gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
Who did they vote for in the last two GE’s?
We voted for the Labour Party and their policies, not the leader.
Who did they vote for in the last two GE’s?
We voted for the Labour Party and their policies, not the leader.
You liked Corbyn’s policies?We voted for the Labour Party and their policies, not the leader.
We voted for the Labour Party and their policies, not the leader.
Personally, yes, I certainly did like the manifesto.You liked Corbyn’s policies?
A pledge and a manifesto are different things. A pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with trade unions for example, could and should be implemented while in opposition. Corbyn and McDonnell have managed it after allPersonally, yes, I certainly did like the manifesto.
I wonder why Corbyn didn’t implement any of the Labour manifesto while in opposition, as is expected by some of Starmer. Peculiar one, that.
I disagree. A ‘pledge’ is an indicator of what the party will aim to do in govt.A pledge and a manifesto are different things. A pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with trade unions for example, could and should be implemented while in opposition. Corbyn and McDonnell have managed it after all
Not convinced, unfortunately. The context behind Starmer’s pledges was ‘here’s who I am, and here’s what a party I lead will stand for’. You don’t have to be in power to abide by the principles you’ve set out for yourself.I disagree. A ‘pledge’ is an indicator of what the party will aim to do in govt.
It was not being in opposition that has stopped Starmer keeping his pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with the unions. Others managed it.I disagree. A ‘pledge’ is an indicator of what the party will aim to do in govt.
In the context of when they were made the pledges were an indication of what the party would do if elected into govt with Starmer as the leader. E.g...elect us and this is what we will do.Not convinced, unfortunately. The context behind Starmer’s pledges was ‘here’s who I am, and here’s what a party I lead will stand for’. You don’t have to be in power to abide by the principles you’ve set out for yourself.
What others managed is irrelevant. Labour want to win the next GE and remove the tories. Others didn’t manage that.It was not being in opposition that has stopped Starmer keeping his pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with the unions. Others managed it.
The context behind Starmer’s pledges was ‘here’s who I am, and here’s what a party I lead will stand for’. You don’t have to be in power to abide by the principles you’ve set out for yourself.
I realise that Starmer is trying to avoid giving any ammunition to the right wing press, but he doesn’t have to be in power to be able to say ‘these strikes are by and for people whose working conditions and pay have become intolerable. We stand with them in their right to strike’. He hasn’t even done that, and what’s worse, he’s prevented his MPs from doing it either.In the context of when they were made the pledges were an indication of what the party would do if elected into govt with Starmer as the leader. E.g...elect us and this is what we will do.
My preference is for Labour to remove the tories from govt then make a judgement based on the facts of what the party actually does.I realise that Starmer is trying to avoid giving any ammunition to the right wing press, but he doesn’t have to be in power to be able to say ‘these strikes are by and for people whose working conditions and pay have become intolerable. We stand with them in their right to strike’. He hasn’t even done that, and what’s worse, he’s prevented his MPs from doing it either.
What it’s doing is sending the right wing media a message that they are free to jerk Starmer’s chain whenever they like.
Blair and Brown went on a prawn cocktail offensive, what kind of offensive would you call this?
Or just ‘thoroughly offensive’?A "smoked salmon and scrambled eggs offensive"
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1526821826994774016?lang=en
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1526821826994774016?lang=en
Slagging Labour again. In the interests of balance it should be noted that being fully signed up to neoliberal economics, it’s impossible to get a fag paper between tory and SNP on the most significant area of policy.It’s now looking impossible to get a fag paper between significant Labour and Tory areas of policy. Starmer says “no magic check book will be brought out” to pay public sector workers whose incomes have been hammered by the Tories, no renegotiation to undo the damage to the economy from hard Brexit. Blair and Brown went on a prawn cocktail offensive, what kind of offensive would you call this?
Then there’s the accident waiting to happen Labour shadow Health Secretary blaming NHS staff for the current disorder caused by chronic Tory underfunding and bodged market reforms.
Wes Streeting: “The NHS is often run in the interests of doctors rather than patients”…then the best bit: “Labour has accused the Government of underfunding the NHS and alienating the workforce”.Pot kettle.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-run-doctors-patients-decade-fix-wes-streeting-2083608
A world macro-economics and finance authority has dismissed the SNP's "completely incoherent economic policy" plans for an independent Scotland.