Another Reform local council goes bust.
If it didn't have such a direct effect on so many lives, it'd be funny.
Another Reform local council goes bust.
If it didn't have such a direct effect on so many lives, it'd be funny.
@cstross
@christineburns
Tim Allan used to be a Trustee of UK transphobe organisation "Sex Matters" which says a lot.
Good riddance and I wonder what his links are to Mandelson. He resigned in an awful hurry ...
@christineburns Given his track record he should probably have been titled "Director of Sloppy Sharts".
@cstross
@christineburns
Tim Allan used to be a Trustee of UK transphobe organisation "Sex Matters" which says a lot.
Good riddance and I wonder what his links are to Mandelson. He resigned in an awful hurry ...
So, it would seem the Gorton and Denton by-election will be crucial. Starmer will cling on until the result and then a leadership election will happen.
But the by-election will determine everything. If the Greens are elected, Labour will move left with Angela Raynor and, god forbid, if Reform win, then it will lurch right with Wes Streeting.
Seriously, if Wes Streeting got into power, I’d be fucked.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
ReformUK are liars and cheats.
Let's hope they don't get anywhere near power. #ReformUK
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@kentishfran/116037532236854373
Alt text: a Facebook post by Matt Goodwin with a photo that appears to show him standing in front of a house with Reform posters in the windows, and the text "Hello, you weren't in. I called by to say hello."
This is followed by a comment with a photograph of the same house without the posters and the text "This is my house, this clown Goodwin has photoshopped his posters in my windows. I saw him standing outside taking a photo but he never even knocked on my door!"
This is the kind of action we need to be taking around all climate migrants regardless of where they started from. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/to-live-a-normal-life-again-its-a-dream-come-true-uks-first-climate-evacuees-can-cast-off-their-homes-and-trauma
Open warfare in the Labour party. With elections to the Scottish parliament in May, it's understandable that Scottish Labour is so concerned.
"Anas Sarwar says he's calling for Starmer to quit because 'failures' in No 10 means SNP failures 'continue here in Scotland'".
Just read an article about the Japanese PM winning a big majority and whether this means that they’ll be in power for a long time.
And from the perspective of the UK in the 2020s, I’d say, don’t count your chickens.
So, it would seem the Gorton and Denton by-election will be crucial. Starmer will cling on until the result and then a leadership election will happen.
But the by-election will determine everything. If the Greens are elected, Labour will move left with Angela Raynor and, god forbid, if Reform win, then it will lurch right with Wes Streeting.
Seriously, if Wes Streeting got into power, I’d be fucked.
#ukpolitics #ukpol
ReformUK are liars and cheats.
Let's hope they don't get anywhere near power. #ReformUK
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@kentishfran/116037532236854373
Alt text: a Facebook post by Matt Goodwin with a photo that appears to show him standing in front of a house with Reform posters in the windows, and the text "Hello, you weren't in. I called by to say hello."
This is followed by a comment with a photograph of the same house without the posters and the text "This is my house, this clown Goodwin has photoshopped his posters in my windows. I saw him standing outside taking a photo but he never even knocked on my door!"
Kid Starver’s director of communications Tim Allan steps down. Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandal
Kid Starver’s future hangs in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the UK prime minister’s closest aide.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-08/starmer-s-uk-premiership-teeters-on-brink-after-key-aide-quits
Marx: '“The English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life. He regards himself as a part of the ruling nation & becomes a tool of the English capitalists against Ireland, thus strengthening their domination over himself".
"The English worker cherishes religious and social prejudices against the Irish worker. His attitude is the same as that of the poor whites to the blacks in the USA. This antagonism is artificially intensified by the press & all the means at the disposal of the ruling classes".
"The Irishman does the same and sees in the English worker only the accomplice of the English rulers. This antagonism is the secret of the impotence of the working class. It is the secret by which the capitalist class maintains its power". The alternative is class solidarity.'
https://x.com/i/status/2020165660056129817
#marx #socialism #communism #anarchism #left #capitalism #ukpol #irlpol
Marx: '“The English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life. He regards himself as a part of the ruling nation & becomes a tool of the English capitalists against Ireland, thus strengthening their domination over himself".
"The English worker cherishes religious and social prejudices against the Irish worker. His attitude is the same as that of the poor whites to the blacks in the USA. This antagonism is artificially intensified by the press & all the means at the disposal of the ruling classes".
"The Irishman does the same and sees in the English worker only the accomplice of the English rulers. This antagonism is the secret of the impotence of the working class. It is the secret by which the capitalist class maintains its power". The alternative is class solidarity.'
https://x.com/i/status/2020165660056129817
#marx #socialism #communism #anarchism #left #capitalism #ukpol #irlpol
Wes Streeting has blood on his hands. According to government data, the puberty blocker ban has caused a 500% increase in trans teen suicides.
Edit: updated for typo.
McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
