*** OFFICIAL BREXIT SUNLIT UPLANDS and #MEGA THREAD ***

[OngBonga]

First Fishi Sunak bragged about cutting funding to poor urban areas to give it to wealthy Tory areas in SE England.

He's doing exactly what Labour did. Labour divert funds to Labour regions, the Tories come along and redivert them to Tory regions. Labour don't care about Tory voters, and the Tories don't care about Labour voters. They're both as bad as each other when it comes to this sort of thing. Of course people are more outraged when money flows from a poor region to a wealthy region, which kinda puts the Tories in zugzwang. If they don't redivert the funds, then they're letting Labour get away with diverting too much to Labour regions. If they do divert funds, they're being assholes to poor people.

Then the Brains Truss got interrupted by protesters at the hustings, after which she vowed to crack down on "militant unions" and "unfair protests." Wtf is an "unfair" protest?

I'd like to think she's referring to idiots who glue themselves to roads and refuse to let ambulances through, but she really should be specific because if she's referring to someone holding a placard in Hyde Park then that's a very big problem.

Also, declared herself proud to be British while condemning identity politics. "British" isn't an identity, apparently.

This is totally identity politics. She's relying on people being too stupid to notice. I'll be surprised if she wins, she's out of her depth.

[Poopadoop]

He's doing exactly what Labour did.

Fair enough, but having the lack of self-awareness to say this, after having spent two years calling it "levelling up" when in fact they've been "levelling down" is a bit funny. I hope those red wall voters are taking notes for the next GE.

I'd like to think she's referring to idiots who glue themselves to roads and refuse to let ambulances through, but she really should be specific because if she's referring to someone holding a placard in Hyde Park then that's a very big problem.

She got a big cheer, so she's obviously playing to the crowd. But in other contexts, she's argued against "militant unions," (as if they're going around busting heads), and she's been doing Thatcher cosplay for a while now.

Meanwhile the union bosses have been shitting on Starmer for not joining a picket line. Like that's part of your job if you're Labour leader I guess.

This is totally identity politics. She's relying on people being too stupid to notice. I'll be surprised if she wins, she's out of her depth.

She should clarify she means "minority identities."