If Burnham gives in to the campaign being waged by the far right media and Trade Union dinosaurs and doesn’t appoint Ed Milliband as CoE his premiership is over before it gets started. If he wasn’t intending to appoint Milliband in the first place he has no choice now.

Not just Thames Water the whole lot needs to be brought back. Today, in the teeth of a major heatwave, Southern Water with typical private sector efficiency cut off the water supply in my area. Re nationalisation without compensation will sharpen thinking in these privatised utilities.

Farage has come out of hiding to ‘demand’ a general election. Excellent, so Nige, about that £5m bung…….

21 June 1943 | Professor Zygmunt Łempicki, a Polish Germanist and a professor at the Warsaw University, died of typhus in the German camp #Auschwitz. He was incarcerated there on April 28, 1943 & became no. 119339. He was 57 years old.

So Starmer has accepted reality at last and agreed to step down. Now the spotlight will be on his successor who need a clear idea of how to use a large parliamentary majority and deal with the scourge of neoliberalism. I’m not hopeful.

Andy Burnham has an opportunity to make a real and substantial change for the better. To do that he must move away from the Neo-liberal ideology that has caused so much damage to the UK. So far the signs are that instead he will try to make a failing system seem less harsh and hope we don’t notice.

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I was thinking that Starmer’s restrictions on u16s was just a gimmick. Clearly it’s not, it’s his pension plan.

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j... As if proscribing Palestinian Action wasn't enough, Starmer again reveals himself as an instinctive authoritarian who panders to those who knee-jerk and who acts politically expediently. 1/3

Starmer gets it wrong again. This gimmick won’t work. He ought to bring these platforms to heel and make them responsible for abusive behaviour. Any determined u16 will walk around whatever restrictions are imposed and vulnerable people over 16 will still be victimised.

The pound is still below its pre-EU referendum level. Brexit has left UK economy 6-8% smaller than other countries. Trade has suffered from border friction. UK goods exports lagged behind the G7. Investment in UK has fallen behind other countries by 18%. UK employment trails other countries by 4%

On this day in 1943, a 26 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 4 months and 15 days. Before being imprisoned she was a worker. Her name was Aniela Piękosz. Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

Starmer tells right wing shill Chris Mason that he will hang on after his latest disaster because of duty. Well his duty is to do his best for the good of the country and that means stepping aside because he is wholly out of his depth as PM.

On this day in 1930, a Polish Jewish girl was born. Living in Czechoslovakia since 1939, on the 3 Nov 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her mother and brother (1). They perished in the Shoah. Of the 1000 deported that day, 953 perished. Her name was Zuzana Alefanzová

On this day in 1909, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 26 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto. She perished in the Shoah. Of the 1000 deported that day, 935 perished. Her name was Irena Andresová

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The jig is up for Starmer. If Burnham wins Makerfield Starmer should stand aside immediately.

The Labour Party needs to wake up. Starmer and Reeves are an existential threat to the party and regardless of what happens in Makerfield next week they need to be removed.

Spot on.

On this day in 1943, a 21 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 2 months and 17 days. Her name was Maria Krzysztofik Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

I am old enough to remember the Ian Huntley riots when people went out in fury at a White man who raped and murdered two schoolgirls. Except of course nobody did, and if it happened now nobody would. The outrage is selective to their racism, and everybody sees it.

Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame. Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.

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On this day in 1883, a Jewish man was born in the Sudetenland. Living in Prague, on the 16 Oct 1941, he was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with his wife and daughter. He perished there on the 21 Mar 1943. His wife and daughter also perished. His name was Adolf Frankl

On this day in 1904, a German born Jewish woman was born. Living in Prague, on the 16 Oct 1941, she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband and daughter (13). They all perished in the Shoah. Her name was Marta Herrmannová

There is never any outrage about White people killing or raping anyone. Even though it is 84% of the crime, they never ever mention it.

Spot on.

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

Yet more stupidity from Starmer. The sooner this vile creature is removed from power the better.

On this day in 1900, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 4 Sep 1942, she was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto with her husband and tow sons and on the 26 Jan 1943 to Auschwitz where they perished. Her name was Heda Sternschussová Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

So the right won’t believe him and the left won’t vote for him. A transparently ambitious and badly advised political chancer.

Tesco boss’s pay rises by more than £1m to £10.8m. 3m Britons skip meals, can't afford to buy food. Tesco profits hit £3.15bn. There are no controls of fat-cattery. Shareholder votes are advisory, not binding. Workers have no say. Customers have no say.

The King's Speech and cost-of-living crisis. 2.73m households in England live in fuel poverty. 4.5m-6.1m can't adequately heat homes and stay warm and healthy. Since 2020 energy companies made £125bn profit. 120,000 Britons die in fuel poverty annually. Yet no curbs on profiteering.

Maximum monthly State Pension, guess which is unaffordable? Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997

So, Streeting has a good news story to tell about important improvements in the NHS and Labour’s chief opponent is under pressure of a financial scandal and the idiot decides to bury all of that by resigning. He makes Starmer look like a political genius.

14 May 1906 | Czech Jewish woman, Marta Gachová, was born in Ústí nad Labem. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstad ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

If Starmer survives his current problems he really ought to get rid of anyone on the payroll who moved against him. But I bet he doesn’t and he will be back in the same position within 12 months.

On this day in 1907, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 5 Jul 1943 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband & daughter (3) & on the 6 Oct 1944 she was deported with her daughter to Auschwitz where they perished. Her name was Marta Bradovár Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions

On this day in 1923, a Czech Jewish man was born. On the 18 Jan 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 28 Sep 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz where he perished. His name was Hanuš Klauber Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

Brexit is a fundamentally dishonest policy, peddled by rightwing vested interests hiding behind prejudice. It has made the UK ungovernable because it requires relentless deceit to sustain it. And yet - in practical terms - it is ruinous. It is the debt we all have to pay to the truth.

The BBC’s first negative take via Chris Mason is that Starmer is using an autocue. If Mason was a ReformUK Ltd plant he really wouldn’t be doing anything different. Starmer is too stupid to understand what is happening but surely someone in the Labour Party will push back against this.

The BBC stopped being a reliable news source a long time ago and this rotten, hopeless, incompetent government will do nothing to address the issues.

On this day in 1868 a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 6 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband. She perished there on the 17 Aug 1942. Her husband was murdered in Treblinka in Oct 1942. Her name was Karolina Hutterová

Keir Starmer demonstrates that he has absolutely no idea where he is going wrong.

Depressing but it’s likely that the lesson Starmer will take from Labour’s humiliation will be to become ever more like ReformUk Ltd. Labour needs to get its act together and remove Starmer and his coterie from office and get them out of the party.

Conclusion? Labour should stand aside so as to prevent seats falling to ReformUk Ltd.

Labour losing votes to Greens, Tories to Reform. The left / right split remains. The big story is loss of faith in trad parties. It's an inevitable consequence of nearly 20 years of austerity. The economy doesn't work for most of us. GDP means nothing if 90% of growth goes to the richest 10%

All the Brexit voting areas going big on ReformUk Ltd yesterday shows is that they haven’t had enough stupid yet. And Starmer’s tin eared ‘talk to the hand’ response shows the Labour Party hasn’t either.