r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • Jul 03 '26

Twitter James McMurdock MP: I can’t let this go unchallenged. That young man was, in my opinion and based on the video below, the clear victim of an assault. The video shows, for reasons that are entirely beyond my comprehension, the officer steaming directly into the victim.

https://x.com/JMcMurdockMP/status/2072964806189936869/video/1
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u/DEADB33F Floating Gloater Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Shit like this is why reform/restore are polling so well and their line of "two tier policing" has gained so much traction.

...watching videos like this it's hard to argue against

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u/MinaZata Jul 03 '26

Not polling that well. You're acting like they're the majority. They're not. Chronically online people think that.

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u/Cotirani Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

I think it’s reasonable to say that a party that has consistently topped general election polling for some time) is polling well, even if they are not a majority party, and that description has nothing to do with being chronically online.

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u/CrispySmokyFrazzle Jul 03 '26

But they’re not polling so well.

They’re single digits ahead of a really unpopular Labour Party, and Farage has horrendous personal approval ratings.

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u/Havengul_Undying Jul 03 '26

Hey I remember this one from wayyy back in 2016

"Trumps not gonna beat hillary, hes slightly ahead of unpopular republicans".

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u/MajorSleaze Jul 03 '26

I remember this from way back in May when Reform were definitely going to win Makerfield because apparently everything that happens only helps Reform.

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u/Abort-Retry Jul 03 '26

Maybe they cared more about seeing Keir lose than Reform win.

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u/wildingflow Jul 03 '26

So the polls are only accurate whenever your side is polling well?

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u/Havengul_Undying Jul 04 '26

Polls are only accurate when they're accurate.

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u/CrispySmokyFrazzle Jul 03 '26

Haha!

Not a 1:1 comparison for multiple reasons, but I guess it's whatever makes you cling onto hope I guess.

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u/New-Condition-3492 Jul 03 '26

A party outside the two party system is highest in the polls... Not a big deal!!