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2026-05-08 Britain

UK Labour dealt blow as far-right Reform surges, Greens gain in local elections

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-08 2026-05-08 04:09|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1773 views ] Top

1 Hope for Reform. And I presume the Greens are just watermelon commies?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-05-08 04:18|| 2026-05-08 04:18|| Front Page Top

2 Just a flesh wound for Starmer.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-08 05:58|| 2026-05-08 05:58|| Front Page Top

3 And I presume the Greens are just watermelon commies?

"Anti-Zionist" commies.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-08 08:18|| 2026-05-08 08:18|| Front Page Top

4 “I’m not going to walk away,” Starmer tells British media.

You can vote your way into communism but you have to shoot your way out. A little tough when you allow the government to disarm you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-08 10:32|| 2026-05-08 10:32|| Front Page Top

5 #4 Hear, hear!

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-08 11:07|| 2026-05-08 11:07|| Front Page Top

6 “I’m not going to walk away,” Starmer tells British media.

What if it were a catwalk?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-05-08 11:30|| 2026-05-08 11:30|| Front Page Top

7 Instead of walking away, light his ass on fire and he will be running.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-05-08 12:13|| 2026-05-08 12:13|| Front Page Top

8 A lucid moment for Perfidious Albion, but far too late I fear.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-05-08 13:39|| 2026-05-08 13:39|| Front Page Top

9 I'd rather my neighbour doesn't splatter my brains over my yard "by accident" when I turn on my hose too close to his roses...

Posted by Blinky Sinatra8757 2026-05-08 14:50|| 2026-05-08 14:50|| Front Page Top

10 Far Right is anything that doesn't follow the Marxist dialectic.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-08 15:19|| 2026-05-08 15:19|| Front Page Top

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