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Here are three of the consistent features of authoritarian states: the extreme persecution of dissent, the use of parajudicial measures to shut down opposition movements, and the selective application of the law. All three are already widely deployed in the UK. Though they were introduced in their current form by the Tories, they have been sustained and defended by Keir Starmer’s party.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2025/feb/22/keir-starmer-labour-illiberal-laws-hard-right-authoritarians
#Authoritarian #Starmer #SlipperySlope #SellingOut #RedReform
Yes, #secrecy is necessary - sometimes, but when the crooked politicians seeks to use the principle of national security to hide their own failings then all bets should be off the table. This occurred during the #Johnson #maladministration, But revelations about the FO hiding evidence of #WarCrimes under #Starmer it is still necessary.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/18/kabul-evacuation-whistleblower-wins-case-against-uk-government
#LyingToUs #Labour #Tories
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
@palestine
@israel
“‘Ben in Rushcliffe’ backtracks after outrage, claims didn’t know there was a pager attack”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/18/starmer-and-israel-fan-tweets-pager-to-zarah-sultana-in-apparent-reference-to-israels-lebanon-terror-attack
#Press ##UK #Britain #Sultana #Pager #Attack #Threat #Israel #Lebanon #Zionist #Starmer #Labour #Genocide #Gaza #Complicity #WarCrimes #Rushcliffe
Starmer and Israel fan tweets ‘pager to Zarah’ Sultana in apparent reference to Israel’s Lebanon terror attack
Starmeroid ‘Ben in Rushcliffe’ backtracks after outrage, claims didn’t know there was a pager attack East Midlands Keir Starmer and Israel fan ‘Ben in Rushcliffe’ R…SKWAWKBOX
What does it gain us to shy away from naming it?
#Starmer, a Kings Counsel, should have known better than to be lead by the nose into off-the-cuff commentary at PMQ on a case on which he was plainly ill-informed & the rebuke is fully warranted. As for #Badenoch...she's a Tory - misrepresentation of legal decisions is in her DNA.
by Phil Miller in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour
@palestine
@israel
“The prime minister’s anger at Gazans getting a visa to enter Britain demonstrates his double standards on Ukrainian and Palestinian refugees”
#Press #UK #Britain #Starmer #Labour #Hypocrisy #Palestinians #Gazans #Refugees #Ukraine #Loophole #Family #Migration #Routes
“Video: UnitedHealth, deeply embedded in NHS, says its ‘critical’ role is to prevent ‘unsustainable’ treatment”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“22yo US man died after price of asthma inhaler increased by $473 – CEO’s comments put spotlight on govt’s NHS health rationing plans”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/16/video-unitedhealth-deeply-embedded-in-nhs-says-its-critical-role-is-to-prevent-unsustainable-treatment/
#Press #Britain #UK #NHS #UnitedHealth #UHG #OptumRX #Witty #ICS #Starmer #Streeting #Labour #Rationing #Neoliberal #ProfitBeforePatients
Video: UnitedHealth, deeply embedded in NHS, says its ‘critical’ role is to prevent ‘unsustainable’ treatment
22yo US man died after price of asthma inhaler increased by $473 – CEO’s comments put spotlight on govt’s NHS health rationing plans Andrew Witty on withholding treatment. US heal…SKWAWKBOX
“Starmer wants to put UK troops in Ukraine. What could possibly go wrong?”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“No NATO cover and the ‘operation’ would cost a fortune, but pensioners don’t need heat or kids need food, right?”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/17/starmer-wants-to-put-uk-troops-in-ukraine-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/
#Press #Britain #UK #Starmer #Ukraine #BritishArmy #Troops #NATO #Russia #Putin #Austerity #WFA #Reeves #Starmer #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty
Starmer wants to put UK troops in Ukraine. What could possibly go wrong?
No NATO cover and the ‘operation’ would cost a fortune, but pensioners don’t need heat or kids need food, right? Pitchforks vs Oreshniks – of course, Keir Starmer would neve…SKWAWKBOX
In Paris beraten die Europäer heute über ihren Beitrag zu einem Friedensdeal in der Ukraine. Auch der britische Premier Starmer ist dabei. In einem Gastbeitrag erklärte er: Großbritannien ist bereit, Soldaten in die Ukraine zu schicken.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/starmer-truppen-ukraine-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de
#Starmer #Ukraine
https://bylines.scot/politics/nicola-sturgeon-says-starmer-and-reeves-wrong-on-europe/
#RejoinEU #UkPolitics #Starmer #Sturgeon #Lunacy #ScottishIndependence
Nicola Sturgeon says Starmer and Reeves “wrong” on Europe -
“Falling for Trump and Farage – a road to ruin”Bylines Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/a-tale-of-two-suckers-donald-trumps-plastic-straws-and-keir-starmer
#StewartLee #UkPolitics #Trump #Starmer #RealEstate #PlasticStraws #PerformativeCruelty
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour
“Cyprus spy flights timing shows UK spying for military support purposes, not just ‘to find hostages’”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/15/video-uk-conducting-spy-flights-for-israel-during-captive-release-no-fly-hours/
#Press #Britain #UK #Israel #Gaza #Ceasefire #NoFly #Akrotiri #Genocide #Complicity #Starmer #Labour #ToryContinuityParty #KidStarver #LabourFriendsOfGenocide #LabourFriendsOfIsrael
Video: UK conducting spy flights for Israel during captive-release no-fly hours
Cyprus spy flights timing shows UK spying for military support purposes, not just ‘to find hostages’ The UK is continuing to operate spy flights over Gaza from its RAF Akrotiri base in …SKWAWKBOX
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
@UKLabour
“0.1% GDP growth is nothing to celebrate, even in isolation. However the wider context makes it much worse”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/01-gdp-growth-is-nothing-to-celebrate?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #Labour #Austerity #WFA #Reeves #Starmer #Economy #Stagnation #Malaise #RachelThieves #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #Authoritarian #Hypocrisy #Lies #ToryContinuityParty #KidStarver #LabourFriendsOfBigOil #EpicFail
0.1% GDP growth is nothing to celebrate
0.1% GDP growth is nothing to celebrate, even in isolation. However the wider context makes it much worse.Another Angry Voice
The #presslobby is going feral—ignore it
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/69113/the-press-lobby-is-going-feral-reeves-starmer
#UKJournalism
#Westminster
#tabloidjournalism
#UKpol
#Westminsterlobby
The press lobby is going feral—ignore it
Given the pressures of 24-hour news, lobby journalists cannot plausibly understand policy detail. Their skillset is to nose around and cause troublewww.prospectmagazine.co.uk
LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe to redevelop Old Trafford while he closes the refinery.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24932901.labour-get-season-ticket-backing-man-u-scottish-workers/
http://archive.today/2025.02.13-131137/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24932901.labour-get-season-ticket-backing-man-u-scottish-workers/ (archived)
#LabourHypocrisy #LabourCorruption #Cheap #ScottishIndependence #Grangemouth #Betrayal #Sarwas #Starmer
Labour get 'season ticket' for backing Man U over Scottish workers
LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim…Laura Pollock (The National)
#Badenoch steps into the ring and punches herself in the face
http://archive.today/2025.02.12-224841/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/badenoch-steps-into-the-ring-and-punches-herself-in-the-face-3fxs2spnw (archived and an amusing read)
The #Tory leader demands answers on two scandals only for Keir #Starmer to point out that both had occurred under the previous government
And there was worse
#ToryCarWreck #UkPolitics
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“Judge made ‘wrong call’ says man abusing terrorism law against journalists, ‘we’ll close that loophole’”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/12/apartheid-starmer-attacks-judge-who-extended-asylum-meant-for-white-ukrainians-to-palestinian-family/
#Press #Labour #Austerity #WFA #Starmer #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Apartheid #Authoritarian #Hypocrisy #Lies #ToryContinuityParty #LabourVoteRigging #LabourCorruption #LabourFriendsOfIsrael
Apartheid Starmer attacks judge who extended asylum ‘meant for’ (white) Ukrainians to Palestinian family
Judge made ‘wrong call’ says man abusing terrorism law against journalists, ‘we’ll close that loophole’ Keir Starmer has criticised a judge who granted asylum in the U…SKWAWKBOX
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/12/apartheid-starmer-attacks-judge-who-extended-asylum-meant-for-white-ukrainians-to-palestinian-family/
#racism #Gaza #Apartheid #Labour #UK #Skwawkbox
Apartheid Starmer attacks judge who extended asylum ‘meant for’ (white) Ukrainians to Palestinian family
Judge made ‘wrong call’ says man abusing terrorism law against journalists, ‘we’ll close that loophole’ Keir Starmer has criticised a judge who granted asylum in the U…SKWAWKBOX
#Starmer was a practising human rights lawyer…maybe he would enjoy the company of Aung San Suu Kyi.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/11/uk-home-office-citizenship-refugees-dangerous-journey
by Adam Bienkov in Folded With Adam Bienkov on Substack
@UKLabour
“The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat”
https://open.substack.com/pub/adambienkov/p/keir-starmers-reform-lite-strategy?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Cooper #HomeOffice #Immigration #Refugees #Asylum #Guidance #Restrictive #Farage #Reform #Adverts #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #Defeat
UK bends over and takes it.
This is the thin end of the #wedge and the next things we will see (in not particular order) include the relaxing food regulations to allow the US to flood the UK with meat with poor #biosanitary and #welfare standards, full access to the #NHS by the companies who with the worst performing health system in the West to fruition, poor working standards and...
http://archive.today/2025.02.11-065734/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trump-steel-tariffs-news-2l8n3rdks
#Starmer #UsSanctions
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“Reeves’ plan to take control of public sector #pension #plans for ‘risky’ investments sees resisters on council likely to be deselected”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/09/labour-executive-seizes-control-of-tameside-council-and-selections-to-facilitate-reevess-pension-grab/
#Press #Labour #Austerity #WFA #FreeGearKier #Reeves #Starmer #RachelThieves #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #ToryContinuityParty #LabourCorruption
Labour executive seizes control of Tameside council and selections – to facilitate Reeves’s pension-grab
Reeves plan to take control of public sector pension plans for ‘risky’ investments sees resisters on council likely to be deselected The deep-rooted anti-democratic nature of the Labour…SKWAWKBOX
“I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office”
by Mark Smith
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/09/uk-foreign-office-war-crimes-arms-gaza-yemen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Press #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Britain #Complicity #Participation #Starmer #Labour #Hypocrisy #Lies #WarCriminals #Zionism #Barbarity #SettlerColonislism #Netanyahu
#UK #press
https://youtu.be/1fsEHacDBC4?si=OPFjEr68-yDf30jN
http://archive.today/2025.02.09-001903/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/get-in-inside-story-labour-under-starmer-patrick-maguire-gabriel-pogrund-review-7w7ppftlf (archived)
'He had remained to the bitter end in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet because he correctly calculated that the party’s next leader would not come from outside it. The Ten Pledges he made to appeal to the left-wing Labour membership were promptly dropped after he won. Job done.'
UkPolitics #Labour #Starmer #dissection #Coup
by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour @Declassified_UK
“UN Special #Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has called for accountability over the British government’s participation in Israel’s genocide in Gaza”
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/02/07/francesca-albanese-keir-starmer/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg
#Press #UN #Albanese #UK #Starmer #Politicians #Investigation #WarCrimes #Genocide #Gaza #Palestine #InternationalLaw #Violations #Labour
Francesca Albanese calls for Starmer to be investigated over Israel
Francesca Albanese believes the UK violated its obligations under international law - and that our politicians should face the consequencesEd Sykes (The Canary)
“UN slams UK for Starmer’s war on pro-Gaza journalism and activism”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour
@EFJEurope
@palestine
@israel
“Special Rapporteurs censure UK over abuse of anti-terror legislation to harass and criminalise journalists and peace activists”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/06/un-slams-uk-for-starmers-war-on-pro-gaza-journalism-and-activism/
#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Journalism #Assault #TerrorLaws #AbuseOfPower #Israel #ZionistLobby #Palestine #Genocide
UN slams UK for Starmer’s war on pro-Gaza journalism and activism
Special Rapporteurs censure UK over abuse of anti-terror legislation to harass and criminalise journalists and peace activists A group of UN Special Rapporteurs – independent human rights exp…SKWAWKBOX
“Breaking: Medhurst now raided and detained by Austrian police (video)”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour @EFJEurope
“UK appears to have incited Austrian authorities to target journalist already persecuted and charged under Starmer regime’s war on pro-Palestine journalism”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/07/breaking-medhurst-now-raided-and-detained-by-austrian-police-video/
#Press #Medhurst #UK #Austria #Starmer #Regime #Incitement #Britain #Participation #Genocide #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #ICC #iCJ #Journalism
Breaking: Medhurst now raided and detained by Austrian police (video)
UK appears to have incited Austrian authorities to target journalist already persecuted and charged under Starmer regime’s war on pro-Palestine journalism British journalist Richard Medhurst …SKWAWKBOX
“13 things you should know about Starmer's nuclear plan”
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
@UKLabour
“Keir Starmer is very clear about how he's planning to bulldoze opposition to his new nuclear plan, but he's being deeply deceptive about his motivations, and who the eventual benefactors will be”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/13-things-you-should-know-about-starmer-fire-up-nuclear-plan?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #UK #Starmer #Labour #Nuclear #Energy #Putin #Bogeyman #France #China #Misinformation #Disinformation #Lies #Ofgem #Profiteering
13 things you should know about Starmer's nuclear plan
Keir Starmer is very clear about how he's planning to bulldoze opposition to his new nuclear plan, but he's being deeply deceptive about his motivations, and who the eventual beneficiaries will beAnother Angry Voice
“The Gaza 'war' was a lie, as is the ceasefire. Trump just told you”
by Jonathan Cook ion Substack
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
“Nothing can be repaired, nothing can heal, until the lies stop”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/the-gaza-war-was-a-lie-as-is-the?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Lies #Trump #Starmer #Netanyahu #WarCriminals #SettlerColonialism #CorporateMedia #Ceasefire #Zionism #BloodLust #Hamas #Resistance
The Gaza 'war' was a lie, as is the ceasefire. Trump just told you
During Netanyahu’s visit, Trump dropped Washington’s sugar coating of Israel’s 15-month genocidal destruction of Gaza. This was always about ethnic cleansingJonathan Cook
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“Cllr Paul Stuart featured in #AlJazeera exposé for compiling anti-left smear ‘dossier’”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/06/right-wing-labour-council-leader-who-courted-tory-support-and-smeared-left-members-to-step-down/
#Press #Labour #Wirral #Council #Stuart #Resignation #RightWing #Austerity #WFA #Starmer #FreezeAndStarve #Authoritarian #Hypocrisy #Lies #ToryContinuityParty #LabourFriendsOfGenocide
Right-wing Labour council leader, who courted Tory support and smeared left members, to step down
Cllr Paul Stuart featured in Al Jazeera exposé for compiling anti-left smear ‘dossier’ Right-wing Wirral Labour council leader Paul Stuart, who according to party insiders offered key c…SKWAWKBOX
“Video: NHS and Israel contractor boasts about killing people for profit”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“Palantir CEO Alex Karp – who has huge contract to manage NHS data – says he’s sure shareholders are ‘enjoying this as much as I am’”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/06/video-nhs-and-israel-contractor-boasts-about-killing-people-for-profit/
#Press #UK #NHS #Data #Palantir #Israel #Genocide #Participation #Thiel #Trump #Neoliberalism #Starmer #Labour
Video: NHS and Israel contractor boasts about killing people for profit
Palantir CEO Alex Karp – who has huge contract to manage NHS data – says he’s sure shareholders are ‘enjoying this as much as I am’ Alex Karp, the chief executive of s…SKWAWKBOX
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/keir-starmer-unveils-plan-for-large-nuclear-expansion-across-england-and-wales
#NuclearPower #UkPolitics #Starmer #AI #Delusions
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
“Keir Starmer’s ‘Labour’ government not just maintained but escalated all of the many evils of the blue Tory governments it replaced. Its contempt for those affected by the criminal Grenfell blaze is another example”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenfell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/
#Press #Labour #Rayner #Starmer #Grenfell #Demolition #Contempt #Survivors #ToryContinuityParty
Grenfell United survivors and families condemn Rayner’s ‘unforgivable’ decision to demolish tower
The survivors and bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower blaze have reacted with fury to deputy PM Angela Rayner’s decision to demolish the shell of the tower, which has stood as a monument …SKWAWKBOX
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour
“Liverpool left legend who made Keir Starmer freeze in the headlights has a few words for Walton MP”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/exclusive-white-and-mersey-pensioners-slam-carden-for-dog-whistle-grooming-gang-posturing/
#Press #UK #Labour #BlueLabour #ToryContinuityParty #Carden #Starmer #Liverpool #Mersey #Pensioners #Walton #Constituency #Grooming #Gangs #Racism #Islamophobia #FarRight #Reform #Musk
Exclusive: White and Mersey Pensioners slam Carden for dog-whistle ‘grooming gang’ posturing
Liverpool left legend who made Keir Starmer freeze in the headlights has a few words for Walton MP Audrey White, the Liverpool left-winger who terrified Keir Starmer into paralysis when she gave hi…SKWAWKBOX
Will it last though?
#Starmer #Gaza #FreePalestine #Trump
![38mago 14.43 GMT
Global reaction to Trump's declaration US will ‘take over’ Gaza
Strip
President Donald Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza
Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.
Here are some global reactions to the announcement, according to a roundup
from Reuters:
Saudi Arabian foreign ministry:
kingdom’s
"Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their
land. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the
position in ‘a clear and explicit manner’ that does not allow for any
interpretation under any circumstances.”
UK prime minister, Keir Starmer:
“They [Palestinians] must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild,
and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/951/967/898/625/786/original/b68dec8da94c41cf.png "38mago 14.43 GMT
Global reaction to Trump's declaration US will ‘take over’ Gaza
Strip
President Donald Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza
Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.
Here are some global reactions to the announcement, according to a roundup
from Reuters:
Saudi Arabian foreign ministry:
kingdom’s
\"Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their
land. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the
position in ‘a clear and explicit manner’ that does not allow for any
interpretation under any circumstances.”
UK prime minister, Keir Starmer:
“They [Palestinians] must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild,
and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”")
"They must be allowed home, and they must be allowed to rebuild."
This is an encouraging statement.