@mastodonmigration @Remittancegirl ffs, that's what open primaries are there for! i know some of us in the uk are deesperate for open primaries - but given what happened the one time the Tories tried it (they got one of the most rebellious MPs they'd ever had, a GP with no ambition and nothing to prove) there's absolutely fuck all prospect of them happening which, in part, is how Starmer has managed to build a Labour government that looks more and more like its Tory predecessor with each passing day

@martinus ah, so that's what "laughing like a drain" feels like

@thraeryn @martinus the cat's timing, on the other hand, is spot on

@wackJackle they should rebrand them as tear gas directors. then they'd fall under "small arms" and be protected by Article 2

(and then maybe people would also stop using them to blow leaves around...)