16% so far. Tax the wealth. Stop funding the genocide. Stop throwing minorities under the bus. Stop sucking up to nonces. Improve people's lives: we can no longer afford circuses, we can barely afford bread.
It originated from prisoners who have done something despicable, so that they would be at risk from the rest of the prison population: Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise. NONCE.
Almost none of these abbreviation based etymologies are true - they're made up years later, normally as a joke, and somehow you end up with people spreading them about as facts.
Also, people treat polls as a kick up the arse for the incumbent, then vote on their personal politics come election day. So it’s really unlikely even the lead in the polls will see that in reality.
I haven't followed UK politics much lately, but sounds similar to Labour in NZ. Take over from conservatives trying to sell off the country and fuck over the poor, win a mandate super majority election, do nothing or worse, back track on your progressive campaign promises... Get railed in the next election.
And the government that took over is the worst we've had in decades.
Fascinating from a US perspective. When Democrats perform badly we don't blame the Party, we just scream at the voters for not voting for the Democrats hard enough
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Mrkawfee@feddit.uk · 63 pts · 347d
Who would have thought being a Zionist, billionaire serving, authoritarian bitch would go down badly?
9point6@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 347d
It's honestly baffling how tone deaf his government is
yucandu@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 347d
The polls suggest the people want leaders who are more of those things.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 347d
i probs would have voted for them in the next election, but then they called me a Jimmy Saville supporter...
so fuck em...
meejle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d
Probably projecting
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com · 54 pts · 347d
16% so far. Tax the wealth. Stop funding the genocide. Stop throwing minorities under the bus. Stop sucking up to nonces. Improve people's lives: we can no longer afford circuses, we can barely afford bread.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 30 pts · 347d
hear hear
Valmond@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 347d
What does nonces mean here? Non native speaker here!
waz@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 347d
It originated from prisoners who have done something despicable, so that they would be at risk from the rest of the prison population: Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise. NONCE.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 347d
Almost none of these abbreviation based etymologies are true - they're made up years later, normally as a joke, and somehow you end up with people spreading them about as facts.
Valmond@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 347d
Thanks!
For me it was Number Used Once in cryptography 😁, or in french it's some sort of arch bishop or something IIRC.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d
Huh!
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 347d
Nonce: child rapist.
Refering to Trump mostly, but our Prince Andrew is also a child molestor. He's walking free and living a life of luxury few of us will achieve.
Valmond@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 347d
Seems to be an incomplete anwer, see the answer of @waz
Valmond@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d
So (can't edit) pedo or worse/similar.
flamingos@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 347d
Paedophiles.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 347d
The Express is an untrustworthy tabloid, but damn. Fascism incoming.
theo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 347d
Well at least the Greens are polling relatively high. Hope that trend grows now with new leader + possible collapse of Corbyn/Sultana.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 347d
Those kinds of numbers unfortunately don't usually translate into seats under FPTP, especially with one party so far in the lead.
waz@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 347d
Also, people treat polls as a kick up the arse for the incumbent, then vote on their personal politics come election day. So it’s really unlikely even the lead in the polls will see that in reality.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 347d
Behave like Tories and get treated like Tories.
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 347d
I haven't followed UK politics much lately, but sounds similar to Labour in NZ. Take over from conservatives trying to sell off the country and fuck over the poor, win a mandate super majority election, do nothing or worse, back track on your progressive campaign promises... Get railed in the next election.
And the government that took over is the worst we've had in decades.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 346d
Which doesn't explain the reform support.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 347d
Fascinating from a US perspective. When Democrats perform badly we don't blame the Party, we just scream at the voters for not voting for the Democrats hard enough
circuscritic@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 347d
The Democrats never fail us, we just continually fail them.
Which is also a sentiment extremely popular on Lemmy.world, the biggest instance.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 347d
I have been telling since the start, Keir Starmer is a seat warmer for Nigel Farage.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 8 pts · 347d
I thought the Democrats' 27% was bad, but holy fuck.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 347d
So how did sucking at the orange teat go for ya laddie?
obelix@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 347d
He's shit and everything, sure, but this is The Express. I wouldn't even use the paper to wipe my arse.
G4Z@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 347d
Shows his pandering has not worked, wouldn't you say?
sleen@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 347d
urno@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 347d
Seems a bit rough to overlook the previous Tory shitshows?
NoPanko@feddit.uk · 21 pts · 347d
Well helped perpetuate it anyway, it has been a clown show for a while now
tetris11@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 347d
the amount of people who forget that we had over a decade of Tory rule astounds me sometimes
Lastangel@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 341d
Jesus, are people using the Express as a reliable source of anything nowadays?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev · 1 pts · 347d
I wonder how many Labour PMs we'll see before the next GE.