miktheword
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I'm absolutely certain they haven't, but I wasn't referencing Corbyn.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.I'm nearly sure they've not made Corbyn a lord yet, unless Johnson snuck it through as part of his final honours list?
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.After the first debate I was slightly frustrated because I didn’t think the 45 seconds to answer a question really worked for me.
Wes Streeting selling off the NHS, Kier is checking your genitals at reception.What an absolutely awful response, and it's surprising coming from the son of a laser focused toolmaker
Oops someone said the quiet bit out loud- In this case a billionaire Tory.
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”.
Act against the party's interests and you'll get legal threats - funny I thought Starmer always put the country before partyMish 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.”
They're such pantomime villains. There should be people booing and hissing every time he comes onstage.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.
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.
I would say for this he's got my vote. but I moved out of Camden years ago.We get on to his love of 1980s art-house band Orange Juice
He's never heard Marquee Moon thoughinterview with Starmer in the FT yesterday.
Keir Starmer: ‘People need hope, but it needs to be realistic hope’
The UK’s would-be prime minister on resetting the Labour party — and his plan for rebuilding Britainwww.ft.com
I would say for this he's got my vote. but I moved out of Camden years ago.
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'.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.
You'd thinkAll 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?
There's problematic redistribution going on alright, but Shammer won't be addressing that.
Rachel Reeves said in 2013 that Labour will be tougher than the Tories on benefit claimants.
I've got that story bookmarked from the moment she said it. A worthy reminder.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
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
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