That Starmer fella...

Fine with me, but the organised criminals should still be prosecuted.

there should not be an openly hostile immigration policy from a country with shrinking economy and population AT ALL

The UK has neither a shrinking economy nor population

(Nitpicking though, I agree with your general point)

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I don't think that's entirely true unless legal routes accept absolutely everyone, and I don't think anyone's proposing that.

we agree here,

just think it's impossible to get the people who are anti immigration to care about that distinction in a way which makes people safer; withdraws motivation for labour not to just ramp up the anti immigration rhetoric when they see a threat around elections. we see this in the states currently with trumps first run vs second run and how biden embracing republican border policy whole hog has only normalised it and allowed trump to go further. even if they do not win electorally they win politically and ideologically.

TIL !

Why is the country so dogshit then? 😂 maybe the weather.

^ ungrateful immigrant

biden embracing republican border policy

This is also mad, when Harris went to Guatemala and said "Do not come to US" was also a jaw-dropping moment.

The left needs change of narrative on immigration.

America is a mad place though, Greg Abbott was sending migrants on busses to NY and other "liberal" places 🤯

The best thing would be to get the topic out of the news, then people stop caring about it.
Probably impossible with the current press.

maybe the weather.

Very British thing to complain about, your integration was a success.

🙏🙏🙏🙏

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n16/peter-geoghegan/labour-and-the-lobbyists

Interesting. Unfortunate that James Purnell was mentioned, as it triggered me. He is everything I loathe.

It's just New Labour recycled isn't it, with private interests marching the government around? Appointments like Varun Chandra are awful.

Tend to think that Dominic Cummings was right about the civil service. If we had one that was effective, we wouldn't have private interests filling the competence gap and diverting things in their own interests.

Change your name to "New", forget the fucking labour

Bonus points to anyone who can place that without google

Looks like a funeral "things can only get worse".

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How about fixing the foundations by ending austerity?

lol, with that sort of attitude you're not going to get very far in sensible politics

starmer has launched plans today with a vision, a vision of having every street be a 10 story part ownership flat complex with a Starbucks under it. this is in light of the only stores currently surving being betting shops, american candy stores; supermarkets. tesco are in the process of working with the cabinet to roll out the national id clubcard. the first program of its kind to link both a credit score, biometric identification and dynamic discounting. to spur up further confidence in retail, labour are launching PFI backed franchise contracts for several household brands, including but not limeted too, rough trade, pretty green and flannels.

to curb anti social behaviour there is a curfew for anyone under 21 past 9pm and the only music allowed to be played above 20 decibels is to be submitted for review by a new government body. the body is aledged to be made up of what hifi subscribers over 48; northern soul revival forum members. an exception will be made for any artist currently on keir starmers personal spotify playlist. in addition to this there will be a new entertainment tax, this is to fund any box hire or food at cultural events starmer, or his family, might want to attend

following the success of the smoking ban the government has targetted other health risks, those lined up are banning the mcdonalds 3 for £3, preventing the sale of full sugar fizzy pop and the criminilisation of caffine. to off set the expected revanue loss to cultural venues the government is launching a renewed "real ale" campaign, subsadising any IPA and giving a 5 year tax break to those investing in bitter production. these will be lead by the new government advisors james watt and martin dickie.

transgender healthcare is now under review for those under 30, with all medical interventions halted to those under 25. government advisors said there will be minimal impact to current services as the shortest gic waitlist is at 47 years. anyone attempting to import or prescribe estrogen or testosterone other than for those on the british cycling olympic track will face up to 13 years in prison. wes streeting has noted that alternative care will be offered, such as a video of angela rayner dancing at pride with a brat summer sign to spark "gay joy"; that any trans person with suicidal feelings will be taken into 24 hour care at HMP Bellmarsh for their own protection. lisa nandy and yvette cooper are said to be working together to ensure anyone affected will have access to chappel roan festival recordings (to be played and 17 decibels).

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Turns out that satire stuff is a lot harder than it looks, eh?

Iannucci probably safe for now

not nearly as hard as 10 years of posting irritably on a bike forum

This sounds like Brendan O'Neill's latest Spiked article

Here is a helpful summary, I think ChatGPT liked it.

The text is a satirical piece criticizing policies and proposals attributed to UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. The fictional policies include:

Urban Development: A vision for every street to have a 10-story part-ownership flat complex with a Starbucks underneath, reflecting concerns about the dominance of certain types of retail and housing developments.

Retail and Surveillance: A partnership between Tesco and the government to introduce a national ID clubcard linking credit scores, biometric identification, and dynamic discounts, as well as PFI-backed franchise contracts for various brands.

Social Control: Curfews for under-21s after 9 PM, music censorship, and a new entertainment tax to fund cultural events for Starmer and his family.

Health Policies: Proposed bans on unhealthy food and drink, along with subsidies for real ale production, led by BrewDog founders.

Transgender Healthcare: A review of transgender healthcare with severe restrictions, including the halting of medical interventions for those under 25 and harsh penalties for unauthorized hormone treatments. Alternatives include trivializing suggestions like watching videos or listening to low-volume music, with the threat of imprisonment for those in distress.

Overall, the piece exaggerates and mocks these policies as authoritarian and out of touch with reality.

Looks like the Smoking ban thingy has been a good pivot to away from the Winter Fuel Allowance, which to be fair they were taking hits on.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of these things, to me this version of the Labour Party look like they know what they are doing Politically.

More rumours from people who know people who know, that 2Cap will go once a full package of measures are worked out.

I'd say they have already made a few surprising missteps. I'll take people being mad about a Thatcher portrait being removed over the last decade and half though.