The Iranian leadership is “utterly abhorrent,” has killed its own people & destabilized the region & should never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, #Starmer said.

He urged de-escalation & a return to negotiations to achieve peace & protect civilians.

“ #Iran can end this now,” he said. “They should refrain from further strikes, give up their weapons program & cease the appalling violence & repression against the Iranian people.”

#US #Israel #war #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

British PM #KeirStarmer says that while the #UK didn’t participate in the attack on #Iran, its planes provided air defense for its people & allies in the region.

“We’ve stepped up protections from British bases & personnel to their highest level,” #Starmer said.

He didn’t comment on the attacks by the #US & #Israel, but condemned Iran’s response that included strikes on many #MiddleEast #allies.

#war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Today, #Starmer wrote to the #PLP

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Dear Colleagues,

The result in Gorton and Denton is deeply disappointing.

Instead of a Labour MP who can be a local champion delivering for Gorton and Denton alongside a Labour Government and a Labour mayor, the people of Gorton and Denton now have a representative who is more interested in dividing people than uniting them. .....
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He does not understand and has learnt nothing from this drubbing

Oh well

Today, #Starmer wrote to the #PLP

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Dear Colleagues,

The result in Gorton and Denton is deeply disappointing.

Instead of a Labour MP who can be a local champion delivering for Gorton and Denton alongside a Labour Government and a Labour mayor, the people of Gorton and Denton now have a representative who is more interested in dividing people than uniting them. .....
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He does not understand and has learnt nothing from this drubbing

Oh well

One senior Labour strategist said they were aghast at his media clips. “People turn out against us in droves and they are extremist? I do not think anyone believes that the Greens are extremists.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss #starmer #greens

Hannah Spencer, the newest MP in Parliament who, overnight, has made #Starmer look like yesterday's man

One senior Labour strategist said they were aghast at his media clips. “People turn out against us in droves and they are extremist? I do not think anyone believes that the Greens are extremists.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss #starmer #greens

Hannah Spencer, the newest MP in Parliament who, overnight, has made #Starmer look like yesterday's man

una decisione folle: il ministero Interno del governo #Starmer presenterà appello contro la decisione della High Court di dichiarare illegale la messa al bando dei ragazzi inglesi di #PalestineAction che si oppongono al #genocidio di #Israele
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/25/home-secretary-granted-permission-appeal-ruling-palestine-action-ban

Meanwhile, #Starmer appears to still be in the death grip of McSweeney’s centre-right cult of #LabourTogether…otherwise reported this morning by Professor Rob Ford as ‘Electoral Valley of Death’:

“I will fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.”

Keep on describing the #GreenParty as extreme Left Starmer please do, because their voters absolutely know they are not, they are just sensible people sick of division.

But the bad news from Professor Sir Curtice continued on the stale dead old parties:

“The [ #Labour] party’s 25.4% of the vote represented a near halving of their 50.8% of the vote in 2024 and the 13th biggest ever fall in the party’s support in a byelection.

Meanwhile, the #Conservatives lost their deposit with just 1.9% of the vote, their worst ever byelection result.”

This is bad news for both #Starmer and #Badenoch. There is a seismic shift away from both their parties.

And yet #Labour have trotted out Heidi Alexander on the media rounds to say the stale old thing that big parties always say about by elections that don’t go in their favour - this result should not be ‘over interpreted’…which means they will ignore it and sadly not learn from it.

#Starmer has pissed away Labour’s 2024 victory.

Nothing to show for it and haemorrhaging votes in areas that have been solid Labour for almost 100 years.

But the bad news from Professor Sir Curtice continued on the stale dead old parties:

“The [ #Labour] party’s 25.4% of the vote represented a near halving of their 50.8% of the vote in 2024 and the 13th biggest ever fall in the party’s support in a byelection.

Meanwhile, the #Conservatives lost their deposit with just 1.9% of the vote, their worst ever byelection result.”

This is bad news for both #Starmer and #Badenoch. There is a seismic shift away from both their parties.

Don’t think the more liberal amongst us have not noticed Labour. Maybe McSweeney’s strategy is not as gobsmackingly smart as you all thought it was?

Nice to see a bit on analysis though.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/feb/25/how-rightwing-rhetoric-has-risen-sharply-in-the-uk-parliament-an-exclusive-visual-analysis

#UkPol #Powell #May #Starmer #Farage #ContinuousProgression

Don’t think the more liberal amongst us have not noticed Labour. Maybe McSweeney’s strategy is not as gobsmackingly smart as you all thought it was?

Nice to see a bit on analysis though.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/feb/25/how-rightwing-rhetoric-has-risen-sharply-in-the-uk-parliament-an-exclusive-visual-analysis

#UkPol #Powell #May #Starmer #Farage #ContinuousProgression