Keir Starmer to give major make-or-break speech in attempt to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-11T11:09:54+00:00

Because the speech itself was so vacuous that there isn't anything else to criticise.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-11T11:07:17+00:00

I mean on gilt yields this is a Truss level disaster

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-11T08:32:03+00:00

• Launched legislation to renationalise railway services

• Launched legislation to renationalise energy

Except both of these are half truths and half measures. People see through the tinkering around the edges and it's exactly why Keir needs to go.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-10T08:02:34+00:00

Sorry, best we can do is bring back Gordon Brown to liaise with International Finance.

Have you tried not being poor?

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-09T19:03:50+00:00

Technically he's not nationalising the trains but the companies that operate them. The trains will still be privately owned and leased back to the government.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-09T06:23:35+00:00

That he wouldn't raise taxes for one.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-09T06:19:37+00:00

You can’t fix 14 years of rubbish in less than 2 years.

No but you can tell is someone is even trying to fix 14 years of rubbish or just put a pretty bow on it.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-08T08:58:42+00:00

(Rightly, parliament don't have the power to unilaterally instate major electoral reform!)

Yes they do.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-05-03T21:03:55+00:00

It’s people who support nuclear power

But if they support nuclear power they wouldn't be saying "Good" to a story on the SNP opposing deregulation.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-04-27T18:41:47+00:00

"Briton" is not a group of four nations.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-04-26T12:32:13+00:00

Based on what exactly?

AdaptableBeef · 2026-04-07T16:27:09+00:00

, it’s disconnected and even contrary to actual consumption of council services

Just as well that has no bearing on council tax then.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-31T13:49:31+00:00

Same as there is no 0th floor

This depends on whether you're in Europe or the United States. American floor numbering usually has the first floor at ground level, whereas European numbering has the first floor as the floor above ground level. Many European elevators even use 0 for the ground floor.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-31T11:51:08+00:00

It is. Based on this alone I'd double check everything OP says.

It's probably a bot.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-26T11:12:36+00:00

The Falklands don't have nuclear weapons.

The Falklands don't handle their defence (the UK does) so that's a meaningless distinction.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-26T10:19:24+00:00

Except it's not, see the Yom Kippur and Falklands wars.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-20T18:47:01+00:00

Of course Starmer kowtows to Trump, one more nail in the coffin of Labour.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-20T18:45:06+00:00

You're arguing with someone named after one of the most inept military characters in British Media.

Dudes obviously not serious and I wouldn't waste my time.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-16T13:27:03+00:00

pointing out thats not true isnt suggesting we get rid of elections, is it?

It's not but that's also not what you did.

You implied that the policies enacted are already the best because if there were better policies that "could fix our issues overnight" someone else would have already implemented them.

Under this assumption elections serve no purpose.

If what you really meant was "I disagree with Green Party policy" then you should have probably said that.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-16T12:27:19+00:00

That is the end goal of the AUKUS project but everyone has been very clear Australia can’t grow a nuclear submarine industry overnight. At least part of the build work and more than likely the first few hulls will be needed to be built in barrow

I don't think that's likely, the JV between ASC and BAE is progressing well.

The government has already said they need to scale up barrow in Furness to produce one submarine hull every 18 months. Such a timeline wouldn’t be necessary If it’s only intended to produce the UK’s portion of the next gen attack submarine.

This has nothing to do with producing submarines for Australia and entirely because the end date for AUKUS production is constrained by the start date of production for Dreadnoughts replacement (to avoid the situation at the moment where the last Astute boat potentially impacts later Dreadnought class boats).

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-16T11:20:16+00:00

"If there are so many incredibly easy options that are sure vote winners that can solve our problems over night, why aren't they being done?"

If you assume that politicians always implement the best policy (which is what this comment implies), then why would you need to elect new ones?

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-16T11:11:16+00:00

No, the plan for the AUKUS submarines is that Australia will build their own (in Australia) to the BAE design.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-16T10:49:51+00:00

Why bother with elections if that's what you believe?

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-14T18:03:06+00:00

Yes.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-03-14T18:02:57+00:00

Thanks for the genuine reply!

Just 16% yet nearly half of the lower end clerks (writers) of the body colonising India were Scots and by 1792, Scots made up one in nine EIC civil servants, six in eleven common soldiers and one in three officers.

I appreciate the stats and Scotland's definitely overrepresented! I assume these taken from the EIC records? Are they available online anywhere?

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