Uncommon Sense

Pro Brexit, pro small government, pro privacy, anti globalisation, anti CBDCs, free will absolutist, climate alarm sceptic.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

The most likely reason the UK will soon have had 7 Prime Ministers in the last 10 years is Parliament has transferred too much power to the Civil Service and other bodies.

Now, the Socialist leaning UK Civil Service is seeking to extend its quasi governmental powers further.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

@ABridgen Wonderfully put. Phase one, digital IDs for all politicians and all civil servants. Let's track everything they all do for 5 years, publish and review after that. 🙂

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Hugh Grant who loves the idea of speaking freely himself is reportedly cosying up with future prospective UK Prime Minister Elect, Andy Burnham, on introducing yet more censorship to the UK.

Those that think like Hugh are left alone. Those that think differently need silencing.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Mud sticks and I do tend to agree- extremely high probability this is all an attempt to push Musk into agreeing to censorship of X in some back room deal.

If so, these people simply do not understand much.

[Washington Examiner @dcexaminer]

France is ramping up its investigation into X owner Elon Musk and his social media platform by announcing a slew of criminal charges pertaining to multiple scandals. https://t.co/yFdayMrYJs

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Starmer insists he was ‘elected to change this country’

With such a small vote share at the last general election, this remark exudes the dangerously deluded thinking for which Starmer has become famous in the UK.

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Starmer says of yesterday's election results, “... I take responsibility”.

For Starmer though taking responsibility does not include admitting it is all down to his serial failures - quite the opposite in fact.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

The UK's Labour Party won a landslide victory at the general election 2 years ago with a vote share that would normally signal defeat.

It has ever since acted like its policies have national majority support. They don't.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Rachel Reeves is raising taxes at the fastest pace in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.

The Chancellor’s repeated raids on households and businesses will push the UK’s tax burden to a peacetime high of 42.1pc of GDP by the start of the next decade, the IMF forecast shows.

Tax-to-GDP sounds fair, but it hides who really pays. In societies where a small group of high-knowledge workers funds most taxes while a large share lives on benefits or low-value jobs, the burden falls heavily on the productive few. Raise taxes and those high earners cut discretionary spending first — restaurants, travel, luxury — which hammers the service economy and low-skill jobs.
Result?

The economy becomes dangerously sensitive to shocks. Tax-to-GDP flatters the system; the real fragility shows up when the top 10% tighten their belts."

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Reasons why the 2-week ceasefire will crumble into resumed conflict:
- Iranian leadership is indeterminate because it has fractured into contesting groups.
- Islamic leaders believe this is a Holy War against an evil US empire.

Therefore, Iran will not negotiate in good faith.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Striking civilian infrastructure in wartime is “illegal and unacceptable”, António Costa, the European Council president, said after Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges.

He failed to remark that closing Hormuz is also illegal and unacceptable.

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Having spent years repeating that it was impossible for US voting machines to rig the vote in certain states, Nancy Pelosi has just stated that we should guard against Republicans doing just that.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Andrew Neil is right UK, UK government Steve Reed must be well out of his depth to say what he says here.

Iran has proved with its failed attack on Diego Garcia that its missiles can hit almost anywhere in Europe including London. Missile defence systems do not work when overloaded.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Sir Keir Starmer said that a swift end to the Iran war was needed to “reduce the cost of living” for the British people.

It is a pity he did not think about that when stoking up war in Ukraine.

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Rachel is a fool to make this claim.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

Merz has said Iran is not NATO's war. But prevention of a Middle Eastern Armageddon obviously is.

And on that basis, why is Ukraine the USA's war as he has insisted it should be?

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UK's Starmer has refused UK military help to police the Straight of Hormuz.

How likely is it that this is because Labour would lose up to 40 seats in Parliament if he supported the USA with Navy ships?

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Hannah Spencer, the Green Part's new MP and Plumber. The UK is plumbing new depths for low quality of MPs in central government.

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Paedophilia is a recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviours involving sexual activity with prepubescent children.

What Paedophiliacs do to children is the same as rape.

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Last evening, the FT had a brief placeholder article linked to the front page on the Labour government U turn on cancelling local elections this May.

This morning, crickets.

[Uncommon Sense @UncommonScence]

As QC, he caused soldiers to be prosecuted for doing their jobs.

As DPP, he targeted 100 or so journalists with failed criminal prosecutions.

As PM, he tried to cancel jury trials, key local elections and has ordered the destruction of court archives.

Starmer, the hated man.