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utter dickhead

Keir has been so much worse than I could've imagined. Next time, someone stop me from voting labour.

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[–] HoiPolloi@hexbear.net 59 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now that the UK is deindustrialised and not subject to EU regulation, American capital can freely devour its corpse.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

and this Wallace and Gromit looking fuck is going to make sure of it

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I tried!

I don't blame anyone for voting Labour, especially considering the lack of alternatives, but Starmer's whole pitch since he became leader has been "Don't worry, I am incredibly right wing, and I solemnly swear to the British People that I will be the biggest removed imaginable in every way"

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 7 months ago

“Don’t worry, I am incredibly right wing, and I solemnly swear to the British People that I will be the biggest removed imaginable in every way”

Brits:

[–] Mickmacduffin@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh cool. The UK gets its own Biden

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

Genuinely far far worse than Biden. Biden at least pretended to make peace with the party left.

[–] xXShadowXx@hexbear.net 34 points 7 months ago
[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 32 points 7 months ago

"people" being large capitalists

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

manhattan The wealth will trickle down.

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

Tiny little trickles that'll be taxed back to the top again.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Next time, someone stop me from voting labour.

I bloody told you not to! data-laughing

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

This makes me want to... play minecraft.

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

I'm determined to deliver growth, create wealth, and put more money people's pockets

big-honk Which people's pock-oh I see...Blackrock's...

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

Instead of Jezza, Brits have this clown?

Someone boo this man.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago

UK doubling down on being an international-money-laundering-based economy. santos-paparazzi

[–] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I've never heard Sir Keir Starmer speak so I read this is Milo from Trashfuture's impersonation of him. Also Keir is a name I've never seen before as a Usian

[–] ObamaSama@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Same, I’ve only ever heard the Milo impression so when I finally do hear his real voice I imagine it will seem like an impression

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

he sounds like if a penis had a blocked nose

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

well if it isn't Mr Bobson Dugnutt himself

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

He is named after Keir Hardie, a socialist and founder of the Labour party. He of course does not deserve that so he's often called Keith here.

Also Keir is a name I’ve never seen before as a Usian

It's Gaelic name mostly used in Scotland.

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 7 months ago

The contradictions are becoming more and more pronounced as the remaining hotels on the monopoly board are sucked up. Nobody got no money. It's all gonna break

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I like Corbyn, but godamn he's genuinely too nice of a guy to be able to survive in bourgeois politics. When Corbyn had all the momentum he should've purged this fucker and all his fellow Blairites. Once this fucker took power, he purged Corbyn and a ton of Left Labour.

[–] regul@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The political instincts on display here.

Do they just not know that everyone who's not an investment banker hates Blackrock, or do they just not care? Rhetorical question.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, your average person probably doesn't know that much about BlackRock. Nor will your average person even clock this headline much when there's the more salacious headline of Netanyahu's arrest, or winter fuel, or the farmers. That's the political instinct. Make the dodgy deal while everyone's focused on your current fuck up.

People clued in enough to focus on this headline probably already hate Starmer's Labour anyway.

Maybe I'm way off on that, though.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

No one knows BlackRock, but if it's your first example of an average company, we know your politics

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

I really didn't expect much, if anything, they barely tried to slaughter a self destructing Tory party. Were never going to bother doing anything for the people...

[–] Hime@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

It's all a bit. This whole island is one big bit.