That's the ideal, but if they must use a car I'd very much prefer it to be electric.

Does she even think these things through or is she in the pocket of the fossil fuel companies? If your goal is to encourage electric car adoption then you're pleased if they are cheaper to run than fossil fuel cars; a sensible chancellor would bring it about. There is nothing unfair about that.

The 'peace president' in action. How people fell for that very obvious lie is beyond me.

I think that there is good and bad in all of us. The Nazis were almost all ordinary people not monsters, that's what's so chilling. The job of an ethical and responsible politician is to bring out the good in us and that includes making sure people can thrive and are not struggling to get by.

The professor they quote who claims it's all too expensive seems to think Labour's policy is net zero by 2030. I mean if he can't even get basic facts right how can he be trusted?

Do these people not understand that the cost of inaction is much higher and that we are too slow not too quick!

Humans are too vulnerable to greed, profit and disinformation. We are also seemingly not suited to working together for the common good.

The MAGA church is social media corrupted by biased algorithms and hostile foreign states.

Absolutely insane! Are they really that stupid or are Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman's Blue Labour deliberately trying to sabotage this government and usher in the fascist Farage?

Glasman admires Trump and is key in the morally bankrupt and hugely counterproductive anti-foreigner agenda.

What they don't realise is that will mean financial collapse for them too, but in their infinite arrogance the wealthy think their money will protect them.

This was my concern, that Trump would use his leverage over our spineless politicians (including the datacentre deal) and influence our domestic politics to sabotage our clean energy transition, which is not fast enough, but Trump wants us to go 100 MPH in the opposite direction: more fossil fuels.

All this demonisation of immigrants and foreigners makes me angry and ashamed of my country. It doesn't help Labour.

Do they not have even the slightest understanding as to why people voted for them? It was to change course on all the demonisation and inhumanity; to stand up to the powerful.

What a pity, I expected better from those two.

Even an informal tactical voting and the careful prioritisation of resources pact, as benefitted Labour so much last time, would be brilliant.

Only 70%? It's maddening to see our societies still in a deep slumber, unwilling to take the required action.

It's really important that the broader left work together. We need unity, an overarching strategy and to change the voting system.

There are encouraging signs, I am delighted Zack won and thank you for your well wishes, Jeremy.

Thank you and I apologise for getting it wrong although I never considered the left to be inferior (I wanted Corbyn to win over May and Johnson), but I was naive about Starmer and the Labour right. I am probably left wing now rather than centre left and will vote accordingly.

Well I've accepted that I was wrong about Starmer and Labour and have joined the Green Party, so hopefully that makes you feel a bit more optimistic.

Not just due to opposition to Trump I hope, but also to protect the victim of Russian aggression and to help prevent a wider war i.e. it is in the West's interest.

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I've just joined the Greens instead.

I read in the Guardian today that he's just scared of upsetting Trump which is worse.

Privatisation broke our water system.

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Exactly, your skin colour is much more obvious to the racists and their bigoted minds find it to be a constant provocation.

I am just interested to hear more detail about what your alternative would be (if you are able to elaborate yet of course). I have been very impressed with your platform and your commitment to tackling rampant inequality.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social Hi Zack, I read that you want to leave NATO. I am very much in favour of a European alternative that includes Ukraine and is more peace-focussed, but at the same time it needs teeth if people like Putin are not interested in peace. Can you assuage my concerns?

Good idea.

I despair, I really do. Are they so stupid that they think coming out against this will encourage Reform voters to vote for them just because the morally bankrupt tabloids might class this as 'woke'? Many people love birds and nature in this country. Fight for what's right for God's sake.

Maurice Glasman of Blue Labour thinks the first six months of this Labour government was 'horribly progressive'; the man is living on a different planet. Unbelievably Starmer and his team are listening to this man.

Sorry, yes I see that now. The problem is that leaving it up to voters when the information given to them will not be factual, independent or scientifically accurate in many cases won't work. I think citizens assemblies with input solely from climate and industry experts would be a better idea.

It's much cheaper and more feasible to deal with our dependence on fossil fuels now. The longer we wait the more the cost goes up and yes we should be taking be a leadership role on that, innovating on clean energy technologies and encouraging other countries to follow suit.