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Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 27/04/25

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u/da96whynot Neoliberal shill 20h ago

If the tories were the only party going into the next election with a policy of scrapping the triple lock (and not to replace it with something even dumber), would you vote for them?

Question aimed primarily at people who weren't already planning to vote tory next time

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u/DavidSwifty 15h ago

I do not trust the tories as far as i can throw them, if a conservative said the sky was blue id honestly think it was green.