He's not even won the election yet and Keir Starmer is already plotting to stuff the House of Lords with dozens of unelected cronies as soon as he gets into power.
This is why I shall work harder on behalf of the Greens. Thanks for the info. I used to know Margaret Hodge when she was Watson, and pretending to be a teacher, presumably to get that on her CV. She was admittedly good at chair of the PAC, but I believe opposed Jeremy C because, if my sources are correct, she keeps some wealth offshore.
There's no point in getting riled up-Thomas-it is and will continue to be a faux democracy with an un-elected upper chamber and an un-elected head of state.
I'd like to think so. There are some excellent ways the Lords can be reformed, but Starmer seems to be someone who will jettison any plans in that area pretty quickly.
I'm fairly certain that I said that. It's still working because people still think the Dems are the "good guys" and I keep trying to tell them that there are no good guys🤷♀️ 31 Dems are also responsible for overturning Roe. You never hear about that. If 11 Dems didn't vote with the Reps, Thomas wouldn't be on the SCOTUS bench. And if 20 Dems didn't vote fore closure, Alito wouldn't be there either🤬 They could have prevented this nightmare but they chose not to. They also can't acknowledge that if Trump did something that's racist and wrong, then when Biden does the exact same thing, it's magically not racist and wrong 🤷♀️ I've been telling them to check their privilege. I'm quite frankly terrified of both Biden and Trump. And they've making Trump out to be such a massive threat, not that he isn't, that they cannot see the serious threat Biden also poses. No threat assessment skills at all.
Think you'll find it's "working" a lot less than it used to. The DNC primarying out Jamaal Bowman (with $14.5 million of AIPAC money) has reopened some wounds; and the Dems blindly supporting a right-wing Likud war that's become a genocide is a deal-breaker for many folks.
Of course the US right-wing is worse; but that doesn't make the center-right Democratic Party's case any better.
Exactly! I'm still baffled at how the liberals aren't decrying Biden doing the exact same things Trump did. They ridiculed Trump mercilessly, rightfully so, for it but it's all good when Biden does it🫠 Walls don't just keep people out, they also keep people in! Their excuse is that Biden, the most powerful man in the world, is being forced by some budgetary bullshit to break 26 federal laws and destroy ecosystems, as if Biden really didn't want to build it🫤 There's no there there at all.
many people have noticed that for the first 2 years of his leadership Starmer was getting nowhere and it was only around the beginning of 2022 that tory voters started being upset with the Look at this poll-of-poll clicking on "ALL" top-left:
Note how in mid-2019 there were BXP and LD surges at the expense of Labour and Conservatives (and how Labour was so close to winning in 2017 and would have won but for the operatives of the Militant Mandelsoncy).
The question is whether it was initially more the anti-Conservative-leadership campaign of the right-wing press that flipped tory voters, which peaked with Liz Truss, or the outrage with the stalling property prices that had the most initial impact. Another interesting "detail" is here:
The situation is that New, New Labour is at 39.5% of polls, less than the share of votes Corbyn got in 2017, and not much higher than that in 2019 (and it is just a poll), and Conservatives plus Reform together get 37.7%.
That shows how few tory voters are actually switching to New, New Labour, but those few get to determine 90% of New, New Labour's policies. On the other side something like 45% of Conservative voters claim they are switching to Reform, quite a different situation.
This is why I shall work harder on behalf of the Greens. Thanks for the info. I used to know Margaret Hodge when she was Watson, and pretending to be a teacher, presumably to get that on her CV. She was admittedly good at chair of the PAC, but I believe opposed Jeremy C because, if my sources are correct, she keeps some wealth offshore.
There's no point in getting riled up-Thomas-it is and will continue to be a faux democracy with an un-elected upper chamber and an un-elected head of state.
Just maybe he needs to balance the Tory lords to get legislation passed. Reform can come later.
Really? Do you actually think Starmer can be trusted with anything?
I'd like to think so. There are some excellent ways the Lords can be reformed, but Starmer seems to be someone who will jettison any plans in that area pretty quickly.
"Later" = "never", in centrist parlance.
Awe come on just remember to jug a hare first catch a hare.
The US "left" which isn't really left, is riddled with corruption too.
The Democratic Party ain't "the left"; they're just desperately trying to block off the space where a left should be in the US.
Their dam is cracking, tho'; and the tremors are getting bigger...
I'm fairly certain that I said that. It's still working because people still think the Dems are the "good guys" and I keep trying to tell them that there are no good guys🤷♀️ 31 Dems are also responsible for overturning Roe. You never hear about that. If 11 Dems didn't vote with the Reps, Thomas wouldn't be on the SCOTUS bench. And if 20 Dems didn't vote fore closure, Alito wouldn't be there either🤬 They could have prevented this nightmare but they chose not to. They also can't acknowledge that if Trump did something that's racist and wrong, then when Biden does the exact same thing, it's magically not racist and wrong 🤷♀️ I've been telling them to check their privilege. I'm quite frankly terrified of both Biden and Trump. And they've making Trump out to be such a massive threat, not that he isn't, that they cannot see the serious threat Biden also poses. No threat assessment skills at all.
Think you'll find it's "working" a lot less than it used to. The DNC primarying out Jamaal Bowman (with $14.5 million of AIPAC money) has reopened some wounds; and the Dems blindly supporting a right-wing Likud war that's become a genocide is a deal-breaker for many folks.
Of course the US right-wing is worse; but that doesn't make the center-right Democratic Party's case any better.
Exactly! I'm still baffled at how the liberals aren't decrying Biden doing the exact same things Trump did. They ridiculed Trump mercilessly, rightfully so, for it but it's all good when Biden does it🫠 Walls don't just keep people out, they also keep people in! Their excuse is that Biden, the most powerful man in the world, is being forced by some budgetary bullshit to break 26 federal laws and destroy ecosystems, as if Biden really didn't want to build it🫤 There's no there there at all.
many people have noticed that for the first 2 years of his leadership Starmer was getting nowhere and it was only around the beginning of 2022 that tory voters started being upset with the Look at this poll-of-poll clicking on "ALL" top-left:
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/
Note how in mid-2019 there were BXP and LD surges at the expense of Labour and Conservatives (and how Labour was so close to winning in 2017 and would have won but for the operatives of the Militant Mandelsoncy).
The question is whether it was initially more the anti-Conservative-leadership campaign of the right-wing press that flipped tory voters, which peaked with Liz Truss, or the outrage with the stalling property prices that had the most initial impact. Another interesting "detail" is here:
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html
The situation is that New, New Labour is at 39.5% of polls, less than the share of votes Corbyn got in 2017, and not much higher than that in 2019 (and it is just a poll), and Conservatives plus Reform together get 37.7%.
That shows how few tory voters are actually switching to New, New Labour, but those few get to determine 90% of New, New Labour's policies. On the other side something like 45% of Conservative voters claim they are switching to Reform, quite a different situation.
Please make sure neither win. Either greens or workers party
Margaret Becket, a Starmer "crony"? Sometimes your anger bends your reason!
Help! 😞