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[Comrade Detective]

Absolute bunch of amateur numpties. Lammy and co giving away Diego Garcia is now turning into an economic farce with Mauritius now demanding hundreds of millions per year plus billions in ‘reparations’. This lot couldn’t manage a seaside stall selling bars of rock…..

Hello comrade, I greet you with great respect and admiration for your wisdom. You seem like the most clever thinker in these discussions, and I am curious about your ideas. What strategies would you employ to transform Britain into a true socialist utopia? What policies or actions do you believe are necessary to achieve equality, justice, and prosperity for all citizens? I humbly await your thoughts.

 

[davek]

Poll Shows Labour Shedding Nearly 200 Seats as Reform UK Surges

Britain’s ruling Labour Party would lose nearly 200 seats if elections were held today as the populist Reform UK Party surges, according to a Sunday Times poll.

www.bloomberg.com

The most appalling performance of any incoming government in my memory.

Hated by the Tories for being as Tory as them and crowding them out; hated by traditional Labour voters for being class traitors.

Just put yourselves in the bin and call another election FFS.

 

[Xizor]

If only SOMEONE on here could have warned us!

Supposedly scores 48/100 which puts him 2 points left of centre. Davey scores 37, still in the centrist ballpark.

Diane Abbott is the joint most Left on a Dave-friendly 4, whilst the furthest Right in the Commons are the dream team of Reform's Rupert Lowe and the lurking Tory Suella Braverman, both scoring 95. For reference, Badenoch herself scored a goose-stepping 88 (Farage 90, Sunak 77 for reference).

 

[Xizor]

Just put yourselves in the bin and call another election FFS.

Even for you that's a daft post that's not even internally consistent.

 

[Comrade Detective]

Poll Shows Labour Shedding Nearly 200 Seats as Reform UK Surges

Britain’s ruling Labour Party would lose nearly 200 seats if elections were held today as the populist Reform UK Party surges, according to a Sunday Times poll.

www.bloomberg.com

The most appalling performance of any incoming government in my memory.

Hated by the Tories for being as Tory as them and crowding them out; hated by traditional Labour voters for being class traitors.

Just put yourselves in the bin and call another election FFS.

Comrades We gather not as mere individuals but as the beating heart of a collective, bound together by a shared vision: a world of equality, of dignity, of peace. Yet, I sense in you a lingering poison—a hatred that corrupts our noble cause.


Why do you hate, comrade? Hatred is the tool of the oppressors, the chains that bind the worker to his master, the fuel of division that the capitalist class uses to destroy our unity. To hate is to betray the ideals of socialism itself.


True socialism is built on love. Love for the worker who toils beside you. Love for the peasant who feeds the nation. Love for the teacher who shapes our youth and the soldier who defends our dream. Love is not weakness, comrades; it is the greatest strength of all. Through love, we unite. Through unity, we triumph.


Do not let hatred distract you from our mission. Channel your passion not against your fellow comrades but against the systems of exploitation that divide humanity. Love is the foundation upon which we shall build our future—a society where no man, no woman, no child is left behind.


So I ask again, comrade: Why do you hate? Cast aside this relic of the old world and embrace the warmth of solidarity. Only then will we achieve the radiant dawn of socialism.

 

[Xizor]

Hatred is the tool of the oppressors, the chains that bind the worker to his master, the fuel of division that the capitalist class uses to destroy our unity. To hate is to betray the ideals of socialism itself.

 

[davek]

Comrades We gather not as mere individuals but as the beating heart of a collective, bound together by a shared vision: a world of equality, of dignity, of peace. Yet, I sense in you a lingering poison—a hatred that corrupts our noble cause.


Why do you hate, comrade? Hatred is the tool of the oppressors, the chains that bind the worker to his master, the fuel of division that the capitalist class uses to destroy our unity. To hate is to betray the ideals of socialism itself.


True socialism is built on love. Love for the worker who toils beside you. Love for the peasant who feeds the nation. Love for the teacher who shapes our youth and the soldier who defends our dream. Love is not weakness, comrades; it is the greatest strength of all. Through love, we unite. Through unity, we triumph.


Do not let hatred distract you from our mission. Channel your passion not against your fellow comrades but against the systems of exploitation that divide humanity. Love is the foundation upon which we shall build our future—a society where no man, no woman, no child is left behind.


So I ask again, comrade: Why do you hate? Cast aside this relic of the old world and embrace the warmth of solidarity. Only then will we achieve the radiant dawn of socialism.

Great post mate.

 

[Goat]

Good to see Sir Starms get away on holiday for once.

Hope its somewhere hot.

 

[Xizor]

Great post mate.

Perhaps a few ideas in there you could take to heart for your NY resolutions. Time to cut Comrade Starmer and the rest of the toolmakers a bit of slack and not just leap to the hatred each morning?

 

[Xizor]

Good to see Sir Starms get away on holiday for once.

Hope its somewhere hot.

Local press in Madeira say he's there for some well-deserved R&R. Sterling job so far, 2025 can only heap more successes onto the burgeoning 2024 pile.

If you thought you'd seen Socialism in Action already, just wait until he really gets going.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Perhaps a few ideas in there you could take to heart for your NY resolutions. Time to cut Comrade Starmer and the rest of the toolmakers a bit of slack and not just leap to the hatred each morning?

Blessed are the toolmakers...

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Good to see Sir Starms get away on holiday for once.

Hope its somewhere hot.

Hot winter sun is good. Been Cape Verdre until this coming new year for us, thought we would do Common Wealth and go mainland Africa by the way of Gambia and Banjul, a nice toasty 30ish with 0.3mm of rain... I'm sure he will come back all invigorated!

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

If only SOMEONE on here could have warned us!

Supposedly scores 48/100 which puts him 2 points left of centre. Davey scores 37, still in the centrist ballpark.

Diane Abbott is the joint most Left on a Dave-friendly 4, whilst the furthest Right in the Commons are the dream team of Reform's Rupert Lowe and the lurking Tory Suella Braverman, both scoring 95. For reference, Badenoch herself scored a goose-stepping 88 (Farage 90, Sunak 77 for reference).

The Liberal Democrats might well be the real opposition and not Farage. People learned how to vote tactically at the last election, so if things go as I expect the Liberal Democrats might become the official opposition at the next election, with Labour having a smaller majority.

Farage faces the same problem as the Tories, older right wing voters are dying off and not nearly enough younger people are turning right wing.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The Liberal Democrats might well be the real opposition and not Farage. People learned how to vote tactically at the last election, so if things go as I expect the Liberal Democrats might become the official opposition at the next election, with Labour having a smaller majority.

Farage faces the same problem as the Tories, older right wing voters are dying off and not nearly enough younger people are turning right wing.

That Emily Maitlis interview sounded a knell of sorts, but for whom. Imagine the power of AI and 'the algorithm' next time around.

 

[Comrade Detective]

Great post mate.

Yes, comrade.