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Stephen Bush, Starmer needs to get serious about governing.



When did Starmer get rid of the whips' office?

I was not aware that he had “dismantled the whips’ office”. And presumably he attends the PLP meeting every Monday, or at any rate whenever his Prime Ministerial commitments allow.

Is Bush just making this stuff up?

There's a Government Whips Office. Is that the same thing as the Labour Whips Office?

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Oct 25, 2025 4:44 pm There's a Government Whips Office. Is that the same thing as the Labour Whips Office?

Well, yes. Labour forms the government. So it’s the same thing.

More from Stephen.

That's fair. The clean power target still seems too ambitious to me, but just keep it and get reasonably close to it. The Tories and Reform are full on anti-net zero. and there are elements in the support for the other parties that want to make net zero even more expensive. It's Labour's best area, and they do talk about it, but they get very little credit. I wonder how interested lots of "the left" actually are in it.