Don’t worry, Wes. With the rate of diminishing returns on Labour leaders, you’ll be the last desperate throw of the dice soon enough.

For those of us who see Palestinians as human beings, this was Starmer's defining moment. It is not sustainable to behave in this way while leading the nominally progressive party in a two party system. Starmer's unpopularity is not one of life's great mysteries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_s...

Is it too late for one last Sir Keir relaunch?

Journalist from the New Statesman admitting live on national television that Starmer made those pledges during his leadership campaign knowing he wasn’t going to keep them 👍

aged magnificently

Big talk from a genocidaire with a penchant for employing the close friends of paedophiles.

Army adverts during the football. “Are you enjoying this rainbow festival of joy that’s bringing people of all nations together? Have you thought about killing them?”

Every single word in this headline is a surprise

Inside you are two wolves

Whereas the other half think Wile E. Coyote is going to catch that damn bird any second now.

I wonder if Andy will try his pie ‘n’ peas bullshit on Trump. I bet he won’t be wearing a polo shirt and bomber jacket to that meeting.

There used to be a (some say romantic) notion that journalists were the eyes, ears and voice of the people. Nowadays? Not so much.

I'll tell the bond markets to Get up, Go Home. I'm against what they are doing!

I don’t know what Harriet’s fretting about. Last time the Labour membership had a say in a leadership election she got what she wanted.

It’ll be funny if England win the World Cup now and Keith won’t be there to congratulate them in Downing Street.

Goodbye England’s rose May you always grow in our hearts You had those great 10 pledges That lasted less time than most farts

Well Keir Starmer may not have saved the country from being a failed state, and he may not have done the simple right thing in the face of a horrific genocide, and he may have no idea how AI works despite his probably corrupt enthusiasm for it, and he may have backed the pro-rape spycops bill, and

You know, doctors and nurses. With their dirty, clumsy hands. Everybody knows about doctors and nurses and their dirty, clumsy hands.

So Sir Keir, after two years of trying to appease reactionary right-wing forces, opening the door to violent racism, and ensuring you’ll be remembered for being little more than a shabby liar, how do you feel it all went? Successful tactics or nah?

Here we go again. Are the bond markets on the electoral roll? Who did they vote for at the last election?

Can’t decide if this is the worst thing or the best thing I’ve ever heard. That sample is ace though.

Years ago when my kids were in middle school they had a visit from a Sussex Police officer to do the road safety talk. All the kids got given pencils and needless to say…

Bagpipes are good now. Really good.

It’s the 7th anniversary of German police seizing 4,200 litres of beer in Ostritz, a town of only 2,300 people, which would sound like a mean-spirited thing to do, were it not for the fact that they were preventing a bunch of Nazis having any beer at a festival celebrating Hitler 🧵

British politics in all its diversity on the BBC this morning

😂 The Jetsons lied to us

It's obvious to point out attacks against Muslims get ignored - but still needs repeatedly calling out. An Antisemitic attack should be reported and action taken. But where is the same media outrage, cobra meetings and calling of national emergency when 5 Muslims are attacked?

SO much this. The whole ‘we’re being forced out of public life by constant online abuse’ thing is *hugely* undermined by the fact that, when everyone is telling them to get off a website whose profit model is straightforwardly based on abuse, they repeatedly refuse to.

If the lads sound sad today, it’s because they have a bad case of the We All Spent 15 Years Screaming Abuse At The Left Because We Thought We Were In Control Of The Roaring Hate Machine, But Now It’s Gone Haywire, Everything Is Fucked And Horrible, And It’s Mostly Our Fault blues.

His many strengths and virtues go to another school

I like this attempt to assign him a little dignity when all we’ve seen for the last two years is a petulant, red-faced boobie.

I doubt Sir Keir’s life will change very much other than now he’ll be doing fuck all for free instead of for 170 grand a year.

Burnham’s getting the nod because he’s a more convincing liar than Starmer and that’s what really counts in that job.

Let's take a look at some of the highlights

Basically, people think Starmer would make a good Foreign Secretary because he didn’t look hungover as fuck on overseas jollies like Boris Johnson always did. Literally because Starmer can do his tie properly and not breathe Johnnie Walker fumes on Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Keir Starmer, Prime Minister 2024-2026: Bullied out of his job by an Oasis fan.

Can't believe this guy isn't more popular www.bbc.com/news/article... www.economist.com/interactive/...

Not sure if I have this right, but as an outsider looking in, it seems that in Keir Starmer, England's richest and most misshapen op-ed writers basically got their custom designed policy portfolio and it's been an unmitigated disaster. Surely they are taking some time to meaningfully reflect on this

Hydration break

Hydration break

Like almost every single person I’ve seen making the case for removing internet anonymity has priors for at least once being a little bitch about the understandable online reaction to a horrible take/article/policy etc

Have they cloned this fucker or something? How is he in so many places at once?

Don’t have to lie to the voters if it’s a coronation.

The last guy insisted a vote for him was a vote for change, this one can’t even be bothered with the pretence.

Think of it like the Jif/Cif change. Or Marathon/Snickers. Only with vicious neoliberalism.

Looks like the Horseshit Emporium is changing the sales staff but the product is staying the same.