clamour
(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
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We are also having one on neets. Which is partly why the clamour to slash the welfare bill indiscriminately is so infuriating: let’s do it through sorting the actual problem rather than immiserating people
That’s really interesting. It gives me hope. I strongly suspect that support for a change of leader will remain very weak within the PLP and that the constant clamour from the press will continue to be just that - noise.
People clamour to keep open steel mills and coal mines for this one simple reason.
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(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
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(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
“We are also having one on neets. Which is partly why the clamour to slash the welfare bill indiscriminately is so infuriating: let’s do it through sorting the actual problem rather than immiserating people”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s really interesting. It gives me hope. I strongly suspect that support for a change of leader will remain very weak within the PLP and that the constant clamour from the press will continue to be just that - noise.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
“People clamour to keep open steel mills and coal mines for this one simple reason.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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