Labour

  • Lammy is only striking a pose

    The role David Lammy MP (Tottenham/Labour) is playing as Foreign Secretary is worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy.

    His worth is apparent in his performance as a bold orator, but his fall is on his own sword, as he sanctions Israel for its perceived misdoings.

    The fact is playing to a crowd is one thing, but real history is defined in facts, and not figures.

    The plight of Israeli’s is not heard of on his benches, and neither in the streets. He’s only triggered a crowd for a warm reception.

  • Starmer’s shock therapy is ill-judged

    The Left-wing juggernaut that is Sir Keir Starmer has landed the political system into a nightmare.

    His haphazard decision making, ill-conceived plans, and naked international absolutism has reinvented shock therapy for the masses.

    The result is confusion is how to be rooted in modernity in a world of high prices, cuts to benefits, and added costs to businesses.

    The loss of Labour values and adoption of a strange form of Frankenstein ‘New Labour’ is something to behold now it’s here.

  • Public relations is not Labour’s strongpoint

    The Israel-Gaza crisis is blazing, and blaring out of the Commons is a type of rhetoric against Israel that resembles the Nazi sabre rattling of the 30’s.

    It’s all too obvious for some that images of children suffering makes for a bad state across a border. The truth is stranger than fiction, but Labour don’t care.

    The falling out with reality is the latest saga in Sir Keir Starmer’s attempt to stay on top of political ratings. The Tony Blair Channel has turned up the volume.

  • Starmer is on a blitzkrieg of his own

    The Prime Minister has acted the part in nearly a year since his landslide win. His Plan for Change has become a keystone of his program for Government.

    It’s defined a charge in and through multiple departments, setting a clear mandate for many of his spending pledges.

    While he’s proved himself to be an effective figurehead, he’s yet to be a leader for everyone. The socialist values at the heart of Labour are coming out, but not much more is coming through.

  • Labour’s bank jobs

    There’s a feeling Labour are overlooking important issues at present. The doubts are not just on the side of sins of commission. These include offering Europeans freer travel here, while allowing international trafficking gangs ongoing access at the coast.

    There are also sins of omission, such as not restoring the Winter Fuel payment, or failing to promise a definite lower price for domestic energy users. These are the sorts of decisions politicians love to promise, so why the delay? What else is there to do but deliver on it?

  • The value for money Cabinet

    There’s a bullish look on the faces of Ministers at present. They believe they defy expectations. The world is turned upside down. It’s the sort of quick flush a new government gets.

    Meanwhile, it varies in many other parts of the UK. The discontent felt over migrant hotels deepens as it looks set to continue. There are mixed feelings as protesters make people afraid.

    It’s all fine and dandy sat on the benches. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. However, the news is that if problems don’t get sorted, this Cabinet will not last for much longer.

  • Labour’s housing plan is short on change

    The Labour government is going ahead with a plan to build 1.5 million homes. It’s not clear who will benefit from these.

    An article on Gov.uk says tens of thousands will enter the labour market due to new investment to get us building.

    The lack of at least a longlist for new tenants is an omission by a government promising change to its support base.

  • Labour pump Grangemouth with investment

    It became apparent last year that Grangemouth, a port town on the East coast of Scotland, would lose a significant local employer. Its oil refinery, due to shut after April, has links to the processing of North Sea oil, and is one of Europe’s largest.

    In a press release, the Labour government has announced investment of £200 million from the National Wealth Fund. It will seek to fill the gap it leaves. It includes training for ex-workers looking to further employment to stay in the area.

    The type of response is the approach Labour are known for. However, it’s expensive. The loss of major industries in other parts of the UK always came at a huge cost. It’s a part of Labour lore. The trouble is seeing this equity spread elsewhere.

  • Labour’s rough start

  • Labour’s return to power

  • Prescott, Labour bigwig, dies

    In a post on X, the family of John Prescott, a former Labour deputy Prime Minister, announced he passed away yesterday. It’s a sad loss for a close family, city, and party who valued his unique take on politics and often bruising criticisms of opponents.

    In particular, Prescott believed that public services belong in the public domain, and not as a part of private interests. He was known to have worked solidly to ensure everyone who supported the Labour cause were rewarded by its efforts, and enterprise.

  • Long report: Dark days for youth

    It was night, and yet a room lit up. In filled a group of young men. It’s surprising, because young men don’t turn out like this. At least, not in the UK at the time.

    It was a dark time – a winter of discontent – for young males, as they were turned against due to a number of alleged “failings” in society. These were spread over indistinct social media channels, off-Web WhatsApp groups, and by a multitude of email addresses.

    It was a bullying effort to corner, and denigrate, anyone fitting the basic profile of “young” and “male”. It’s not quite like Tinder, but more like a school playing ground bullying effort.

    The truth will ‘out

    In Yorkshire, the situation was particularly acute. It had been reported to police but after a short while they weren’t contactable. It couldn’t be marshalled by law enforcement as it was too dangerous.

    It was eery as there were scuffles, outbreaks of antisocial behaviour amongst young, energetic women, and unconnected to national events. They were self-motivated, daring to interfere in people’s lives.

    In the meeting, cramped in a small room, participants opened up about what had been happening. They’d found a gap in events and decided the best thing to do – the last thing – was to get together.

    A ‘secular’ miracle

    They summed up the events, and expressed their views. They were hurting, too, but they’d seen it in other people’s lives. “The outbreak of it is disturbing, since young girls don’t do this”, one had said.

    He’d said a truth, but in his own words. The reality is young males and females don’t do it, but it was still happening. They had already agreed it was a difficult issue, but concluded it needed to be sorted out.

    The days after were remarkably different. They heard that help had come. Their talk had proved fruitful, after all. It was all down to the detail shared, and so reinforcements were able to arrive to help out.

  • Starmer walks the stage

    Sir Keir Starmer has been on a jaunt to New York City in the brightly lit halls of power that is the United Nations. He’s met with an array of world leaders such as Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ursula von de Leyen, and Lula Da Silva, to name a few. It’s clearly a good place to meet people.

    In a post on X he’s trumpeted the UK’s standing in the world. He’s clearly felt buoyed by his trip and what he’s done. His speech to the General Assembly also elicited feelings of international cooperation over the problems facing the world such as the Middle East.

    The only problem is the UK faces the hard task of having to negotiate agreements by itself. The likes of NATO and old alliances may seem fitting for some situations, but not others. There’s a large void in international relations that we have to fill on our own. Let’s hope he can do it.

  • Starmer hits back

    Sir Keir Starmer said some strong words over the weekend. He said rioters will be arrested, charged, and imprisoned.

    “The police will be making arrests.  Individuals will be held on remand. Charges will follow. And convictions will follow.”

    After all, a news story like this is not what Starmer needs right now. It doesn’t fit well with his pledges overseas, at least.

    He’s claims he’ll restore law and order by setting police on thugs, but by when?

    Surely we’ve heard this before.

    Our record on protests is a grey area particularly in London, where it really counts.

    It all spills over, and frankly we’re done crying about it.

    It’s where most of our investment goes after all, and the rest of the UK is where the staff come from.

    There has to be law here or there’s nothing left, surely? It’s not looking good for a hopeful Prime Minister.

    Maybe things will change.

  • Tories lose out in Wales

    The general election of 2024 has gone down as a year of seismic changes.

    Nowhere is this clearer seen than in Wales where the Conservative Party have lost all their seats. The decline of a national party from 13 seats to 0 – and the rise of Labour from 21 to 27 – is hardly unremarkable.

    Such a surge in support shows that Sir Keir Starmer has an approach that works while Rishi Sunak did not.