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Bob Jamieson

There’s a threat lurking right underneath Labour’s nose – and it’s from the left
John McDonnell

The party wants to seem in control. But many of its MPs have knife-edge majorities that a challenger could obliterate

The harsh reality is that Labour was not elected on a wave of popularity. The first-past-the-post vote system masked Labour’s low vote share, which was just 34%.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · There’s a threat lurking right underneath Labour’s nose – and it’s from the leftBy John McDonnell
#politics#LabourGovernment#fascism
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JuneSim63

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has just hired Nemat (Minouche) Shafik as a government adviser. You remember Shafik? She's the one who called out the NYPD on Columbia University students protesting against Gaza and banned Jewish Voice for Peace.

"The fact that Columbia University's President who has had to resign in disgrace is immediately embraced and rehabilitated by Starmerite Labour tells you a lot."
Prof Priyamvada Gopal

#UKPolitics #Columbia #LabourGovernment

middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove

Middle East EyeMinouche Shafik hired by UK government after resigning from Columbia in wake of Gaza protestsShafik, who called for a police response to protests, will chair review into UK's approach to international development
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JuneSim63

"Can somebody please tell the Labour party that they won the election?"

William Keegan continues to put the boot into Labour’s dire economic policy, with particular reference to Rachel 'Call Me Thatcher' Reeves.

#LabourGovernment #Economics #FiscalRules #Benefits #UKPolitics #RachelReeves

Britain didn’t vote Labour just to get a new iron chancellor | William Keegan | The Guardian
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The Guardian · Britain didn’t vote Labour just to get a new iron chancellorBy William Keegan
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JuneSim63

"If we cannot afford it, we cannot do it"

Rachel Reeves channeling her inner Thatcher today.

Apart from the macroeconomic illiteracy of that statement, we CAN afford a huge programme of investment in public services.

As Prof Richard Murphy has shown in his 'Taxing Wealth' report, there are numerous sources of revenue available without even any further borrowing (which I support as well)

taxingwealth.uk/

I despair.

Taxing WealthTaxing Wealth Report 2024The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 seeks to answer the question that every journalist loves to ask of every politician, which is ‘how are you going to pay for it?’, whatever 'it' might be. What we know is that all our leading political parties, and Labour most especially, are acting as if...
#RachelReeves#LabourGovernment#Economics
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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social

The Ukrainian president was invited to become the first foreign leader to speak at a British Cabinet meeting since #BillClinton in 1997, in a show of solidarity with #Kyiv from the new #LabourGovernment.

#Zelenskyy told #Starmer and his senior ministers that being able to strike inside Russian territory would help prevent attacks on residential areas in #Ukraine. #Russia

Zelenskyy calls on Starmer to approve missiles
politico.eu/article/volodymyr-

POLITICO · Zelenskyy calls on Starmer to approve missilesBy Esther Webber
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