A classic case of I didn’t see it, so it didn’t happen. False nostalgia. I, too, grew up in the 50s and 60s.
Here’s the first court case after the Race Discrimination Act was passed in 1968.
https://eachother.org.uk/racism-1960s-britain/
Remember the Seagulls Party? Weeks of leafleting in Newhaven, and in a by election in Ringmer for Lord Bracknell the time before that?
When someone is a party member, it's what they do. It was fun
Quoting people from X(formerly Twitter) is one way of making sure the quote is accurate rather...
Theresa May was forced to resign when Boris Johnson and the ERG Tory MPs kept rejecting her Brexit bill. Johnson took over and persuaded the British public that he could Get Brexit Done. Most of Britain had had enough of gerrymandering by then and voted overwhelmingly for the Tories.
I don't belong to any political party, therefore had no literature to distribute and as a pensioner with an auto immune disease, no stamina to go door knocking.
I did put my Remain poster in the window, if that is good enough?
Strangely, I don't require your approval.
Unfortunately, I have seen this in my inlaws and a couple of other people, I would never have thought it. This is why the Tories are trying to get (Al)Boris (de Pfeffle) Johnson back. Mainly female, saying 'he's doing his best'.
I thought I couldn't be shocked any more, but I was. I tried...
True. People struggle to pay their bills.
Shell, Equinor, ExxonMobil and BP – some of the UK's biggest suppliers of gas – made £65bn in net profits in 2023, leading campaigners to accuse the multinational firms of “stoking the energy bills crisis”.
The will of the people! The exact same phrase the Tories have been using, and funnily enough, the Nazis too.
Yes, let’s all break the law when it’s the will of the people.
The Referendum Act 2015 advisory only. Britain does not hold mandatory referenda.
Sir James Eadie (Theresa May’s government QC) admitted it was illegal in the High Court, and could be nullified if mandatory.