Keir Starmer's time is up

[LakieLady]

I always thought it was dull as dishwater.
Interesting.
Thanks Keir

Dictionary.com tells me that: The original simile, dull as ditchwater , dating from the 1700s, alluded to the muddy water in roadside ditches. In the first half of the 1900s, perhaps through mispronunciation, it became dishwater , that is, the dingy, grayish water in which dirty dishes had soaked.

Guess I'm just old fashioned. Or pedantic. Or both.

Anyway, Keir's priority is wealth creation. Not a word about how wealth is distributed.

Quelle surprise.

 

[mojo pixy]

Anyway, Keir's priority is wealth creation. Not a word about how wealth is distributed.

I think we'll soon find his main priority is 'law and order' and that's going to land heavily on a lot of people who might not be expecting it yet.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I think we'll soon find his main priority is 'law and order' and that's going to land heavily on a lot of people who might not be expecting it yet.

What do you mean?

 

[mojo pixy]

What do you mean?

I mean that he was head of the DPP, and as they say 'when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail'. I expect to see plenty of new crimes and new laws that will criminalise people who aren't yet expecting to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.

We'll see. But lawyers will law, just as bankers (sunak) will bank, economists (reeves) will economy, and hedonists (johnson) will hedonise.

 

[PTK]

Starmer promises pain
And Ashworth’s on air again

 

[rasputin]

I mean that he was head of the DPP

This awoke the pedant in me (sorry, never far from the surface). In fact he was the DPP. As such he was head of the CPS.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I mean that he was head of the DPP, and as they say 'when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail'. I expect to see plenty of new crimes and new laws that will criminalise people who aren't yet expecting to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.

We'll see. But lawyers will law, just as bankers (sunak) will bank, economists (reeves) will economy, and hedonists (johnson) will hedonise.

Yeah, this has always been my fear with Starmer. Tory-lite on economics (and not all that lite in all probability) plus a heavy dose of authoritarianism.

 

[mojo pixy]

This awoke the pedant in me (sorry, never far from the surface). In fact he was the DPP. As such he was head of the CPS.

Yeah you're right, the D is for Director, not Department

 

[Pickman's model]

Starmer promises pain
And Ashworth’s on air again

This is one promise he'll keep

 

[two sheds]

Yeah you're right, the D is for Director, not Department

Dictator I think you'll find

 

[weltweit]

I mean that he was head of the DPP, and as they say 'when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail'.

I agree with this, it is what he knows. And feels most confident with.

You only need see his glee at dealing with the rioters recently.

 

[Elpenor]

I thought Starmer used to be the Dude that put People in Prison?

 

[PR1Berske]

For all that Starmer made a virtue of using the garden, also another reason: the much more commonly used purpose-built press conference room in 9 Downing Street, built under Johnson, is out of action for refurbishment work.

Starmer’s choice of venue for first set-piece speech filled with symbolism

Using rose garden was reminder of Tory lockdown parties and Cummings’ Covid travel explanations

www.theguardian.com

 

[stethoscope]

Just imagine the dull, grey, managerial cunt after the war - "we can't create a health service, we can't embark on a social housing programme, there's no money and nothing we can do, we'll just have to struggle on..."

'Wealth creation' as primary aim of government. And more austerity. Christ.

 

[brogdale]

Me watching the News tonight...

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which”

 

[brogdale]

One of those rare moments when the Guardian (Crace) actually made me laugh out loud...

When you’re being told the country is dying on its feet, it’s reassuring that the messenger has the natural demeanour of a professional undertaker.

 

[SpookyFrank]

One of those rare moments when the Guardian (Crace) actually made me laugh out loud...

Starmer would make a shit undertaker. They're supposed to put people at ease in difficult times, whereas Starmer could make the dead feel uneasy.

 

[stavros]

Slightly late, but I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Starmer on no longer being the shortest serving Prime Minister. He passed the threshold last Saturday.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Slightly late, but I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Starmer on no longer being the shortest serving Prime Minister. He passed the threshold last Saturday.

His ‘political honeymoon’ hasn’t lasted very long though has it?

I wonder what it is about his toxic mixture of joyless, pompous austerity and lies that people don’t like?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Is it possible to bet on the next election yet? Curious what odds I'd get on less than 100 seats for Labour.

 

[two sheds]

No sign yet of the More Efficient Government than the tories that we were promised

You'd think there are loads of opportunities to make society fairer without even spending government money. Rent controls for example could be a great leveler, but of course there are so many landlords in parliament so that won't happen.

 

[ska invita]

You'd think there are loads of opportunities to make society fairer without even spending government money.

dont encourage them...they love to ban things .....this is classic new labour

Outdoor smoking ban at pubs being considered, says PM

Health experts welcome plans but some pub owners and hospitality bosses warn of economic pain.

www.bbc.co.uk

theyre just joyless authoritarian cunts

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Where have the posters gone who can explain to us why this isn’t a return to Osborne’s austerity?

Rachel Reeves tells Whitehall to make huge cuts before autumn budget

Rachel Reeves tells Whitehall to make huge cuts before autumn budget

The chancellor is setting out detailed savings targets that ‘really scrape the bone’ in Whitehall, as the government also prepares the ground for tax rises

www.thetimes.com

 

[Smokeandsteam]

theyre just joyless authoritarian cunts

You forgot to add ‘clueless’…

 

[mojo pixy]

dont encourage them...they love to ban things .....this is classic new labour

Outdoor smoking ban at pubs being considered, says PM

Health experts welcome plans but some pub owners and hospitality bosses warn of economic pain.

www.bbc.co.uk

theyre just joyless authoritarian cunts

Didn't Tony Blair's lot introduced something like 25000 new laws between 1997 and 2008? Or is that just some conspiracy crap I picked up at the time? I haven't checked - but there's a BBC page listing all the Acts passed between 1997 and 2006 and it's mind-bogglingly long...

BBC NEWS | Politics | Acts passed during the Blair years

I certainly expect more of the same from an ex-DPP

 

[ska invita]

this little thread from a press photogrpaher suggests there are signs of Starmer cracking and creaking - it would be nice to think he's paying some kind of personal price for the his crimes against humanity



(for those not able to read the thread says basically overworked, control freakery, depressed at polls, infighting at advisor level, working late not seeing family or friends, etc etc)

that said he's always struggled to smile and always sounded like a dalek with a cold

 

[ska invita]

You forgot to add ‘clueless’…

he was in germany yesterday....gave a speech. Guess what, he's going to stop the rise of the far right - when pressed on how exactly he answered:
"I do think in the end, delivery is the way forward. It’s about a disaffection in politics, the easy answer is appealing if people don’t think there’s a better answer, and so progressives have to provide the better answer.”

"delivery is the way forward" ... Delivery..... Meaningless managerial bullshit....Clueless indeed. He wouldn't know the "better answer" if it was written on a card in front of him.

 

[Dystopiary]

You can almost hear the "plop". Twat.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

this little thread from a press photogrpaher suggests there are signs of Starmer cracking and creaking - it would be nice to think he's paying some kind of personal price for the his crimes against humanity



(for those not able to read the thread says basically overworked, control freakery, depressed at polls, infighting at advisor level, working late not seeing family or friends, etc etc)

that said he's always struggled to smile and always sounded like a dalek with a cold

MORE laboured and adenoidal?

 

[nino_savatte]

this little thread from a press photogrpaher suggests there are signs of Starmer cracking and creaking - it would be nice to think he's paying some kind of personal price for the his crimes against humanity



(for those not able to read the thread says basically overworked, control freakery, depressed at polls, infighting at advisor level, working late not seeing family or friends, etc etc)

that said he's always struggled to smile and always sounded like a dalek with a cold

Starmer is Davros.