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hungmung ◴[] No.45006064[source]
More made up problems for a fundamentally inept government to solve because fixing real problems like a broken healthcare system is hard and not a guaranteed political win.

Thanks Starmer, you're a worthless turd and no different than your predecessor.

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basisword ◴[] No.45006181[source]
The Online Safety Act was passed when the Tories were still in government.

Rolling that back essentially makes you a prime minister that believes children should have unfettered access to porn, self-harm material, gore, and that the outspoken parents of kids who've killed themselves after accessing this material shouldn't be listened to. At least, that's how the media (on all sides) would spin it. Not really a fight worth picking.

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miohtama ◴[] No.45006587[source]
Nick Farage from Reform plans to pick this fight. Of course whether he does it or not will be seen.
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monkey_monkey ◴[] No.45007423[source]
Farage is a moral-free scumbag who will be known in history as one of the architects of Britain's period of decline. The fact that he hasn't been held to account is one of the great scandals of our age.
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1. BLKNSLVR ◴[] No.45008300[source]
I like the fact that as soon as his cause 'won' he stepped down so that he didn't need to do any of the actual hard work in implementing the disaster.
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2. Nursie ◴[] No.45011616[source]
He had no power.

I'm no brexiteer but ... it's not like the Tories were going to hand him the keys to Number 10 and say "Have at it". He wasn't an MP at all at that point.

It's like the "Idiots didn't even know what they were voting for!" argument. Sure, they didn't. Because the people who actually had the power to make a plan to vote for, declined to do so, specifically to increase uncertainty and perception of risk for voting leave.

You can blame Farage and brexit voters for a lot (and you should!) but neither he nor they ever had the political power to make or execute a plan.