Bit more complicated than that

back in Stockport over 20 years in Yorkshire #MCFC museums music & politics #dyslexic spelling & grammar unreliable #makevotesmatter @ben63.bsky.local

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

The tide has turned, and Labour Party members up and down the country are preparing to support Keir Starmer, the leader who made the party electable again after years in the wilderness. Whatever criticisms may be levelled at him, the reality is that he returned Labour to government with a commanding majority and restored its credibility with much of the electorate.

Many members also recognise that if Britain is ever to move back towards closer integration with Europe, or ultimately rejoin the European Union, it will be under a pragmatic and electorally successful leadership, not through ideological purity or internal division. The path back to Europe, if it comes at all, will be built on winning elections and retaining the trust of the British public.

The problem for some within the Parliamentary Labour Party was that they appeared to believe it would be straightforward for a left wing regional mayor to step into national politics and present himself as a credible alternative Prime Minister. They are now discovering that politics is rather more complicated than that. Local party members were never properly consulted and, when asked for their views, many delivered robust rebuttals. The assumption that members would simply fall into line has proven to be badly misplaced.

[Nula Suchet @nulasuchet]

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[Jimac @jimac1111]

No investigations...no charges... no convictions.

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@BritishCurious @premnsikka The government is subsidising the poverty wage’s Sainbury’s pay

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Sainsbury's boss eyes bumper £7.3m payday as shoppers reel from higher food prices.

Up from £5.4m last year – 200 times average employee pay.

Govts preach pay restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, shareholder returns.

Let workers vote on exec pay.
https://t.co/S0tClkOEur

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Just spoke to a business event in the Midlands. Show of hands on whether Starmer should stay or go — 80-20 stay. Has been similar at several recent events. Really interesting to see such a chasm between political/media bubble view, and out and about. Main reasons given “stability …. May not like some of the decisions but we are used to them now … fear of similar chaos as under the Tories … feeling that any PM with a decent majority has “the right and the duty” to serve a full term … May not be the most charismatic but “can the others really do much better in the circs?” … sense that media make everything seem worse than it is … worry that “country first, party second” exposed as hollow.

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Almost like Farage and Boris Johnson lied to us....

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

In 1975 companies in the UK paid out an average of 72% of their money in wages.

Now it is just 59%.

But wages are 'too high'.

So they say.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The UK believe 20% of population is black (3%); 15% is Muslim (4%); 5% transgender (0.6%); 15% gay and lesbian (1.8%); 20% of the country is vegan or vegetarian (4%)

Misinformation from the Media

[ABerry 🇬🇧🌹 @LabourBerry]

Dear Andy Burnham

The Government under PM Starmer are already building the biggest Social Housing in a Generation

Why do you keep pledging things that are already happening?

https://t.co/x9y7V8Gokc

[arf @arf84648947]

This is what Brexit was all about - so rich people could become much richer.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy.

JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth.

https://t.co/y5El5FUj7v

[Frank Place 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @BotFinderUK]

A girl steals baby formula from a shop and goes to jail.
Michelle Mone steals £200m and nothing happens.
THAT'S two tier justice...

[Philip O'Connor @PhilipOConnor5]

If you, like me, feel that we are fortunate to have @Keir_Starmer as our Prime Minister please repost. I am not even a member of the Labour Party.

[Pete Graham @pwete1]

@implausibleblog If Britain becomes a right wing dictatorship historians will wonder why established democratic parties did not take action on these donations

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

The Guardian reports that Reform UK have got

Another £3m from foreign based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne

And £4m from another crypto billionaire Ben Delo

[Tim Chapman 💙 @timchap]

I have a strong and growing feeling that if Labour MPs are stupid enough to jettison Starmer, they, and the country may regret this impetuous act for a long time to come #PMQs

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a WHITE Police Officer.

Nigel Farage called for calm.

But when he can use racism he calls for Cold, Hard, Rage.

[Politics In The U.K. @politixintheuk]

Smashed car windows. Bricks littering the streets. Families left clearing up the mess after a night of chaos in Southampton.
This wasn't done in Henry Nowak's name. Associating this destruction with Henry or his family's memory is an insult.
This was the work of Farage and his mob of thugs who seized the chance to riot while pretending to be the victims.