I shall laugh my socks off if Starmer goes by Christmas, couldn't happen to a more worthy man.
But who will take over? I've said that Ange is a likely contender as she has the backing of the unions... but even some of the unions are regretting their support as The Zealots That Be wreck fossil fuel (with no adequate replacement). A Winter of Discontent, followed by a Spring of Discontent, followed by...
I really hope he is correct. As for replacements, I reckon it might be Wes Streeting, as someone who at least looks more like the part. And they will gradually row back from the Net Zero stuff once they realise the unions won't wear it. With Morgan McSweeney in charge of the PR aspects, they might get steered back into the standard labour track. With luck, they'ļl completely implode once they have done enough damage to taint the brand for a few years.
Sam - I hope he's correct too, Starmer shouldn't even be an MP. Not sure if he can do it, but when Wes Streeting was said to be taking away the pension of that jailed surgeon, I wondered if he was making a bid to be noticed.
I agree with Sam Vega, Wes Streeting is the most likely successor. As to the ‘gone by Christmas’, it’s a distinct possibility for the reasons in the clip.
I’m a pensioner and not all that well off in income terms, but I have savings and a woodburner. But this evening, I bought dinner for my wife’s cousin. My wife died last year and she made me promise to check up on her, so I do. Her cousin is not well off, on basic state pension and with very little in the way of savings. She rents and has just moved into a one-bed bungalow with electric heating. She is really worried about energy bills. Fortunately her daughters will help.
But how many people like her are without help? And how many don’t know how to ask for help? It’s going to be a sh*t show.
Ending winter fuel allowance as a first priority for the new labour government demonstrates a degree of incompetence that’s hard to believe. WTF were they thinking? Or perhaps they weren’t.
I think he's right. I'll not forget how a Labour coup got Livingstone into the top 'job' at the GLC, and the tactics back then will work again, to get someone who can at least read and write, not a ficko babe!
Chris - I agree, it does demonstrate a degree of incompetence that’s hard to believe. Like you, we'll be okay, but there must be a large number like your late wife's cousin who are on the edge. The political fallout was entirely predictable, but not by Starmer and Reeves apparently. There is something wrong with those two.
Scrobs - yes, we can't have the ficko babe at the top. Last straw time.
Tammly - I don't think so either. Lessons learned? Probably not.
I don't believe that the current Labour government are remotely concerned about competence. They are much more concerned about the class war. Taking a tilt at comparatively well off elderly by withdrawing the Winter Fuel Allowance disregarding the impact on the less well off. Taking a tilt at private school use by the wealthy by imposing VAT, never mind the pupils of diplomats and the forces or those needing extra care. Taking another tilt at non-doms, never mind losing their business. Taking another tilt at the wealthy and businesses in the punishment budget (details to be confirmed).
The actions of Labour in power are those of Zealots so they don't even consider the collateral damage from their fanatical war against their 'class enemies'.
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I shall laugh my socks off if Starmer goes by Christmas, couldn't happen to a more worthy man.
But who will take over? I've said that Ange is a likely contender as she has the backing of the unions... but even some of the unions are regretting their support as The Zealots That Be wreck fossil fuel (with no adequate replacement). A Winter of Discontent, followed by a Spring of Discontent, followed by...
DJ - that's the question - who will take over? Can the rabble which chose Starmer do any better on its second attempt?
I really hope he is correct. As for replacements, I reckon it might be Wes Streeting, as someone who at least looks more like the part. And they will gradually row back from the Net Zero stuff once they realise the unions won't wear it. With Morgan McSweeney in charge of the PR aspects, they might get steered back into the standard labour track. With luck, they'ļl completely implode once they have done enough damage to taint the brand for a few years.
Sam - I hope he's correct too, Starmer shouldn't even be an MP. Not sure if he can do it, but when Wes Streeting was said to be taking away the pension of that jailed surgeon, I wondered if he was making a bid to be noticed.
I agree with Sam Vega, Wes Streeting is the most likely successor. As to the ‘gone by Christmas’, it’s a distinct possibility for the reasons in the clip.
I’m a pensioner and not all that well off in income terms, but I have savings and a woodburner. But this evening, I bought dinner for my wife’s cousin. My wife died last year and she made me promise to check up on her, so I do. Her cousin is not well off, on basic state pension and with very little in the way of savings. She rents and has just moved into a one-bed bungalow with electric heating. She is really worried about energy bills. Fortunately her daughters will help.
But how many people like her are without help? And how many don’t know how to ask for help? It’s going to be a sh*t show.
Ending winter fuel allowance as a first priority for the new labour government demonstrates a degree of incompetence that’s hard to believe. WTF were they thinking? Or perhaps they weren’t.
Yet Another Chris
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I think he's right. I'll not forget how a Labour coup got Livingstone into the top 'job' at the GLC, and the tactics back then will work again, to get someone who can at least read and write, not a ficko babe!
Chris - I agree, it does demonstrate a degree of incompetence that’s hard to believe. Like you, we'll be okay, but there must be a large number like your late wife's cousin who are on the edge. The political fallout was entirely predictable, but not by Starmer and Reeves apparently. There is something wrong with those two.
Scrobs - yes, we can't have the ficko babe at the top. Last straw time.
Tammly - I don't think so either. Lessons learned? Probably not.
@Yet Another Chris
I don't believe that the current Labour government are remotely concerned about competence. They are much more concerned about the class war. Taking a tilt at comparatively well off elderly by withdrawing the Winter Fuel Allowance disregarding the impact on the less well off. Taking a tilt at private school use by the wealthy by imposing VAT, never mind the pupils of diplomats and the forces or those needing extra care. Taking another tilt at non-doms, never mind losing their business. Taking another tilt at the wealthy and businesses in the punishment budget (details to be confirmed).
The actions of Labour in power are those of Zealots so they don't even consider the collateral damage from their fanatical war against their 'class enemies'.
On the nail DJ! Some people who really know how to grow the Economy are a million miles away.
JD and Tammly - yes, the old class war never went away, what we see is effectively just a marketing change.
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