[mattomac]

Is the cockroach comment true? If so frankly she can fuck off.

[Boiler]

Is the cockroach comment true? If so frankly she can fuck off.

Am I missing something here?

[Abernathy]

While I do have a great deal of time for her, I also wonder if it's going to be two strikes, you're out.

Meaning, presumably, that having resigned a front bench position twice already, she will be marked as having a lack of staying power/commitment and therefore won't be offered another go , by whatever future PM?

Well, maybe. PM Streeting would definitely have her back, no question, and I think PM Burnham would too. I think even Starmer would as well, if she and him can resolve the issue that supposedly prompted her to resign.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Is the cockroach comment true? If so frankly she can fuck off.

She said he has 'the resilience of a cockroach in a nuclear war'. That's not too terrible.

[mattomac]

Still referring to a bloke who turned around the fortunes of the party to a cockroach isn’t particularly helpful.

[davidjay]

Still referring to a bloke who turned around the fortunes of the party to a cockroach isn’t particularly helpful.

And like the Stab Corbyn comment, able to be quoted out of context.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Still referring to a bloke who turned around the fortunes of the party to a cockroach isn’t particularly helpful.

She didn't, she said he was resilient like a cockroach, whose resilience in the face of disaster is legendary. It's a compliment...

[The Weeping Angel]

Of course, a fair number of people on Bluesky decided to blame what happened last night on Starmer for appeasing the far right.

[Boiler]

Of course, a fair number of people on Bluesky decided to blame what happened last night on Starmer for appeasing the far right.

Yes, someone with illegible typography for her user name comes to mind as one example.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Oh God, I know who you mean.

[Abernathy]

Here's a sobering thought.

In the last 100 years, Labour in government has changed Prime Ministers just twice in mid-term, in 1976 (Wilson to Callaghan) and in 2007 (Blair to Brown).

Both occasions were followed by four consecutive general election defeats and extended periods of damaging right-wing government (then the Tories, today Reform).

[Boiler]

Much as the thought terrifies me, Reform just won't form a majority government but they would be very vocal, shit-stirring little cunts in a coalition encouraging Badenoch to be an even more spiteful individual.