Keir Starmer — ever a man of his word til the end.
In June 2023 he explicitly ruled out ever indulging in a resignation honours list (BBC Radio 4 Today).
Today he’s marked his resignation with 21 peerages, overwhelmingly public-sector/legal jobsworths. Barely a single wealth creator among them.
Classic line up of the New Establishment which has run the country under Labour and Tory governments for the past three decades and is now firmly in control. Largely (if not entirely) with the following characteristics:
*Career almost entirely in public sector, often taking salaries from several sinecures at once as they work up the greasy taxpayer-funded pole.
*Associated with various ‘right-on’ causes.
*Largely middle class, London chattering class, Oxbridge well represented (of course).
*Fashionable left but not too left. Good mainstream Labour links.
Thus is the antediluvian House of Lords perpetuated by the Left as well as the Right as a comfortable state-funded retirement home for the well-connected ‘good and great’ past their sell-by date — when it should simply be abolished.
It’s as if he’s running for Prime Minister rather than about to become PM on Monday. Performative Politics when he should be Preparing Policy! He will fall to earth fast.
@ByrneBarry In what Reform world, does it make sense for a sitting MP to call a by -election for zero reason, and then stand himself??
Maybe they just fancy a day by the seaside.
@JohnJte4@dougiebrimson Sitting MP calls a by election for ZERO reason...and then stands himself!
She's not insulting Reform voters, she's telling them, in a very light hearted way, what an idiotic mistake Farage has made!
@dougiebrimson Bloody hell mate...it was a lightheart ( good ) joke! ....after a fantastic tribute to Ann.
You're trying to find something that isn't there!
Subsidised bar, house and bills, nice little pay rise and 6 weeks holiday. It’s no wonder MP’s are MP’s. I’m almost thinking of signing up. I quite fancy Education Sec.
@DPJHodges Also, he will learn. The scars of this will go deep. He’s not going to sit back like that again.
Dan....he aint on a YTS programme!!
#8million
#100%club. Every child matters- there should be no class division, bigotry, weaponisation of socioeconomic background or parental choice. No room for ideology, or judgment-100% of children matter.
@bphillipsonMP@KemiBadenoch@EducationNotTax
You called me a racist in the Commons - and refused to withdraw.
You said the “Islamophobia” definition would not be used to silence discussion of religion - you lied.
You said defining “Islamophobia” would not be conflated with racism - yet that's what you did.
You're right - when people speak, they reveal who they really are.
Is Bridget still going on about this?!
Teacher numbers falling, unfunded pay rises forcing schools to cut budgets, PE funding cuts, SEND reforms delayed with parents being ignored, universities on the brink, schools forced to close halfway through the year … the list goes on … and this is your focus?!
God help us all!
@bphillipsonMP 6 days left before you’re fired.
Parents, teachers & children everywhere are cheering.
Feck off. (Did I spell that correctly petal ?)