The UK: The Keir Starmer years - RESIGNED

I guess if you know you’re gone anyway then you can do what the fuck you like. He’ll probably make Peter Mandelson Health Secretary.
 
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PM: "We're in a fight for the soul of this country" as more extremists blocked from coming to the UK ahead of Unite the Kingdom March

Eleven foreign far-right agitators intent on coming to the UK to spew their extremist views have been blocked from entering the country, as the Prime Minister takes action to protect British communities from vile hate.
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“We’re in a fight for the soul of this country, and the Unite the Kingdom march this weekend is a stark reminder of exactly what we are up against. Its organisers are peddling hatred and division, plain and simple.

“We will block those coming into the UK who seek to incite hatred and violence. For anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone, you can expect to face the full force of the law.

“My government will always champion peaceful protest but will act decisively against hatred. We all have a responsibility to speak out against those spouting vile divisive views wherever we see it.
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Was he visited by three spirits?
 
The first suggestions that Keith is resigning got posted whilst we were waiting to see if Eurovision had fallen or not.

It's the evil son of Glenda Jackson, but he sadly seems to have decent sources for this kind of thing

 
Honestly a clear and discreet timetable for release, with a clear plan for Burnham to succeed and Keir to stay on as Home Sec really is the best case scenario we can imagine right now.

I know we all love the Greens, but if they fuck up Burnham to gain ONE MP, we will all be the losers in the long run
 
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Honestly a clear and discreet timetable for release, with a clear plan for Burnham to succeed and Keir to stay on as Home Sec really is the best case scenario we can imagine right now.

I know we all love the Greens, but if they fuck up Burnham to gain ONE MP, we will all be the losers in the long run
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It is beyond question that there will be shenanigans. I've already said that I can see the Tories not fielding a candidate or, if their pride is too strong, just not campaigning at all because the bigger picture of Burnham not getting elected to Parliament is beneficial to them. It is also beneficial to the Greens if Burnham doesn't make it but they should be self aware enough to see that letting Reform in by splitting the vote would be blamed on them and make it appear as if they prefer Reform to Labour.
 
There’s a lot of disagreement at the moment among Green members on how to proceed. Some are very bullish and think ‘why should we do Labour any favours?’ while others would prefer we focused all efforts on the Manchester Mayoral.
 
the Greens definitely don't have to do Labour any favours - and I think the local electorate is owed the best field of candidates. but they have a chance to make far more impact if they can elect the mayor of Manchester vs one MP.
 
The Greens can't be seen to roll over for Labour, if they stand down in the by-election they absolutely need to extract something from Burnham in return
 
I’d say it’s near-certain that there will be a Green candidate. Any suggestion of a deal with Burnham/Labour would go down very badly with a large part of the membership.

The question is how hard they’ll push.

Personally my fear is that there’s enough of a split to get Reform in, which would harm the Greens far more than Labour in the long run as it would cement the idea that voting Green = risking Reform.
 
This is the risk - if a "vote Green, get Reform" message takes, their momentum is at serious risk.
 
Burnham scoring own goals before he's even in a position to challenge for leadership... just give it to RED ED
 
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WHAT'S THE POINT THEN?

I hope the greens give him hell.
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This is very 96 Tory playbook where you basically try to force the hand of the other candidate so nothing actually really changes. If he thinks Labour have done a poor job then he needs to define himself by what he will do and back himself to do that - not just reverse into a corner.
 
"We should have control of our borders" is obviously the winning line-to-take in a by-election in Wigan where your only competition is Reform but, like, this is reason number 600 why this approach to swapping the leader is insane.
 
"progressive" Andy has u turned on his values so many times by now... this shouldn't be a surprise. ugh. Labour is just FULL of morons.
 
What is this vote chasing "LOWER VAT FOR KIDS" shite? FUCK OFF! I don't HAVE or WANT kids and it's HOMOPHOBIA to exclude us gays who don't.

WHERE'S THE LOWER VAT ON POPPERS YOU CUNTS?
 
not that it means anything but he's said today that he isn't laying out a timetable for departure and does intend to remain PM
 
Is that the right to breed breeders? There are quite a lot of whoopsie-daisy I appear to be pointing my arse in the air dads in Manchester I can tell you.
 
the one thing that can unite everyone in Labour is this fucking cunt spouting off 6000 words of bollocks

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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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Tony Blair has [warned] that the party’s “almost infinite capacity for self-delusion” means it is likely to lose the next election.

In a scathing 5,700-word attack on [Starmer and potential successors], Blair argued for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas and smooth relations with Donald Trump.

Blair attacked Burnham and his fellow leadership contender Wes Streeting – who has often been cast as a Blairite but rejects the label – for ideas on tax and spending that he said had been rejected by serious governments. He said it was a “perennial delusion” that the party should move left while losing seats to the right, saying it was “dangerous to do it in government”.

Blair also criticised Starmer’s approach to the US war with Iran, despite most polls showing it was popular with the public – saying it was vital the US could trust the UK as an ally.

The former prime minister named Angela Rayner’s employment rights bill and Ed Miliband’s net zero drive as key mistakes, alongside the phasing out of oil and gas licenses and Rachel Reeves’ decision to raise the minimum wage and national insurance and change the status of non-doms.

The government should now remove all obstacles to AI-related business growths, radically increase planning reform, reverse its North Sea energy policy and make fundamental changes to the welfare system, Blair argued, as well as seeking to repair relations with Trump’s White House.

A senior Labour source said: “Tony has evidently not been near a working-class Brit for decades but he’s clearly been away with the tech bro fantasists." :disco:
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I mean just SHUT THE FUCK UP, TONY
 
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