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Tories hint at rapid National Service U-turn after Labour warnings on England stars - Mirror Online
England football players WOULD be exempt from the Tories' chaotic National Service plan after a dramatic U-turn from Downing Street.

So good to know that they have thought out all the really important details within this bonkers idea.

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Awkward moment the Prime Minister is introduced as Rishi 'Sumak'

Meanwhile, at the same event the Prime Minister also managed to get snapped in an unfortunate position, where it looked like he was wearing Mickey Mouse ears :rofl:

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The pop band behind New Labour's 1997 anthem "Things Can Only Get Better" has banned Sir Keir Starmer from using the song in the election.

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Lib Dems in a boat gatecrash PM, who has his back turned on campaign trail

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And 'Nige' appears to have realised he really wants to interfere with everyone else's view of this election :
Nigel Farage expected to declare he is running for parliament | The Independent

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Lib Dems in a boat gatecrash PM who has his back turned on campaign trail

I do love a good photo bomb.

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Lib Dems in a boat gatecrash PM, who has his back turned on campaign trail

Sunak can't stop the boats.

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Grant Shapps HANGS UP on Sky News journalist live on air (msn.com)

The Defence Secretary seemed to hurriedly end a call after awkwardly discovering it was being broadcast on live TV.
It came just as a new YouGov mega-poll revealed Mr Shapps is set to be among a swathe of top Tories to be ousted from the House of Commons on 4 July.

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Tory campaign gaffe as video shows Union flag flying upside down

It is widely believed that flying the flag upside down is a form of distress signal.

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Grant Shapps HANGS UP on Sky News journalist live on air (msn.com)
The Defence Secretary seemed to hurriedly end a call after awkwardly discovering it was being broadcast on live TV.
It came just as a new YouGov mega-poll revealed Mr Shapps is set to be among a swathe of top Tories to be ousted from the House of Commons on 4 July.

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Count Binface has announced he will be standing in the General Election and taking on “the biggest fish of the lot” as he sets his sights on the Prime Minister’s constituency in North Yorkshire

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Ed Davey interviewed whilst playing tennis

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Pensioners throttled by trees on board ReformUK battle bus

A group of pensioners had to dodge trees on board the Reform UK battle bus as they endured a ‘Temple Run ‘-inspired tour.

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booked until 5th July? :hide:

(Apparently on the actual post the comments are turned off)

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Lord Cameron subject to hoax call from person claiming to be ex-president of Ukraine (msn.com)

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Posted this one in another thread but:

It’s the Irony and how the conservatives are somewhat doing what labour is supposedly doing in Wales.

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‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories | Conservatives | The Guardian

"The Conservative party has been accused of becoming a home for “cranks” after some of its candidates at the general election were revealed to have shared conspiracy theories on social media.

The posts seen by the Observer include the suggestion that positive tests for Covid-19 were “mass psychosis at work” and that the Black Lives Matter movement might be an attempt to “bring down British society”."

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Chat GPT tells users Labour has already won the election

When other AI chatbots were asked the same question at the same time as ChatGPT, they refused to answer.