16-05-2026, 11:04
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
Should Andy get over all the hurdles, watch interest rates rise. As he goes on a borrowing spree.
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16-05-2026, 12:37
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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.. watch interest rates rise
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Not entirely a bad thing from my POV, better savings rates. 
Its really unclear to me if he'll be good or bad, I know hes served in government before and I cant ever remember much being said about him. I think hes drawn more attention while mayor of Manchester.
Of course, all speculation atm, hes a long way from actually being leader yet.
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16-05-2026, 12:42
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
I speculate he will be bad as will whoever ends up PM next full stop ad infinitum
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16-05-2026, 19:32
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
Interesting read on CNN web site , is Briton ungovernable. Give it a go.
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16-05-2026, 20:06
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Interesting read on CNN web site , is Briton ungovernable. Give it a go.
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A good article. I picked out this gem of truth:
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/16/u...ble-latam-intl
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Because Starmer ruled out raising the three main sources of taxation during his 2024 election campaign, his government has been constrained, and has had to hunt for revenue from small, politically unpopular sources.
“They picked ‘baddies’ – private schools, farmers, banks – and they whacked them, but then they didn’t get enough money from doing that to do much for anyone else,” said Ansell. “They created a lot of enemies and not a lot of friends.”
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16-05-2026, 21:10
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Agreed.
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18-05-2026, 08:29
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Yup.
Although the farmers was a nonsense story. It was an inheritance tax loophole that applied to very few farms.
They shouldn't have committed to keeping the NI cut; it was an obvious trap from the Tories, who were on their way out, and Labour walked right into it.
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18-05-2026, 16:51
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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That's another thread. Farage has changed his tune on the £5m gift. First it was for security, now it's a thank you for Brexit. Not sure what he'll say tomorrow.
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It was both. Farage made himself deeply unpopular amongst some nutters, and that’s the main reason for his need for security.
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Well, it’s definitely not got any connection with him buying a £1.4 million house not long afterwards, which would be his fourth residence (not counting the £885k house near Clacton that his girlfriend (who has no money) bought)…
No, no, no, no - let me finish…
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That money came from his appearance on ‘I’m a celebrity’ if you check your facts.
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Difficult to keep up with the ever-changing narrative, but it’s now being said that he bought the £1.4m house with his payment from “I’m a celeb”.
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That is correct.
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Which he didn’t declare…
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He didn’t have to.
I think some of you are as obsessed with a Farage as they are with Trump. This is the Starmer thread, so what’s all this nonsense - deflection?
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18-05-2026, 17:14
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
Do keep up - I know the story keeps changing, but I thought as one of his admirers, you would know…
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18-05-2026, 19:13
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Do keep up - I know the story keeps changing, but I thought as one of his admirers, you would know…
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Already addressed that in the Reform UK thread. This is meant to be for Starmer.
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgz...99c229da2#post
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UK net migration drops to 171,000
The UK's net migration dropped to 171,000 people in the year to December 2025, the lowest since 2012 - excepting the pandemic.
Migration added 171,000 people to the UK's population last year, just over half the level seen in 2024.
That’s down substantially from the peak of nearly a million people early in 2023 and the lowest figure - outside of the Covid pandemic - since 2012.
The number of asylum seekers living in hotels while waiting for their claims to be processed in the UK has fallen to 20,885 in the 12 months to March 2026.
That's down from 30,657 people in December 2025.
The peak was about 56,000 in September 2023 under the last Conservative government.
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
In the current climate, it's not the net migration number that matters.
What matters is the number of military aged people coming to the UK in the boats. Already they outnumber our army.
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
"The number of asylum seekers living in hotels while waiting for their claims to be processed in the UK has fallen to 20,885 in the 12 months to March 2026."
Does the article now say where they've moved them to? They're still here, just not in hotels anymore.
It's all just whitewash (can I still say that? ) figures stating the bits of info that sound good.
I mean, it doesn't say the number of asylum seekers now living in ex military camps has risen from 12 to 24,000 does it
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As always . Lies, dam lies and statistics
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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In the current climat, it's not the net migration number that matters.
What matters is the number of military aged people coming to the UK in the boats. Already they outnumber our army.
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I wonder why military-age people are fleeing their countries and trying to seek asylum elsewhere?
Could it be that otherwise they are conscripted into indefinite military service under slave-labour like conditions?
https://theweek.com/102761/indefinit...e-flee-eritrea
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