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T_i_B

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4. If they win control of any councils

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 07:30 AM

Apr 29

Expect them to make an absolute horlicks of running them.

Saw this a few years back when a bunch of them took over the local parish council here posing as independents. The whole thing soon descended into "people's front of Judea" style infighting.

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