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PSA America It's Sir Keir, or (the) Prime Minister, or just the surname. It's not "Prime Minister Starmer" and--I'm begging you here--it is not "Sir Starmer" under any circumstances whatsoever. No. Bad.

say what you will about ol’ tony but he *believed* in his evil

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George Pearkes

like i’ve met these people, they don’t die. he’s gonna be 101 and talking about where he was for the blitz and somehow going through 6 gallons of fullers and a chuck roast cooked to ash per day

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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter

that’s right

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we’re in danger

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

yup

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France's far-right National Rally party's figurehead Marine Le Pen says if her party's prime minister is in power, they would "prevent Ukraine from using French-supplied long-range weapons to strike inside Russia."

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Dan of La Mancha

i think it was the constituency name (ynys môn), which sounds like a doom level rather than a star wars name imo

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George Pearkes

do they account for extent of britishness stereotypicality though

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George Pearkes

i don't know man. yes he drinks a ton but he *is* british. betting against thousands of years of evolution here

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Chris Broome

zero chance in 5 years imo. starmer is vulnerable though depending on how his premiership goes and what the tories do

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it truly is a shame that the New York City charter requires that the mayor be "thee largeft heap of fhite within thirty Miles" but the law's the law

"The roadway once carried between four and six lanes for motor vehicles, despite 88 percent of people in the area traveling on foot and squeezing into 30 percent of the space." And now Adams wants to give it back to cars?

Mayor Adams May Nix Sidewalk Expansions on Bustling Eighth Ave. - Streetsblog New York Citynyc.streetsblog.org Mayor Eric Adams cast doubt on years of city efforts to give pedestrians more space to walk on overcrowded Eighth Avenue.

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Very good thread this. In many ways this was a typical 2020s European election. When you consider how so many of those are ending, that's a bit worrying.

2. Labour held steady in total votes, but combined with the fractured vote on the right, won a historic parliamentary majority. This is in line with trends elsewhere in Europe. The far right rises and wins when the center-left atomizes (Italy, France) and falls short when it holds (Spain, Portugal).

labour barely managed a better share than 4 and a half years ago

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Jason Furman, 2022 (singled out only because he was admirably explicit): if unemployment stays low, inflation “will still be about 4% at the end of 2025.” www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...

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Glen

rowling probably

good morning!

Won’t have Liz Truss to mock any more. A terrible loss to comedy. Her humiliation is now complete. She did look “heavily medicated” this morning. I hope people are checking on her.

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Imagine this only being the second most embarrassing thing to happen to you in your career

jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

“sixtus”? ffs

true. you might have to wear a livestock ribbon in britain but at least you don’t have to hear 70 year-old dairy farmers bitching about milk prices and the gold standard

They also must talk politics with the residents of New Hampshire

this is something the brits just do better than us. closest we get is making our pols go to the iowa state fair and eat those weird fried things

Okay, setting aside the BeanMan for a moment, which is already weird, why are they wearing ribbons like they’re prize livestock at a fair??

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Brooke Binkowski

we do make them go to the iowa state fair but putting ribbons on them like livestock is better, gotta say

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Brooke Binkowski

i like that they have to wear the little ribbons

an absolute king

it is indeed real