[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.

[mattomac]

Reform will likely be the biggest party in any coalition.

It would be odd to make Badenoch the leader considering the opinion of some of its voters. Maybe they find a solution that meets both party interests and that may be Jenrick.

[Youngian]

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).

Only two post war PMs ascended to and left office via elections, Atlee and Heath.

[mattomac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

Wow....Hostile foriegn power plots arson attacks on head of government of Great Britain, assume Putin bootlickers will be out to condemn this?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Doubtless the Right will rally around the flag?

[davidjay]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

Wow....Hostile foriegn power plots arson attacks on head of government of Great Britain, assume Putin bootlickers will be out to condemn this?

It's all a false flag to divert attention from the real reason.

[Oboogie]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

Wow....Hostile foriegn power plots arson attacks on head of government of Great Britain, assume Putin bootlickers will be out to condemn this?

It's all a false flag to divert attention from the real reason.

Yes, it was obviously Mossad.

[Spoonman]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

Wow....Hostile foriegn power plots arson attacks on head of government of Great Britain, assume Putin bootlickers will be out to condemn this?

They were salavating about Trump doing to Starmer what he did to Maduro in Venezuela.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Arrested protesters devastated after appeal court rules ban on Palestine Action is lawful
Proscription of direct action group has led to more than 700 people being charged under Terrorism Act

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... ban-lawful

Whether the proscription is proportionate or not, this sort of thing does my head in. That's what the law very much seemed to say, and there was no reason to support Palestine Action as you protested Israel's war crimes in Gaza. Lots of people break the law and are happy to take the consequence. To break the law on a vague hunch that the law can't mean you and anyway lawyers will get you out of it, seems a bit silly.