"The Labour Party is afraid to mention Brexit - it was a catastrophe and everybody knows it deep in their bones"

Comedian @stephenfry gives his views on the impact of Britain leaving the EU

Courtesy of: #BBC

#LabourParty #Britain #Brexit #EU #StephenFry

Can anyone in the UK tell the difference between Labour and the tories? https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/09/10/labour-use-crumbling-schools-to-promote-austerity-as-reynolds-smirks-like-a-demons-possessed-him/ #Austerity #AusterityDoesntWork #ToryParty #ToryScum #Labourparty #LabourPartyMyArse #LabourpartyScum #RedTories #Concrete #CrumblingConcrete #Schools #SchoolsBack #Education #UKEducation

To sum up how abjectly stupid manyUK voters are; there are still millions, in one of the world’s richest nations, who believe that “there is no money” to pay for public services. Unfortunately one of those idiots is Sir #Starmer

#CostOfGreedCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #LabourParty

Hard to argue with this video criticising Rachel Reeves and the policies of the Labour Party. https://youtu.be/Q6rTI8w-vI8?si=dGE_XGwSzojkK_4F. #labour #labourparty #rachelreeves

Yesterday I posted a Reuters article saying how Sanna Marin was leaving politics in Finland and joining the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

I implied Tony Blair is a war-monger and his Institute promotes US hegemony.

Is Tony Blair recognised as a peace-loving fair minded politician internationally?

Totally neutral hashtags: 😉

#socialist #SocialistSunday #socialism #labour #labourparty #corbyn #blair #war #peace

So, putting their finger(s) to the wind, companies are clamouring to talk to the #LabourParty... partly driven by needing to cosy up to the (prospective) next Govt., partly due to dismay about the #Tories continued 'mismanagement' of #Brexit & partly to try and get inside the party's #greentransition policy, firms have oversubscribed the party's #business summit.

The left of the party will see this as a further sign of the party's drift rightwards, for pragmatists this looks like a good sign?

Happy #SocialistSunday everyone. Let's start it off with a clip of Joan Ryan former #Labour MP and Chair of Labour friends of Israel, explaining how she spent the day of her resignation "supergluing that label" to #Corbyn's head.

We all know the label, we all knew it was used solely to attack #Corbyn and #socialists inside Labour.

It was the only weapon that ended up working after the British establishment had tried dozens of other strategies.

#ItWasaScam #JeremyCorbyn #LabourParty

If you're concerned about wealthy individuals bank-rolling political parties, you might want to (for a moment) shift your focus from the #Tories.

In the first half of this year around half of the money the #LabourParty raised was from two individuals (who between them donated over £5mn between them).

They are Lord David Salisbury (£3mn) & ex-autoglass boss Gary Lubner (£2.2mn).

Now as it happens these are both 'reasonable' people, but it does show UK #politics remains tied to the wealthy!

[‘Little Green Bag’ plays]

Cut to:

Liz Kendall, fading fast, cradled by a weeping Keir Starmer: “I…I’m a socialist….Keir… I’m sorry… I’m so sorry”

#Labour #LabourParty
#UKpol #UKpolitics #KeirStarmer
#LizKendall #ShadowCabinet
#ReservoirDogs

Almost two-thirds of voters support funding further cost-of-living support through taxes on the wealthy, a new report has indicated, just days after the Labour Party ruled out Labour introducing a wealth tax if it wins the next election. 'The Labour Party declined to comment.'
https://labourlist.org/2023/08/cost-of-living-support-wealth-taxes-labour-policy-rachel-reeves/
#labourparty #keirstarmer #ukpolitics

A reminder #LabourParty corruption is increasingly like #ToryScum corruption. #Westminster

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-google-youtube-digital-services-tax-keir-starmer-jonathan-reynolds/

An actual former Tory and banker says Labour needs to focus on increasing investment rather than trying to balance the books by restricting it. He and other economists urge the opposition to move away “from an out of date, economically and socially destructive approach towards a model which improves wellbeing, works in alignment with our environment, and achieves social justice”. Labour's response to them is just appalling & vacuous.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-policies-benefit-cuts-reeves-b2399406.html
#keirstarmer #labourparty #ukpolitics

What is the actual point of the #labourparty these days? #ukpolitics https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/27/rachel-reeves-rules-out-wealth-tax-if-labour-wins-next-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

What IS the matter with Britain’s #LabourParty? Why are they trying so hard to alienate their supporters and independents at a time when the country’s exhausted by Toryism, starved by austerity and still reeling from Brexit?
@UKLabour
@keir_starmer

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/27/rachel-reeves-rules-out-wealth-tax-if-labour-wins-next-election

Keir Starmer has taken more freebies than all Labour leaders since Tony Blair. Says it all about him that amongst these were tickets to see bloody Coldplay for god's sake. And twice.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/keir-starmer-freebies-junkets-tottenham-hotspur-chelsea-coldplay-adele-google/
#keirstarmer #labourparty #ukpolitics

I wouldn't usually propose the UK #LabourParty start using Ronald Reagan quotes in their #GE2024 marketing but I've got to say "Are you better off now than you were 13 years ago" is super effective.

Bang that on a poster and watch the votes roll in.

#UKPolitics

So #labourparty membership declined but their income was higher, possibly reflecting the demographic they care for now? Or just some elements hedging their bets and getting their whispering into Starmer's ear early?

The 2017 UK general election.
Biggest increase in Labour vote since 1945 (from 30% to 40%)
Only election Labour has gained seats since 1997
Highest turnout since 1997
Highest % of eligible voters voting Labour since 1997
Labour's best performance in England as % vote since 2001
#jeremycorbyn #corbyn #labourparty #ukpolitics

Pink News: The numbers don’t lie – Labour is woefully out of touch with its own voters on trans rights https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/21/labour-party-keir-starmer-trans-rights/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #KeirStarmer #Labourparty #transrights #Politics #Opinion #Trans #News #UK

Today's #socialistsunday a report from #Novara #NovaraMedia about Israeli forces are deliberately targeting Palestinian paramedics, that's in addition to journalists, children etc.

https://novaramedia.com/2023/08/17/israeli-forces-are-deliberately-shooting-at-palestinian-paramedics/

Yet the West continues to arm and support this apartheid state.

Not strictly #socialism, but considering posting this could get me kicked out of the #LabourParty its close enough!