Keir Starmer's time is up

[miktheword]

I'm nearly sure they've not made Corbyn a lord yet, unless Johnson snuck it through as part of his final honours list?

I'm absolutely certain they haven't, but I wasn't referencing Corbyn.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Looks like Shammer is still finding it hard to be critical of Israel.

Starmer admits he was ‘frustrated’ with his first leaders’ debate performance in LBC general election phone-in – live

Host Nick Ferrari also asks Labour leader why his wife, Victoria, has not been more visible

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

After the first debate I was slightly frustrated because I didn’t think the 45 seconds to answer a question really worked for me.

Well after he's got through the "Now I want to be very clear about this, and I've been saying this for many years that Labour has changed now so we are electable because my father was a toolmaker - that's no laughing matter ..." he's already up to the 42 second mark.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Whagwan]

Oops someone said the quiet bit out loud- In this case a billionaire Tory.

 

[Karl Masks]

What an absolutely awful response, and it's surprising coming from the son of a laser focused toolmaker

 

[PR1Berske]

What an absolutely awful response, and it's surprising coming from the son of a laser focused toolmaker

Wes Streeting selling off the NHS, Kier is checking your genitals at reception.

 

[Elpenor]

Oops someone said the quiet bit out loud- In this case a billionaire Tory.

Voting Labour can’t be in both my interest and his

 

[Elpenor]

Also wasn’t that mobile phone prat previously a Liz Truss supporter?

 

[two sheds]

Revealed: Labour tried to gag Black lawyer who wrote party’s own racism report

Exclusive: Martin Forde KC says people will see letter from party responding to his criticisms as a ‘collateral attack on a Black professional’

www.independent.co.uk

Labour attempted to gag a prominent Black barrister who authored a report which exposed a "hierarchy of racism" within the party, The Independent can reveal.

Martin Forde KC was warned he was "acting against the party's interest" in a letter sent by lawyers representing Labour after he gave an interview highlighting Labour’s failures around the report.

Mr Forde said the exchange had left him "irritated", telling The Independent the party "can't silence me".

After publication in March 2023, the lawyer gave an interview to Al Jazeera in which he said no one from Labour had been willing to discuss the recommendations further and highlighted concerns raised by ethnic minority politicians within Labour about racism in the party.

In response, it has now emerged the Labour Party sent Mr Forde a robust legal letter, seen by The Independent, accusing him of acting against the party’s interests and advising him it was “considering all of its options”.

Mish Rahman, a member of Labour’s Nation Executive Committee (NEC), told The Independent he was disappointed by the letter to Mr Forde.

“This legal threat from the Labour Party to Mr Forde is consistent with the behaviour of Starmer’s Labour Party, which is intent on cracking down on any dissent or criticism rather than the actual perpetrators of racism,” he said.

“We also saw this in the party’s pursuit of those it believed had leaked evidence of racism and its defence of those who had made racist and bigoted comments.”

Act against the party's interests and you'll get legal threats - funny I thought Starmer always put the country before party

 

[tommers]

Revealed: Labour tried to gag Black lawyer who wrote party’s own racism report

Exclusive: Martin Forde KC says people will see letter from party responding to his criticisms as a ‘collateral attack on a Black professional’

www.independent.co.uk

Act against the party's interests and you'll get legal threats - funny I thought Starmer always put the country before party

They're such pantomime villains. There should be people booing and hissing every time he comes onstage.

 

[GarveyLives]

Throughout - and indeed, prior to - the General Election campaign, Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC has been anxious to remind the world that he was previously Director of Public Prosecutions. However, to date, there has been little or no focus on what he actually did in that role ... until now:

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[Kippax180]

They're such pantomime villains. There should be people booing and hissing every time he comes onstage.

Not allowed to hiss now

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Nah, fuck this twat.

 

[Sue]

Nah, fuck this twat.

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Stupid. All theoretical and he's now just managed to piss off pro-Indy voters who may know it's not on the cards anytime soon but really don't want to hear Starmer opine on it.

 

[Balbi]

Labour candidates penalised for not campaigning enough in battleground seats

Some campaigners lose access to key party software if deemed not to be canvassing hard enough in other target areas

www.theguardian.com

Locking your own candidates out of your campaigning software because they're not campaigning in other seats is some big brain genius shit

 

[Cerv]

interview with Starmer in the FT yesterday.

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www.ft.com

https://archive.ph/QktNh

We get on to his love of 1980s art-house band Orange Juice

I would say for this he's got my vote. but I moved out of Camden years ago.

 

[The39thStep]

interview with Starmer in the FT yesterday.

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www.ft.com

https://archive.ph/QktNh

I would say for this he's got my vote. but I moved out of Camden years ago.

He's never heard Marquee Moon though

 

[klang]

Stupid. All theoretical and he's now just managed to piss off pro-Indy voters who may know it's not on the cards anytime soon but really don't want to hear Starmer opine on it.

All he had to say was 'we respect the democratic process and if the people of scotland decide to blah blah blah, however i believe in a united kingdom and that differences should and can be overcome by political means'.
It's not hard to waffle meaningless waffle like a politician before an election, is it?

 

[Sue]

All he had to say was 'we respect the democratic process and if the people of scotland decide to blah blah blah, however i believe in a united kingdom and that differences should and can be overcome by political means'.
It's not hard to waffle meaningless waffle like a politician before an election, is it?

You'd think

(Have you thought about going into politics, klang..? )

 

[klang]

You'd think

(Have you thought about going into politics, klang..? )

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[brogdale]

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There's problematic redistribution going on alright, but Shammer won't be addressing that.

 

[weltweit]

The Tories have had their turn and will and should be shown the door, but I haven't warmed to Starmer, he seems to me a little smug, somewhat sanctimonious and I don't trust that he and his team will be responsible in government. As it happens because of the balance in my constituency it doesn't make a whole lot of difference who I vote for so I am wondering about voting green or even lib dem.

 

[Dystopiary]

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Rachel Reeves said in 2013 that Labour will be tougher than the Tories on benefit claimants.

"Nobody should be under any illusions that they are going to be able to live a life on benefits under a Labour government."

Labour will be tougher than Tories on benefits, vows Rachel Reeves

 

[PR1Berske]

Rachel Reeves said in 2013 that Labour will be tougher than the Tories on benefit claimants.

"Nobody should be under any illusions that they are going to be able to live a life on benefits under a Labour government."

Labour will be tougher than Tories on benefits, vows Rachel Reeves

I've got that story bookmarked from the moment she said it. A worthy reminder.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Rachel Reeves said in 2013 that Labour will be tougher than the Tories on benefit claimants.

"Nobody should be under any illusions that they are going to be able to live a life on benefits under a Labour government."

Labour will be tougher than Tories on benefits, vows Rachel Reeves

They are a pretty awful bunch all round, not just Shammer.

 

[GarveyLives]

Andrew Feinsteins challenge in Starmers St Pancras seat was always a massive long shot but looking just a little more feasible this morning. I don't think he'll be short of volunteers.

Andrew Feinstein is standing against Starmer - good luck to him although 27,000+ majority (although near 20% of electorate identify as muslim) will be interesting to see whether he makes a dent

Andrew Feinstein on his reasons for standing against Starmer

Who exactly is Wais Islam?:

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[ska invita]

 

[brogdale]

The Streeting line genuinely made me laugh out loud....