Member for Bermondsey sits as an Independent due to racism.
Yes, Labour are taking this seriously. I am not sure who said they weren't? If anyone wasn't taking racism seriously it would be the Conservatives.
So what? Still he shouldn't have used such terms? Are you defending this?
Around 2018
Around 2018
Boris Johnson mocks women in burkas who 'look like bank robbers'
The former foreign secretary asks why people who wear them would "go around looking like letter boxes" - but argues against a ban.news.sky.com
Sorry this act of racism that Bojo committed can not be excused at all?
Nothing to apologise for really.
I don't believe that argument holds water at all. The greatest office of state is held by a white, some might say 'pale', middle class woman, just as the previous occupant-but-one of 10 Downing Street was, so it's no longer a novelty that females, who represent more than half of our population, achieve the highest position. The alternative choice for the Tory membership was a former Chancellor, a brown-skinned man who came from fairly modest beginnings, who achieved a considerable majority among MPs but was 'talked down' from the beginning by the outgoing PM, despite it being obvious that Sunak was far better suited to tackling the job. How did Johnson and his motley crew manage to convince the blue-rinse brigade and their revolting male counterparts to reject Sunak, because that was the issue all along. Anyone but Sunak (and Javid) were the orders, and they fell on receptive ears. Forget the billionaire family bit, that was always a smokescreen for Tory opposition to him. The 'continuity candidate' was never going to be someone from Sunak's background.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I have since thought, she only put no white males in the 4 great offices to make conservatives look more modern and less Middle aged white men which has plagued it for a long time. I am not saying they aren't suited to their jobs because of race/gender or whatever other aspects. I am just saying it seems to be more of an image thing. Kwarteng doesn't seem to be a good chancellor and Braverman, I haven't really heard anything.
No doubt they will do another U-turn if they get into power, similar to the promises made before the 1997 election.
Competence is more important. Truss and her cabinet are utterly useless. As shown by the IMF's statement on their budget today. In fact, the Tories as a party are pretty dead and buried.
Nine months after taking the lead in our voting intention polls, Labour have overtaken the Tories in terms of who Britons *think* will win the next election Labour will win: 47% (+10 from mid-Sep) Con will win: 26% (-9)
Apart from yourself, nobody has commented on any of the things that were announced at the conference. I haven't been following much of it, but one thing that did make me chuckle slightly was Starmer ruling out any sort of agreement with the SNP on anything, ever. I wouldn't expect him to go out of his way to suggest a possible deal with other opposition parties, but to categorically rule it out now is only going to make Labour look a bit silly if they do end up relying on a confidence and supply agreement at a later date. It will be used as a stick to beat them with further down the line.
Not really. Why? The SNP faced with a minority Labour government either vote with Labour or vote with the Tories. Now I wonder how the latter would look back home...
I imagine it's nicer to be beaten with a stick from behind the doors of Number 10.
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Sam Tarry has been deselected in his Ilford South constituency, meaning at the next election he'll stand down by default. Given he was backed by Momentum combined with his more left-wing stance, this is a further sign that the party as a whole is moving on from the Corbyn and Momentum years:
Sam Tarry: Former shadow minister ousted in deselection vote
In the first Labour deselection in more than 10 years, Sam Tarry is beaten by Jas Athwal.
He was her campaign manager for the Deputy Leader job, so her public reaction will be interesting. Starmer/Rayner relationship might become more strained than Corbyn/Watson, even Wilson/Brown if that is possible!
If Labour wants the votes of white, old, middle class, relatively well off people (like me) then this is the sort of news that's reinforcing my plan to vote for them in the next election. If Labour thinks it can do without this kind of support, then I think that's what Momentum thinks but is doomed to failure. Better to compromise and be in power than not be in power at all.Sam Tarry has been deselected in his Ilford South constituency, meaning at the next election he'll stand down by default. Given he was backed by Momentum combined with his more left-wing stance, this is a further sign that the party as a whole is moving on from the Corbyn and Momentum years:
Sam Tarry: Former shadow minister ousted in deselection vote
In the first Labour deselection in more than 10 years, Sam Tarry is beaten by Jas Athwal.
It's the sort of thing that proportional representation helps with. Labour would probably split into a centre-left and a further-left party and people could choose between the two rather than having the choice of whatever person Labour puts up as a candidate or a Tory. The centre-left party might go into coalition with the further-left or with a more centrist party.
Erm, how long did the Social Democrats survive as a centre-left alternative to Labour before merging with the Liberals? More recently, and with an even shorter timescale before becoming nothing more than a sidenote in history: Chuka Umanna and Change UK.
