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BannonsLiver

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4. Voters gave them about 5 minutes to fix all of the problems the Tories created.

Reply to Just_Vote_Dem (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:06 PM

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Obviously, that could not happen. Their media has adopted a similar tone that our political media had in the back half of the Biden administration, which is "everything is terrible." Labour's also getting stuck with the bill on the Brexit debacle, which has led to economic stagnation that won't be going away, no matter who is running things. Starmer also has basically no charisma, so he can't bullshit his way out of it, either.

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