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I mean this is definitely true - but it rather overlooks the endless angry energy that comes from the right - and not even the far right. Just pick up any issue of Telegraph or Spectator. Or have a look at Priti Patel discussing starving the Irish when Brexit negotiations weren't going well for them. Or some far right idiot killing Jo Cox. Or newspaper articles talking about the need to "kill Corbyn" https://www.medialens.org/2016/killing-corbyn/ left vs right aside for a moment - one thing I already know but this thread proves - you have to be some kind of either lunatic or legend to want to become a councillor. The amount of vitriol (again, from all sides to all sides - but primarily just from average voters) makes it an impossible task for negligible reward or even achievement

I would be extremely surprised if that was true - what are you basing it on? That being said, even if it was true I would genuinely be interested to know what the numbers were (10 posts a day? 5 reactions?) - and then I would go "ok that's the forum limit" - I probably wouldn't cry about speech not being free, or my speech being limited

What does “rate limited” mean?

I no longer live in SE22 but as someone significantly older than 40+ I have started playing walking football down in Lewes and can heartily recommend it. It's not as sedate as you might think and the social aspect is great is well if that's something you are into So despite having no affiliation with the OP I'm heartily endorsing this event

Happy Dan Hannan day everyone https://substack.com/home/post/p-166594385

I came soooo close to being able to make it up to London this evening - but alas no. Hope everyone has a good time and the start of regular meet-ups again

what time are people meeting?

Bishop was the Forester's Arms

good spot Spartacus - emerged in my timeline today and I should have checked the date

so here we are in 2025 many years after the referendum where import/exports costs are indeed much higher and (checks notes) arch Brexiteer is now lobbying for a European Commonwealth including Turkey Mad baby of a country https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/uk-wants-to-include-ukraine-in-european-commonwealth-report/2599081

Your post was an attack on the tax I didn’t address or mention you in my reply. Just pointed out the problems with the article you then told be I wasn’t invited. In no way am I bullying anyone. The reverse is true if anything

Do let me know when you understand how a public forum works in the meantime, apologies for inconvenient truths clogging up any ill-conceived “partying”

MSN is an aggregator. Not a news source the source is a Nick Gutteridge article in the Telegraph so, closer to reform than BBC (I would question BBC news reliability these days mind you) It would be difficult to describe gutteridge as objective. But it would be easy to claim he is frequently wrong, bordering on bonkers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/n/nf-nj/nick-gutteridge/ There is no physical reality where, as we run out of fossil fuels and turn to whatever will replace them, where existing fossil fuels don’t become more expensive not this country, not any country - you might see some short term ups and downs as politics plays its part - but to whine about your political enemies tackling the dwindling fossil fuels is both childish and playing with people’s lives

Whatever the merits of lack of of chains, supermarket express shops opening up everywhere is grimly depressing they are very expensive. Often seem to attract sketchy characters and need a security guard doesn’t matter if it’s se22, Crouch End or Ludgate Circus. Ugly banality