Extraordinary interview @BBCNews #r4today with former civil service lead for education.
Government knew about #RAAC, numbers, risks. But free schools were the top policy objective, then Sunak halved the schools capital budget.
Meanwhile unspeakable #UKLabour spokesperson refused to commit to putting it right. No doubt NATO's proxy war takes precedent.

@mojala
One for all #uk #politicians especially the likely next #UKLabour government.

And there we have it, folks!

#uklabour You really can't put a cigarette paper between the #nastytories and Labour party theses days. closer and closer the policies become.

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

Just being nicer tories won't cut it anymore.

#ukpol

@runoutgroover IMHO there are massive differences between #NZLabour and #UKLabour not least because of the presence and influence of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori MPs, and history within Aotearoa of suffrage movement and gay liberation. And first elected trans woman MP, Georgina Beyer. All very influential in NZ party's understanding of human issues. I can't see any of that understanding in UK Labour, maybe a bit of the suffrage background but not much else.

#UKPolitics
#UKLabour

🎵 How is the best case scenario Keir Starmer? 🎵

:FaceExhaling: 😞

#UK #England #politics #UKPolitics #Labour #UKLabour #LabourParty #KeirStarmer #meme #memes #BoBurnham

@Andy_European

Its an interesting question. Its the Tories' singular achievement.

Creating Britons who, always will, ever shall, be slaves.

Yes sir, of course sir, right now sir.

#uk #uklabour #toffs #betters #goodBreeding

I remember, I remember, the little cell where I was kept
And the picture of my betters, watching o'er as I slept.

Wondering if people are being paid to slate #Starmer in online newspaper comments sections in order to discredit Labour.

Sure Starmer is wet behind the ears and constantly changing his mind, yet the amount of vitriol pushed by some people is ridiculously OTT.

#UKLabour #Larbour #LabourParty

Labour dropping support for Self ID today is the first time I've considered quitting the party since the height of the antisemitism crisis in 2018

#UKLabour
#UKPolitics

Yeah anyway. I just finished reading John O'Farrell's #Book titled #ThingsCanOnlyGetWorse and I've got to say, I think it might be one of my all-time favourite reads.

Not bad for a twice failed candidate for parliament.

#Reading #Bookstadon #UKLabour #UKPolitics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66277211

Bit confused by this. Yes the Tories held on, but there was a pretty significant swing towards Labour in what was previously a relatively good Tory seat. That's a win in my book

I can't speak to the specifics of the ULZ charge, other than to say that these policies are probably a good thing, but they need to be enacted alongside significant investment in public transport, and I mean significant. Otherwise it's just another tax on the poor people.

#UKLabour

We’ve had evidence of how air pollution from cars harms child health for years. I remember looking at “distance from heavy traffic” when we were applying for primary schools for my daughter in London. ULEZ are not an imposition, they are a minimum standard. https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every-breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution #ULEZ #UKLabour

Looking forward to Politics North, or something like that, having Jamie Driscoll & Kim McGuinness on at the same time. Jamie can keep parroting his inflated CV on social media without challenge, but he'll not be able to against Kim. He'll turn up & think he can blag it like he always does, & she'll have done her homework & wipe the floor with him. I've known them both many years, & that's a fundamental difference between the two of them

#UKPolitics
#UKLabour

Keir Starmer's labour party are doing a fabulous job in coming 2nd in a one horse race for number 10.....

How many more cock-ups are to come?
#ukpol
#ukpolitics
#uklabour
#starmer

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/17/jamie-driscoll-resigns-labour-blocked-north-east-mayor

Islington South members in Uxbridge this weekend canvassing for Danny Beales to win Thursday’s by-election #IslingtonOnTour #byelection #Uxbridge #uklabour @UKLabour

And I give you the man who would usher in a new era of austerity instead of protecting the most vulnerable in society. The gap between the nasty Tory party and UK labour is becoming narrower with each press release.

#ukpol
#ukpolitics
#starmer
#uklabour

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/15/keir-starmer-we-cant-spend-our-way-back-to-power

This is just to say

BY KEIR STARMER

I have stolen
the policies
that were in
the manifesto

and which
you were probably
saving
for the election

Forgive me
they were delicious
so heartless
and so cold

#uklabour

Disappointed but not really surprised that #Unite have chosen to remain affiliated to the #UKLabour party. Didn't see it happening, honestly, it's not like England has a choice and that ghoul Starmer knows it.

If only Unite Scotland could make its own decision. Oh well.

On my way to Policy Conference so we'll see how things go the rest of the week!

Disgusted to hear Labour leader Keir Starmer say @ucu members should stop their marking and assessment boycott.
A good Labour leader would support workers taking industrial action to try to reach an agreement.
A disappointing Labour leader would refuse to give support and just say both sides need to get back round the table and talk.
*No* Labour leader should side with management by telling union members to stop taking action.
#KeirStarmer needs to resign.
#UCU #UKLabour #UKPolitics

The UK Labour party is rapidly becoming like the nasty Tory party by not protecting the most vulnerable in society.

Don't take my vote for granted, Labour.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/06/keir-starmer-free-school-meals-labour-leader-teachers-pay-rise

#ukpol
#Starmer
#uklabour
#nastytories
#generalelection