Labour Party

  • The Starmer Party is a platter of ham sandwiches

    It’s getting to be a tired refrain for MP’s that the Prime Minister is not guilty of a single thing. He can’t have known, he and his colleagues say, but such have the exits been from his government, he must now feel like even he is losing a grip. How such changes are made over an issue he wasn’t informed of makes it look like the game is over.

    MP’s often say the ‘backroom’ staff are crucial to getting their plans backed. But if they’re gone, it’s not clear if it will happen. It’s a long time since the champagne popped and poppers went off. This party, Starmer’s Party, looks like a platter of ham sandwiches.

  • Labour may not boot Starmer, but they’re mad furious

    The Labour party likes a strong leadership, one that holds together in the most trying times. The fact its blown apart in the Foreign Office and in Number 10 has left many fuming. The bad press is even worse for its voters, coming in just before the local elections and showing the worst side of the party possible.

    Labour may not boot Starmer, but he’s got to avoid another scandal like this one. It’s not a strong pitch for remaining in office, even for the bigwigs in the party that look at who should be leader next. Their opinion is that big decisions on appointments need to be done well, albeit they differ on which ones.

  • Mandelson has proved snap decisions don’t work

    The end of Peter Mandelson’s appointment in America was a sage lesson for those that wonder at the right way to make decisions at Cabinet level. It’s a rare insight, as well, considering this stage of proceedings is usually the hidden part, and the exit is more the scene that counts.

    It did, but now his entry into the competitive field of Ambassadorships is being scrutinised to yet further degrees of detail. It’s not really about Jeffrey Epstein, because the Labour party shows its true colours again. Here we find quick, snappy decision making taking over a powerful office in the land.

    The Guardian’s revelation that Mandelson failed his vetting is now at the centre of the tale, finding its way into the story as a stage in the process that to some always makes the final call. For expediency, for new bridge building, or for extra peace of mind, this promotion is now seen as a disaster.

    It happened under Tony Blair, and while it feels more prolific in his era, an exception to Starmer’s golden rule of slow and steady has really blown up in his tenure. It’s a disaster of streamlined party politics, which is the hopes and dreams of the politically illiterate. They don’t get it, but it looks good.

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