“Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap. Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy.” You know it’s come to a sticky path when the ‘Tory Party at prayer’ is more left wing than Labour. #Labour#tories
"He culled those who opposed his presence. Now he demands the loyalty of those who are left to deliver a policy agenda alien to all that #Labour stands for."
Petrochemicals billionaire and Brexiteer, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, is now backing Labour, having been seen with Starmer at Manchester United last week. I can understand why Starmer thinks he needs abhorrent people like Ratcliffe on his side; however, it shows there's no limit to how low he will go to gain power. It's ridiculous, given that Labour are going to win the next election by a country mile. There is no need to get people like Ratcliffe and Elphicke backing labour.
This sentence from today's Sky News article (link below) caught my eye:
"The country was designed for 55 or 60 million people and we've got 70 million people and all the services break down as a consequence."
He's doing his bit by living in Monaco. Maybe he could pay UK tax instead? What a [insert favourite pejorative here].
Students are making history. All of us should join them
May 17, 2024
Statement from Ontario Federation of Labour President Laura Walton on the one month anniversary of the start of the university protests in solidarity with Palestine.
“MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’.” So if it’s like infected blood, PO scandal, Windrush, Hillsborough, Grenfell that ‘without delay’ could be a while. #tories#Labour
Keir Starmer has issued his sic pledges to the country.
The approach - if not the actual list of promises - is similar to Tony Blair's tactics, with his "Pledge Card" pre-1997 election which brought a Labour landslide.
People were widely confident that with #blair and #labour itcwas true that "things can only get better"
With #Starmer's version of labour, there is no confidence that any thing will change much for better - not least because he, and especially #reeves keep telling us everything they wont do
"Things can only get bitter"
“Jeremy Corbyn has loyally represented the people of Islington North for over 40 years and remains a Labour member of more than 50 years. His own local party voted unanimously to express support for Jeremy and assert their right to choose their own parliamentary candidate.”
One of the most confusing issues in Leftie political debate is Kenta's social class. In the orthodox Marxian view it's simple: maybe Kenta is petit bourgeois, but he's certainly an employer, and that's it: upper class. In the sociological view, it's equally simple: Kenta is a skilled manual labourer with a few employees and probably no university degree: working class. Then there's the American usage, where as the owner of a small construction business, Kenta is middle class.