The Starmer Labour government
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September 21, 2024 at 8:48 am #254058ALBKeymaster
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyvpv1lzq6o
Oh dear, things have only got worse for him as he has had to take the tough decision to refuse more freebies.
Now he can say that we all in it together: You can’t heat your flat, and I have to pay for my Armani suits.
September 23, 2024 at 12:15 pm #254103ALBKeymasterShe’s said it again. Here’s what Reeves writes in today’s Times:
“We ran as a pro-business party and we are governing as a pro-business party.”
Yes indeed.
In case you are wondering what the jam we are promised tomorrow if we tighten our belts today, it’s:
“a Britain where families have more money in their pockets, so they don’t have to worry about the weekly shop”
“an NHS that is once again there for you when you need it.”
Oh yeah.
September 28, 2024 at 12:33 pm #254212james19ParticipantRachel Reeves has repeatedly said she didn’t want to cut the universal winter fuel allowance for pensioners but it was a tough decision forced on her because of the financial black hole left by the last govt
Here’s Reeves 10 years ago:
https://x.com/DickMackintosh/status/1839952500775882779?t=jlHHWBi4C-wiRYYm0rgtGA&s=19
September 29, 2024 at 9:20 am #254233ALBKeymasterThe more like this that comes out about the current leaders of the Labour Party the more it becomes clear that in opposition they were just exploiting people’s problems to further their own lust for power and pelf (I think that’s the right word).
At least one Labour MP has now come to see this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vkdy997rko
Of course even if they were saints it wouldn’t make any difference; they would still have to apply the economic laws of capitalism and put profit-making first, though so early and so eagerly as the current crop of Labour bleeders.
The trouble is that, historically, when people realise that they have been hoodwinked by Labour they have tended to turn to the right not the left. So the main beneficiary is likely to be Farage — though, hopefully, some will turn to socialism.
September 29, 2024 at 1:34 pm #254235james19ParticipantI saw that ALB. I actually scammed through it. Good point.
Owen Jones on X, highlighting Starmers hypocrisy over intuition fees. Starmer was critical of the tory government over the spiralling cost of intuition fees.
It’s today reported that Labour will now hike tuition fees by 13.5% to £10,500.
https://x.com/owenjonesjourno/status/1840002061561160125?t=yJjgnQJu6j9wnEhWJr8fLA&s=19
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September 29, 2024 at 1:59 pm #254237james19ParticipantMs Duffield accuses the government of pursuing “cruel and unnecessary” policies and attacks the prime minister for “hypocrisy” for accepting gifts.
In her letter she accused the prime minister and his top team of “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice” which are “off the scale”.
https://news.sky.com/story/rosie-duffield-resigns-as-labour-mp-13224014
September 30, 2024 at 12:49 pm #254244chelmsfordParticipant‘Intuition fee’. Isn’t that what you pay to a clairvoyant?
October 2, 2024 at 8:39 am #254269ALBKeymasterWhat a surprise. Not. Another entry in the Black Book of the record of the Starmer Labour government:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2krlgekpxo.amp
UK military support for the Nutty Yahoo regime as part of course to maintain Western capitalist control of the Middle East oil resources and trade routes.
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