Keir Starmer at it again..

[Dire Wolf]

Individual council seats are always massively volatile, they don't really mean anything

Historically, you're right. However, I think the political landscape is shifting substantially. The Tories have already been overtaken and replaced by Reform as the party of choice for the right. I think the overwhelming dissatisfaction with Starmer's Labour Party is ripe for any leftish party with a modicum of nouse to at least begin to challenge Labour as the party of choice for anyone with a moral compass. The Greens are the only option at the moment. I will not vote Labour again without a dramatic shift in tone from the Labour leadership. And that possibility seems miles away.

 

[Templeton Peck]

It would be interesting to see what the Greens could do with a tenth of Reform's coverage but there's no chance of that of course.

Labour strategy is fucking off anyone left of Ed Davey in the hope that they've nowhere else to go particularly if it's them or Farage. It's kept Macron in office despite him being as effective as a 90s Wolves midfield.

 

[Tony Towner]

Turnout was 1920, no conclusions can be drawn from such a small number other than the very obvious

 

[Templeton Peck]

...

 

[leedswolf]

 

[Walshes Wolves]

A Labour Party looking after British industry

and jobs,, makes a welcome change from the shower that was in power before them.

From the article below.

British Steel: Materials to keep British Steel furnaces burning are 'paid for', Rayner says

The deputy PM says "nothing is off the table" and would like to see private investment at the Scunthorpe plant.

www.bbc.co.uk

Downing Street has said it is now “confident” that raw materials will reach the British Steel site in Scunthorpe to keep the blast furnaces running.

“We are now confident in securing the supply of materials needed," the prime minister’s official spokesperson says, adding that the government is working with management at the Scunthorpe site to secure a “steady supply” of materials.

The iron ore pellets and coking coal contained in two shipments at Immingham docks will reach the steelworks “over the coming days”, he says.

A third shipment of raw materials is currently off the coast of Africa and making its way to the UK, the spokesperson adds.

He suggests that order had already begun prior to the government taking control of the site, but says “there were contractual issues that have now been sorted".

 

[Jolemai]

And yet, they couldn't be bothered with Port Talbot.

 

[leedswolf]

And yet, they couldn't be bothered with Port Talbot.

Isn't PT switching to Electric Arc furnace and due to become operational in 2027.

 

[leedswolf]

'What Is the Point of Labour Winning the Next General Election if It Governs as Reform-Lite?'

The political strategy being pursued by Keir Starmer and his advisers means that whichever party comes first in 2029, Nigel Farage wins, argues Neal Lawson

bylinetimes.com

 

[Templeton Peck]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1912372340198969505

 

[Tredman]

Wait until you see the correlation between rainfall and CSO spills.. Bloody Starmer.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Wait until you see the correlation between rainfall and CSO spills.. Bloody Starmer.

I'm not totally convinced that Corbyn isn't somehow responsible.

 

[Tredman]

I'm not totally convinced that Corbyn isn't somehow responsible.

Fair point.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

We're getting to a stage, where some aspects of this government are actually worse than the Tories.

Which I really didn't expect could be possible.

 

[YoungWolf]

I had really low expectations before they even got in (I didn’t vote for them). And they are getting lower.

This past week or so in general has been grim.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Labour's electoral strategy is that people like me will end up voting for them rather than Reform as I've nowhere else to go. Macron get out of jail free card. Problem with that is Labour are too right wing for it to work. Their cuts have gone deeper than Sunak and the partnership with Blackrock would make Thatcher uneasy. I'm no huge fan of Blair but his party were some way left of this lot.

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Labour's electoral strategy is that people like me will end up voting for them rather than Reform as I've nowhere else to go. Macron get out of jail free card. Problem with that is Labour are too right wing for it to work. Their cuts have gone deeper than Sunak and the partnership with Blackrock would make Thatcher uneasy. I'm no huge fan of Blair but his party were some way left of this lot.

Macron, Carney and Sanchez were all in the international banking system before they got in to politics. For me, Socialism should be the enemy of globalisation, not in bed with it.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Macron, Carney and Sanchez were all in the international banking system before they got in to politics. For me, Socialism should be the enemy of globalisation, not in bed with it.

This Labour government isn't even remotely socialism though is it.

 

[YoungWolf]

You only need to see how quickly he’s turned on transgender people to know how “principled” he is. The only thing that will keep the Tories out is if Badenoch is still their leader come the next election, which surely she won’t be