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Simon Bodger and his friend Badger, a puppet who loves mashing potatoes

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

This TERF Chinese spying thing is so great man. Being an asset for the Special Intelligence Service (toilets division). Doing transvestigation on your handler. Getting pouty when you're told that the code phrase can't be the Stanisland Question.

Solidarity, Mothin 💚

Exactly THIS! 👇

Although I think that if there are STILL members of #Labour who haven't quit after #Starmer took the party to the #Right, cosied up to the wealthy & pissed all over the electorate probably never will. They likely don't care.

For those remaining who DO care: join.greenparty.org.uk

a safe country that has religious police who arrest anyone outed as queer or trans and runs on slave labour

Plumber, Plasterer, Parliamentarian! 💚

Someone mentioned it on masterchef a week or so back and I fell down a rabbit hole lol.. definitely on my list to try now!

I should probably clarify I’m talking mostly about a specific type of white USA person here, I’m sure plenty of people in the US are not like this.

I feel like 9 times out of 10 when Americans say Brits don’t use enough spices/seasonings they just mean their own taste buds are so numbed by all the salt, sugar and chilli they’re used to having on all their food that they can’t pick up on subtle flavours.

Vadouvan - Wikipedia

My best guess is that it’s something vadouvan-adjacent en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadouvan

Don’t tease me like that 😭

Black and white comic strip cartoon of an evil-looking man peering through a window saying the words “yes... ha ha ha…yes!” And wearing a black shirt withe the words “green menace” written on it in green text. Basically the “Sickos” meme but the shirt now says “green menace”

Black and white comic strip cartoon of an evil-looking man peering through a window saying the words “yes... ha ha ha…yes!” And wearing a black shirt withe the words “green menace” written on it in green text. Basically the “Sickos” meme but the shirt now says “green menace”, bet you can’t guess why!

i have a highly scientific hunch that while a genocidal gaza policy obviously hurt harris/biden's support generally, it hurt them especially with People Who Give a Shit, i.e the people who would more usually be the ones volunteering & knocking doors & making sure their friends & family vote

So many smug condescending Labour voters crowing about “you can’t see branding, its clearly Reform” “Labour wouldn’t do that” “Only an idiot would think this is actually Labour”

Well…..

Trolley Problem version. Top Track: the most people Middle Track: fewer people than above Bottom Track: nobody

Labour: You see if Reform win, everyone gets hurt, but if u vote Labour only THOSE people get hurt. You'll be fine.

Voters: OH. Ok. And what about that empty track down there?

Labour: NO! DON'T LOOK AT THAT!! They want you to take drugs and have nuclear war in the park.

If anyone is a baffled by those subtitles he said the ones to blame are “the people with yachts” not “the people of Yorkshire”. I promise the people of Lancashire have progressed past the war of the roses 😂

Two things can be true at once. People with Tourette’s often can’t control what they say. It’s incredibly distressing to watch the N word be shouted at Black people by white people in any circumstances, but particularly on national television. You can feel both of those things, I believe.

What did i do on Saturday night? Oh. Not much just wept like a baby watching an Olympics medal ceremony because the poor Scottish lads looked so heartbroken and I couldn’t bear it

Sort of glad the Winter Olympics is almost over, I don’t think my nerves can take much more after that men’s curling final

I refer you to my last 2 replies. We’ve got it covered. Thanks for your completely genuine concern though.

Bad faith questions don’t deserve detailed answers, you could have done some basic research if you actually wanted to know.

Could only be said by someone who is not paying attention to all of the amazing greens at every level of the party. Nice try though 😘

They don’t even stop to ask how high, they just leap as high as they possibly can over and over like they’re on a bloody trampoline and keep looking over to daddy Nige for the nod of approval that will never come.

The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen:
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.

Thank you for clarifying!

This crowdfunder specifically says it’s for the Rusholme constituency. Not sure if the rules allow the Manchester greens to share funds across their various constituencies or not but please don’t post a link saying it’s for Gorton and Denton when it’s not.

Nigel's lowered the entry requirements.