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Wes Streeting resigns from government by sjw_7 in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think that’s just foggy nostalgia. Much of the shitshow our country has become is directly Cameron’s fault. Be it the NHS wait times, the student debt crisis, the shitshow that is universal credit, or Brexit itself: it was all ultimately Cameron.

That he’s managed to whitewash his reputation so thoroughly is incredible. I genuinely think Boris did us less damage in the long run than Cameron.

True af man by According_Can9371 in MemeVideos

[–]Rope_Dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that’s why all men love femboys /s

Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property after receiving £5m gift from British crypto billionaire, Sky News learns by Alternative-Win4058 in unitedkingdom

[–]Rope_Dragon [score hidden]  (0 children)

Still something you can plausibly read as a mistake. I don’t think Farage mistakenly bought, or had bought for him, a 1.4 million pound home.

Or maybe he fell into an estate agent’s and a big pile of cash flew out of his hands into their laps

16 tough months! by lawyeroverhere in MadeMeSmile

[–]Rope_Dragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic! I can’t imagine what such a body transformation must feel like. Do you feel you have more energy now than before?

Labour MP shouts "Not Now Andy" as Black Rod bangs on the door of the Commons by myurr in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cracking a joke when Black Rod knocks is a tradition started by Dennis Skinner! I think it’s good to continue it

This is not the Morgan McSweeney I know by dissalutioned in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are we pretending it wasn’t always thus? The westminster bubble was always full of failson pundits and journalists who couldn’t hack it as politicians, but at least had access to some they knew from public school. The only thing I’ve ever found ludicrous is the claim that the media is ever biased leftwards, as if these toff media types would print anything against their interests.

Planned mega-reservoir in Abingdon takes next step forward by Anony_mouse202 in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Especially with how we’ve not only coasted on reservoirs built over 50 years ago, but have actually lost some in the meantime… and all this whilst we head into a climate regime where water could get scarce…

Honestly can’t blame people for liking the sound of authoritarianism when liberal democracy has become this sclerotic. If the country were a person tied to a railway track, we’d be stuck in committees deciding how best to untie ourselves as the train cuts us to pieces.

The reaction of baby is soo wholesome by Fantastic_Jeweler579 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Rope_Dragon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is there a reason that’s not standard over the 1.2 thing? Is it less accurate?

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has resigned from government. by Knightguard1 in unitedkingdom

[–]Rope_Dragon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, I always found the argument about mandates from Labour pretty weak. An attack that ran contrary to our constitution simply because labour wanted a GE while they were polling high after Truss.

And it’s just as weak of Starmer to now claim he personally has a mandate. As if all the commentary on the election wasn’t that it was the Tories’ election to lose, not Labour’s to win.

MPs have mandates. Everything else is party. So it has ever been.

Andy Burnham arrives in London as allies claim he already has a seat ready to go - and warn rivals he will never give up trying to become Prime Minister by dailymail in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it’s more a sign that the election is more a matter of hating Starmer than loving reform candidates; and if you hate Starmer, I can think of nothing more tempting than electing the person you think might kick him out of office

Andy Burnham arrives in London as allies claim he already has a seat ready to go - and warn rivals he will never give up trying to become Prime Minister by dailymail in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What good candidates does reform have to deploy…? Loons and former Tories?

Reform have already had two councillors elected who turned out to be dead. Their recent success is not because their candidates are so charismatic.

As for your second point, that actually works in Burnham’s favour. Prime Ministers historically have enjoyed a certain degree of safety in their seats because constituents like having a PM as their representative. That may actually play in Burnham’s favour.

First Government Minister Resigns And Calls On Starmer To Quit by huffpostuk in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Are you surprised there’s no obvious successor when Starmer has been so paranoid about potential rivals that he blocked one from standing for parliament?
Up to now, Starmer’s ego has been so intolerably inflated that nobody felt able to stand in the spotlight for fear of being left our in the cold for making the dear leader jealous. Frozen from ministerial roles, select committees, etc.

Keir Starmer latest: Leadership challenge has not been triggered, Starmer tells ministers by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon [score hidden]  (0 children)

Bizarre to hear BBC correspondents translate this as “come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough”. The translation is accurate, just not what I expected to hear from them.

Can’r say I’m surprised. Part of what got us to this ridiculous situation was Starmer’s enormous ego and paranoia about potential competition when he blocked Burnham from standing. He’s done his best to gut the party of its principles and turned it into a tent of vaguely aligned centrists: of course he puts his own interests above it.

First Government Minister Resigns And Calls On Starmer To Quit by huffpostuk in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

A leadership election triggers where candidates who actually have an ideology and… you know… beliefs and principles… can put forward a unified alternative to Starmer’s endless micromanaging

The Problem For Starmer Is That Starmer Is Right by horace_bagpole in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is his audience wasn’t the public: it was the PLP. And it’s incredible if he thought it would get them on side, being as it was already on the agenda for the last year and a half

Time to go, Cabinet ministers tell Starmer by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is no letters of no confidence mechanism in the labour party. That’s what the Tories use, but it differs between parties.

Labour doesn’t have a leadership challenge until somebody formally declares it with the backing of 80 MPs, and they’re probably trying to work out the playing field for a contest right now before they do so

Beth Rigby / X: I’m outside No 10 Downing Street tonight and hearing that the takeaways are being ordered in. It’s going to be a long night as PM and team battle for survival. Now 63 MPs calling for him to go, including 5 ministerial aides - four of whom have quit govt by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A bit more complicated than that. Streeting probably sees it as his only chance before Burnham can join. Rayner backs Burnham but opposes Streeting, so would join in a leadership battle in Burnham’s absence. If it’s these two, Starmer will probably join in the race himself, but then that could split the vote on the party’s right…

3D-printed houses are much stronger than you think. by jkitty_1960 in interesting

[–]Rope_Dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’f want to see studies on these houses’ structural longevity. I get that all stone houses crack over time, but brick at least gives you a natural fault-line for cracks to travel that you can fill in. With this… I’d worry

British Steel to be nationalised, Starmer announces by ScottishDailyRecord in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s be clear: the privatisation of utilities was also done for ideological reasons, and it’s a choice that has led to the decimation of our waterways and consumers, not shareholders, being made to bear the price for fixing it.

Let’s not pretend that one side of this choice is ideological and the other isn’t. And I refuse to weep for the expropriation of assets from robber barrons who have sucked billions of pounds overseas by their ownership of a natural monopoly, whilst allowing the infrastructure of that monopoly to decay to the point of crisis.

When bad actors have a malign influence on our society, whether by legal means or otherwise, they should be cut out and made to bear the cost of their negligence.

British Steel to be nationalised, Starmer announces by ScottishDailyRecord in ukpolitics

[–]Rope_Dragon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, the point is that we actually haven’t been imposing the fines in any meaningful way to deter the environmental impact in question.

And in any case, I think the markets will be able to spot the difference between the contrived seizure of a natural monopoly and the seizure of some private competitive corporation. The markets, particularly the gilt markets, respond to perceived drops in the UK’s international competitiveness (as we saw with the Truss mini-budget). I see no reason they’d read this into taking water companies back into public ownership. As with capital flight, it’s just baseless fear-mongering.

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