London Assembly member Zack Polanski is the new Green Party leader. Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward both join him as Deputy Leaders.
Party Politics
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Corbyn’s Your Army will march to defeat
The Jeremy Corbyn controversy continues. His latest attempt to make a success of leadership qualities is Your Party.
This is a Left-leaning Parliamentary party geared toward those who like to preach at us in public.
The trouble is Your Army marches into a battlefield of larger competing forces.
It fails in firepower. The argument for our intervention is based on not-too-distant failed attempts.
The star power of Corybn is a far cry from the dusty halls of power. It’s in these people fall on their swords.
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Gov. disapproval creeps up
The PM is facing a public relations disaster of his own. His government’s disapproval rating amongst the public is riding high at 67% over 13% approval on 4 August. This trends at the limit of his governments tenure so far.
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Germany in second AFD fakery row
A slur against a member of AFD by German Intelligence has landed the Republic in a further row with the upstart party.
Earlier in the year Germany’s Intelligence agency falsely claimed it’s a radical party.
The AFD is an anti-mainstream, pro-conservative alliance that won power in East Germany in a general election early this year.
Yet it’s under threat due to rampant activity against it by its own compatriots.
A suspect caught on camera alleged to meddle in German national political affairs. It’s believed China led an operation to place a spy inside the party for exposure and embarrassment on purpose.
It was masterminded by a youthful “Director” in a Chinese Intelligence network.
It stands contrary to a slur that suggests the AFD member had been unknowingly infiltrated.
It’s not thought the network is based in Beijing.
However others are based in cities that engage in espionage.
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Corbyn’s politics is threadbare
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North/Independent) is a politician of experience but his politics has lately been vague.
His Labour roots have given way to a popular sort of radicalism. It espouses great truths yet no solutions to modern problems are forthcoming.
He preaches from a pulpit that has no further reach but the converted.
His invitation to the Left to join a new party is a daring escapade. It could pay dividends, or lead to a further impoverishment of politics.
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Reform UK sign in to Senedd
Laura Anne Jones MS has joined Reform UK – the popular conservative-leaning alternative.
She’s its first Senedd member.
Reform UK has made inroads in Wales over the last year. It aims to surpass the Conservatives.
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Westminster Week: Bleak outlook
Tuesday
John Grady MP (Glasgow East/Labour) says realistic policy is not a Conservative strength. He says their “wishful thinking” results in proposals of “magical realism”. He says a “hundred years of solitude” is deserved.
It continued.
Joe Powell MP (Kensington and Bayswater/Labour) says the result is “the price of short-termism, and a failure to plan for the future”.
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Starmer’s Cabinet is in a war
Labour believe it’s a battle. They see adversaries in every part of UK life. The strongest are in businesses. There’s concern over salaries but also employee rights and future stakes.
MP’s in Starmer’s top team. Starmer made up his Cabinet to answer some of these problems. It’s a key choice a Prime Minister makes. It starts their term. It helps set the terms. It also helps to do some of the heavy lifting.
MP’s in Starmer’s top team. His Cabinet is largely holding together. In spite of the introduction of a hugely unpopular farm inheritance tax, most of his closest MP’s are still at his top table. His Plan for Change is on.
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Westminster Week: School reports
Wednesday
The feeling of derision must be palpable in the Chamber. The Opposition leader reels out failures on Labour’s part – and is told hers on behalf of her party. It’s a rough year for politics in the UK.
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The rise of common sense dictatorship
The start of a new party by Zarah Sultana MP (Coventry South/Independent) and Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North/Independent) is bad news for the state.
Their politics is little more than dictatorship for a tea party. They enjoy moral high ground like a badly funded estate. It’s corrupt to its core. It’s nonsense.
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Blair House is at full power
The Prime Minister is more of a President these days. He’s strutting the stuff on the world stage. He’s making deals. He’s signing agreements. He’s making decisions on big issues.
It’s a field day for a Labour acolyte. Blair House is at full power. The guns are all blazing. The flag is at full mast. It’s a PR dream for the party.
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Reform UK get new Chairman
Dr David Bull is the new Chairman of Reform UK. The TV host and broadcaster is a veteran of UK politics.
As he takes over he’ll handle internal party affairs, membership, its public profile, and other matters.
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Westminster Week: Tables are turned
Wednesday
Sir Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras/Labour) laid into the Conservatives, and Reform UK. He took aim at Badenoch (North West Essex/Conservatives), and accused her of plotting together.
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Reform UK power play the meeting format
The recent rise of Reform UK to a relative-sized status in the UK Parliament has led to a power play of the meeting format. Its ‘events’ across the country have utilised this to the maximum. Its supporters are essentially taking part in party meetings.
The results are clear. They’ve taken on more defectors who’ve got seats by their own efforts. Their membership is beyond the Conservatives total. Their imprint on media networks is increasing on different brands. The focus on people power is working.