Millions cast their vote as UK heads to the polls in general election

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45 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty row
Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging to prime minister who had initially stood by her

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-stands-down-over-stamp-duty-row

 

She is still Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, so assuming she resigns from that there needs to be an election.

 

Tricky for Starmer, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Love the double talk.  'she acted with integrity...', but 'breached the ministerial code over taxes...'.

 

I also love the 1st grade scrawl from Starmer.  

Edited Friday at 12:52 PM by Dashinka

[Boiler 47,842]

I should update that she resigned as deputy Labour leader of the Labour Party.

 

But as always a lot more going on:

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Angela Rayner’s family home was valued at almost twice the amount of other recently sold properties on her street when she sold a stake to her disabled son’s trust so she could buy a holiday home.

In January, the Deputy Prime Minister sold a 25pc share of her house in Ashton-under-Lyne to a trust established for her son, in exchange for £162,500.

This was based on a valuation of the four-bedroom detached property at £650,000 in 2023, according to Land Registry records. However, three separate sources suggested the property is worth substantially less than this, and it is much more than any other sale in the same postcode area.

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-angela-rayner-house-much-162853341.html

 

Probably the tip of the iceberg.

 

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Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch
Co-leader of nascent leftwing party says more than 750,000 people have registered their interest

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/07/labour-is-dead-zarah-sultana-your-party-launch

 

Now I do know about Zarah as I have connections with her constituency, think the intersection of Woke Progressives and Radical Islam.

 

Anyway really nasty piece of work, but I might agree with her. Driving a lot yesterday so flicking through the radio stations and other half who is not familiar with UK politics remarked on the similarities between the Dems and Labour.

 

I fully understand why people do not like the Trumper, well rationally not those suffering from TDS, but why would you then support the Dems?

 

Similar situation in the UK, except there is Reform but....

 

If you prefer YT here is a good breakdown:

 

 

Edited Sunday at 01:23 PM by Boiler

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21 hours ago, Boiler said:

I should update that she resigned as deputy Labour leader of the Labour Party.

 

But as always a lot more going on:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-angela-rayner-house-much-162853341.html

 

Probably the tip of the iceberg.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/07/labour-is-dead-zarah-sultana-your-party-launch

 

Now I do know about Zarah as I have connections with her constituency, think the intersection of Woke Progressives and Radical Islam.

 

Anyway really nasty piece of work, but I might agree with her. Driving a lot yesterday so flicking through the radio stations and other half who is not familiar with UK politics remarked on the similarities between the Dems and Labour.

 

I fully understand why people do not like the Trumper, well rationally not those suffering from TDS, but why would you then support the Dems?

 

Similar situation in the UK, except there is Reform but....

 

If you prefer YT here is a good breakdown:

 

 

So she is or was financing her lifestyle from the money in her disabled son's trust?

 

Btw, I need a little education, what is a stamp duty?  Is that a tax on property sales (i.e. sort of a sales tax)?

 

As to the second story.  Is it in Zarah's best interest to be teaming up with Corbyn?

Edited 17 hours ago by Dashinka

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Goes back to when you had to affix a stamp to a document yes a sales tax on property.

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She is a fring player a bit like the guy in NY

 

Labour now seem to be proposing MAGA policies in dealing with the boats

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2 hours ago, Boiler said:

Goes back to when you had to affix a stamp to a document yes a sales tax on property.

Always struck me as odd that you pay it as the buyer. A fun wrinkle.
 

Used to be yet another hurdle to first time buyers. I am glad they changed the threshold for them. A rare good Tory policy. 
 

When I bought my first house, the developer ‘waived’ the SDLT, or paid it on my behalf. That was nice. 

[Boiler 47,842]

UK may suspend visas for countries that won’t take back people refused asylum, says Mahmood

New home secretary vows to move ‘further and faster’ to cut number of people entering by irregular routes

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/08/uk-may-suspend-visas-for-countries-that-wont-take-back-failed-asylum-seekers-says-mahmood

 

Labour have gone full MAGA. Well I assume it is just performative.

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The stamp tax sounds like something to start a Revolutionary War over.

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Very well.  "Hello, Mossad?  Can you spare a couple of hours next week?"
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Convicted Al Qaeda Terrorist Released, Judge Wishes Him 'All the Best'

 

When judges start showing more sympathy for terrorists than their victims, it's a clear sign that society has lost its moral compass.  And Britain just proved it in the most grotesque way imaginable.

High Court Judge Sir Robert Jay actually wished convicted terrorist Haroon Aswat "all the best" as he prepared to re-enter society.  Aswat, who helped orchestrate the 7/7 London bombings that slaughtered 52 innocent people and who bragged about his role in 9/11, is going free.  At the same time, the judge cheerfully tells him to "keep on your medication" and "listen to the advice you are going to get," as if it were no big deal.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/08/convicted-al-qaeda-terrorist-released-judge-wishes-him-all-the-best-n4943446

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Truth.

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Don't UK the USA

 

Woe to the British, particularly the British who are actually British and are today being forced by their ruling class to be unwilling cattle subject to the unrestrained exploitation, looting, and raping of the Third World barbarians their betters imported.  There's a lot of raping going on, and the real problem seems to be that normal British people don't want their daughters raped.  But their rulers do; it's reasonable to assume that you want the foreseeable consequences of your actions.  Recently, when one girl pulled a knife on some scumbag who was trying to molest her, someone got arrested.  You're not going to be surprised to find that it was the girl who was defending herself and her sister.  Britain is now a classic anarchy-tyranny, where the catspaws of the ruling class are free to pillage and abuse while the full weight of the once legitimate government comes down on those who would protest or resist.  Raise the flag of your own country?  That's a hate crime but fly high the pride and Palestinian banners.

Don't get your hopes up about the British people casting off their chains anytime soon, because I'm sorry to say it's not going to happen.  And there are a lot of reasons for it, reasons we should understand here in America to avoid the UK's sorry fate of tumbling down the slippery slope into nanny state fascism with sensible shoes, crushing its subjects' faces forever.

I use the term "subjects" because that's what they are, not citizens, not men.  [...]

 

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/09/08/dont-uk-the-usa-n2662867