If Vladimir Putin changed the voting system days before an election to stop his opponents winning, every British journalist would call it what it is: rigging the rules.
Tonight, Labour rammed through a last‑minute switch in the Lords so that if Andy Burnham wins Makerfield and quits as Greater Manchester Mayor, his replacement won’t be chosen on a simple first‑past‑the‑post ballot, but on the supplementary vote system instead.
Why now?
Because Labour knows the race to replace Burnham would be a straight two‑horse fight with Reform UK – and under FPTP, the candidate with the most votes wins, no second chances, no back‑room redistributions, no “stop Reform” stitch‑ups.
Under SV, Labour gets a second bite of the cherry: if their candidate can limp into the top two, they can hoover up second preferences from every other party and magic a “majority” on the second count, even if Reform tops the poll on first preferences.
This isn’t “modernising democracy”. It’s the governing party using its Commons majority and the unelected Lords to hurriedly doctor the rules of one specific contest because it’s terrified the voters might choose someone else.
When the establishment preached to the world about “rules‑based order”, they forgot to mention one thing: in Britain, the rules are “based” on whether Labour thinks it might lose.
Somebody has to be the richest person on the planet.
The fact that it’s the guy who popularized electric cars, made rockets reusable, and is working on curing blindness and paraplegia as a side quest seems fair to me.
Esta foto ganó el Pulitzer en 1960: un sacerdote da la extremaunción a un campesino cubano antes de ser fusilado tras un ‘juicio’ de cuatro minutos por negarse a servir al régimen de Castro. La ejecución fue dirigida por el "Che Guevara".
Esta es la imágen del socialismo.
Starmer’s reaction to the attempted beheading of a British citizen by a Sundanese barbarian:
Tighten free speech laws so we cannot complain.
He should be on trial along with the barbarian.
I don’t support rioting from anyone but when BLM did it, Labour said that MPs should speak to the black community and listen to the concerns.
Following the scenes in Belfast, has any Labour MP mentioned speaking to white, working class communities to listen to their concerns?
🚨(1)BREAKING: Christian community police officer wins settlement after being forced out of his role for questioning and criticising Islam during diversity training.
Luke Salmons, who has been supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was suspended for six months, forced to resign and put on a police barring list after he had questioned radical Islam in a training session.
He had been told that the session was a 'safe place' for discussion, but after expressing his beliefs, the consequences were devastating.
After taking legal action, his case has now been settled on confidential terms, however his story raises serious concerns about free speech and religious freedom in UK policing.
See more in this thread 🧵on our website and breaking in the media:
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BREAKING:
A 21-year-old man from Saudi Arabia has shot a lecturer at Surrey University with a crossbow.
The lecturer suffered life-threatening injuries. It’s unclear whether the lecturer was handcuffed before being taken to hospital 🇬🇧🇸🇦
Two tier Keir again ignores all public concern and blames Elon Musk.
He's so out out touch with reality.
Call a general election and learn if it's Elon, me, or YOU that's the problem @Keir_Starmer
This is the most important image on the internet right now:
Henry Nowak’s hand cuffed.
Pale due to loss of blood.
Henry is dying.
The demonic hands of the British authorities restraining him as they coddle his migrant murderer.
Henry bleeds out as UK cops and migrants insult him
Like everyone, I was shocked by police letting Henry Nowak die because they heard "racism", but not surprised.
I grew up watching two tier policing in action.
And it's all on their website.
The whole system is set against white people.
And it must be smashed!