Seems ConDems have crashed down south as expected with Labour making pretty big gains. 

Be interesting to see how things pan out in Scotland but presumably given it is STV there won't be any councils where a party has overall control.  Apparently heading for the lowest turnout in years up here but then you'd hardly know there was an election on where I stay.  No posters or billboards and I only got one leaflet through my door which was Tory, which is bizarre given in my ward I'd imagine they'd do well to get even 4th on 1st preference never mind get anywhere near a seat.

 

Don't suppose it means much so far away from a GE but already had Tory MPs demanding Callmedave is more right wing after UKIP success in the south and comedy figure Lebit Opik demanding Nick Clegg resigns as leader of the Lib Dems (but seemingly stay on as Deputy PM).

Also glad to see that so far nobody has voted in favour of Mayors in various English cities. Total waste of time and money and nothing more than a celebrity driven ego trip (see B. Johnston and K. Livingston)

Interesting to see Blair sticking his knife into the debate in UK politics. Clearly hasn’t learned much from his Iraq war experience. 

On 26/05/2026 at 05:08, RicoS321 said:

Am I missing something? The article is suggesting that the material itself should be banned, but surely it's the cutting process that should be? It's not really like asbestos in that regard is it? The fine dust comes from the circular saw as far as I can tell, which isn't likely to take place in the home environment. From cutting tiles etc, the dust from snapping, or hammering up isn't the same as when cutting. Compared to something like plastic, it seems fairly benign. 

Well I guess the point is that it's a carcinogenic material, which is exactly what asbestos is. Whilst, yes, if snapping a tile etc the content is low, it still exists. Over here, since the ban in aussie, plenty have changed choices and refuse to specify it purely because a) we don't know if it's actually been made properly or b) there is a stigma associated to it now. Given the tories have been around for so long in the UK, i'm not surprised it's not been picked up on. There are better products that are not made with silica, so not an issue if it is banned from my perspective.

17 hours ago, Ajja said:

Interesting to see Blair sticking his knife into the debate in UK politics. Clearly hasn’t learned much from his Iraq war experience. 

Who actually asked for his opinion, why is he even being asked for it? Absolute troglodyte. 

1 hour ago, manc_don said:

Who actually asked for his opinion, why is he even being asked for it? Absolute troglodyte. 

Apparently he could ‘no longer stay silent’ and has written a 5000 word essay on what’s going wrong with the Labour government. His analysis was actually pretty spot on but his ideas are not so. His blend of market economics and social provision seems to have shifted a little further towards a Reagonomics/Thatcher-lite approach and his foreign policy ideas of do whatever US say is frankly mental. He is still sounding like he is seeking validation or justification for his stance on Iraq, all these years later.
 

If you can’t be arsed reading the essay there is a decent interview with The News Agents pod but it’s pretty much a bend over and let the market and the US ride you senseless kinda deal. 

4 hours ago, Ajja said:

Apparently he could ‘no longer stay silent’ and has written a 5000 word essay on what’s going wrong with the Labour government. His analysis was actually pretty spot on but his ideas are not so. His blend of market economics and social provision seems to have shifted a little further towards a Reagonomics/Thatcher-lite approach and his foreign policy ideas of do whatever US say is frankly mental. He is still sounding like he is seeking validation or justification for his stance on Iraq, all these years later.
 

If you can’t be arsed reading the essay there is a decent interview with The News Agents pod but it’s pretty much a bend over and let the market and the US ride you senseless kinda deal. 

Is the essay readily available? I haven’t checked yet but will seek it out if so. Don’t mind reading the ramblings of former leader, but will likely run out of time and stick with the newsagents 😂 it still amazes me how many people hold the US in such high regard when all the evidence points to the contrary. But your point re validation of the Iraq war makes sense of that.

 

currently I can only relate to my current circumstances, but despite NZ having stronger economic ties with China, we appear (current muppets in power), to be chasing the yank dollar and approval. To the point of wrecking the country for the sake of a few minerals. It just doesn’t make sense.

21 hours ago, manc_don said:

Is the essay readily available? I haven’t checked yet but will seek it out if so. Don’t mind reading the ramblings of former leader, but will likely run out of time and stick with the newsagents 😂 it still amazes me how many people hold the US in such high regard when all the evidence points to the contrary. But your point re validation of the Iraq war makes sense of that.

 

currently I can only relate to my current circumstances, but despite NZ having stronger economic ties with China, we appear (current muppets in power), to be chasing the yank dollar and approval. To the point of wrecking the country for the sake of a few minerals. It just doesn’t make sense.

Blair’s point is more about necessity than preference with regards the US. His argument seems to be that we can’t operate without them as allies ergo we should always stand with them. Using the Falklands as justification (as he does) doesn’t stand up in my mind, not a comparable conflict

i don’t buy the need for the US to protect our security as I don’t know who we are being protected from. Militarily, who is going to wage war on Europe? It won’t be the Russians, their economy is smaller than Italy’s and they have expended the majority of their arsenal and their young male population who are willing to fight on a conflict with Ukraine that they aren’t winning. 
 

The irony is that the most likely nation to try and annexe Europe right now is Trump’s America. 

Edited June 1Jun 1 by Ajja

It would be class if old white men knew when to retire 

Think of all the problems it would solve 

Nigel Farage addresses the nation. Not about how he’s never had a constituency meeting, or missed 77 Parliament votes in a row, or the £5m he pocketed from a Thai crypto billionaire for Brexit/security/something else or the fact his burd paid £900k in cash, presumably from tips, for a house he’ll never live in 

No, he wants to launch a white lives matter campaign on the back of a murder where the victims family specifically said it they didn’t want it turned into an issue of race. I suppose those white lives don’t matter to Nige 

He is a cunt, so is every member of his company & so is every dribbling fuckwit that falls for it 

It’s a shame he walked out of that plane crash 

Edited June 2Jun 2 by Mason89

3 hours ago, Mason89 said:

Nigel Farage addresses the nation. Not about how he’s never had a constituency meeting, or missed 77 Parliament votes in a row, or the £5m he pocketed from a Thai crypto billionaire for Brexit/security/something else or the fact his burd paid £900k in cash, presumably from tips, for a house he’ll never live in 

No, he wants to launch a white lives matter campaign on the back of a murder where the victims family specifically said it they didn’t want it turned into an issue of race. I suppose those white lives don’t matter to Nige 

He is a cunt, so is every member of his company & so is every dribbling fuckwit that falls for it 

It’s a shame he walked out of that plane crash 

Amen

Quiet on here recently, everyone off out burning medium sized cars and building site equipment?

3 hours ago, mondo_notion said:

Quiet on here recently, everyone off out burning medium sized cars and building site equipment?

Nothing anyone can add to what is going on.

It's just bonkers.

The only question I want answered, is,  does wearing a flag give a person special super powers, as when I see shyte happening in the news, there are always folked wrappen up in them attacking someone or something.

Are Catholics and protestants in Northern Ireland finally on the same side?

Obviously watching from afar, it seems wild that it’s all kicking off. This is of course exactly what grifter and ultimate dirty immigrant, farage the garage, wants. Thick people falling hook, line and sinker for their games. Absolutely not condoning that attempted murder, but the reaction is completely illogical.

7 hours ago, mondo_notion said:

Quiet on here recently, everyone off out burning medium sized cars and building site equipment?

Attended a small gathering in The Weeg last night but caught the last train home 😉

Funny how these sort of disruptions often happen when summer starts. Board youths who are angry at the world and looking for something to fuck up. 

7 hours ago, Ajja said:

Board youths who are angry at the world and looking for something to fuck up. 

Thick as planks, they are.

The kids getting banned from social media are smarter than the helmets doing the banning 

This is just lazy from a government on its arse. It won’t work. 

9 minutes ago, Mason89 said:

The kids getting banned from social media are smarter than the helmets doing the banning 

This is just lazy from a government on its arse. It won’t work. 

As a lazy parent, I think it might be quite useful to have the government doing the banning for me. 

What do you think the solution should look like for children? 

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

As a lazy parent, I think it might be quite useful to have the government doing the banning for me. 

What do you think the solution should look like for children? 

Ask them. They’ll know more about how this works than Starmer 

I keep saying it but the people in real danger on social media is your auntie, not your kids. This whole thing is completely unworkable & is only being put forward to make this spineless wanker look hard. If his intention was to keep children safe online, he’d enforce laws that already there. He won’t though, as that would upset the facists with cash. He’s a total coward. 
 

Government still uses a site that’s AI generates child porn & who is run by a sociopathic Nazi for official comms. Stay safe kids 

https://mollyrosefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Joint-statement-from-childrens-and-online-safety-organisations-experts-and-bereaved-families-on-a-social-media-ban-for-under-16s.pdf

2 hours ago, Mason89 said:

Ask them. They’ll know more about how this works than Starmer 

I keep saying it but the people in real danger on social media is your auntie, not your kids. This whole thing is completely unworkable & is only being put forward to make this spineless wanker look hard. If his intention was to keep children safe online, he’d enforce laws that already there. He won’t though, as that would upset the facists with cash. He’s a total coward. 
 

Government still uses a site that’s AI generates child porn & who is run by a sociopathic Nazi for official comms. Stay safe kids 

I would argue that there are different sets of risks - one, in theory, that your auntie should have build up the nous to filter through and ignore the crap.

Personally I would just ban it full stop.........for all ages.

Burnham wins Makerfield quite comfortably.

Starmer to be put out of his misery soon enough.

Tories win Aberdeen South 🤮

Douglas Lumsden an MP. No wonder nobody cares about politics anymore.

 

Watch him save the oil industry now! * 

 

 

* he can’t 

30 minutes ago, Mason89 said:

Watch him save the oil industry now! * 

 

 

* he can’t 

The electorate failed to grasp that the Tories helped kill it whilst in power.

Going to be an interesting few weeks/months ahead anyway.

 

 

41 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

The electorate failed to grasp that the Tories helped kill it whilst in power.

Going to be an interesting few weeks/months ahead anyway.

 

 

They had 14 years in power to save it but they’ll do it now, promise. 
 

I can fully understand how the electorate of Aberdeen South can feel a bit short changed by their options but fucking hell, imagine voting for them. Any thicker and they would set