[Andy McDandy]

Karl Turner. Not really bitter.

Quite why a small reduction in jury trials to bring some relief to a long overstretched system should have sent Turner mad, I don't know. He must know that lots of the wider opposition to it is Nick Timothy bollocks based on English exceptionalism.

As I put on the other thread, it's not hard to imagine how the PM would see "pressure" as being something people might define differently. We'll have to see, but McSweeney is being hauled in on Monday. Does the PM have to clear the decks as well?

A good amount of Johnsonian "Stout yeomen" bollocks as well.

[Yug]

Did you know that every time those "Starmer must go" cunts in the Labour Party open their gobs it costs the taxpayers loads of money.

UK government borrowing costs fell and the pound rose on Friday as Keir Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister despite the Labour party losing hundreds of council seats across England.

Investors calculated that some of the intense pressure on Starmer’s leadership had eased, as Labour appeared on track for smaller losses than election experts had predicted.

The yield – effectively the interest rate – had jumped earlier this week, amid fears that the prime minister could face a leadership challenge if the results from the local elections and the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales were particularly poor...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ond-yields

The grown-up has vowed to stay on and the cost of government borrowing has gone down.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Not if Catherine West has anything to do with it. (She's fairly sensible herself, but is acting stupidly in saying she'll challenge the PM).

[Youngian]

Did you know that every time those "Starmer must go" cunts in the Labour Party open their gobs it costs the taxpayers loads of money.

UK government borrowing costs fell and the pound rose on Friday as Keir Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister despite the Labour party losing hundreds of council seats across England.

Investors calculated that some of the intense pressure on Starmer’s leadership had eased, as Labour appeared on track for smaller losses than election experts had predicted.

The yield – effectively the interest rate – had jumped earlier this week, amid fears that the prime minister could face a leadership challenge if the results from the local elections and the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales were particularly poor...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ond-yields

The grown-up has vowed to stay on and the cost of government borrowing has gone down.

Who'll be the first wally to accuse 'the markets of dictating who the PM is?' I'll have a punt on John McDonnel.

Has Catherine West taken leave of her senses, how many months does she think another Labour PM will enjoy before their reputation is trashed?
And what would Catherine or A.N. Other PM do about it, hold their nerve, tough it out and ignore the distractors by any chance?

[mattomac]

She seems an amateur unless she knows something and I don’t see it

[Tubby Isaacs]

Who'll be the first wally to accuse 'the markets of dictating who the PM is?' I'll have a punt on John McDonnel.

Has Catherine West taken leave of her senses, how many months does she think another Labour PM will enjoy before their reputation is trashed?
And what would Catherine or A.N. Other PM do about it, hold their nerve, tough it out and ignore the distractors by any chance?

I'd go for Clive Lewis to come out with "Who elects the markets?" Or "In whose interests do the markets really operate?" Perhaps Andy Burnham will join in.

As Matt says, it seems such a spectacular misjudgment by West, that one fears she does know something. Best I've seen from someone defending her is "at least she gets the threat of a Reform government".

[mattomac]

Who'll be the first wally to accuse 'the markets of dictating who the PM is?' I'll have a punt on John McDonnel.

Has Catherine West taken leave of her senses, how many months does she think another Labour PM will enjoy before their reputation is trashed?
And what would Catherine or A.N. Other PM do about it, hold their nerve, tough it out and ignore the distractors by any chance?

I'd go for Clive Lewis to come out with "Who elects the markets?" Or "In whose interests do the markets really operate?" Perhaps Andy Burnham will join in.

As Matt says, it seems such a spectacular misjudgment by West, that one fears she does know something. Best I've seen from someone defending her is "at least she gets the threat of a Reform government".

If that’s the best then I’d hate to see the others.