{"id":265778,"date":"2026-09-02T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=265778"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:34:42","slug":"hold-the-tears","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/hold-the-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold the tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Starmer is about to resign as an MP. This will allow him to follow the plan he set out after he resigned as PM, i.e.:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; margin-top: -15px\">\u201cI will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A cynic might translate this as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; margin-top: -15px\">&#8220;I shall reap the dividend of eleven short years in parliament by selling the tiny remnants of my soul to defence corporations, multinationals, big tech, bankers and investors. A quick message to all of you who have worked 40 odd years to gain a pitiful pension to last you through your uncomfortable final years, it appears you joined the wrong pension scheme. So long suckers&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-265778","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/265778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}