Guaranteed they will lose the next election with Starmer and his side of Labour in charge.
He's their Joe Biden.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/08/labour-big-majority-is-fragile-and-it-has-weak-mandate-for-change-says-report

#Labour #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Starmer

Imperial hypocrisy - we recognise these are dangerous but are happy to export them too ‘lesser peoples’.

UK government ‘hold my beer - we are relaxing lots and lots and lots of environmental safeguards’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/08/pesticide-poisonings-brazil-chemicals-diquat-banned-uk-health-problems

#Pollution #Environment #UkPolitics #Death #Pesticides

"The shipments went to 18 different countries. Top importers included the US, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. A significant amount also went to the EU – where these pesticides are banned – to be re-exported elsewhere.

Five companies were involved in this trade, but Syngenta was responsible for 8,282 tonnes of the exports – or 98%.

The UK’s top three banned pesticide exports were all Syngenta products"

#Pesticides #Pollution #PublicHealth #UKPolitics #Brazil #Canada #Mexico

Just get on with it. Political calculus be damned, a vast majority understand the lies that they voted and support a rethink.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/29/brexit-donald-trump-britain-eu-us

Britain cannot thrive alone and in the cold. It’s not ideology or idealism, but hard-headed, practical common sense to say our place is in Europe – and to say so now.

#UKPolitics #RejoinEU

"Genocide is not a matter of belief. Genocide is not a matter of desire. Genocide is a matter of law. Genocide is a matter of fact.”
Agnes Callamard, CEO Amnesty International

#Gaza #Israel #Genocide #UKPolitics

After genocide report, Amnesty chief calls on Starmer and Lammy to revise Gaza stance | Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/amnesty-genocide-report-callamard-calls-starmer-and-lammy-revise-gaza-stance

Justice delayed truly is justice denied

Rape trials collapse as victims abandon cases amid long court delays

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/06/trials-collapse-as-victims-abandon-cases-amid-long-court-delays

#ukPolitics #rape #justice #justiceDenied

It was a long time ago in a long forgotten world

Keir Starmer Amnesty report unearthed amid silence on Gaza

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24778425.keir-starmer-amnesty-report-unearthed-amid-silence-gaza-genocide/

#ukPolitics #hypocrisy #gaza #Israel #PartyFunding

"Brits really do not like the odious Trump - I suspect if Nigel Farage intends to remain Donald Trump’s personal proctologist then his and Reform’s ratings will take a hit."

I think that the same goes for any Musk donations to Reform - they could backfire on Garage. 🤞

https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2024/12/04/brits-really-do-not-like-the-odious-trump/

#UKPolitics #ReformUK

So Labour waded into the Gregg Wallace row. Why don’t they get their own house, parliament, in order?

Marina's just sayin'....

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/labour-gregg-wallace-parliament-westminster-politicians-tv

By the time we got to the end of the last parliament, a staggering 10 MPs had lost their seats because of their own behaviour, six of them for sexual misconduct allegations.
.

#UkPolitics #Parliament #ConducMisbecoming #Harrasment #Hypocrisy

Starmer looking at South Korea's massively unpopular president picking a fight with Doctors and Nurses and then declaring martial law when he feels desperate and threatened.....

#SouthKorea #Starmer #UKPOL #Ukpolitics

Tens of thousands attend pro-Palestine march in London

Organisers said at least 125,000 protesters called for Britain to end arms sales to Israel and an end to Israel's war on Gaza and Lebanon

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 30 November 2024 16:30 GMT

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tens-thousands-attend-pro-palestine-march-central-london

[We need marches like this all over, especially in the U.S.]

#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS
#CeasefireNow #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics #UK #UKPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

Arts funding

Questions do need to be asked of our politicians, devolved administrations as well as Westmonster.

Research commissioned by performing arts union Equity revealed this summer that overall arts funding in Wales had dropped by 30% since 2017, compared with a drop of 11% in England, 16% in Northern Ireland and a 2% boost in Scotland.

And the pain is being felt in Scotland!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/01/its-an-outrage-stars-join-fight-against-cuts-as-welsh-arts-go-into-meltdown

#Arts #Funding #UkPolitics #Walers

Diane Abbott raises fears GPs will find it cheaper to promote assisted dying

Get your act together Diane - what is it? Extra costs on the health service or cost savings?

Yes, palliative care DOES need improvements across the UK but it is not appropriate for everyone. It is OUR choice.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/01/diane-abbott-gps-assisted-dying-cheaper-hospice-care

#assistedDying #UKPolitics #Abbott #Confusion

Who should have the last word on assisted dying in a secular Britain?

People Malik, people. Not bigots - secular or otherwise, just theose who are involved. This shite about 'people of fair and no faith' makes me cringe. Yes, we should tolerate people who believe in fairies - it is their right, but they must have no control over others lives. And Malik those 'faiths' wish to impose it on everyone. Grow up.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/01/who-should-have-the-last-word-on-assisted-dying-in-a-secular-britain

#UkPolitics #Shite #Malik #AssistedDying #DeadHand #Relifion

Broken Britain

‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/01/rickets-homeless-families-no-kitchen

A throwaway comment about 'funding' demonstrates the utter hoplessness of any strategy that has no coherence or principles.

#Homlessness #Malnutrition #UkPolitics

Note comments on the vulnerability of freelancers in our brave new world.

However, the allegations (and they are only that at this moment) the history of the BBC and other broadcasters sweeping allegations of abuse under the carpet is something we all need to be worried about. Next Parliament….

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/30/gregg-wallace-behaviour-letter-bbc-2022-masterchef-presenter

#abuse #coverUp #blindness #BBC #UkPolitics

Expect a MAGA influx if Farage gains even more influence. Reform, the party (shoops, private company) who consider 'The Handmaids Tale' an instruction manual not a novel.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/nigel-farage-suggests-mps-should-debate-rolling-back-abortion-limit

#Farage #UkPolitics #WomensRights #Abortion #HandMaidsTale

Starmer continues his Harris/Walz 'pivot to the right' and losing votes because of it, like the Dems did.

Starmer doing everything to ensure the Tories and/or Reform get in as he abandons the core Labour vote to chase bigoty

And none of us can stop him, none of us will persuade the greater public that attacking the Other is wrong, because Bigots would DIE for their Bigotry and they hate us for being better people.

#Starmer #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Immigration #Labour #Reform #Tories

Assisted dying - the 'debate' continues.

While I believe the article is superficial and more part of the Times campaign against Starmer than a decent analysis, I did appreciate the paragraph

'On that occasion Starmer ruled against prosecuting them and later changed the guidelines amid a storm of protest from critics ranging from those with deep ethical concerns to Nadine Dorries.'

http://archive.today/2024.11.28-101118/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/assisted-dying-bill-threatens-to-overwhelm-starmers-agenda-bpz2d6t92 (archived)

#AssistedDying #UkPolitics #Times

I've been playing with Inkscape, which I find hard work as I'm so used to Illustrator, so forgive the rudimentary nature of my illustration from the year 2029, when we are set to achieve 100 per cent dystopian implausibility.

Edited for accuracy.

#Inkscape #ukpolitics #uspolitics

The US election is far from the first right wig wing recently, but it's one we really need to understand with brutal honesty.

Inflation has been hurting working people and scared many working class and middle class Americans. The situation is similar in Europe, where the left has lost election after election.

In the 80s socialism was a strong current in European politics. And in the USA, unions could look for protection from the democrats.

What has happened is a neo-liberal orthodoxy has taken over most leftist parties and socialist parties in Europe. The left used to be a voice for anti-capitalism, against neoliberalism, and a voice for protecting working class jobs and social benefits.

As 'socialist' parties, the Labour party and Democrats have abandoned this (in as much as they ever followed it) the predominant orthodoxy has been liberal economics with minimum protection for workers. Where parties were against NAFTA or trade liberalisation now these parties are the most enthusiastic neoliberals.

So is it surprising that workers across Europe and North America have abandoned parties that previously claimed to represent their views.

And is it surprising that the right has seen the opportunity and stolen the clothes of the left. And combined anti-neoliberal rhetoric with ethnonationalism, and managed to attract sections of the working and middle classes that normally are concerned with economic justice. People just don't trust the US Democrats, UK Labour or socialist parties on the European mainland any more.

#uspol #ukpol #ukpolitics #eu #europe #socialism #inflation #neoliberalism #economy

https://archive.ph/tVC69

But … but … 350 million a week to the NHS after Brexit, it was on a bus and everything. Now I’m no expert, but I think the tories might be trying to sell off the NHS … NEVER VOTE FOR THEM AGAIN

#brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #nhs #costofliving #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ToryCorruption #standuptoracism #KemiBadenoch #rachelreeves #farmers #jeremyclarkson #clarksontwat #farage #nigelfarage #refromuk #Gammons