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There are a lot of idiots enraged by this misleading Times headline.
The article itself - yes, the exact same one - points out that:
A) In any typical year, about 50 independent schools close
B) More independent schools opened than shut, so the overall number went up.
But that's far too nuanced.
Brexit is the most absurd hill for Labour to die on, and yet there's no doubt that they're dying, as recent poll numbers prove.
It is stark staring mad that their approach to Brexit continues to be "slightly improve the lifeboats on the Titanic". www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
If you get fat after giving up your gym membership, the gym isn't punishing you.
Because you chose to quit, you don't get to use the gym equipment or take fitness classes.
It's the same with Brexit. The EU didn't punish us for leaving. We surrendered the benefits of membership.
Labour continues to fade.
When you have both Labour and the Tories cosplaying Reform as hard as they can, anyone attracted to that sort of thing is stampeding towards the Real Deal.
What Farage used to lack was validation. The two main parties have gifted it to him on a platter.
Cutting through the noise with Ben Walker. Click to read Britain Elects, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
We seem to be rushing towards blood on the streets to satisfy a baying mob being whipped up by some of the most coldly cynical people around. This is calculated chum to the sharks.
The Reform leader said there was ‘rising public anger’ over migrant hotels and alleged crimes committed by people arriving in the UK on small boats
