PM Starmer,62 Friday 5/7/24

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[arista]

BBC News Text :
[In international news, UK special forces are being
lined up to storm Russian shadow fleet vessels
and could target hundreds of illegal oil tankers,
the Times reports.]

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[arista]

BBC News Text :
[NHS is overspending by £164m a year on ADHD services,
according to an investigation by the Guardian.
The paper cites analysis that shows the total cost
of ADHD services is expected to be
"more than double" existing budgets,
with an increasing amount going to
unregulated private assessments]


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[Mystic Mock]

BBC News Text:
[The UK government is open to following Australia
in a social media ban for under-16s amid fears over
its harm to children, the i Paper reports.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall is understood to be
open to the move and says she will be
"driven by the evidence".]

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More like the party just wants to keep dictating what people can and can't do without getting some form of information about you first.

We're becoming more and more backward as a nation.

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Wow, some people hate Jews so much they won't even tolerate a schools visit...

[Livia]

Wow, some people hate Jews so much they won't even tolerate a schools visit...

It's totally allowed in State schools. They're run by trans activists, climate change Zealots, Marxists and the Pro-Palestine lobby.

The scariest thing I've heard in ages, and I was going to make a thread about it but it would probably have been merged in to some other thread... The United Arab Emirates is dissuading its young people from attending British universities because they are liable to be radicalised by The Muslim Brotherhood. In Britain. In 2026.

[Mystic Mock]

Wow, some people hate Jews so much they won't even tolerate a schools visit...

That is definitely wrong imo.

I thought that prejudice isn't accepted in society in 2026?

Away from Hollywood also hating men that is, but that's a different story tbf.

[Livia]

That is definitely wrong imo.

I thought that prejudice isn't accepted in society in 2026?

Away from Hollywood also hating men that is, but that's a different story tbf.

Jew hate is accepted, Mock. It's the one bit of racism the Left will not stand up for.

[Parmy]

The authorities even lie about the threat from Muslims towards jews in the UK by blaming jews.

[Oliver_W]

It's totally allowed in State schools. They're run by trans activists, climate change Zealots, Marxists and the Pro-Palestine lobby.

The scariest thing I've heard in ages, and I was going to make a thread about it but it would probably have been merged in to some other thread... The United Arab Emirates is dissuading its young people from attending British universities because they are liable to be radicalised by The Muslim Brotherhood. In Britain. In 2026.

It sounds like a joke doesn't it ... "the UAE is less extreme now, because the extremists have all come here" ...

[Livia]

It sounds like a joke doesn't it ... "the UAE is less extreme now, because the extremists have all come here" ...

A teacher was sacked in the UK for saying this is a Christian country. Which is the truth. He can no longer work with children. The things we do now to appease Islam is shocking...

[Mystic Mock]

Jew hate is accepted, Mock. It's the one bit of racism the Left will not stand up for.

It's just wrong imo.

I support freedom of speech tbf, but I do think that means that more people in the public eye need to use their freedom of speech to do what's right and tell the Anti-Semites to do one.

[Mystic Mock]

A teacher was sacked in the UK for saying this is a Christian country. Which is the truth. He can no longer work with children. The things we do now to appease Islam is shocking...

He got sacked for saying that a majority Christian country is a Christian country? Typical 2020's logic.:laugh:

[Oliver_W]

It's literally a Christian country, we don't even have separation of church and state.

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This was Yesterday's Front Page

BBC News Text:
["Fury over Labour payout" to a detainee at
Guantanamo Bay who was tortured by
the CIA after the 11 September 2001 attacks,
fills the Daily Mail's front page.
It was revealed the government paid
"substantial" compensation to Abu Zubaydah,
who brought a legal claim against
the UK on the basis that its
intelligence services were
"complicit" in his torture.]

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Sky News Text:
[Express has spoken to nurses who won an
employment tribunal after complaining about
a transgender woman who
used their hospital changing room.]


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[Gusto Brunt]

That clown Starmer running scared of Andy Burnham.

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[arista]

Sky News Text:
[Welfare reforms are unlikely to come into effect
before the next election,
The Times reports, as the Department for Work and Pensions
is told it won't be given time to introduce changes until
next year at the earliest.]

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[Mystic Mock]

I think that it's more than 51% that want Starmer gone.

[Oliver_W]

I wonder if Mr Human Rights Lawyer had a nice time in, um, China.

[arista]

I wonder if Mr Human Rights Lawyer had a nice time in, um, China.


He is now in a Democratic Nation Japan


They make SACD 5.1 disc's there

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[Mystic Mock]

Tbf, Starmer isn't wrong about Brexit being a mistake.

Just look at the state of the country since it happened.

[Livia]

Tbf, Starmer isn't wrong about Brexit being a mistake.

Just look at the state of the country since it happened.

We have had a pandemic since. And I do believe things have been done by those remainers who are in power so they could say, see? See what you Brexiteers have done? And every negative thing that's happened has been blamed on Brexit. In truth we've been let down badly. People have dragged their heels and put up with all kinds of nonsense from Brussels. Look at the childish way they treated Theresa May. The main reason people voted Brexit was so we were not bound by laws not made in this country and to control our own borders. Then we voted in a Human Rights lawyer, an Islington Leftie... Look at us now.

[Oliver_W]

Tbf, Starmer isn't wrong about Brexit being a mistake.

Just look at the state of the country since it happened.
You say that, but how much of it can you definitively say is down to Brexit?

[bots]

You say that, but how much of it can you definitively say is down to Brexit?

The economics are clear as day

[Mystic Mock]

We have had a pandemic since. And I do believe things have been done by those remainers who are in power so they could say, see? See what you Brexiteers have done? And every negative thing that's happened has been blamed on Brexit. In truth we've been let down badly. People have dragged their heels and put up with all kinds of nonsense from Brussels. Look at the childish way they treated Theresa May. The main reason people voted Brexit was so we were not bound by laws not made in this country and to control our own borders. Then we voted in a Human Rights lawyer, an Islington Leftie... Look at us now.

The Pandemic did admittedly speed up the problems, but I still think that the problems were going to come at some point anyway.

And tbh Brussels were never going to be respectful towards us because what we did was an attack on the EU, right or wrong no union is going to take that without being petty imo.

[Mystic Mock]

You say that, but how much of it can you definitively say is down to Brexit?

I think that it's been a mix of Brexit and Covid that hasn't helped this country thrive over the last decade.

Plus terrible leadership of course, it's a mix that would harm any country.

[Livia]

We're told Brexit is responsible for the lack of cash, I believe it's more ti do with mismanagement and the need to demonstrate that Brexit was bad.

[Oliver_W]

The economics are clear as day

How do you know it's Brexit's fault instead of Covid and Ukraine?

[Livia]

I think that it's been a mix of Brexit and Covid that hasn't helped this country thrive over the last decade.

Plus terrible leadership of course, it's a mix that would harm any country.

I still think Brexit was the right thing, despite how it's been dragged forward. I never want foreign politicians in another country setting our laws again. I think the main harm is that, and this isn't me making this up, this is what Starmer has said, other people's Human Rights trump the rights of British.

[Mystic Mock]

I still think Brexit was the right thing, despite how it's been dragged forward. I never want foreign politicians in another country setting our laws again. I think the main harm is that, and this isn't me making this up, this is what Starmer has said, other people's Human Rights trump the rights of British.

I wish that I could say that I'm shocked by Starmer's comments.

[bots]

How do you know it's Brexit's fault instead of Covid and Ukraine?

because trade doesn't lie and it can be compared against other countries. Yolu are just making bollox up

[bots]

I still think Brexit was the right thing, despite how it's been dragged forward. I never want foreign politicians in another country setting our laws again. I think the main harm is that, and this isn't me making this up, this is what Starmer has said, other people's Human Rights trump the rights of British.

brexit was about far more than trade and protecting our borders. It was about returning control to our elected parliment. However, 2 big items; trade and immigration have been a disaster since brexit

[Livia]

brexit was about far more than trade and protecting our borders. It was about returning control to our elected parliment. However, 2 big items; trade and immigration have been a disaster since brexit

Europe treated us dreadfully post-Brexit so they could deter any other country from opting out. They have contempt for us.

[Livia]

Just watching Kier get completely owned by Kemi. What a bloody shame she wasn't in charge in place of Rishi, things might be different for the Tories now, they might even be electable. Shame it's too late for them.

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[bots]

there is a non zero chance that starmer could be out on his ass. I'm not familiar enough with all the procedures, but when your own mp's don't trust you, it's only a matter of time

[arista]

PM Starmer
is now Live, in Hastings, East Sussex



Pride In Place
sign on his red wall



[Thursday, 5 February 2026,
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Hastings,
East Sussex
, to announce a major expansion
of the government's Pride in Place programme]


But first, he is saying Sorry about
Mandy

[Livia]

PM Starmer
is now Live, in Hastings, East Sussex



Pride In Place
sign on his red wall



[Thursday, 5 February 2026,
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Hastings,
East Sussex
, to announce a major expansion
of the government's Pride in Place programme]


But first, he is saying Sorry about
Mandy


They knew. They ALL knew that he was of questionable character. They're all a bloody disgrace.

[arista]

All TV News

PM Starmer is now taking Press Questions

[Cherie]

I can't believe he just stood up and told us he didn't come into politics for personal gain..


errr having yours and your wifes clothes paid for along with your spectacles.... if that is not scraping the lower end of what you can get for free I dont know what is

[arista]

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[bots]

I can't believe he just stood up and told us he didn't come into politics for personal gain..


errr having yours and your wifes clothes paid for along with your spectacles.... if that is not scraping the lower end of what you can get for free I dont know what is

Tickets to concerts, tickets to arsenal games ..... and that's just the tip of the iceberg

[Livia]

Once he's done being prime minister he will claim between £115,000 and £180,000 per year in Public Duty Costs meaning all his admin expenses, travel and entertainment costs, secretarial, postage etc will be paid. He will be entitled to this for life. He'll also get a severance payment if about £75,000 and a triple-locked pension. He will also get police protection from for the rest of his life.

[arista]

Until a Labour Cabinet MP resigns

PM Starmer is safe

[Livia]

Until a Labour Cabinet MP resigns

PM Starmer is safe

I'm not sure 'safe' is a word I'd use to describe Starmer's position.

[bots]

I'm not sure 'safe' is a word I'd use to describe Starmer's position.

the clock is running. In the past, mp's and the public used to let the leader away with it, but not any more. He is done, it's now a question of how long he lasts

[Cherie]

Tickets to concerts, tickets to arsenal games ..... and that's just the tip of the iceberg

and what irked me more is he mentioned the word 'service' how has he served anyone since in office, tried to turn over pensioners, those on benefits, farmers, what a joke of a man

[arista]

So Far just 4 Labour Back Bencher MP's

Have asked for Starmer
to stand down

Rachael Maskell MP on BBC News

Graham Stringer MP on LBC

Nadia Whittome MP on Ch4 7PM News

Barry Gardiner MP on BBC Newsnight

[Crimson Dynamo]

New photo of Starmer released..

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[Cherie]

Out of the frying pan into the fire if Rayner gets the top job, what do these people not understand about the public wanting a decent person in the top job, no we dont want dodgy Rayner no matter how many times you tell us she is working class and pulled herself up by her bootstraps...

[Oliver_W]

Out of the frying pan into the fire if Rayner gets the top job, what do these people not understand about the public wanting a decent person in the top job, no we dont want dodgy Rayner no matter how many times you tell us she is working class and pulled herself up by her bootstraps...

But she drinks and swears and rats her hair, she gets ill without cigarettes :nono: she's just like e everyone else!!11

She might even swear about the Tories again in a minute, we need her.

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[bots]

I don't think we are anywhere close to the fever pitch when it all went wrong for Boris, but if there is another misstep, he better look for his coat

[Ammi]

I don't think we are anywhere close to the fever pitch when it all went wrong for Boris, but if there is another misstep, he better look for his coat

…sadly…and I say that sincerely and genuinely because I believe him to be so bad for the country…and in a world and time in history of so many uncertainties and changes as we are now, the very last thing that any country needs is a bad/weak leader…

…not all ‘mis-steps’ as you say, would lead to a leader resignation but this could have been that needed step…

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[arista]

BBC News Text:
["Starmer apologises to Epstein victims as
crisis over Mandelson ties deepens"
headlines the Financial Times, with one
minister saying that
the PM could see an "unedifying end".]

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[Mystic Mock]

An apology isn't good enough imo.

[Parmy]

I can just see the grovelling snake after China comes knocking...

To the tens of thousands of deceased and their families, I'm sorry for believing China's lies.

[bots]

A call for an independent public inquiry into the links between prominent British figures and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been backed by 21 Labour MPs.

The call has been made in an early day motion, tabled in Parliament, by the Labour MP Nadia Whittome.

Whittome said the Epstein files make it clear that the disgraced financier “kept a close relationship with a number of British public figures”.

“His victims, and the public more widely, need to know the truth about the extent to which these public figures and British institutions may have been complicit in his crimes,” Whittome said.

Early day motions (EDMs) are parliamentary tools used by MPs to call for a debate about a particular topic.

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My early day motions are significantly different.

[Cherie]

A call for an independent public inquiry into the links between prominent British figures and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been backed by 21 Labour MPs.

The call has been made in an early day motion, tabled in Parliament, by the Labour MP Nadia Whittome.

Whittome said the Epstein files make it clear that the disgraced financier “kept a close relationship with a number of British public figures”.

“His victims, and the public more widely, need to know the truth about the extent to which these public figures and British institutions may have been complicit in his crimes,” Whittome said.

Early day motions (EDMs) are parliamentary tools used by MPs to call for a debate about a particular topic.

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My early day motions are significantly different.


Good for her

[Parmy]

The names of the public figures would be good.

[Oliver_W]

My early day motions are significantly different.

Well you would think yours are :laugh:

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[Parmy]

China must have told starmer he would be free...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq5yv581e9yt

[Cherie]

and the answer to the crisis in No 10 is to put a tax dodger in charge you could not make up British politics

[Oliver_W]

and the answer to the crisis in No 10 is to put a tax dodger in charge you could not make up British politics

?

Has No10 put Rayner in charge?

[arista]

China must have told starmer he would be free...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq5yv581e9yt


Yes Tragic, he will die in a Chinese run prison


[Hong Kong court jails media tycoon and
British citizen Jimmy Lai for 20 years]

[arista]

?

Has No10 put Rayner in charge?

She is stuck in her Tax Evasion
No way can she take over

[Cherie]

?

Has No10 put Rayner in charge?

she is the bookies fav

[Cherie]

She is stuck in her Tax Evasion
No way can she take over

she is the favourite to replace him

[arista]

PM Starmer's
Director of Communication Tim Allan
has now stepped down

All Media

[bots]

it needs members of the cabinet to resign, and there is no sign of that happening yet

[arista]

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[arista]

it needs members of the cabinet to resign, and there is no sign of that happening yet


Yes, I did say that

If a Member of his Cabinet resigns
Then it can change


A General Election would be unwise

[Parmy]

she is the favourite to replace him

That will show her up for the pathetic hypocrite she is, considering what she said about Rishi Sunak and his apppontmemt as PM.

[arista]

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[Bizarrely a British Airways flight simulator had been installed
outside No10 this morning,
sparking jokes about whether Sir Keir was planning a getaway]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15541747/Starmer-No10-bunker-quit-McSweeney-Mandelson-Cabinet-Labour-MPs.html

[arista]

[No10 has been circulating messages
to normally-loyal MPs pleading for them to speak
up in support of the leader
at the PLP session this evening.

But many are openly speculating about how
long Sir Keir can continue without the man
who masterminded his rise to power and who
was seen as 'the PM's brain'.

Sir Keir previously considered quitting as
Opposition leader after Labour lost the
Hartlepool by-election,
at the height of Boris Johnson's popularity.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15541747/Starmer-No10-bunker-quit-McSweeney-Mandelson-Cabinet-Labour-MPs.html

[Parmy]

Another one gone.....head of communications this time...

[Parmy]

Starmer may have apologised to the victims, but him clinging on like this passing the blame is only saying to them that the powerful men will always win.

[bots]

people should think a little on who the potential replacements are before they get rid of Starmer. For example, how do people think Rayner will get along with Trump?

[arista]

PM Starmer has stated
He is staying put

[arista]

Reports Scottish Labour Leader Sarwar
is set to call for Starmer to resign


Sky News Live

BBC2
2PM Politics Live is also on BBC News


Of course, Sarwar is not a Cabinet member

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o

[arista]

Anas Sarwar now Live Glasgow

He wants PM Starmer to stand down


All TV News

[arista]

He has spoken to Starmer.

Before this Live Event


They do not agree

[Crimson Dynamo]

The Welsh equivalent is expected to do the same tomorrow

This is chaos

[Crimson Dynamo]

“This isn’t easy and it’s not without pain, as I have a genuine friendship with Keir Starmer. But my first priority and my first loyalty is to my country, Scotland.

“And I am not willing to sacrifice Scotland’s NHS, our schools, our communities, our towns, cities, villages and islands to a third decade of an SNP Government.

“That’s why the distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.”

He added: “We cannot allow the failures at the heart of Downing Street to mean the failures continue here in Scotland.”

[arista]

The Welsh equivalent is expected to do the same tomorrow

This is chaos



But still not a Cabinet Member

[arista]

LT

Is Anas Sarwar not helping?
the SNP win more

[Crimson Dynamo]

LT

Is Anas Sarwar not helping?
the SNP win more

Labour are coming third in May in Scotland so this is a throw of the dice by Sarwar

[arista]

Labour are coming third in May in Scotland so this is a throw of the dice by Sarwar


Crazy

[arista]

David Lammy MP was going into 10 Downing Street

Shouted back at Reporter Christopher Hope (GB News)
"We have waited 14 years to get here." No, Keir Starmer is staying

[arista]

PM Starmer will have to sack Anas Sarwar

More Front Pages tonight

[Parmy]

More small boats have arrived under Starmer than any other PM

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/08/more-small-boat-migrants-come-britain-starmer-than-other-pm/

[arista]

11 Cabinet MP's
have tweeted backing for PM Starmer

[arista]

More small boats have arrived under Starmer than any other PM

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/08/more-small-boat-migrants-come-britain-starmer-than-other-pm/


Yes, so many more
keep arriving

[arista]

PM Starmer is going into a show of hands meeting


Around 6PM

Christopher Hope reporting at Downing Street.

[arista]

Ch5 News
said around 400 could be in the Committee room
with PM Starmer at around 6PM tonight.

The press have to wait outside the door.

[Cherie]

people should think a little on who the potential replacements are before they get rid of Starmer. For example, how do people think Rayner will get along with Trump?

With the names that are being bandied about he can stay

[joeysteele]

I do now still think he should step down.
He's a big disappointment sadly and now is never going to be able to shake this mess off.

[Mystic Mock]

I do now still think he should step down.
He's a big disappointment sadly and now is never going to be able to shake this mess off.

I agree Joey.

[bots]

We need the next PM to be a diplomat, not someone that throws slurs around at the drop of a hat

[Crimson Dynamo]

Keir Starmer, four weeks ago;
“I will not hesitate to ban X, if necessary”
Keir Starmer today to his cabinet
“Get on X and show your support for me”

[Parmy]

Keir Starmer, four weeks ago;
“I will not hesitate to ban X, if necessary”
Keir Starmer today to his cabinet
“Get on X and show your support for me”



:joker:


What a wanker.

[Parmy]

https://youtube.com/shorts/QSlRqK5Ox5c?si=kC4qceLp2QLkchZ4


https://youtu.be/QSlRqK5Ox5c?si=fcOdkudIUIE2lhbb


https://youtu.be/WUyMHjXufDw?si=qPxuusXMdqZHnZZS



https://youtu.be/iB-4rMYKcw0?si=6RBrrVm_jCgFpOUP


https://youtube.com/shorts/AqSIV7KWJR8?si=1YCSC7x9xFypezzX

[Parmy]

Kiers getting wide, once the threat has gone.


https://youtube.com/shorts/HTzqa18n_kk?si=iqWXN-A2I4F8PxPH

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[Mystic Mock]

We need the next PM to be a diplomat, not someone that throws slurs around at the drop of a hat

Tbh we need a PM that's not a diplomat either as they're normally false bastards.

We need a brutally honest PM that gets to the root of at least some of the issues that have been plaguing this country for a long time.

[Ammi]

I do now still think he should step down.
He's a big disappointment sadly and now is never going to be able to shake this mess off.

…yep, as a leader he was very wobbly before but the negatives now attached will always overshadow any possible positives…(…not that there was any visible positives anyway but….)….its never encouraging or good for the people of a country to see their leader put themselves above what the country needs and the need is for him to step down so that the focus can try to move from this huge shadow…

[Ammi]

…I mean, it’s nothing less than a self indulgent embarrassment …’I’m not prepared to walk away/I’ve won every fight that I’ve been in…’…absolutely, you’ve proved that when you didn’t walk away from hiring Mandelson…someone with such highly questionable character that a leader should have walked away without blinking…a fight that could never have been anything other than a loss for the country people he represents…and here we are…this was the hill that he chose to fall on…so let it be and let him fall…

[arista]

PM Starmer now Live at
a Hertfordshire Community Centre


He said that because Russia was invading Ukraine
This is why we have High Energy Bills

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/10/14/106263371-0-image-m-1_1770735294041.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/10/14/106263623-15546405-image-a-3_1770735424600.jpg

At the Hertfordshire Community Centre

[arista]

Last Night, he was tired


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/10/08/106252715-15545105-image-a-11_1770713814156.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie

[Parmy]

We're not reliant on Russian gas...

[arista]

[Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said
he will "never walk away from the country that I love"
after surviving a day of political jeopardy which saw
the Scottish Labour leader called for his resignation.

Speaking at a community centre in
Hertfordshire, Sir Keir said he was fighting
for the "millions of people held back because
of a system that doesn't work for them",
adding: "I will never give up on that fight."

He also sought to brush off speculation about
his leadership saying he would
lead his party into the next general election.]

BBC Reporter

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said
he will "never walk away from the country that I love"
after surviving a day of political jeopardy which saw
the Scottish Labour leader called for his resignation.

Speaking at a community centre in
Hertfordshire, Sir Keir said he was fighting
for the "millions of people held back because
of a system that doesn't work for them",
adding: "I will never give up on that fight."

He also sought to brush off speculation about
his leadership saying he would
lead his party into the next general election.]

BBC Reporter

more gaslighting lies

:bored:

[bots]

don't people find it amusing that Burnham is backing the PM now that he is not allowed to stand. He doesn't want anyone else jumping in and ruining his chances later :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

don't people find it amusing that Burnham is backing the PM now that he is not allowed to stand. He doesn't want anyone else jumping in and ruining his chances later :laugh:

literally a nest of vipers

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/11/12/106293055-0-image-m-2_1770812992778.jpg

[bots]

Sir Keir Starmer has defended awarding a peerage to his former communications chief after claiming Lord Doyle "did not give a full account" over his links with a convicted sex offender.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir reiterated he had removed Lord Doyle from Labour's parliamentary party.

--------------------------


Does the PM think the public are completely stupid? Is he familiar at all with the concept that people may lie to you? He is basically telling everyone he is a gullible idiot and we all know that is complete fiction.


Also, am i the only one that thinks Doyle bears a remarkable resemblance to Rolf Harris?

[Cherie]

Sir Keir Starmer has defended awarding a peerage to his former communications chief after claiming Lord Doyle "did not give a full account" over his links with a convicted sex offender.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir reiterated he had removed Lord Doyle from Labour's parliamentary party.

--------------------------


Does the PM think the public are completely stupid? Is he familiar at all with the concept that people may lie to you? He is basically telling everyone he is a gullible idiot and we all know that is complete fiction.


Also, am i the only one that thinks Doyle bears a remarkable resemblance to Rolf Harris?


No he really does, and yet again it beggars belief that this guy was elevated to the Lords..... .


With regard to Starmer, this was front page of the Times the paedo link but he still went ahead

Starmer got very angry when Ed Davey said one paedo sympathiser is careless two is beyond comprehension

[bots]

No he really does, and yet again it beggars belief that this guy was elevated to the Lords..... .


With regard to Starmer, this was front page of the Times the paedo link but he still went ahead

Starmer got very angry when Ed Davey said one paedo sympathiser is careless two is beyond comprehension

i think back to the Madeleine disappearance and the parents having a hotline to tony blair and gordon brown. It always seemed odd, but put beside what's happening now, there are too many coincidences

[Oliver_W]

I think Life Peers should be abolished, and Hereditary Peers and Lords Spiritual should be the only members of House of Lords.

Controversial? Maybe a bit. But it's historically significant, some of the bloodlines go back to the Norman Conquest.


AND - how is it democratic for the PM to just elevate people they want for their Cabinet, who haven't been voted into Parliament by the public?

[bots]

I think Life Peers should be abolished, and Hereditary Peers and Lords Spiritual should be the only members of House of Lords.

Controversial? Maybe a bit. But it's historically significant, some of the bloodlines go back to the Norman Conquest.


AND - how is it democratic for the PM to just elevate people they want for their Cabinet, who haven't been voted into Parliament by the public?

the lords can't stop the government from doing anything that is in their manifesto, and it has very limited power on anything else. It can only slow things down a bit. So, what is the point in having them at all

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-be3723a7-b280-428b-a28c-88c5bd2b4a7d.jpeg

[arista]

This Paper also on another thread

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[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/4664/live/41a71e70-0860-11f1-9972-d3f265c101c6.jpg.webp

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HA7d8ORW4AEnFoX?format=jpg&name=900x900

[arista]

PM Starmer is now in a Security meeting
In Germany with Macron and the German leader

[Parmy]

PM Starmer is now in a Security meeting
In Germany with Macron and the German leader

He better be back for loose women on Monday.

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

PM Starmer gave a long speech in Munich
a hour back or so.


[Feb 14 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
stressed the need to build "hard power"
and be ready to fight if necessary,
speaking on Saturday at the
Munich Security Conference aimed at bolstering
European defence and diplomatic ties.
"We are not at a crossroads today,
the road ahead is straight,
and it is clear we must build our hard power,
because that is the currency of the age," he said,
following European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen's opening remarks.]


https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starmer-says-we-must-build-hard-power-european-security-conference-2026-02-14/

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUOTJJLm1DA6aCI06PiSrrAtlm8R1XS wv9FA&s

[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

the coward folded

well done to Reform

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBSVQc1asAAPZcx?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

2023408830722592828

[Livia]

Oh... I am so glad I don't work in politics anymore. Just when they thought they could have a skive for another year, the elections are back on. I bet they're all doing great headless chicken impressions this afternoon.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Starmer said he is very keen to get kids aged 16 to vote

He is also keen to ban kids from the internet age under 16

So how do they get their news?

[Parmy]

the coward folded

well done to Reform

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBSVQc1asAAPZcx?format=jpg&name=small

You would think the PM would have known that...considering he was knighted for being a lawyer.

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBLdfHRXMAAYqPM?format=jpg&name=900x900

[arista]

30 Councils
now will have Local Elections. this May 2026

Labour will now have to pay Reform UK's legal costs

Ch5 News 5PM

[arista]

[Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections]

BBC:

[The government has abandoned plans
to delay 30 council elections in England
following legal advice.

Local Government Secretary Steve Reed
had approved delays for the ballots until 2027
to help deliver a major reorganisation
which will see some local authorities abolished.

Reform UK had launched a legal challenge against
the plans to delay May's elections, which was
due to be heard in the High Court on Thursday.

The move was welcomed by opposition parties,
who had branded the delays undemocratic.

Reform leader Nigel Farage, writing on X, external,
said: "We took this Labour government to court and won.

"In collusion with the Tories, Keir Starmer
tried to stop 4.6 million people voting on May 7th.
Only Reform UK fights for democracy."

Asked by BBC London if Reed should resign,
Farage said "if a government minister does
something illegal, they really ought to resign".

His remarks came after he claimed the decision
to approve the election delays was "clearly unlawful".

The government has agreed to pay Reform's legal costs
relating to the proceedings, which a party source said
would be at least £100,000.

In a letter to council leaders,
Reed said the government had written to the
High Court to confirm he had decided to withdraw
the original decision.

The statement said: "The secretary (of) state invited
the housing minister, who was not involved
in the initial decision-making, to reconsider
the position afresh on a very urgent
basis recognising the pressing timescales involved.

"The housing minister has decided that the
elections should proceed in May 2026."

Reed said he recognised that many of
the councils undergoing reorganisation
"voiced genuine concerns about the pressure
they are under" as part of the reforms.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70ne31d884o

[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

Sky News Text:
[Starmer has vowed to protect young people
by extending the Online Safety Act
to include restrictions on AI chatbots
Following the recent Grok controversy,
The Metro reports.]


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[arista]

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[arista]

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[Mystic Mock]

Sky News Text:
[Starmer has vowed to protect young people
by extending the Online Safety Act
to include restrictions on AI chatbots
Following the recent Grok controversy,
The Metro reports.]


https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-54aad1a8-b18d-4227-8cdb-1780d2dd350c.png

He is basically saying "think of the children" isn't he?:bored:

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBUFIjdbcAIcjJw?format=jpg&name=medium

[arista]

The Left Wing Paper:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBTxijEbcAc0xXY?format=jpg&name=900x900

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBVTjNoaoAAXXQP?format=jpg&name=900x900

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBUDSt_bcAE-F1K?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Crimson Dynamo]

You vile incompetant hypocrite

RESIGN

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