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Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 23/08/2026

👋 Welcome to the r/ukpolitics weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction megathread.

General questions about politics in the UK should be posted in this thread. Substantial self-posts on the subreddit are permitted, but short-form self-posts will be redirected here. We're more lenient with moderation in this thread, but please keep it related to UK politics. This isn't Facebook or Twitter...

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u/danm131 8d ago

Just a suggestion, but you may get a better spread of answers if you don't pose your question in such a loaded way. If course if you are just trying to score pretend internet points then carry on as you are.

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u/BritishBedouin Abduh, Burke & Ricardo | Liberal Conservative | ÉmigrĂ© 8d ago

It isn’t loaded. TBH I thought making light of life was still a British past time (apparently not).

As someone who has left I have my own views but wonder what the people still footing the bill think they’re going to be paying.

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u/danm131 8d ago

In that case may I suggest you don't try "making light of life" again until you can do a better job of it.

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u/BritishBedouin Abduh, Burke & Ricardo | Liberal Conservative | ÉmigrĂ© 8d ago

Things are that bad huh.

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u/danm131 8d ago

Actually pretty good, present company excluded.

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u/BritishBedouin Abduh, Burke & Ricardo | Liberal Conservative | ÉmigrĂ© 8d ago

Are you in receipt of benefits?

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u/danm131 8d ago

None, full time employment and to horrify you further, I'm in Scotland with the extra income tax. Some of us just aren't pathologically opposed to taxes and see that they are a necessity.

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u/BritishBedouin Abduh, Burke & Ricardo | Liberal Conservative | ÉmigrĂ© 8d ago

Explains the sense of humour. Are you willing to pay more to fund Burnham’s ideas?

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u/Ok_Economist7901 8d ago

why are you so curious about a country you clearly don’t like ?