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!ukpolitics@lemm.ee appears to have vanished! We can still see cached content from this link, but goodbye I guess! :'(
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The sliver of petty vengeance in me quite enjoyed this bit:
“There are a load of MPs I thought I’d be spending decades with in this place,” said another. “They’re really good mates. And almost all of them are gone. It’s a reminder of how vulnerable we all are.”
Given that they were responsible for this (or worse) happening to hundreds of thousands of people over the last decade and a half, I wonder if there'll be any life-changing realisations for any of them? What happens when a Tory learns about empathy?
Cognitive dissonance.
The way that Tories are explaining this loss shows they don't understand the reasons they were voted out. The problem is being voted out, not that they need to appeal to voters for their vote. Tories will next attack democracy itself.
It blows me away how much they can ignore something until it affects them personally