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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social

An awful lot of the people who are going to vote for this do not have a pension, a mortgage or savings.

aug 26, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social

Many do have a pension and many do get benefits. They also purchase food. Life for them would become even more impossible.

aug 26, 2025, 2:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social

They were told that Brexit would increase food prices. They didn’t understand that either. The connection here is even more complex & nuanced. They won’t understand the impact it will have on them until it’s too late. Sorry to be a downer but my faith in human nature & basic intelligence is failing.

aug 26, 2025, 2:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social

I don't subscribe to the don't worry school of thought, but I think this is desperate weak stuff from Farage and it will be exposed as such. Giving tax payers money to the Taliban - wildly popular.

aug 26, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social

A lot of it is hyperbole for sure, but that leaves a lot of headroom for genuinely awful stuff still to be done if he persuades enough people to get him into a position of power - something I once thought was total fantasy and now am not so sure about.

aug 26, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social

“Don’t worry - they won’t let it happen” has been proven time and again to be hopelessly optimistic.

aug 26, 2025, 2:21 pm • 0 0 • view