect by using such a word?

If the jackboot fits and all that.

 

[Vic]

Govt figures for the first three months of this year, hence the moving of the goalposts by the media. Give it six months and it will be since 1066.

Update: 37% reduction to 6th May. BBC tracker

Tracking UK migration: Small boats, asylum hotels and visas

Use our interactive tracker to explore the latest migration statistics for the UK

www.bbc.co.uk

It was hard to find the stats on gov.uk

Of course, you have to ask whether the media (including the BBC) would have ignored an increase...

"Another week with no boats" just isn't news, is it?

 

[Blue Hefner]

I accept this is a me problem but I simply do not understand how anyone who would not vote Tory would vote Reform

I accept the BBC has supported them and their online game is very good but the long and short is ex-Tory MPs are on the telly daily wearing Reform rosettes

Were you happy with Tory Britain? No, is generally the answer. So why vote for Tories on steroids?

 

[BobKowalski]

It was hard to find the stats on gov.uk

Of course, you have to ask whether the media (including the BBC) would have ignored an increase...

"Another week with no boats" just isn't news, is it?

Let’s just say it doesn’t fit the desired narrative.

 

[oldius]

In Doncaster there is a village called Hexthorpe which has been overrun by Roma .

Sure, but how does that affect you and what does overrun mean?

 

[Blue Note]

Because the men all joined the Ukrainian army. Dingbat.

Exactly. Refugees should mainly be women and kids. Look who’s on the boats

 

[Vic]

The Reform parts of the new-look Manchester are in two sections. Four seats across North Manchester and 3 across Wythenshawe. The parts that have stayed Labour are mostly in the East. Pretty much everything else is now green.

If these swings are repeated next May, Manchester will then come under no overall control.

So the Reform vote in the North is strongest in areas with fewer immigrants?

 

[Blue Note]

Remarkable, I know “delete your account” is a little 2024 but really I would, I don’t know if there’s any coming back from this

if your on a wind up fair play

Coming back from what? Asking why most refugees tend to be women and kids, as they have been throughout history. Until this invasion? The boats are not women and kids

 

[Monkfish]

I accept this is a me problem but I simply do not understand how anyone who would not vote Tory would vote Reform

I accept the BBC has supported them and their online game is very good but the long and short is ex-Tory MPs are on the telly daily wearing Reform rosettes

Were you happy with Tory Britain? No, is generally the answer. So why vote for Tories on steroids?

The Tory’s were given the best opportunity in a generation thanks to Nigel’s tireless campaigning to leave the EU

They made a mess of it and didn’t realise Brexit meant Brexit

Now the electorate has realised only Nigel has the gumption to see out through and lead us into a bright new future

 

[youngbob]

Exactly. Refugees should mainly be women and kids. Look who’s on the boats

Yes because it's often the role of men to go into danger first so that the women and children of the world don't have to.

Ukrainian refugees coming to the UK via organised government-granted passage are not the same as people relying on people-traffickers to get here.

One is incredibly dangerous, the other less so.

 

[BobKowalski]

Exactly. Refugees should mainly be women and kids. Look who’s on the boats

Not a good look if the men stay at home with their feet up and send their wives and kids to trek across Europe in search of a better life.

 

[Monkfish]

Coming back from what? Asking why most refugees tend to be women and kids, as they have been throughout history. Until this invasion. The boats are not women and kids

You’re so very special

 

[Vic]

It is extremely rare asylum claims get rejected here, one they are approved they are entitled to everything.

As we have recently seen with some people advised to pretend they are gay, many cases are not real asylum claims.

From "some" to "many".... just like that

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Fascists?

Are you sure you really want to embarrass yourself and show everyone your tragic lack of intelect by using such a word?

Might be worth knowing that in the book depicted below, bestselling Yale philosopher Jason Stanley points out that fascist politics do not necessarily lead to an explicitly undemocratic fascist state (Hungary under Orban and Trump’s America are two obvious examples).



While there’s no substitute for actually reading Stanley’s publications (his latest - Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past To Control the Future is also pretty good), this link should enable anyone who is interested to play Fascist Bingo with, say, Reform, Restore Britain, and Advance UK’s policies, in order to decide for themselves whether the cap fits:

Jason Stanley - The ten pillars of fascist politics - Brave New Europe

This is from a twitter thread put together by Richard Murphy on his website Tax Research UK Jason Stanley is an American philosopher who is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. This [...]

braveneweurope.com

 

[west didsblue]

Fascists?

Are you sure you really want to embarrass yourself and show everyone your tragic lack of intelect by using such a word?

At least my intellect is such that I know how to spell the word unlike yourself.

 

[Vic]

Then why were the Ukrainians mostly women and kids?

Because (A) none of the reasons in the post you responded to apply to them and (B) we didn't make it difficult.