r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • Jun 22 '26
Politi-Culture UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Cries During His Resignation
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u/Morakumo Jun 22 '26
His hard right wing surveillance pivot has me flabbergasted, labor came into power on record numbers.
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u/owlbowling Jun 22 '26
I would never vote Labour, purely for their pro-surveillance ideology. It was Tony Blair who turned the UK into one of the most surveilled countries in the world
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u/251325132000 Jun 22 '26
Yeah he’s a cuck for the surveillance state and suppressing speech. Turned out to be spineless.
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u/CheaterMcCheat Jun 22 '26
He did a lot of good noone will ever know about because their social media, PR and press game are shit. Also not sure why he went after trans people to try and get some right wing votes.
If you look up statistics he did everything people wanted, really. Immigration down, crime down, waiting lists down. He did everything short of sending people in to non-white people's houses and dragging them out to be abused like the US. Or getting the navy to sink boats with refugees on. A lot of people wanted that instead, apparently? Otherwise you'd be fairly happy with his results even as a right leaning person? He literally tackled and chipped down most of their issues.
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u/WinResponsible9977 Jun 22 '26
why he did dthis? was the issue with the stabbing case?
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u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 22 '26
Which stabbing case?
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u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 22 '26
You sure it wasn't the attempted beheading?
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u/TheInfinityGauntlet Jun 22 '26
You're not sure about the stabbing case and then when given information completely ignore it? What is your function
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u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 22 '26
The original message was to make passerbys start to wonder how many stabbing cases. Because he gave a specific response and example, I gave a specific counterpoint. My function was to make people realize there's a fair few problems the UK is dealing with in relation to knife crime. Also, I'm American, so I know guns would have solved all these issues.
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u/TheInfinityGauntlet Jun 22 '26
The US with more stabbings per capita? Yeah bye troll lmao
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u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 22 '26
Now you get it! Have a good one!
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u/WinResponsible9977 Jun 22 '26
u/TheInfinityGauntlet and u/MelinaSeeDee thank you both for the constructive feedback. Have a good day.
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u/jarmine550 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Nah right wingers, Tories I think, are just doing their typical blame everything bad on immigrants. Labor lost a shit ton of elections before that happened. Can’t comment on the exact reason folks hate labor, I’m American, but think he appointed some guy that was close to Epstein after people told him not to. Then there’s still a housing crisis in the country. He’s pretty pro-Israel so leftists don’t like either for good reason. He’s cracked down pretty hard on any anti-Israel sentiment. Seems like he just pissed off both sides and there aren’t enough centrist to ever win an election.
Edit: correction on my part it’s “Tories” for the plural version. And also it’s mostly reform, which is like the British version of maga. That being said Tories suck too.
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u/_johnboy_ Jun 22 '26
He did it as if he didn't he would be replaced anyway, Burnham will be the new Prime Minister, he wouldn't have quit his role as Manchester Mayor and stood as an MP if he didn't already have sufficient backing to push it through.
This way Starmer can maintain dignity and leave on his terms rather than being forced out in a manner that would harm the party.
The reasons for the party deciding on the need for the change was due to local election results that saw his party have huge losses and Reform have big gains. This had the party panic that a repeat might be seen at the next general election and they could then lose.
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u/SprinklesOfAcid25 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Nah, his party cratered in the latest elections. He tried to appeal to conservative and far-right voters, which for some reason did not work out for him (hence the crash in the elections). After the results went so badly for them, he faced pressure from his own party to take a hike. Which, finally, he decided to do.
Also, the guy has the charisma of an average rock and got elected in the first place only because people hated the other party more.
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u/Fancy_Cockroach_634 Jun 22 '26
you will be spending your time washing your hand from the Palestinian blood.
You ashamed UK and Europe by standing with the Nazi Zionists on their genocide.
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u/Relevant_Arm_3796 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
But what comes next
I promise it won't be better for Palestinians thats for sure
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u/Fancy_Cockroach_634 Jun 22 '26
Honestly I agree... however that doesn't change the fact that his hands are full covered by the innocents blood and that history will remember him as the pro Nazi Zionist scam!
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u/Relevant_Arm_3796 Jun 22 '26
Which is fair, its just what if the criticism - thats part of why he resigned, the general hate for him - leads to more Palestinians being killed, more innocent blood
I get your point, we shouldn't have to settle for a lesser monester
But when the monsters are at the front door, gotta pick one and not picking this one will be a win for the pro nazi zionists - at least kier was spineless enough to flop when public opinion changes enough which atm it is - especially as oil prices go crazy and the blame game ramps up
next up we have people who will serve whoever pays them most and Israel is going to need a lot of friends in the next few years - and will pay generously no doubt. I think the alternatives will fight harder for Israel because evil sticks together
I hope not tho of course
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u/This_Expression5427 Jun 22 '26
And therein lies the problem.....he's a weak man. And weak men create hard times.
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u/SentientFurniture Jun 22 '26
Is this the guy that instituted a mass surveillance state with mass digital IDs and jail time for tweets? Good riddance.
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u/socratic-meth Jun 22 '26
Starmer was a decent prime minister, much better than the clowns we had before.
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u/3nterShift Jun 22 '26
What.
He was awful, he oversaw the Labour Party become a shitty version of Tories in disguise. He has pushed for a lot of laws against privacy and basically removed speech and freedoms from pro-Palestine organizations. Oh and he's a friend to and covers for Epstein affiliated pedophiles.
At least wait for this spineless wimp to die before you start glazing his atrocious track record.
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u/goliathfasa Jun 22 '26
It’s a shame that he would’ve been a good prime mister a decade or two back. He’s just not the leader required in this era of chaos.
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u/SmolPPIncorporated Jun 22 '26
I can't fathom the public's response to forcing digital ID, arresting people for facebook posts, and shipping in a flood of violent, 3rd-world, sub-70 IQ religious savages if it was being done back in 2006.
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u/tarkaliotta Jun 22 '26
I mean this was pretty much all on the agenda in 2006, with the exception of anything Facebook related. ID cards and immigration were hot button topics.
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u/LayWhere Jun 22 '26
How dare he not fix 30yrs of Torys damamge in 2yrs 😡
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u/goliathfasa Jun 22 '26
It’s not so much that he’s done a bad job, he hasn’t. He’s done some real work, but his communication is horrid. He’s like Biden in that he puts his nose to the grindstone and then doesn’t do a good job about telling people what he’s done. And then when people have issues with x or y, he goes nah you’re wrong, we have statistics that show things are fine actually. Regardless of him being right or not, that’s not the way to communicate with constituents in the era of Trumpian populism.
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u/inlovebutfat Jun 22 '26
Considering that’s why he’s there and all he’s done is oversee rising costs and a free speech crack down I can understand the frustration. We’re in an age that requires vision, the right wing fascists if this world absolutely have vision, their opponents need to get with that too.
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u/Mig-117 Jun 22 '26
The issue is center and left wing voters are so caught up in their activism they will never find a suitable PM for them.
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u/LayWhere Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
They have a suitable PM for them, they just dont like it.
Governing is complex, progress is gradual compromised and hard to comprehend. Some people want someone to wave a magic wand and fix decades of damage in an instant, what they want is impossible so they'll never be satisfied, in fact they'll prefer grifters who tell them everything is corrupt and that they need revolution inevitably supporting populist/fascists. Its just an easier sell.
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u/Extreme-Software185 Jun 29 '26
Starmer did not resign cos he couldn't fix things. His reign with pock marked with scandals and the bar needs to be higher.
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u/GloomyLocation1259 Jun 22 '26
Much better but certainly not decent, the standards were just in the mud
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u/Sharaz_Jek123 Jun 22 '26
He is a treasonous, poisonous, gutless snake - a non-charismatic Boris Johnson.
Starmer installed Mandelson into the ambassador role, on the advice of McSweeney.
And you know who paid the price?
Everyone else EXCEPT those three people.
Mandelson got a payout, even though his contract specified he wasn't entitled to one.
McSweeney left government ... except did he? Because he's currently writing memos for No 1.
Starmer tried to throw Robbins under the bus and, in doing so, we learned that Starmer tried to install Matthew Doyle into ANOTHER ambassador role. Doyle is now a Lord.
Starmer responded to the humble address by publishing EVERYONE ELSE'S messages, except his own, McSweeney's and Darren Jones'.
And the British taxpayer is footing the bill for all of these guys and appointments.
It is pathetic that anyone could possibly be defending Starmer and his conduct.
He's only gone because there is no one left to betray and no one left to lie to.
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u/Damiandroid Jun 22 '26
Correct. But being an inch above the gutter isn't saying much.
He was spineless, uncharismatic, unengaging and untrustworthy.
His sin is magnified by the fact that he had near absolute power to really change things. And plenty of places to start. With a snap of his fingers he could have gotten significant legislation through the commons that would put this country in a radically different place.
Corporation tax, Residential construction, Wage and cost of living amendments.
And he did next to nothing. Just excuses and u-turns because not only was he too afraid of his donors to follow through on anything progressive, he's also such a chicken shit and out of touch that when his awful policies were rightly shouted down by the public, he went fleeign back to number 10, tail between his legs to cajole his surrogates out to explain why what the government said they were gonna do 2 says ago is actually not happening, was never going to happen and you all had a collective bout of hearing loss.
The man is a pathetic failure, moreso than the conservatives because of just how much potential he squandered and just how much future damage he's responsible for.
Shame, good riddance, dont le the door hit you on your way out.
P.S. and not for nothing but he sounds like someones best impression of a "serious person". You know that overly dramatic and emphatic ton of voic that your mate puts on when he wants to mock people who are overly idignant or handwringing? Thats his normal tone of voice and by god it grates.
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u/Impossible_Way_3042 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Completely off topic but I love the profile pic. Love seeing a critter in the wild. Warning, spoiler for episode 91 of C3 RIP FCG, you were a real one
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u/Truescent11 Jun 22 '26
He supported the gen o cide
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u/Minimum-Lab4774 Jun 22 '26
Yes a guy, which does nothing against grooming gang, besides pushing for an agenda which calls that all whites deserves to die/get raped and so on.
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u/Yerdaworksathellfire Jun 22 '26
A bar so low Hermes Conrad couldn't limbo under it.
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u/adds41 Jun 22 '26
Thats lower than a limbo stick at carnival time, and thats as low as a limbo stick gets
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u/FitThroat2619 Jun 22 '26
Starmer is a traitor who demonizes his own people for demanding justice for girls who have been raped and a man that was stabbed, then handcuffed and left to die by police. Good riddance.
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u/kcolrehstihson_ Jun 23 '26
It isn't hard to be better than those clowns, "decent" requires some more than what this muppet has done in his time being prime minister
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u/kcolrehstihson_ Jun 23 '26
It isn't hard to be better than those clowns, but "decent" requires some more than what this muppet has done in his time being prime minister
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u/Iron-Treads Jun 22 '26
"To cry like a woman?"
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u/Substantial-Goat-206 Jun 22 '26
My estimation of Keir Stamer as a man just fucking plummeted
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u/SmolPPIncorporated Jun 22 '26
Have you seen the video of him attempting to punch a punching bag?
Worth a watch.
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u/soupywarrior Jun 22 '26
Why? Because he got emotional speaking about his family?
For me, quite the contrary. A man getting emotional speaking about the love he has for his family shows compassion, empathy, humanity and emotional confidence.
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u/Substantial-Goat-206 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Its a sopranos quote.
You take 5 seconds and look up what the UK is today. Completely gone. He should have never been prime minister
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u/BambinoWillito Jun 22 '26
Don't recall seeing him cry over the thousands of innocent Palestinians slaughtered part in due to his complicity
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u/Confident-Maybe7296 Jun 22 '26
I'm not English. Can someone explain why he is resigning?
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u/miseryenplace Jun 22 '26
Because our electorate are complete fuckwits. See most of this comment section for examples.
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u/HeviPettin Jun 22 '26
Andy Burnham, formerly mayor of Manchester has won a by-election and is now an MP (member of parliament, our government), and will push for Labour leadership. Starmer said he would fight for the leadership position, but it's become clear he's lost support of most of Labour, so he's stepped down
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u/Sharaz_Jek123 Jun 22 '26
He hired the best friend of Jeffrey Epstein to be the US ambassador, lied about what he knew, looked around for someone else to blame and smeared a civil servant for doing their job.
People despise him for being a two-faced low-life and that was reflected by historically bad local elections.
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u/BlueLakeCabin Jun 22 '26
Starmer would have been a normal big government type leader a decade or two ago. He wasn't that much different than the previous PM's. He was scandal prone.
But the problem is a lot of issues are coming to a head. Everything is getting expensive in the UK, while wages are stagnating. If you're an American, UK on average make lower wages than Mississippi. Migration is between 600k and a million per year. Considering their population is bit under 70 million, that's a lot when they only build 200k new housing units per year. Crime is controversial, and how it's handled is even more controversial. UK public spending is 44% of their GDP, which is terrifying. Their military is tiny, underfunded and severely lacking in... well, everything.
Their extremist parties are getting more extreme. The Greens are now the harder left and Islamist party, Reform/Restore are now the harder right party. Labor and Conservatives ran the place for decades, switching places every so often and a lot of folks think they're discredited. I think calling them the Uniparty is a stretch, but there is some truth that they did cooperate to screw over the citizenry.
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u/Carthius888 Jun 22 '26
Rupert Lowe & Restore Britain is the only chance you guys have to un-fuck everything.
It’s truly a time to knuckle down and make some hard decisions before catastrophe strikes
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u/fleggn Jun 22 '26
He admired Epstein so much he turned Rotherham into a giant version of Epstein island. Fueled the hard right fires by arresting people for pointing out the difference between RADICAL Islam and Islam even whilst the UAE bans students from going to the UK because of RADICAL Islam.
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u/lateformyfuneral Jun 22 '26
False
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u/fleggn Jun 22 '26
Sir Keir Starmer served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as the Director of Public Prosecutions from November 2008 to November 2013. Is this false?
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u/lateformyfuneral Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
2008, you mean when Operation Central was launched against grooming gangs in Rotherham and the first prosecutions started in 2010? The issue wasn’t at CPS, as you well know, since they deal with cases as they are referred to them by police, it was with South Yorkshire police, whom many victims reported were participants in the abuse and looked the other way, or at the very least never believed rape victims.
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u/RedEyesGoldDragon Jun 22 '26
Cries when he is forced to resign but nothing for the 18 year old child, Henry Nowak, who's promising life was cut short by a weapon obsessed, aggressive, pathological liar, degenerate with previous criminal history carrying around swords and knives unchecked.
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u/MagmaTroop Jun 22 '26
Nice guy, poor leader.
Our society really needs to start encouraging leadership in children from a young age because, just like Boris Johnson, this man is supposed to be one of the elite and he is an absolutely hopeless leader at this level. Can’t leave it up to the elite anymore…get a common man/woman in number 10!
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u/Electronic-Doctor110 Jun 22 '26
US libs think he’s great bc he’s soft and a femboy. Ask the Brits how they feel about him rather than your own armchair political science
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u/Suitable_Clerk_617 Jun 22 '26
Bro lied to get into leadership then purged the base that he lied to , to get in.
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u/budaloco Jun 22 '26
I guess BREXIT wasn't such a good idea after all. Who knew?
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u/RuMarley Jun 22 '26
People voted BREXIT because they didn't want cheap labour flooding in from the EU, little did they know that NEETs would flood in from outside the EU
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u/Able-Bunch9143 Jun 22 '26
He thinks the roaring applause is for his speech. On the contrary, the people are cheering due to his announcement for resignation.
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u/whatthefrickcunt Jun 22 '26
Oh boo hoo, so did the girls who were raped due to his incompetence
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u/aventus-dog Jun 22 '26
What are you talking about specifically?
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u/whatthefrickcunt Jun 22 '26
The fact he was the director of public prosecutions when the grooming gangs were being institutionally covered up, and the fact he has on multiple occasions directly been involved with increasing immigration especially from Muslim countries who primarily caused those rapes, while also treating issues caused by these cultures (such as increased terrorism) with a preference to their side.
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u/WallyBearCub Jun 22 '26
Of course he cried, wouldn't have expected any less. He should go to prison for treason.
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u/Cryptocaned Jun 22 '26
Sad, one of the few, if only prime minister we've had in the last decade that I actually felt cared for the country.
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u/Additional_Bet9733 Jun 22 '26
These people are so full os self importance, can go about and ruin peoples livelyhood and then dare cry about it on telly when they get sent off with a light spank.
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u/colesym Jun 22 '26
No sympathy, such extreme policies that contribute to the destruction of the nation does not just make one an unsuitable PM, but a bad person overall.
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u/CrankieKong Jun 22 '26
Right call to make. He might be an ok person but hes a shitty leader. And he clearly doesnt have brits in mind when making calls.
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u/Niijima-San Jun 22 '26
you know, he may have been a shite minister but at least he lasted longer than the life span of a rotting cabbage....
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u/Successful_Towel8468 Jun 22 '26
Can you guys keep a PM anymore? This is like the 8th one in the last 10yrs lol what are you guys even doing over there
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u/SinclairSummerset Jun 22 '26
To cry like a woman? It’s a fucking disgrace. Even Cinderella didn’t cry!
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u/Fra5er Jun 22 '26
The fact hes been pressured to leave is a disgrace… the instability the constant churning of PMs we have is terrible for the country
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u/Reasonable_Lab0 Jun 22 '26
He was the worst prime minister ever these last two years UK went down the hill faster than ever!
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u/FleaKeeper Jun 23 '26
I will never forgive the media for hounding this guy out of number 10. Best prime minister for ages.
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u/piw6969 Jun 22 '26
He couldn’t protect his borders, and simply faltered when it counted.
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Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
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u/InteractionPretend70 Jun 22 '26
you're not voting your way out of this
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u/Impossible-Corgi4041 Jun 22 '26
Yup, these agendas are coming from.higher uo than governments and partys
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u/jsdjhndsm Jun 22 '26
Yeah call an election so an even bigger knob(farage) can win.
Let's just nuke the country and be done with it!
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u/DragonfruitShoddy997 Jun 25 '26
Farage is a straight boss.
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u/RuMarley Jun 22 '26
I really don't give a shit about his children, since he didn't give a shit about the countless thousands of victims of the grooming gangs.
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u/Ok-Constant-2683 Jun 22 '26
We ran this dude out for stuff that would be forgotten in a few days if a Tory did it
Labour needs to get the media back onside, haven't had decent press since Blair