Keir Starmer Dealt Massive Blow In Polling

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[@kenjohnston2531]

Labour before the election: poor pensioners, we will look after you. Labour after the election: poor pensioners...tough luck, we're taking your winter fuel allowance and we don't care.

[@stormyweathers9887]

Labour, AKA the other cheek of the same arse!

[@niteengupte]

​@@stormyweathers9887and kier is the hole in between.

[@auldfouter8661]

@@niteengupte *Keir

[@JAYFD2929]

Labour agreed to implement the Triple Lock, which, speaking as a pensioner, is far more important than getting the £200 allowance! Tories broke a manifesto promise in 2021/22 by not paying it. Not a word was heard at the time from the Tory press or from the left wing. Hypocrisy has no bounds!

[@auldfouter8661]

@@JAYFD2929 I know but the country was haemorrhaging money at the time and they paid 3% instead of 8% ( the earnings rise figure which not everyone felt ) . I do think that has to be remembered though when people claim the triple lock is the opening to riches for oldies. However have you done your maths? This year the triple lock might give just over 4% against maybe 2.4% inflation so likely less than 2% . That comes to less than £300 heating allowance.

[@wleon4068]

The thing is. when unpopular choices have to be made...WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE BLOODY POOR THAT SUFFER THEM?!

[@fumbleBumble82]

because the rich have them in their pocket.

[@Lifelongloser]

Because wealthy people can more easily leave the country and/or avoid taxation.

[@PeterPete]

It's only £4/5 each week. It's not as if these pensioners are having lots of money taken from them!!

[@taffyterrier]

@@Lifelongloser Call their bluff.

[@williamdew7143]

@@taffyterrier Quislings like James Dyson and Charlie Mullins are no great loss.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

Being unpopular with pensioners makes you a bully. Being unpopular with profiteering energy companies and by taxing wealth, makes you a government with cajones, showing leadership.

[@cehaem2]

it's cojones, ffs.

[@user-og7gn2el1r]

@@cehaem2 we knew what he meant. Calm down and clean your mouth out.

[@martinahardaker8739]

100% correct..they don't know their backside from their elbow.

[@martinsmith9947]

They're not making unpopular choices. They're making wrong choices.

[@HarkyOfficial]

Only time can tell, we will see in 6, 12, 18 months.

[@ronshilton6744]

A lot.of pensioners will have died by then 😢​@HarkyOfficial

[@ianscotty1931]

@@ronshilton6744 Years ago families rallied round to help each other now days it is all about self.

[@csharpe5787]

@@ianscotty1931Maybe in your family, definitely not all.

[@originalbadboy32]

In your opinion. This was always going to happen, thanks to the Tories.

[@Bevan1988]

The reason for heir "dramatic" fall in approval is that they never really had much approval anyway

[@TrentRidley]

I agree. As Aaron pointed out, although they won a large majority with regards to electoral seats, they did so with a relatively low percentage of the popular vote. In addition, I think a decent amount of their vote came out of protest against the Tories more so than from genuine support for Labour and its platform. As such, it's only taken one or two decisions deemed poor or wrong by those voters for their "support" of Labour to drop away.

[@robsonbarstow9355]

@@TrentRidley They didn’t get a surge in protest votes, Tory voters just didn’t participate. Any protest vote went to reform, Green or Lib-dems.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Agreed. It was simply a less painful choice than the last several Tory governments. Now we have a more benevolent Tory government but it's not what people really want.

[@SpaceDwarf55]

They're not tough choices, they're cowardly choices, placing the burden on the weakest shoulders

[@fumbleBumble82]

They are cowardly and inevitably stupid choices.

[@dalereynolds7638]

Absolutely, spot on.

[@larrycoldwater1964]

See what happens when you have a labour government that isn’t socialist 😂

[@kenjohnston2531]

What's your definition of Socialist?

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

Not these guys, not Blair.

[@popdop0074]

@@kenjohnston2531 Worker ownership over the means of production, serving people, not profits.

[@larrycoldwater1964]

@@kenjohnston2531 tax the rich, help the poor, reduce the gap between rich and poor, properly fund public services, free education, free healthcare, reduce military spending, industrial legislation in favour of workers and trade unions, nationalise monopolies such as; electricity, water, hospitals, universities, public transport, make corporations pay royalties for minerals and other natural resources extracted from the country, windfall wealth tax, inheritance taxes for estates over £1 million, introduce legislation whereby politicians that have served in cabinet in government or opposition cannot undertake senior employment with a corporation, non government entity or private company for period of 20 years once existing parliament, support for small businesses, workers cooperatives, arts organisations and other micro-small enterprises not exceeding 1000 employees, a 4 day work week, a minimum wage, an indexed UBI and a proper immigration policy that helps the local population rather than mass migration that threatens social cohesion and the wages and conditions of the indigenous work force and no entanglements in foreign wars. That must be “socialism”because it sure ain’t the “capitalist” system we got now!

[@shtarpark7938]

@@kenjohnston2531 Why do you ask?

[@jitendrajoshi786]

Starmer and Reeves are clueless.

[@yorygibson-rc1lw]

They know exactly what they are doing that's the bloody problem makes me so angry and frustrated

[@originalbadboy32]

And yet still more competent than the 4 PMs we have had 8n the last 8 years.

[@clowncarqingdao]

@@originalbadboy32 Being the least rotten apple in the barrel doesn't make it fit for consumption.

[@user-og7gn2el1r]

Starmers wife has been given £25,000 by a Labour Party donor to buy a new wardrobe of clothes. Reeves is married to an A and E doctor so they won't be turning the heating off. BTW she has put in an expenses claim for petrol £7,000 and £4,000 for her 2nd home's heating. And why are British pensioners living in 23 E.U.countries still going to get the Winter Fuel Allowance?

[@johnwright9372]

And spineless

[@Jessicajanelove]

Starmer is a dictator

[@petercrane2065]

No, he is just a limp wristed bully.

[@fumbleBumble82]

he couldn't dictate his way out of a wet paper bag.

[@tonybrett5209]

Tax the Rich then. Be unpopular with those that can afford it.

[@stephanguitar9778]

A solution that would have lost 3 votes, not 3 million.

[@siennajames462]

They never do because then they hit themselves in the pocket.

[@garyb455]

The top 10% pay 60% of the income tax, they pay plenty dont worry

[@csharpe5787]

@@siennajames462I Think you misunderstand what rich actually means.

[@csharpe5787]

@@garyb45560% of what the accountant let’s the tax man sees. They call it tax efficiency. Using the loophole for all they’re worth.

[@willstanley4599]

Remember that Labour only got 34% of the vote. They already lost 7 mps over the two child benefit cap and Starmer has plunged in the polls. He became prime minister because the Conservatives imploded, not because there was any love for him or his party. Not really the grand entrance you think you'd have after 14 years in opposition.

[@thomashowe1509]

Like I said they have 120 seats with small majorities you can call marginals of a few thousand. So to tank in the polls so badly and remember we haven’t even had the budget yet, so he’ll probably be in the wilderness by Christmas. And since they got such a small share of the vote why they ventured out to the deep end and piss of everyone I don’t know.

[@notmyname4261]

While multi billionaires own all the main political parties, (and many of the minor ones ie reform) and every major media outlet there'll never be any positive change for ordinary people the world over.

[@matthewcresswell-ff5iw]

thats anti septic

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Feels like a retread of Blair New Labour, no upsetting the status quo, management of Britain's decline with some connsoling palliative social policies, to offset the pain for ordinary folk.

[@williamdew7143]

Neo-liberal expediency.

[@jonypo928]

If Labour don't get serious about measurably improving the lives of British people their polling will continue to collapse and some more unsavoury politics will be there to feed on the discontent by the next election.

[@originalbadboy32]

Maybe blame the party that actually put us in this mess in the first place.

[@robsonbarstow9355]

@@originalbadboy32Same excuses the Tories made about Brown and Blair. Labour should be offering hope not austerity.

[@originalbadboy32]

@@robsonbarstow9355 the difference is that the country wasnt broke back in 2010 .. it is now .. I agree hope should be the message, however thats a bit difficult given the state of the country

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

During the queen's two weeks death period or whatever you call it the tory bbc banned comedy programs.we should return the compliment by cancelling last night of the proms.

[@robsonbarstow9355]

@@originalbadboy32 Do you not remember the 2008 recession, the country was in a right state and as a result we got austerity when we should have been spending.

[@alexhatfield9950]

I didn't vote labour this time. I was right in my views about this tragic bunch.

[@maxhobby1701]

@alexhatfield9950 more tragic for our country !

[@giovannipanzeri6431]

“Can’t wrap my head around it”? Aron they just don’t give a shit. There isn’t going to be an election any time soon, they can loose a lot of by election before it’s going to be problematic for them, and those are the only two moments the public can hold them to account. They just don’t care.

[@jimpaddy79]

But if they really didn’t care, I think they would just cruise along making the easy decisions and not rocking the boat. I think they are so deluded that they think they’re making the right decisions.

[@giovannipanzeri6431]

@@jimpaddy79 no man they are making the easy decisions FOR THEMSELVES, the fact that they don't care about popular pressure means simply they are going to find the money they need without taking it from their corporate overlords, even empowering them, because they are the only ones capable of putting pressure on them. And "pressure" in corporate terms means continuos direct access to them, gifts, plushy jobs for parents and friends and the mps themselves in case they are booted from parliament eccecc. Some of them might tell themselves that they actually believe they are doing this for the country, but they aren't, they simply don't care.

[@giovannipanzeri6431]

@@jimpaddy79 they also think they can allow themselves to be unpopular for a long time, thanks to the majority they have in parliament, to turn it around later betting on the guillibility and short memory of the public. the conservatives have done this and it has worked well for them for nearly 15teen years.

[@jimpaddy79]

@@giovannipanzeri6431 I am not sure that's an accurate comparison, because the Tories terrible and cruel polies were very popular with conservative voters. While what labor is doing is not popular with anyone.

[@lynnsliney7262]

The poor yet again will pay to feel the black hole.

[@colintawn3535]

@lynnsliney7262 Ah,the mythical Black Hole. Reeves and Treasury officials in headless chicken mode as they scrabble for data that does not exist to ' prove ' the £22 billion shortfall. Reeves and Starmer are lying through their teeth all in the name of Change. For the worse. Wait until next month's budget, alcohol and tobacco duties increased, petrol and diesel prices to rise, VED rates up and increased council and business taxes to rise. Starmer is a manager not a leader and everyone will be poorer as a result of this bunch of charlatans screwing the economy. No change there.

[@ecknareal]

tax the rich.

[@butlerpa100]

Tope, give the Unions massive payouts

[@markwelch3564]

​@@butlerpa100 paying workers? Sounds like a good thing to me 🙂

[@Pegaroo_]

@@butlerpa100 Unions: the very definition of *working* people

[@jona826]

Yeah, like the Young Doctors, Train Drivers etc.

[@1aatlas]

@@Pegaroo_ Every union member is a working person but not every working person is in a union.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

Tax Alan Sugar and Richard Branson. That would be the right thing to do!

[@PeterPete]

what?? and let them still receive a winter fuel payment?? fckn crzy!!!

[@PeterPete]

what?? and let them continue to receive a winter fuel payment?? fkcn crzy!!!

[@PeterPete]

what?? and let them continue to receive a winter fuel payment??

[@matthewcresswell-ff5iw]

@@PeterPete could you repeat that ?

[@zakpullen8113]

Labour are astonishingly poor at communication and politics.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Rachel reeves should have stuck to her film rolls in Wallace and gromitt.

[@kingeric2468]

He pulled out another £500 million for ukraine no problem.

[@youngsteph1]

£600.

[@JohnLunetto]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 money 💰 Because the Labour Party is on the side of US IMPERIALISM. THIS is a war between Russian imperial ambitions and us /Nato expansion.

[@rodneyderosayro5932]

The British People will kick this government out, thay will never never never get another team in government.

[@davidwebb4904]

Polling aside, we are stuck with this muppet for five years.

[@czarekp3552]

good

[@doreenhollywood7459]

He will probably leave soon

[@JulieMalone-oy1ll]

Stalin wont be in for that long

[@TheTilly65]

@@JulieMalone-oy1ll Where is he going ?

[@HarkyOfficial]

Short term pain for Long term gains.

[@cosmicdragonian]

Labour are becoming on par with Conservatives, in fact there's no visual distinction.

[@keithtt7798]

Labour has squandered the feelgood effect of ridding us of the terrible Tories. Why start your term by shafting the pensioners and telling everybody else that life is going to get worse. No second term for these clowns, maybe it'll be a coalition next time.

[@cehaem2]

I am no friend of the red tories myself but what would you have preferred? Pretending like nothing had happened? Like the tories hadn't ruined the country. I mean, that's a message that you can also used as a strategic backdrop for all your "tough to sell" decisions. Starmer hoped the gamble would pay off - it didn't but the decision to go down that route wasn't that idiotic per se. The only thing they should have known was the effect of the winter fuel payments. I mean, it was clear that this would be weaponised. And then, two weeks later Lammy says "oh, btw. we're sending xxx m to Ukraine". I mean, they're not. They're giving the money to arms manufacturers and dealers.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

If it's a coalition next time I hope it's a green,lib dem and labour back to were it should be party. Not a party of career torys in disguise.the balance of power would I hope be in that order as the world begins to get it's priorities where they should be,

[@keithtt7798]

​@@JohnPark-xf2gq Yes I agree, frankly I did not examine the latest variant of Labour, probably same as many peeps

[@rothwellaudio]

Jen0 $!de is never a good look either.

[@kayburnett6792]

We might be 4yrs away from the election but we will never forget. You don’t forget things like that.

[@williamdew7143]

You'll have found another populist stick to beat Labour with by then.

[@Alx-h9g]

The average member of the public does and will

[@MrGreekstatue]

Starmer is a red Tory.

[@doreenhollywood7459]

Most of us already knew that and didn't vote for him

[@TheTilly65]

Not even sure if they would agree with depriving children of food and water

[@youngsteph1]

@@TheTilly65 Might bring back the Window Tax

[@TheTilly65]

@@youngsteph1 No one would be surprised

[@jayearl3591]

"4 more years" *stuttering like a confused Joe Biden*

[@gazzabrownhigh8891]

Hey i know how we can solve the back hole overnight - give train drivers and civil servants a MASSIVE pay rise 🤦

[@williamkennedy5492]

I joined the AEU in 1968, now at 73 i am still in Unite, however i have cancelled my union subs to offset the removal of my winter fuel payment. The only positive is our new Labour MP voted against the removal, AND i cannot fathom why MPs cheered when the vote was announced. They are so Out of touch and out of place, we need different sensible people to run the country. Not halfwits .

[@roberthudson3386]

What did anyone honestly expect out of a government and prime minister that sought from the moment he won the Labour leadership contest to emulate Tony Blair? This parliament will prove once and for all just how unpopular Blair and his ideology are. This government will go the way of Macron, hated by both the right and the left.

[@Capri-x8m]

If you thought before the election that the Labour leadership is pro-ordinary, working people, you have the right to feel like an absolute mug now.

[@robinhazell6019]

Today I read that Starmer is thinking about stopping the single person discount for Council Taz. That's over 8.5 million single people.

[@tonybrett5209]

Many pensioners in that. Can you imagine how much they are going to lose, along with cuts to PIP.

[@robinhazell6019]

@@tonybrett5209 Yes, I agree. This Labour is a Tony Blair Mark2 labour. Just s close to being Tories than any signs of Socialism.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@robinhazell6019 Blair was not this stupid. Not a socailst but not a total fool like Starmer

[@FS-dk4hg]

Starmer & Reeves are ruthless 😡

[@JAYFD2929]

Utter nonsense

[@user-tf4vt9jh1c]

Do you not get it!!! Starmer doesn’t care, he is there to continue the last 15 years………….. Glad i didn’t vote for them, next time VOTE 🗳️ SOCIAL INDEPENDENCE Or The Greens 💚🙌 Make the change 🙌🙌🙌🗳️🤗

[@pauls3204]

Greens would make your life even worse than the toolmakers son

[@user-tf4vt9jh1c]

@@pauls3204 Based on what??? I have lived through Thaterism, Blairism & Tory chaos & I knew Starmer would be more of the same. The next move would be to manipulate people into voting for Farage’s extreme right wingism 🤨

[@grahamfield1570]

The obr said there was a 20 billion pound hole in the economy before the election. Only after the election did labour reveal this as if it were a surprise. Keir is an appaling politician.

[@williamdew7143]

If it wasn't a 'surprise' to you, then what are you complaining about?

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

The tories reduced ni by 20 billion,it's called a scorched earth policy. It can't have been much of a surprise.reeves and starmer had plenty of time to plan for this and the mi's. Management of the fuel policy reeks of stupity and incompetence.the tories have been given a golden opportunity to bang on about this for years to come.

[@TheRorski]

5 years of labour will strengthen reforms, chances of winning the next election. The tory are done for the next 10 years😂

[@KiNgLeOnIDaStHeGrEaT]

The uk in 5 years won't be recognisable anymore, it won't matter who's in power.

[@JamesWilliamson-w8y]

Starmer has a problem. He has a pulse.

[@andrewserna28]

Democracy and oligarchs are not on the same side

[@katzicael]

Labour being the tory party with a different colour and logo. Just more austerity, transphobia/culturewar nonsense, and protecting the wealthy.

[@lindawilding5516]

Every time they are asked a question they go into the black hole, which is a lie and boring, they think we are stupid. Calling everyone far right has not helped along with perceived two tier policing, and oh, they didn’t get elected the Tories got de elected. There it is in a nutshell from an ordinary person.

[@jhellnowh]

I’ve never liked Starmer. At least Corbyn was honest about what he would do if he became prime minister, whether you like him or not.

[@jfro5867]

I agree. I nearly voted for Corbyn (even though I didn’t agree on a number of topics) because at least you knew what he believed and could make that choice. Starmer is an utter liar and says completely contradictory things all the time, it’s like he has no memory of what’s gone before and hasn’t realised we can literally watch this with our own eyes. Bizarre.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Lardy bunter boris and starmer could make a film called the identical twins because they are so similar.

[@user-up6lc8sb2i]

He doesn’t care he expected this !! Only cares about himself! He’s laughing at us all !!

[@heywhotsgoinon8286]

This isnt a labour govt.

[@tatreides8425]

They’re not making unpopular decisions for the lobbyists and private Health care companies they represent.

[@matthewcresswell-ff5iw]

the lobbyists, our true rulers like starmers wife

[@tatreides8425]

@@matthewcresswell-ff5iw Are you suggesting that because someone works/worked for the NHS they cannot possibly be an opportunist, privateer or use the platform as a smokescreen for self promotion? I’d urge you to take a closer look at the management, political and lobbyist class currently looting public infrastructure if you wish to look reality in the face?

[@jaynepoland4615]

Sick to death of the phrase tough decisions For whom. They do not give a sh… for most of the public.

[@MT-hy6pr]

Is this the most miserable government we've ever had? Imagine if when Attlee got elected with a huge majority he offered no hope or vision and just said the country's bankrupt so we're taking money off old people.

[@user-mh7tx9se4j]

4 yrs..!!! Our country will definitely be finished by then..!!

[@margaretdalton7899]

I;m a pensioner I will hopefully be gone...

[@clive-live]

First rule of governance "Don't put down the nation's economy"

[@jonathoncalabrese2035]

I seriously don’t know how no one has tried to take him out yet

[@michelegosse7116]

but Starver was not put there for better, only for worse. He will do the job, grip the seatbelt.

[@antispindr8613]

No, slam on the brakes!

[@WayneJones-x5r]

Hardly surprising, my nine year old granddaughter could make better decisions 😂

[@gazzabrownhigh8891]

Everyone needs to vote REFORM and send them a message that this cant continue

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

If people are feeling unhappy and disappointed under labour imagine how they would feel when they realised that reform were just a much worse version of the tories and they no longer had access to the destroyed nhs,or that because they don't believe in regulation or spending money on services they have no infrastructure and the human rights people have thought so hard to achieve no longer exist.and be careful what you do or say because if you disagree with the party line a knock at the door at three o clock am can get very unpleasant. Reform voters be careful what you wish for it might come true.

[@GregOrCreg]

No, we will not allow Britain to repeat the same mistakes as Germany circa 1932, and elect a far-right xenophobic and racist government off the back of a centrist government's (admitted) failures. We need to be better than that, no matter how bad things may be. That said, I do agree with your other point about the stupidity of giving pay rises to train drivers and civil servants whilst arguing that a £22 billion black hole requires pensioners to potentially freeze to death this winter. I'm a staunch leftist, but giving money to people in work whilst taking away from vulnerable pensioners strikes me as madness.

[@iteerrex8166]

Does Starmer have some type of a special British accent? To my American ears it sounds awful, the way he talks.

[@cadenza3210]

"KC" lawyer talk?

[@lewisharrison5375]

Brit here: he does sound like his nose is constantly blocked, yeah.

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

English

[@Misiu223]

His voice matches his personality

[@PLOJ]

i'm english and it's a very strange accent to me.

[@jameandy9742]

Is it not because they’re just following orders ?

[@TheTilly65]

Sounds like it

[@pauls3204]

Do the nasty stuff in your first year and hope we forget in a few years. Dream on toolmakers son

[@gazzabrownhigh8891]

That's definitely the tactic and blame the tories for everything for the next 2 years

[@vickylewis-vb7sl]

worse PM ever

[@Triveni-v8q]

IF YOU HAVE GUTS START BY CUTTING BENEFITS OF YOUR OWN MINISTERS MR STARMAR.

[@MrMikepettitt]

Get rid of all the extra layers of government that blair created save a fortune stop alldevolvred parliaments and regional mayors especially London mayor

[@gtrs4m]

why is a 22 billion gap scary? When Boris spaffed 37 billion up the wall on a failed track and trace system, no one seemed to blink an eye.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

The idea of lardy bunter boris staffing anything up a wall iss disgusting. King of the tossers.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Typo should be spaffing not staffing.

[@JuliaR1357]

Well its kind of late now, its not like UK PMs quit when they lack support from the people

[@pamelacornelius8430]

Labour must be removed how is the petition going and when will we know?

[@rigamortice]

SHAME ON YOU if you voted labour

[@williamhall5776]

Lets hope they end up with NO MPs

[@PhillipW12]

That would be great.

[@briancameron9537]

No chance Labour are finished

[@aleccap5946]

This is a traitor, why haven't 650 MP's called a no confidence vote in the government ?

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Because most of them are just as dodgy.

[@MT-hy6pr]

The New Labour mantra "tough choices". It's their 'robust' way of letting you know they're 'absolutely determined' to screw the poor. I'm not seeing many tough choices for the upper middle class in whose interests they rule.

[@originalbadboy32]

The Tories already did that.

[@martinahardaker8739]

This winter fuel debacle is the worst own goal by any Labour government. Shot themselves in the foot and keep blasting away till the foot is no more. The naivety is staggering.

[@alanblissett9834]

How do you expect the people to unite behind a man they hate

[@notgarybrown]

I think Farage is already making moves to take over the Tories, my nightmare manifest. The shit winds, the shit winds are blowing.

[@stephanguitar9778]

And thanks to said Farridge, we cant just leave the UK and move to somewhere in the EU more civilised. ie Farridge created the catch 22 situation that we are stuck with today.

[@markwelch3564]

​@@stephanguitar9778 but if we get organised, he's stuck in here with us, not the other way round 😁

[@Superfantastictop10]

On final analysis Starmer's argument is this: This decision is difficult for you, therefore it's good for everyone. A total non-sequitur. Nonsense. Bullshit.

[@andrewmerriman7133]

This Government has proved why first past the post is a bad idea and proportional representation is a good idea. With Proportional Representation you tend to get small or no majority Governments so they have to work together for the good of the country. If there's a good idea it will get enough support to become enacted, if it is not it will fail. This very rarely happens with the first past the post system, you have to go back to 1969 when the Labour Majority was 3 for the last occasion, the Government were kept under the thumb and could only do sensible things which is exactly what we need now.

[@stephanguitar9778]

And even though today, PR would give Reform far more seats, if implemented a long time ago, things would not have gotten so bad that people would have been hunting around for a charlatan to promise them Narnia.

[@edpaul1434]

Good points except there was no GE in 1969. In 1964 Labour's majority was 4.

[@andrewmerriman7133]

@@edpaul1434 Your quite correct there was no General Election in 1969 however what happened to put the Government majority to 3 was deaths and I believe a defection. Hope that clears up the issue for you.

[@andrewmerriman7133]

@@edpaul1434 Your quite correct there was no General Election in 1969 it was 1974 when Labour ended up with a majority of 3 and by 1979 due to deaths Jim Callaghan ended up with a minority Government. A vote of no confidence was tabled (I think by the leader of the Conservatives) Following a run on the pound, at the time Jim Callaghan was asked about it whilst abroad he replied "Crisis what Crisis" hence the Album Title.

[@ben00367]

The facts make me turn off after 1 minute. The marxist irony is bad for the country.

[@harley1200davidson]

The choices that he says are tough choices are only tough on the poor pensioners not tough on him and his cronies. How much money does the chancellor claim to heat her houses.?

[@margaretdalton7899]

According to him the pensioners must have the broadest shoulders? strange I never noticed we had?

[@yesyoureright]

This 2 party nonsense needs to end. A lot of issues are journalists not asking the right questions. The fact that they haven't addressed universal credit and forced in to restart shows you they'll continue the tyranny of the tories.

[@butlerpa100]

Too late the children are in the sweet shop.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Well done Starmer! Laying the ground for more austerity and the rise of populism (again). What about getting Israel stopping mass murder in Palestine? Slowly reduce arms sales to zero and replacing that with medium and light civil industry. Taxing the mega rich? Taxing tax avoiding businesses and addressing business corruption. Addressing tax avoidance and evasion (including simplifying the tax book). Increasing corporation tax (which will force companies to invest in training) Either enforcing strict rules and large fines on private companies with monopoly assets or re-nationalising. Limiting foreign ownership of UK property. Forcing anyone with more than 2 homes to rent the others AND impose sensible rent controls by location, quality, and size. Invest to build a better Britain including hospitals, youth clubs. social centers, libraries as well as investing in policies to help local privately owned pubs to stay centres of the community. Add your own here ... there are plenty to choose from.

[@LeornianCyng]

No really, nobody saw this coming 🙄 Talk about stating the obvious lol.

[@jonzu217]

The clue is that after a disastrous Tory government, Labour could only secure 33.4. So I am not surprised that Labour has declined. I agree we are going to enter a multi-party system come the next election.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Hope so.

[@robertbell9935]

The tough thing to do, Starmer, would have been to take the money from the hand that feeds, so-called Labour's super rich and big business donors, not people with incomes as low as £11,300 per annum.

[@paulsmith2855]

Labour under Starver will only be a one term government and the hard right will prevail. I have zero confidence anything will change for the better.

[@mickduffy6903]

I think people are just beginning to wonder what's the point of Labour at all!

[@shaesmith2831]

To be the tories when the tories are out of government

[@ianmccuaig9867]

Vote labour out every council then boot them out in the general election if they last that long

[@davidmcculloch8490]

Voting for what or whom?

[@moomin7461]

​@@davidmcculloch8490Liberal democrat?

[@yorygibson-rc1lw]

​@@moomin7461God no

[@gamerknown]

@@davidmcculloch8490 Lucy Parsons

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

​@@davidmcculloch8490green lib dems .

[@basfinnis]

I want to see Bastani squirming on his seat at the Labour conference delighting at the thought of kicking out Corbyn on trumped up charges. Can we show that again please? 🙄

[@ppetal1]

I do not remember that. And I'm not a fan. I remember GG's bluster though.

[@Alex-mj5dv]

The thing about Starmer is - in truth, his personal standpoint I think is still to the left of Corbyn, even. And it has a darker heart. He’s still a Pabloite, a true follower of Michel Pablo. When people in the comments here say he’s neoliberal or centre right (a la Blair) they are just plumb wrong. The Labour Party may be - and has been since 1997, and we know there is little to differentiate between the two major parties which each sit astride the broad centre. Starmer is - himself - absolutely not. It just happens he’s also a member of senior judiciary and believes in the rule of this class. That’s a dangerous, autocratic concoction, of the type we saw rise from the far-left rubric in the 20th century. He’s wanting a new Kallipolis with lawyer-kings rather than philosopher-kings and that authoritarian streak that’s deep within will not abide. He also needs to stop passing the buck to the last government now - that card has elapsed. He’s learning it’s easier to be in opposition and throw stones than be in power, like now, and have to actually do things with real consequences, morally, politically and fiscally.

[@tonkerdog1]

As a red faced gammonite Tory, this last 8 weeks couldn’t have gone any better.

[@maynelson7439]

GET HIM OUT!!!! Give us all a nice Christmas surprise ❤

[@NoraThoman]

Each of your videos is a cinematic masterpiece that deserves to be recognized and respected. Continue to inspire us with your talent and labor!🤭⌚️🤠

[@user-nx4ib6fx4d]

Matters not, we have a Labour government for almost 5 years

[@alastairwinner]

Every decision they have made shows bad judgement. Their rhetoric is poorly judged and overly negative. They are not talking about the key things most of us are concerned about. They look completely out of their depth.

[@K0msur]

This current Labour party needs to remember: they're not the party people wanted in power, they were the only option for it. They're there by default. I didn't vote for them, but many people did and didn't want to because they "wanted the Tories out".

[@edpaul1434]

Starmer wants everyone to trust his political judgment but keeps on showing how weak it really is. Reeves looks no better.

[@johndavies3180]

RECALL ALL LABOUR MPs .. and ignore these labour advisers, what a disgrace they all are .. DO NOT COMPLY LAWFULLY WITH A TYRANNICAL GOVT .. WHAT BLACK HOLE? .. Why in God's name should Pensioners be MEANS TESTED or PAY TAX !!!

[@originalbadboy32]

You seem to have an issue with your keyboard.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

The reason starmer got rid of the picture of thachter was because he felt her beady little witchy eyes following him around the room saying tory boy I'm so proud of you.

[@GregOrCreg]

Indeed. It was a reminder of everything he now stands for.

[@seandonoghue8197]

Freezing old people so he can pay his mates off is pretty unpopular id say

[@user-yk3rz2qf5y]

Electorate won't take a chance on reform ...so it's Labour or Tories again, waste of time voting

[@strangetrip837]

“There is no alternative “ Thatcher!

[@karenhenderson1063]

I think we have been truly duped, his attitude is horrible and of that he cares not. He is showing his real personality and will continue due to the majority, just got to look out for your own ,they are wolves in sheep clothing,at least we knew the tories were,capitalism through and through

[@gunndan23]

I don’t like any political party, they are all liars, but this is actually pretty smart from Labour. By reputation the Labour Party were always the party of borrowing and low growth, but by saying this early they have taken the only ammunition that the Conservatives have. They have also learned from last time when a tongue in cheek joke (the note saying there is no money left) was used by the Tories to show Labour as the party of poor economics and in turn get public backing for austerity.

[@franklingoodwin]

Polling data at this point is actually pointless. We can't do anything with those poll results

[@markwelch3564]

If the Greens keep growing, I'll take that as good news 🙂

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Theirs a black hole in the budget dear rachel,dear rachel.with what will I fill ,fill it.with tory bullshit dear rachel.

[@johnfaulkner6776]

Show this over paid, over pensioned twerp the door. Bad legacy eh? I remember Labour leaving a note - " sorry, there is no money left".

[@jonoessex]

Starmer is not making tough decisions. He wants to cut the benefits budget and doesn t care about the old and disabled. He does these things because he wants to not because he has to.