Pages

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Every cloud...



Labour 'won't be able to govern' unless revolts against Keir Starmer stop, warns minister Jess Phillips


Labour will not be able to govern if the revolts against Sir Keir Starmer continue, a minister warned after he suspended four MPs over “persistent breaches of party discipline”.

Alloa and Grangemouth MP Brian Leishman, North East Hertfordshire MP Chris Hinchliff, York MP Rachael Maskell and Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan have been stripped of the Labour party whip after helping to organise the welfare reforms rebellion.



There are many things a chap could say about this, few of them constructive. 

Yet there is of course an entirely obvious way to stop the revolts against Keir Starmer - one which could be mildly constructive. Not something I'd bet on though - the constructive possibility.

What a shower.

6 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

Cursed by a large majority and cursed again by little competence.

Bucko said...

Labour not being able to govern sounds like a huge win, but they're so bad, they can probably do plenty of damage even without being able to govern

James Higham said...

What a shower sums it up ... hopefully to wash away.

A K Haart said...

DJ - yes, a much smaller majority would have sharpened the focus. Not necessarily to our advantage but possibly to theirs.

Bucko - I agree, they can do a lot of damage, even more than they have already.

James - thunderstorms on the way apparently.

dearieme said...

My father's generation liked to refer to "a shower". If feeling particularly strongly they might pronounce "showers of shit in Shropshire".

A K Haart said...

dearieme - I'm usually thinking of Terry Thomas describing the workers as 'an absolute shower' in the film 'I'm Alright Jack'.