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Record breaker Starmer is the 'most unpopular PM since polling began' (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 1 week ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Maybe things can't only get better for Keir Starmer, as he is shamed with the latest polling just as the Labour conference begins

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[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Rich ass farmers paying tax? Not against that in the slightest

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I prefer farmers being rich ass than bankers honestly. Farmers deserve to be rich, they rarely get a day off.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)

If they have that much wealth, they need to be taxed. If you've got knobheads like Clarkson supporting them, you just know they're in the wrong.

I'm sure the animals would like a day off from being raped too.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Clarkson went into farming as a tax dodge.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

What's wrong with clarkson?

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Right, because if (guy I don’t like) supports something, I’m obliged to hate it and fight against it!

This really tells me all I need to know about your politics. You’re not interested in making life better for anyone. You’re filled with bitterness and resentment and you just want to watch the world burn. You don’t see taxes as a tool to bring prosperity to more people. For you, taxes are a weapon to bludgeon your enemies with. Enemies you’ve never met that a man on the television taught you to hate.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

My, what a lot of conclusions you just drew on zero evidence. Almost impressive.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

I mean, jump on that one part rather than the actual argument.

Really tells me all I need to know about your politics.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So you support the consolidation of small family farms into large corporate farming operations. Interesting take.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If that's how you want to infer it

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 days ago

Infering or not, that is what’s happening.