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Sylvia Booth

@smfbooth.bsky.social

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Ex Treasury Manager for large UK Company - interested in Politics and Trade. Likes horses, cats, friends, fairness, logic, atheist, gardens, art, decency and kindness not necessarily in that order.

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Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 19h

Not sure how you could reinvent the Tories - just hopeless.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 22h

It’s inevitable.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 22h

Unless of course he was completely mad.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 22h

Reform voters think that Farage can secure the UK’s borders. Farage can’t do that because there are no return agreements that he could negotiate. His supporters think that some form of performative cruelty would deter asylum seekers. Ironically Farage would be forced to defend human rights.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe they don’t understand the implications for themselves of leaving. They think it only applies to people crossing in small boats. The Media have a duty to point out the issues to the British people.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

They think it will because it worked for Trump.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative /Reform policies on “small boat” crossings are just wishful thinking unless they can demonstrate that they can return asylum seekers to their Country of origin. (they cannot). Their policies regarding the ETA will antagonise the EU, so they will get less cooperation and more migrants.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Always the faux outrage when he is asked a perfectly simple question.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

The writing is on the wall.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez … and now Jenrick has rubbished their only supporters.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Dmitri will decide.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

The old boy is doing well.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

I always thought that nation states would triumph in global capitalism.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

I might give it a try - does it have plum sauce because believe me I have a lot of plums in the freezer.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

I am moving on to winter recipes . I might try steak and kidney pudding. Although nowadays nobody sells lambs kidneys.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

I have to say Chinese Restaurants are generally amazing.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

This seems to me to be an issue - exactly what dates on the UK Calendar is it disrespectful to protest ? Do we include events in the US ? Is it disrespectful to protest on 6th January ? Maybe Government should put in some rules - it’s disrespectful in the UK to protest on this or that date.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

There are many things wrong with Labour but they pale into insignificance when you compare them to a Reform Government.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez - why would you think sticking a St. George’s flag up a lamp post would in any way compensate for the loss of your human rights ?

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I don’t think I can be bothered with duck and hoisin sauce - maybe in a few months but Sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style has completely exhausted my Chinese recipes.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

He already has that but that’s not enough.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Well some of them do but quite what they expect to do with them is another matter. They can’t shift them over the border to Mexico or El Salvador. It’s a nonsense.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

You can only hope so - realistically there are a lot of issues that can potentially spike Farage ( who is basically a one man band ) Don’t think the British people generally support Putin.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Good. They are racist.

Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 1d

She currently has Trump, the President of the United States supporting her but how can she rationalise that is going to be a lasting scenario ? That’s her problem.