AH, THE GOOD OLD WILL OF THE BRITISH PEOPLES

A Deltapoll survey for the Daily Mirror suggests that in every country in the UK the majority of people want to rejoin the EU.

Unsurprisingly, given the original vote, Scotland is the strongest pro EU country with 73% in favour, followed by London (65%) and Wales (65%). It was lowest in the Midlands of England (53%) and the North of England (54%).

As you might expect, younger people are much more enthusiastic about rejoining, with 18-2 year olds at 86% for rejoining. I imagine they see the opportunities that they are and will be missing out on. The trouble is, of course, that younger people often fail to vote.

Older voters (who tend to vote faithfully) are less enthusiastic, although not incredibly so.

Starmer says no.

It would be interesting to know if Sarwar agrees given the strong support the EU has in Scotland, but of course we will never know, because Sarwar is his noble master’s faithful servant.

The questions are:

Would they want us back?

Could they trust us not to change our minds? After all, the whole process of UK leaving took up an enormous amount of time and energy on their side.

On what conditions would they have us back? Would they look at the rebate on membership?

Probably none of this is of much import as Starmer has said no, and almost undoubtedly, but somewhat oddly, the next government will be Reform Ltd.

Westminster voting intention:Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP 40%Ref 18%LD 11%Lab 11%Con 10%Grn 8%oth 3%Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ref 31%PC 24%Grn 15%Con 11%Lab 11%LD 8%oth 1%England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ref 26%Con 21%Lab 18%LD 17%Grn 16% oth 2%(YouGov/The Times/SkyNews; 4-5 January; usual caveats apply to sub-samples)

— Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 (@troybairn.bsky.social) 2026-01-06T10:13:22.319Z

SOPPY SUNDAY

It’s such an early start on these cold mornings…

2. We’re not getting up early for anyone…not even Munguin.

3. Sad news. Cindy the baboon has died peacefully at home with her family at the age of 32, more than twice the age that baboons typically live.

4. Young Cindy.

5. Japan certainly knows how to put on a nature show.

6. I’d like to come and live at Munguin Towers.

7. Yes, you can come and be my flatmate.

8. Hello there. My name is Hawkeye. I’m a rooster. What are you?

9. I got a lovely smelling bed.

10. Red sprites are mass electrical discharges that flash high above the intense, active thunderstorms. (Supplied: Danny Welgama)

11. Interesting stuff about Robins.

12. I’m a star… ling!

13. Researching a rare cod (with video).

14. I’m called Patrick, but you can Pat me! (That was horsey humour!)

15. Some people say I have a stern face.

16. Oh, do hurry up, slow coach human.

17. Do you like my little one… well, I guess to you he’s a big one?

18. My brother was there last year.

19. My name is Ginger Snap, I can’t work out why…

20. That’s your lot for this week. Be sure to leave a tip for the staff on your way out.

Thanks to Quokka.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Following in the footsteps of the MAGA crowd

The hard right Fascist lot in the UK seem to be starting a christian church. Tommy Two Names’ “Christian movement” is a recent political-religious phenomenon where he and his followers use Christian identity and symbols, particularly Christian Nationalism, to rally against perceived threats to British culture, especially Islam.

Apparently he was converted to the faith (or so he says) on his most recent spell in prison.

This is reminiscent in many ways of the MAGA movement in America. In fact it seems to me to be a direct copy of it.

It’s not my place to criticise people’s religious beliefs and I’m certainly no expert, having no belief myself and relying only on what I was force fed at school, but I do find it hard to understand how extreme right politics (or for that matter, extreme left politics) can claim to be christian in nature.

For example, the far right, whether in the USA or in the UK, abhors immigrants, so maybe Stephen Tommy Yaxley Lennon Robertson would like to clarify how he feels about these verses from the Bible…

And it is not only in the Old Testament that you find these views, Jesus himself taught compassion and justice to foreigners, strangers and vulnerable people.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke Ch 10) tells of a Jewish man robbed and beaten, ignored by a priest and a Levite, but compassionately helped by a Samaritan, a foreigner, who not only bandaged him and cared for his wounds, but also took him to an inn and paid for his care there.

Jesus urged his followers to do the same sort of thing…

So, Tommy, what’s your view of that?

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I imagine though, that AI does have a significant effect on unemployment!

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And then they made me a Lord and then I defected to Reform Limited, because I might make some money out of that

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Well, now we know where he got his hairstyle

And honestly no, that’s not him being a drag queen.

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Duh, Dumbo

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So your followers ARE Nazis?

Their parents, grandparents and family members may have died fighting this… so, not sure what conclusion to draw from that. But it seems to me that you are proud of it.

BLIADHNA MHATH ÙR DO NA H-UILE!

A guid new year to ane an’ a!

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Blein Vaynrey Noa

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh

Bledhen Nowydh Da

Bonne Année à tous et à toutes!

I hope, for all Munguinites, that 2026 will bring happiness and good health.

Oh, and you might want to make a note and plan something else for 9am…anything else would be preferable…

Honest, mate, if I wanted to hear a load of hate being spewed, I’m sure there are places I could choose where I could avoid your face, that irritating voice… and the image that won’t leave me now every time your name comes up…

Hisssssssssssss

RANDOM THOUGHTS

But maybe the Botox is cheaper there?

Bloody immigrants!!!

(But they don’t speak our language). إنهم لا يتحدثون لغتنا

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Well, DUH!

Hey, don’t be judgemental. Mansions don’t heat themselves.

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Oh dear. I said at the time that we should have sent a more robust vegetable to negotiate…

There was Lizzy the Lettuce, sitting the trade minister on a hard chair and not letting him get up till he had used her as a mop and wiped the floor with her.

It probably would have helped a bit if she had remembered, when she put out that information on Twitter, that a) Australians could access Twitter, and b) they spoke English as a first language.

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Keep going, Muppets, one day you might get something right

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Never Trust a Tory

Well, except….

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Another day another MAGA child sex offender

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Anyone see a pattern emerging?

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Me too

Bill Murray with Buttercup, a rescue puppy. “I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person,” said Murray.

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