What makes your assertion true? Popular up votes on Lemmy? 😂

I don’t agree that we should change the rules. However what she’s suggesting would be to put us in line (albeit towards the long end) of some other European countries. Off the top of my head I think Spain, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, Denmark all have equally long timeframes. And I imagine she’s pitched this like that to quickly deflect any arguments away about the UK being unfair.

I still think it’s the wrong the to do and don’t actually believe anything will change here. The Home Office is one of the most incompetent departments so I’d be surprised if they could even process existing applications within ten years let alone extend the waiting period to apply to ten years.

I think I am reading this wrong. Late night drinking…

I think it’s Labour travelling to Germany to see how best to deal with far right groups such as AfD in order to defeat them. As opposed to Labour travelling to Germany to try and learn lessons from AfD on how to appeal to right wingers and win seats.

While Labour MPs discuss tactics to counter the threat of Reform, some are seeking lessons on combatting rightwing populists from outside the UK.

A small group is planning a trip to Germany in the coming weeks to find out what they can learn from the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which is expected to perform well in the country’s election later this month.

Wut…? Am I reading that correctly?

Congratulations. And may I just say I have always been your most ardent supporter.

Who the fuck is this woman?

This is the princess of darkness Lord Mandy after all.

Meanwhile Labour voters in the North… 🥶.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have E-W trains across the whole country? Nah fuck it.

Amazing 🤩. I’m going to use this down the pub later.

Good luck getting that back.

Spot on. They don’t want to take risks in their first term. And with the economy not looking like they’d hoped after the budget they have less political capital to hedge on any bigger moves.I think even joining the EUCU would be too far.

Short of a massive schism in the political landscape where all Labour Brexitiers up and leave the party and all Tory Remainers up and leave their party with the two factions joining forces in some new party where the overall pro EU support has a majority I can’t see anything happening for multiple terms. And that’s not going to happen because politics is literally football in this country and it’s all about the rivalry and very little else.

Set your sights on 2060 or beyond.

I believe there is a third way. A way pioneered by Labour in 2015 and carried forward to this day. The mmm ahhhh but… Now is not the time way.

I believe Labour will do absolutely fuck all to meaningfully reintegrate with Europe. And absolutely fuck all will happen with the US. Because Labour want to please both sides of their broad church: the Remainers and the Leavers.

Sorry lads, get used to it.

Elon Musk is the resident Nazi at the heart of the US government and is widely believed to have bought his influence with Trump. Oh and also Trump is President again after being a convicted criminal. No this isn’t a joke.

The bar was set very low…

Muchly

I think they’ve already done that 😁

The Labour Party, I think 🤔.

Did he form these views before or after he lived out his life in the country that is the anthesis of socialism? 🤔

the name will not change on official maps in Britain unless “Gulf of America” becomes the most commonly used name for it by English speakers. Officials believe that is not likely for some time, if at all.

I wonder what the higher bar is? This or if the UN (or another international body) recognises the name?

The Mexican president 🤣.

“For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico,” said Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president, on Tuesday. She previously joked that Mexico should refer to the US as “Mexican America”.

Yes!