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Andy Burnham's first policy is already "falling apart" over funding questions, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tells @CathyNewman. It's after top Starmer ally Darren Jones - who only left government yesterday - said Burnham's plan to scrap VAT on electricity bills was "unfunded".

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'I find myself asking: Is that it?! The problems go way beyond bus fares and VAT on bills.' Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch says 'Andy Burnham's ambitions for Britain are too small', after new measures to tackle the cost of living are announced.

'I find myself asking: Is that it?! The problems go way beyond bus fares and VAT on bills.' Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch says 'Andy Burnham's ambitions for Britain are too small', after new measures to tackle the cost of living are announced.

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Andy Burnham has announced an £850 million tax cut on energy bills to help ease the cost-of-living crisis, sparking an argument with an outgoing Labour minister. The new government said that from October 1st, electricity bills will be VAT free, saving households around £45-a-year. It said it will be funded by scrapping Sir Keir Starmer’s digital ID project but departed minister Darren Jones said that scheme was actually 'unfunded', casting doubt on how the energy cut will be paid for.

Andy Burnham has announced an £850 million tax cut on energy bills to help ease the cost-of-living crisis, sparking an argument with an outgoing Labour minister. The new government said that from October 1st, electricity bills will be VAT free, saving households around £45-a-year. It said it will be funded by scrapping Sir Keir Starmer’s digital ID project but departed minister Darren Jones said that scheme was actually 'unfunded', casting doubt on how the energy cut will be paid for.

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Andy Burnham's path to becoming the next Prime Minister has been made clearer, after Starmer's chief secretary Darren Jones MP ruled out a challenge for the Labour leadership. He said he's had a "reassuring" conversation with the former Manchester mayor about his economic policy, and urged him to set out his economic policies. But Al Carns MP, who resigned as defence minister this month in a row over defence spending, says he is still considering running.

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Kemi Badenoch humiliates herself over the Chagos islands at PMQs She started by criticising Labour's action on the Chagos islands Keir Starmer explains it's a military base vital our national security, explaining that is why the Conservatives opened negotiations about sovereignty and securing the long term usage of the base Starmer adds that it was the Conservatives who conducted 11 of the 13 rounds of the negotiations Starmer adds that if Badenoch has been briefed on Chagos she understands the situation, and if she isn't officially briefed, "she's not doing her job, she's not concerned about national security" Badenoch then waffles a bit and insults Starmer Starmer observes she didn't say she was briefed about the Chagos islands saying "When she became leader of the opposition I said to her I would give her a briefing on any national security issue if she asked for it" "She has not asked for a briefing on the CHagos islands" "That's because she's more interested in chasing Reform, than in national security" Badenoch agains deflects saying, "He doesn't know what's going on" Starmer, "She doesn't even want to know what's going on otherwise she would have asked for the relevant briefing" Badenoch then claims she's speaking on behalf of the country and that "when Labour negotiates our country loses" Starmer, "All she does is come here every week carping from the sidelines talking our country down"

Kemi Badenoch humiliates herself over the Chagos islands at PMQs She started by criticising Labour's action on the Chagos islands Keir Starmer explains it's a military base vital our national security, explaining that is why the Conservatives opened negotiations about sovereignty and securing the long term usage of the base Starmer adds that it was the Conservatives who conducted 11 of the 13 rounds of the negotiations Starmer adds that if Badenoch has been briefed on Chagos she understands the situation, and if she isn't officially briefed, "she's not doing her job, she's not concerned about national security" Badenoch then waffles a bit and insults Starmer Starmer observes she didn't say she was briefed about the Chagos islands saying "When she became leader of the opposition I said to her I would give her a briefing on any national security issue if she asked for it" "She has not asked for a briefing on the CHagos islands" "That's because she's more interested in chasing Reform, than in national security" Badenoch agains deflects saying, "He doesn't know what's going on" Starmer, "She doesn't even want to know what's going on otherwise she would have asked for the relevant briefing" Badenoch then claims she's speaking on behalf of the country and that "when Labour negotiates our country loses" Starmer, "All she does is come here every week carping from the sidelines talking our country down"

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Burnham wants an honest conversation about why British bills are among the highest in Europe. He never mentions what the energy companies already told Parliament. • EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HIT ZERO BY 2030, BILLS COULD STILL BE WHERE THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE NON-COMMODITY COSTS KEEP RISING • ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT 20% HIGHER IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HALVE • NON-COMMODITY COSTS ARE ALREADY ADDING ROUGHLY £300 TO A TYPICAL BILL • POLICY COSTS ON ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE ALREADY OVER £20 BILLION A YEAR AND STILL CLIMBING Russia and Iran push up prices everywhere. They do not explain why ours stay higher. The difference is policy. Those charges are green levies, renewable subsidies, network upgrades for electrification, and payments to switch wind off when it is surplus. They sit on the bill whether gas is expensive or free. The industry was asking government to get them under control. The claim that bills are high only because of global fossil markets does not survive that evidence. The government could cut those costs now. It could be honest about what is driving the gap. It will not. Burnham, like Starmer, treats net zero as non-negotiable while households and businesses face record prices. That is a choice, and it is unforgivable. Watch the hearing. The numbers are not from campaigners. They are from the companies sending the bills.

Burnham wants an honest conversation about why British bills are among the highest in Europe. He never mentions what the energy companies already told Parliament. • EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HIT ZERO BY 2030, BILLS COULD STILL BE WHERE THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE NON-COMMODITY COSTS KEEP RISING • ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT 20% HIGHER IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HALVE • NON-COMMODITY COSTS ARE ALREADY ADDING ROUGHLY £300 TO A TYPICAL BILL • POLICY COSTS ON ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE ALREADY OVER £20 BILLION A YEAR AND STILL CLIMBING Russia and Iran push up prices everywhere. They do not explain why ours stay higher. The difference is policy. Those charges are green levies, renewable subsidies, network upgrades for electrification, and payments to switch wind off when it is surplus. They sit on the bill whether gas is expensive or free. The industry was asking government to get them under control. The claim that bills are high only because of global fossil markets does not survive that evidence. The government could cut those costs now. It could be honest about what is driving the gap. It will not. Burnham, like Starmer, treats net zero as non-negotiable while households and businesses face record prices. That is a choice, and it is unforgivable. Watch the hearing. The numbers are not from campaigners. They are from the companies sending the bills.

J Stewart

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A domestic abuse survivor has said she has no faith she'll be adequately protected if her ex-partner is released from jail, as pressure is growing on the new government over plans to release offenders early from prison. Mollie Cousins has waived her right to anonymity in the hope that she can prevent her attacker from possibly serving only 15 months of a five-year sentence. Andy Burnham's government is facing calls to block sex offenders and other violent prisoners from being let out of jail early under the flagship Sentencing Act. The new legislation, passed this year, was supposed to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis in England and Wales. But abuse survivors of have responded with horror and panic, after being told that their perpetrators may be eligible for release earlier than expected, in some cases after only a third of their sentence. A warning: this report contains references to themes that some viewers may find distressing #UK #Prison #Survivor #Channel4News #C4News

A domestic abuse survivor has said she has no faith she'll be adequately protected if her ex-partner is released from jail, as pressure is growing on the new government over plans to release offenders early from prison. Mollie Cousins has waived her right to anonymity in the hope that she can prevent her attacker from possibly serving only 15 months of a five-year sentence. Andy Burnham's government is facing calls to block sex offenders and other violent prisoners from being let out of jail early under the flagship Sentencing Act. The new legislation, passed this year, was supposed to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis in England and Wales. But abuse survivors of have responded with horror and panic, after being told that their perpetrators may be eligible for release earlier than expected, in some cases after only a third of their sentence. A warning: this report contains references to themes that some viewers may find distressing #UK #Prison #Survivor #Channel4News #C4News

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“Far from shrinking under Andy Burnham, the hardcore Zionist influence at the very top of the British government has actually grown... From day one, Downing Street is broadcasting total alignment with Washington, Tel Aviv, and the transatlantic security establishment.” A close examination of team Burnham's first appointments and diplomatic silence reveals a sharp continuation of establishment foreign policy: Ian Austin appointed as Trade Envoy to Israel—a figure who previously urged Labour supporters to vote Conservative in 2019 to defeat Jeremy Corbyn. Ruth Anderson (Smeeth) handed a junior ministerial role in the Northern Ireland Office after her elevation to the Lords. Shabana Mahmood retained at the Home Office, maintaining state crackdowns on anti-war activists and Palestine Action. Ed Miliband’s Foreign Office remaining silent as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was ousted, refusing to assign state culpability to Israel. Airbase Approvals & Defense Trade: Granting Donald Trump permission to use British bases against Iran while addressing the Farnborough Airshow on day one, where Israeli arms giants exhibited. While Burnham secured power relying on nominations from the Labour left, not a single left-wing MP was granted a seat in his cabinet—leaving the left frozen out while corporate and military priorities take precedence. 📍 London 📅 28 July 2026 #AndyBurnham #UKForeignPolicy #Westminster Ranjan Balakumaran

“Far from shrinking under Andy Burnham, the hardcore Zionist influence at the very top of the British government has actually grown... From day one, Downing Street is broadcasting total alignment with Washington, Tel Aviv, and the transatlantic security establishment.” A close examination of team Burnham's first appointments and diplomatic silence reveals a sharp continuation of establishment foreign policy: Ian Austin appointed as Trade Envoy to Israel—a figure who previously urged Labour supporters to vote Conservative in 2019 to defeat Jeremy Corbyn. Ruth Anderson (Smeeth) handed a junior ministerial role in the Northern Ireland Office after her elevation to the Lords. Shabana Mahmood retained at the Home Office, maintaining state crackdowns on anti-war activists and Palestine Action. Ed Miliband’s Foreign Office remaining silent as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was ousted, refusing to assign state culpability to Israel. Airbase Approvals & Defense Trade: Granting Donald Trump permission to use British bases against Iran while addressing the Farnborough Airshow on day one, where Israeli arms giants exhibited. While Burnham secured power relying on nominations from the Labour left, not a single left-wing MP was granted a seat in his cabinet—leaving the left frozen out while corporate and military priorities take precedence. 📍 London 📅 28 July 2026 #AndyBurnham #UKForeignPolicy #Westminster Ranjan Balakumaran

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Brandon Gille says that Islam is a threat to America and it’s going to destroy the United States “Islam certainly didn't come into the United States on the Mayflower. Why are we seeing terrorist attacks from radical Islam within our own borders? Where did this come from? Islam is largely alien to American history. It's something that we deliberately imported as a matter of immigration policy into our country, and it's going to destroy us just like it's destroying Europe right now” I’d like to remind everyone there are several documented prices of evidence showing Barack Obama is directly linked to the Muslim plan to take over America Even Senator Tommy Tuberville said it was Barack Obama who was importing Muslims to take over local governments, and eventually the Federal Government (video included) The only answer is mass deportations while we still can

Brandon Gille says that Islam is a threat to America and it’s going to destroy the United States “Islam certainly didn't come into the United States on the Mayflower. Why are we seeing terrorist attacks from radical Islam within our own borders? Where did this come from? Islam is largely alien to American history. It's something that we deliberately imported as a matter of immigration policy into our country, and it's going to destroy us just like it's destroying Europe right now” I’d like to remind everyone there are several documented prices of evidence showing Barack Obama is directly linked to the Muslim plan to take over America Even Senator Tommy Tuberville said it was Barack Obama who was importing Muslims to take over local governments, and eventually the Federal Government (video included) The only answer is mass deportations while we still can

Wall Street Apes

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EXC: Chancellor John Healey’s start of term interview. He tells me: - Burnham is running a “continuity” government. This is “continuity of a Labour government with a change of leader” - Asked about funding Burnham’s big vision outlined when he ran for leader Healey said it’s “not easy” to spend more and responds to q about major spending challenges by referring to “longer term” vision - Says “fiscal discipline” is his first priority — and denies he’s had a change in top priority after resigning as defence secretary in June because government wouldn’t put a date on 3% defence spending. Asked if that’s “a shift” he says “no”. - Says he moved into No11 Downing Street last week, has put up his dart board already but doesn’t have enough furniture because it’s so big — and says his wife is “worried about him living above the shop” Do watch: Produced by emily kinder Jack Parker Camera: Dean Massey

EXC: Chancellor John Healey’s start of term interview. He tells me: - Burnham is running a “continuity” government. This is “continuity of a Labour government with a change of leader” - Asked about funding Burnham’s big vision outlined when he ran for leader Healey said it’s “not easy” to spend more and responds to q about major spending challenges by referring to “longer term” vision - Says “fiscal discipline” is his first priority — and denies he’s had a change in top priority after resigning as defence secretary in June because government wouldn’t put a date on 3% defence spending. Asked if that’s “a shift” he says “no”. - Says he moved into No11 Downing Street last week, has put up his dart board already but doesn’t have enough furniture because it’s so big — and says his wife is “worried about him living above the shop” Do watch: Produced by emily kinder Jack Parker Camera: Dean Massey

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Rufai Oseni Questions Benue Govt Over Att@ck On Peter Obi’s Convoy by thugs “At first, the state government said they were not aware. All of a sudden, it turned out that they had already written a letter to the police. Why is it that at the exact point Mr Peter Obi’s convoy was passing, thugs decided to att@ck? There is no way they were not aware. I think it is only fair for every governor to welcome any opposition party that comes to their state for a campaign. We were all here when several APC governors travelled to Osun State for the just-concluded election, and nobody questioned them.” — Rufai Oseni reacts after NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s convoy was attacked by thugs yesterday in Benue State.

Rufai Oseni Questions Benue Govt Over Att@ck On Peter Obi’s Convoy by thugs “At first, the state government said they were not aware. All of a sudden, it turned out that they had already written a letter to the police. Why is it that at the exact point Mr Peter Obi’s convoy was passing, thugs decided to att@ck? There is no way they were not aware. I think it is only fair for every governor to welcome any opposition party that comes to their state for a campaign. We were all here when several APC governors travelled to Osun State for the just-concluded election, and nobody questioned them.” — Rufai Oseni reacts after NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s convoy was attacked by thugs yesterday in Benue State.

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Cato energy policy director Travis Fisher reveals the 200 megawatt Meta-linked facility in Ohio that proves off-grid data centers aren't theoretical anymore: "When the laws were written 100 years ago, of course you're on the public grid if you're selling electricity. So I'm going state by state and trying to get the law changed." "In Ohio, the Williams Company is basically building generation assets on top of a gas pipeline that they already own. That is an islanded 200 megawatt facility that serves an affiliate of Meta, and that's the first in-service example of a large data center being fed completely off grid." "All the people who said that was impossible, it can never happen, it's already happening." Cato Institute

Cato energy policy director Travis Fisher reveals the 200 megawatt Meta-linked facility in Ohio that proves off-grid data centers aren't theoretical anymore: "When the laws were written 100 years ago, of course you're on the public grid if you're selling electricity. So I'm going state by state and trying to get the law changed." "In Ohio, the Williams Company is basically building generation assets on top of a gas pipeline that they already own. That is an islanded 200 megawatt facility that serves an affiliate of Meta, and that's the first in-service example of a large data center being fed completely off grid." "All the people who said that was impossible, it can never happen, it's already happening." Cato Institute

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Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics

Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics

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Andy Burnham slams Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs over the settler sanctions, "Leadership. Let me tell her and the whole House where Britain is showing leadership. There have been Conservative politicians at this dispatch box, Labour politicians too, for decades, who've talked about the importance of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine." "Words from any politician about a two-state solution will be only words if it's not backed with action. And leadership is about taking action where there is injustice, where we need to correct unfairness, people being driven out of their homes, losing their homes, being intimidated in their daily lives." "I credit the Father of the House, who yesterday applauded the action that this government is taking in this difficult and dangerous world. Britain has to stand for something. Britain has to show leadership." "Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice, where people are being bullied out of their homes, intimidated. We will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them." "That, Mr. Speaker, is leadership on the world stage. Britain being true to what it's always been about. That is what the British government, British people expect of us, and that is what this government will do."

Andy Burnham slams Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs over the settler sanctions, "Leadership. Let me tell her and the whole House where Britain is showing leadership. There have been Conservative politicians at this dispatch box, Labour politicians too, for decades, who've talked about the importance of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine." "Words from any politician about a two-state solution will be only words if it's not backed with action. And leadership is about taking action where there is injustice, where we need to correct unfairness, people being driven out of their homes, losing their homes, being intimidated in their daily lives." "I credit the Father of the House, who yesterday applauded the action that this government is taking in this difficult and dangerous world. Britain has to stand for something. Britain has to show leadership." "Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice, where people are being bullied out of their homes, intimidated. We will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them." "That, Mr. Speaker, is leadership on the world stage. Britain being true to what it's always been about. That is what the British government, British people expect of us, and that is what this government will do."

Farrukh

99,186 views • 1 month ago

This week's scoop-packed episode of our podcast The State of It: IRAN * Britain is unlikely to deploy the navy to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for two reasons - lack of naval assets and risk to servicemen and women. Support focused on mine-clearance and logistics instead * Cost of living support on energy bills likely to be modelled on warm homes discount, focused on those on benefits and pensions credit LEADERSHIP * Some Angela Rayner allies suggest she is willing to go over the top and mount a direct challenge to Starmer if results are as bad as expected in May * Other Cabinet ministers also said to fancy their chances. Patrick Maguire: 'There are lots of people in the Cabinet who fancy this themselves who say 'Jesus, what, you really, you are going to be the next PM?' MCSWEENEY'S STOLEN PHONE * What happened when Morgan McSweeney's phone was stolen? It was reported to police but they didn't investigate because they were too busy * The phone was stolen just over a month after Mandelson was sacked over his links to Epstein * The next tranche of Mandelson files is now with the Intelligence and Security Committee. They want to release as much as possible and will not withhold material just because it is 'embarrassing to the government' With Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund

This week's scoop-packed episode of our podcast The State of It: IRAN * Britain is unlikely to deploy the navy to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for two reasons - lack of naval assets and risk to servicemen and women. Support focused on mine-clearance and logistics instead * Cost of living support on energy bills likely to be modelled on warm homes discount, focused on those on benefits and pensions credit LEADERSHIP * Some Angela Rayner allies suggest she is willing to go over the top and mount a direct challenge to Starmer if results are as bad as expected in May * Other Cabinet ministers also said to fancy their chances. Patrick Maguire: 'There are lots of people in the Cabinet who fancy this themselves who say 'Jesus, what, you really, you are going to be the next PM?' MCSWEENEY'S STOLEN PHONE * What happened when Morgan McSweeney's phone was stolen? It was reported to police but they didn't investigate because they were too busy * The phone was stolen just over a month after Mandelson was sacked over his links to Epstein * The next tranche of Mandelson files is now with the Intelligence and Security Committee. They want to release as much as possible and will not withhold material just because it is 'embarrassing to the government' With Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund

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20,111 views • 6 months ago

This week's episode of The State of It on a tectonic week in British politics as Thursday's elections approach With the brilliant Lara Spirit • Keir Starmer is up for the fight. One ally says he will need to be dragged out of No 10. Another talked about how it would look to launch a putsch when we're on the cusp of rationing jet fuel • Starmer lining up speech. There's talk of a 'big offer' but what does it look like? Genuine discussion around moving on manifesto red lines - ie manifesto outdated for times we are now in - but Starmer thought to be v wary. It carries huge risks in and of itself. • Strong pushback on claims that the NEC will now side with Andy Burnham and allow him to make a comeback to Westminster as an MP. Starmer believes it is still on his side, and he is ready to block Burnham's comeback once again. • Most of the action in the wake of the local elections will be on Friday afternoon/ evening, when there is a wave of key results. It means that if anyone is to move - and that is a big if - it's likely to be over the weekend. • All eyes on Angela Rayner - will she go to it? Her people are divided between those who think she should seize the moment, and those who think she is better off waiting * The Labour left is divided. Some believe that Burnham should be their candidate and is worth waiting for. She may be liked by party members but is unpopular with the public * Wes Streeting said to have the numbers but he has said publicly and privately that he doesn't think now is the time for a contest. That's not to say that he isn't ready to go, that he doesn't have a team in place, that he doesn't have a policy platform ready. He just doesn't think that now is the time * Nigel Farage £5million 'gift' from Christopher Harborne, a British crypto billionaire based in Thailand, remains an issue. Farage insists it is his money and he can spend it as he wishes. But the Tories have referred it to the standards commissioner and the electoral commission. *This could have a long tail, particularly over claims it is a conflict of interest given Farage's promotion of cryptocurrency. This is categorically denied by Reform UK * Is some of the sheen coming off Zack Polanski? Thursday will be a breakthrough night for them, but polling suggests that he has dropped 14 points in favourability in the space of a week since row over Golders Green suspect. He's still far more popular than the PM, but it is a significant move

This week's episode of The State of It on a tectonic week in British politics as Thursday's elections approach With the brilliant Lara Spirit • Keir Starmer is up for the fight. One ally says he will need to be dragged out of No 10. Another talked about how it would look to launch a putsch when we're on the cusp of rationing jet fuel • Starmer lining up speech. There's talk of a 'big offer' but what does it look like? Genuine discussion around moving on manifesto red lines - ie manifesto outdated for times we are now in - but Starmer thought to be v wary. It carries huge risks in and of itself. • Strong pushback on claims that the NEC will now side with Andy Burnham and allow him to make a comeback to Westminster as an MP. Starmer believes it is still on his side, and he is ready to block Burnham's comeback once again. • Most of the action in the wake of the local elections will be on Friday afternoon/ evening, when there is a wave of key results. It means that if anyone is to move - and that is a big if - it's likely to be over the weekend. • All eyes on Angela Rayner - will she go to it? Her people are divided between those who think she should seize the moment, and those who think she is better off waiting * The Labour left is divided. Some believe that Burnham should be their candidate and is worth waiting for. She may be liked by party members but is unpopular with the public * Wes Streeting said to have the numbers but he has said publicly and privately that he doesn't think now is the time for a contest. That's not to say that he isn't ready to go, that he doesn't have a team in place, that he doesn't have a policy platform ready. He just doesn't think that now is the time * Nigel Farage £5million 'gift' from Christopher Harborne, a British crypto billionaire based in Thailand, remains an issue. Farage insists it is his money and he can spend it as he wishes. But the Tories have referred it to the standards commissioner and the electoral commission. This could have a long tail, particularly over claims it is a conflict of interest given Farage's promotion of cryptocurrency. This is categorically denied by Reform UK Is some of the sheen coming off Zack Polanski? Thursday will be a breakthrough night for them, but polling suggests that he has dropped 14 points in favourability in the space of a week since row over Golders Green suspect. He's still far more popular than the PM, but it is a significant move

Steven Swinford

23,462 views • 5 months ago

Left: Yvette Cooper being interviewed by her husband's podcast partner, "I don't think we've done government very well" then criticises Keir Starmer for failing Labour Right: Your reminder that Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary changed our terrorism legislation which has resulted in thousands being arrested for holding up signs, including a retired priest, and here, the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor Cooper would not have blamed Starmer in this way without Burnham's sign off, so, so much for Conservative chaos and in-fighting, Labour are now doing the same. Yvette Cooper joins Priti Patel and Suella Braverman in a special club where they have all rolled out policies which the UK's High Court has said is unlawful. It's so bad that Cooper's policy was criticised by Baron Hain in the House of Lords, as being shameful. And what's more shameful is that Yvette Cooper who is now Health Secretary, has taken over £400k in donations from private healthcare over the past ten years, that's more money per year than the average UK income, in addition to her MP and now ministerial salaries. Yvette Cooper is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with the British political establishment, taking hundreds of thousands in donations, creating policies the High Court says are unlawful, then blaming her previous boss for the failings of her party, when a little more self reflection would show that she's just as guilty for damaging confidence and trust in our political system.

Left: Yvette Cooper being interviewed by her husband's podcast partner, "I don't think we've done government very well" then criticises Keir Starmer for failing Labour Right: Your reminder that Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary changed our terrorism legislation which has resulted in thousands being arrested for holding up signs, including a retired priest, and here, the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor Cooper would not have blamed Starmer in this way without Burnham's sign off, so, so much for Conservative chaos and in-fighting, Labour are now doing the same. Yvette Cooper joins Priti Patel and Suella Braverman in a special club where they have all rolled out policies which the UK's High Court has said is unlawful. It's so bad that Cooper's policy was criticised by Baron Hain in the House of Lords, as being shameful. And what's more shameful is that Yvette Cooper who is now Health Secretary, has taken over £400k in donations from private healthcare over the past ten years, that's more money per year than the average UK income, in addition to her MP and now ministerial salaries. Yvette Cooper is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with the British political establishment, taking hundreds of thousands in donations, creating policies the High Court says are unlawful, then blaming her previous boss for the failings of her party, when a little more self reflection would show that she's just as guilty for damaging confidence and trust in our political system.

Farrukh

100,097 views • 1 month ago

As Sir Keir Starmer reportedly compiles his own resignation honours list, one old clip deserves to be played back in full. Because in June 2023 Starmer didn’t merely criticise Boris Johnson’s list. He attacked the whole grubby spectacle. He accused Rishi Sunak of being “too weak” to block Johnson’s honours, demanded to know whether he would also “buckle” to Liz Truss, and declared that honours should reward “public service, not Tory cronies”. Then, five days later, Starmer was asked directly whether he would issue a resignation honours list if he became Prime Minister. His answer was unequivocal: “No.” He said such lists were “very hard to justify” and added: “I think it’s easier to be clean about this and simply say, no, I wouldn’t do it.” Now, according to The Sunday Times, the former Prime Minister is consulting allies and drawing up precisely the sort of resignation honours list he told the country he would never produce. His office has declined to comment, and no final list has yet been submitted. That is the hypocrisy. But the deeper shame belongs to our political system. Starmer won power promising integrity and change, then abandoned pledge after pledge once the votes were safely counted. When his government finally collapsed, voters had no mechanism to recall the Prime Minister who had secured office on those promises, nor the Labour MPs elected beneath the same manifesto. Starmer has now left Parliament. The enormous Labour majority elected in 2024 remains. In 2023 he sneered at Tory leaders haggling over honours while the country struggled with the economy, NHS and asylum system. Three years later, with his own premiership finished, he appears ready to reach for the same departing Prime Minister’s privilege. Perhaps the most damning evidence against Keir Starmer has always been Keir Starmer.

As Sir Keir Starmer reportedly compiles his own resignation honours list, one old clip deserves to be played back in full. Because in June 2023 Starmer didn’t merely criticise Boris Johnson’s list. He attacked the whole grubby spectacle. He accused Rishi Sunak of being “too weak” to block Johnson’s honours, demanded to know whether he would also “buckle” to Liz Truss, and declared that honours should reward “public service, not Tory cronies”. Then, five days later, Starmer was asked directly whether he would issue a resignation honours list if he became Prime Minister. His answer was unequivocal: “No.” He said such lists were “very hard to justify” and added: “I think it’s easier to be clean about this and simply say, no, I wouldn’t do it.” Now, according to The Sunday Times, the former Prime Minister is consulting allies and drawing up precisely the sort of resignation honours list he told the country he would never produce. His office has declined to comment, and no final list has yet been submitted. That is the hypocrisy. But the deeper shame belongs to our political system. Starmer won power promising integrity and change, then abandoned pledge after pledge once the votes were safely counted. When his government finally collapsed, voters had no mechanism to recall the Prime Minister who had secured office on those promises, nor the Labour MPs elected beneath the same manifesto. Starmer has now left Parliament. The enormous Labour majority elected in 2024 remains. In 2023 he sneered at Tory leaders haggling over honours while the country struggled with the economy, NHS and asylum system. Three years later, with his own premiership finished, he appears ready to reach for the same departing Prime Minister’s privilege. Perhaps the most damning evidence against Keir Starmer has always been Keir Starmer.

The Heartlands Tribune

79,547 views • 25 days ago