Keir Starmer

[Postman Pep]

Whatever form it takes would anyone be surprised if Keith whipped Labour to abstain?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I live in Denton and a lot of people think the local MP Andrew gwynne is the bee's knees.

I happen to think he's a smug ****, justifying his pay rises, but doing fuck all for public employees and services or showing even a glimmer of compassion for what people went through with austerity or what they're going through now. He's a professional politician got on that gravy train good as corbyns election manager, fucked off by the well fed keif. Oh dear what a shame. Needless to say, that fucker will never get my vote.

On the subject of starmer who and why does a Labour politician have a knighthood? Anthony Wedgewood Benn renounced his peerage and lived by his principles. I didn't agree with his politics but he was utterly sincere in his beliefs.

His son is sir Hillary Benn and likely will be remembered for nothing.

Tony Benn has the Post Office Tower and Concorde as some of his achievements.

My family live in Cheadle, pro Labour but trying to drum into them by voting for the lib Dem would've unseated the tory, hard work! Hope PR can be implemented in my lifetime to actually give true democracy to people but vested interests are there for a reason.

I don’t know much about Andrew Gwynne, but if he is as you describe, he’s very different to his dad.

Hilary Benn is one of the best MPs imo. Hideously underused by his party.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Supporting workers on a picket line - Dismissal
Found guilty of actively undermining a winnable general election - *Silence*

I’m not supporting what he did, just stating what he had said about the way the party were dealing with the strike issue.

Personally I’d applaud the bloke for standing with mates.

 

[Aba452]

I don’t know much about Andrew Gwynne, but if he is as you describe, he’s very different to his dad.

Hilary Benn is one of the best MPs imo. Hideously underused by his party.

Not convinced by Hillary tbh. But it is very worrying for parliament and our engagement with politics that we've got the politicians we deserve. Both main parties have purged a lot of sensible moderate voices, and we are where we are.

Totally agree about John Gwynne was different class. Gutted I never saw him around M34.

 

[A57 the snake]

There’s some very misguided views on here regarding the Labour Party and the unions,
I’ve been in a position for to long in trying to hold this together, they either engage more with the unions or be lost forever. With the right wing press etc.. that’s all they have to fight the cause.
Very damaging day today.

 

[mat]

I’m not supporting what he did, just stating what he had said about the way the party were dealing with the strike issue.

Personally I’d applaud the bloke for standing with mates.

Apologies. I didn't mean to make it look like it was a dig at you. Just venting my frustrations. I've stood 7 hours on a picket line today and the support was humbling. A proper labour MP came and spoke to us and donated more cash to our hardship fund. For that she might get punished by the purple labour leader.

 

[Postman Pep]

Fucking shameful from Starmer and Labour but hey, Sky news and Murdoch demanded his sacking this morning and like clockwork, Murdochs underlings do as they are told.

Don't disagree that Starmer is bending over for the likes of Murdoch but not sure you've joined the dots up in the correct order on this.

It was Starmer, or whoever leaked the memo, that painted themselves into this corner forbidding ministers to attend pickets. Given that, and I am no fan of our political media, surely that's a legitimate line of questioning.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Apologies. I didn't mean to make it look like it was a dig at you. Just venting my frustrations. I've stood 7 hours on a picket line today and the support was humbling. A proper labour MP came and spoke to us and donated more cash to our hardship fund. For that she might get punished by the purple labour leader.

None taken, mate. Good on you for standing up to this, most can see what the government are doing and I would definitely like to see Labour take a different stance. However, I sort of understand Starmer’s reasoning as he‘s been consistent in stating that the front bench shouldn’t be on the line, they should be working hard to support and get government to change. He’s also stated that inflation busting pay rises aren‘t the way forward so a medium needs to be negotiated for a satisfactory end, especially with regard to working conditions.

I think most understand why you are striking and it’s only those hardline wankers complaining because they want to be aligned to the current Tory government. Keep up the good work because if they erode anymore rights, we really will be into a new Dickensian era.

 

[blueinsa]

Don't disagree that Starmer is bending over for the likes of Murdoch but not sure you've joined the dots up in the correct order on this.

It was Starmer, or whoever leaked the memo, that painted themselves into this corner forbidding ministers to attend pickets. Given that, and I am no fan of our political media, surely that's a legitimate line of questioning.

No I get it mate. I also got Sky this morning demanding that Starmer does what is needed and fuck me he wasted no time did he?

 

[bluethrunthru]

A bad couple of days condensed into a minute