The Starmer Labour government
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Here’s one promise that the Labour government will honour. It’s to the capitalist class.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/19/chancellor-rachel-reeves-vows-to-avoid-wealth-tax/
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Government confirms 8 more bank holidays before end of 2025 – full list
There are eight more bank holidays but not all of them apply to the whole of the UK.https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2045877/uk-bank-holiday-dates-full-list?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k41z4g3pzo.amp
The present Labour government continues that of the first one in 1924 of bombing tribesmen in the Middle East.
“Island of strangers”. With these three words, a Prime Minister — a Labour one at that — echoes Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson and Alf Garnett and gives credibility to, not to say endorses, their views.
“Strangers” is only a polite, though not that polite. way of saying “(bloody) foreigners” or “aliens”. And to rail against them supposedly taking over the country. It is likely to become a catch phrase and the only thing that Starmer will be remembered for in years to come. His personal and political epitaph. And deservedly so.
It’s nonsense of course. But today people who dress differently or speak English with a foreign accent will be feeling less secure. They could even become the victims of physical well as verbal attacks, as happened after the Brexit vote was announced.
After Party of NATO, Party of Business, this represents a new low for Starmer which further exposes him as cynical hypocrite and a thoroughly despicable person. It also exposes the Labour Party as just a band of career politicians whose priority is to get to enjoy the fruits of political office. No principles, just an electoral machine.
Maybe some Labour MPs will protest and hundreds resign from the Labour Party. If they’ve got any self-respect they will. But We’ll see.
How do you stand it when circulating in daily life and hearing workers all around you moaning about “immigrants”, “foreigners”, “asylum seekers”?
What do you say when people agree about some things and you begin to warm to them, but then they start on about “it’s the immigrants’ fault” and start with common racist rubbish?
And no, there isn’t time to give them a crash course in working class unity, social history or capitalism; and they wouldn’t appreciate it or think about it anyway. They also despise Starmer, distrust Labour, support strikes, but still say “We’re British, innit?”
It must be nice to be amongst young cosmopolitans in a mixed metropolis with university degrees. The trouble is, they might be “better educated” and not hate immigrants, but they support European rearmament and a rise in profits.
So, surrounded by the former or the latter merry bunch every day, with fifty shots of racism on one side and militarism on the other, for every two shots of socialism we might get off, how the hell do we cope?
If the people you talk to really do say “innit” you could point out to them that they are speaking London multicultural English.
At least one Labour councillor resigns:
Biting question to Starmer at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday from the Welsh Nationalist MP Liz Saville Roberts:
“The prime minister once spoke of compassion and dignity for migrants and for defending free movement. Now he talks of islands of strangers and taking back control. Somebody here has to call him out, Mr. Speaker.
It seems the only principle he consistently defends is whatever he last heard in a focus group. I ask him, is there any belief he holds which survives a week in Downing Street?”Starmer’s lame reply was:
“Yes, the belief that she talks rubbish.”
What a plonker.
“LabourList revealed in February the party had lost more than one in ten members since the general election with the party losing the equivalent of one member every ten minutes between December and February.”
Now Labour Party leaders are covering up the fall in the number of members:
https://labourlist.org/2025/05/labour-membership-numbers-members-how-many-political-party/?amp
No surplus value to be squeezed from the elderly, so feed them less.
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Reports indicate that some UK hospitals are reducing or removing hospital meal provisions for elderly patients, a move criticized as budget cuts and a potential neglect of basic needs. This has raised concerns about elderly patients being left hungry and undernourished while in hospitals.
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Reduced Meal Provisions:
Reports suggest that the NHS is scaling back hospital meal provisions for elderly patients, potentially impacting their ability to receive adequate nutrition.
Concerns about Malnutrition:
Organizations like Age UK have expressed concerns about the high number of older people leaving hospitals malnourished, citing issues with food access and assistance with eating.
Impact on Patients:
Some elderly patients struggle to eat due to physical limitations, and reports highlight instances where they are not receiving the necessary help with food preparation or eating.
Budget Cuts:
The decision to reduce meal provisions is being attributed to budget cuts within the NHS, raising questions about the prioritization of patient needs.
Legal and Ethical Concerns:
The move has sparked debate about whether these cuts are legal and whether the NHS is upholding its commitment to providing adequate care for all patients.Somebody once suggested here that it was over the top to call Starmer a warmonger. But this headline tells it all:
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/nuclear-submarines-war-readiness-qlblwqx2j
The Labour government even wants to involve the whole population on its militarist plans, put us all on a war footing. Bare-faced militarism. His father who called his son Keir after Keir Hardie must be turning in his grave.
How did a war-monger and xenophobic dog-whistler like Starmer get to become leader of the a Labour Party. It just shows how rotten to the core the Labour Party is.
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