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[steviewevie]

[Guest]

Tory conference has started well. 

[fred quimby]

7 hours ago, Neil said:

join one of the enough is enough marches today.

 

Brother went to the Bath one.  Ken Loach speaking, telling everyone that Starmer is the real enemy and how we should not be helping Ukraine.

[fred quimby]

6 hours ago, Ozanne said:

We’ve had it too good for too long.

Wasn't the NI meant to be for Hospitals and Social care. I know a governments use tax for what they want but not sure that reads right

[squirrelarmy]

8 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Brother went to the Bath one.  Ken Loach speaking, telling everyone that Starmer is the real enemy and how we should not be helping Ukraine.

Are these guys actually Tories in disguise? Surely now is not the time to disrupt what’s going on. 

[SheffJeff]

Went to the sheffield one, bit of a disappointing turnout to be honest...  plus the 'Enough Is Enough' chant brings back memories of the Covid thread which is annoying. Still though... Enough Is Enough.

[steviewevie]

Pretty good turnout in Manchester...went round with the march shouting Tory Scum and then listened to some of the speeches, mostly union people, local community workers, food bank people etc. Then we went to Pret.

[steviewevie]

looks like there was a big turnout in London for the climate change one, which is good. There were a few protests in Manchester today, say one about Mahsa Amini in Iran, and a Hong King independence one. Lots of anger out there.

[zahidf]

Is this a good look?

 

 

 

 

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Is this a good look?

 

 

 

 

Aren't these hedge funder types basically paying for the right wing think tanks who are advising Kwarteng and Truss. It stinks.

[Ryan1984]

This one also doesn’t seem great:

 

[zahidf]

12 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Aren't these hedge funder types basically paying for the right wing think tanks who are advising Kwarteng and Truss. It stinks.

Like I think this is actually illegal isn't it?

"The chancellor also gave guests insights about forthcoming government spending cuts during the event".

 

 

 

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

This one also doesn’t seem great:

 

Upvote just for ‘stone cold stunner’ 😂

[steviewevie]

From that Times scoop..

 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

From that Times scoop..

 

Kwarteng spent the evening with Law then ended up breaking the law (allegedly).

[Rufus Gwertigan]

1 hour ago, Ryan1984 said:

This one also doesn’t seem great:

 

FFS. There was me hoping Charles would be willing to go against the gov on the environment 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Rufus Gwertigan

[Guest]

Have we had this one too? 

[steviewevie]

 

[Rufus Gwertigan]

9 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Have we had this one too? 

What's a spad? Sorry I am a luddite 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

What's a spad? Sorry I am a luddite 

It’s a Special Advisor. 

[Guest]

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[gizmoman]

3 hours ago, Barry Fish said:

So no one who actually votes tory ...

The protests really have been a damp squid.  

Squid are always damp, they live in the sea, the last time I made this point I misread the posters intention, I suspect I've not made the same mistake here.

[gizmoman]

4 hours ago, fred quimby said:

Brother went to the Bath one.  Ken Loach speaking, telling everyone that Starmer is the real enemy and how we should not be helping Ukraine.

This Loach guy sounds like he might know a thing or two.

[gizmoman]

2 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

I meant squib 😜 

I was just being pebantic.

[zahidf]

31 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

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