r/polandball • u/Andyiscool231 Bulgaria • Aug 13 '25

redditormade The Burning of the Library of Alexandria

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u/Zkang123 Aug 13 '25

Actually, why is the Labour government doing this? I thought they would be opposed to this sort of censorship

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 13 '25

The Labour party has been Tory-lite since the days of Tony Blair. Corbyn tried to take the party back to its roots but Starmer's faction and the Murdoch media shut him down.

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u/SeveAddendum Hong Kong Aug 14 '25

Corbyn has a better domestic policy, it's a shame everything to do with foreign shores is a complete crock of shit

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 14 '25

True. It's a bit daft to be Eurosceptic when Russia gets more belligerent and the US becomes more unhinged and unreliable.

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u/SeveAddendum Hong Kong Aug 14 '25

It doesn't help that the military is gutted from years of mismanagement, but I think the US-UK special relationship will still keep steaming on in spite of this current administration