UK Politics

Seen some puzzlement here over what Labour’s strategy is/was. This blog from a former pollster and current MP sets it out fairly clearly (as well as suggesting what it should be).

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In summary, this says that AI companies should not be able to steal the work of creative people to train their LLMs.

The highly-anticipated Gorton and Denton by-election saw the Green party emerge victorious despite being branded by Labour as “extreme and dangerous”. For some, the result has called into question the ruling party’s attacks on the Greens’ policy to decriminalise all drugs.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/43928224

Is this author right to suggest the UK should get closer to Europe?

Thoughts? The article says that Britain can’t annoy the US too much over this Iran war, because UK security is unfortunately completely dependent upon the US.

Asylum seekers arriving in the UK will now face reassessment every 30 months for 20 years, making permanent asylum an unattainable dream.

The UK has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

This isn’t a Tory government. I had to double check 🥲

Pope Catholic, says Vatican.

Do you believe him? “Defensive positions”. My arsehole.

Rather than fight the far right, he copied its politics and employed its language. He bet the house on Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel. He hollowed out the Labour Party and destroyed its soul.

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The Green Party won 40.7% of the vote on Friday in an election triggered when a member of parliament resigned for health reasons. Nigel Farage’s Reform Party came second with 28.7% of the vote and Labour finished third with 25.4%.

Here are the vote counts for the candidates in first, second and third place:

When I talk about Reform being fascists and the necessity of beating them, this is what I mean.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/43537910

Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, will not face a sanction for leaflets that omitted the party’s imprint, after a high court judge accepted this was due to an inadvertent printing error.

This poll makes it a statistical dead heat between Greens, Labour and Reform, despite the headline claim.

Amu Gib, who has been held on remand at HMS Bronzefield since July 2025, was chosen to represent the Islington Community Independents last month, Tribune magazine reported.

A Green party motion that calls for Zionism to be treated as a form of racism has provoked ire from a senior Israeli official.

As the local elections loom on 7 May, Labour’s woes in government have fuelled speculation that the party is no longer safe in its London heartlands.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/43349633

Useful for anyone trying to work out the best ‘Stop Reform’ candidate. Spoiler: it’s probably the Greens.

Labour does not serve this country, they serve the ruling elite. They also support genocide.

The Green Party of England and Wales leader has revealed he will run for election in London in either Tottenham, Hackney or Walthamstow.

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