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Good gracious. We can’t have unwashed common people walking around posh neighbourhoods ! I’m sure Reform will legislate to make this an offence & to have these vagabonds flogged.

They should but they won’t, sadly. It’s just like the Tories part 2, sadly, despite there being lots of decent Labour MPs on the back benches, who are clearly unhappy with the ongoing incompetence.

I'm not a party person. I just want a fairer, kinder, greener world. I'm delighted to see how well the Greens are doing. But we also need a strong and sincere Labour Party, and it is an absolute tragedy to see how Keir Starmer and his moral bypass of a government have ruined it.

Starmer and Labour shoot themselves in the foot again. Add to the ever growing list of errors & cock ups.

Ratcliffe doesn’t even live in the U.K. His British passport should be cancelled.

Ratcliffe has no place in any civilised society.

Bizarre non-sequitur reply by Starmer.

Every day seems to bring more misery and embarrassment for Starmer. You keep thinking it can’t get any worse for him, and then……

They seem to care more about petty points scoring & squabbling, sadly. Clearly, of course, all the right wing ever care about is money, even when the world is going to hell in a handcart. As the last tree on earth goes up in flames, the Tory & Reform ghouls will be checking their bank balance.

So many farmers’ fields are flooded atm, destroying the crops. You would think it would dawn on the politicians that this isn’t good for the economy & urgent action is required, yet they seem more focused on fighting civil wars & persecuting migrants. 🤷‍♂️

I agree. It’s the number 1 issue facing humanity by a long way, and all politicians should be treating it as such.

Sepsis mistakes killed our daughter – we fear it could happen again Grieving parents call for better sepsis training to be introduced urgently so no family goes through what they did.

Avoidable tragedies like this shouldn’t be happening in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Sometimes in life mistakes happen, but cases like this, where repeated failures occur, point to negligence imo. Those responsible need to be held accountable.
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Ed Miliband talks a lot of sense. Without doubt the best of the Labour Cabinet.

Beavers are amazing creatures, in their own right, but when you look at the knock on benefits, the creation of habitats for all kinds of other creatures and the ability of those habitats to hold storm water - they really are a gift.

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Indeed. FPTP undermines the very foundation of democracy, whereby a party can gain a substantial majority with as little as a third of the vote. Millions (the majority) are effectively disenfranchised. Little wonder people are angry & turning to extremes.

Indeed. The Labour membership voted for PR but Starmer rejected it. Just one of his many errors, though a very serious mistake.

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

You talk of decency, yet your posts are full of nastiness and insults. If anyone or anything is destroying Labour, your attitude encapsulates it perfectly. 🤷‍♂️

Simon Opher. Even though I didn’t vote for him, he’s a brilliant constituency MP. Proper Labour. If he stands again, I would probably switch to Labour at the next election.

The exact opposite, actually. For the sake of Lab Party, country & economy, Starmer must go immediately. His leadership has been a disaster, throwing away all the goodwill from the GE. I say that as someone who voted for him in the leadership election. Good lawyer, but a terrible politician, sadly.

Unfortunately for Starmer, he seems to lack any political instincts and is nowhere near as effective political operator as Blair (before he blew it over Iraq). Starmer’s terrible judgment has cast a massive shadow over Labour’s positive changes. It can only get worse if he carries on.

Starmer needs to acknowledge he didn’t win a huge mandate — the Tories collapsed, so Labour strolled in.
Corbyn actually lost with more votes.

What did McSweeney do next? Advise Labour into the lowest poll ratings in its history.

So spare us the tears over McSweeney’s resignation.
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Labour’s Director of Communications, Tim Allan, has stepped down.

Yes. Like you, I am shocked to hear that Labour actually had a Director of Communications.

Tim Allan for years was a key corporate adviser to the Murdoch media empire. Says it all really. The revolving door on the gravy train for the elite.

I seriously doubt it. Starmer’s ship has hit so many icebergs its fate is sealed. Rearranging the deck chairs isn’t going to stop him sinking.

Indeed. That would be a u-turn we could all get behind.

Indeed. Good riddance, but I’m not sure removing one just rotten apple will solve the many problems.

Times report: Allies of Rayner said they believed that Wes Streeting, the health secretary, would be “ruined” by the mass disclosure of all communications with Mandelson in coming months. Streeting and Mandelson were close allies for years.

In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.

I now live in a semi rural location in England. There is a train station, but the hourly service is often cancelled or delayed. The buses are frequently late & the roads are full of pot holes. In one of the wealthiest countries globally, why do British people put up with such inferior services?

Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax Halifax describes the figure as a

The affordability crisis is deepening. Millions of ordinary people are struggling. What exactly is the government doing to urgently address this? 🤔
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