tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6348440167794815746..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Left and Keir StarmerPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-55739069464393594362020-05-02T20:16:15.127+01:002020-05-02T20:16:15.127+01:00April is a cruel month.
April is a cruel month.<br />sandra benedettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35498753556092198862020-04-06T17:02:16.623+01:002020-04-06T17:02:16.623+01:00I don't care if he is boring or not.
What is...I don't care if he is boring or not. <br /><br />What is his capacity to win the next general election, and, what are his plans for the country if he does? What is his message, and, going forward what are the policies he will enact?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9367388665334117322020-04-06T12:59:51.432+01:002020-04-06T12:59:51.432+01:00Same processes and rules should apply across the b...Same processes and rules should apply across the board whether you are a councillor or an MP. That goes for reselection after each term also. Councillors need to be reselected by a panel and their local membership, branch (no big deal). So why all the fuss? Lets hope Keir and his team get this sorted. And yes party discipline has been shoddy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-20599627026144575822020-04-06T12:20:41.958+01:002020-04-06T12:20:41.958+01:00Everything about Starmer is boring and deeply unin...Everything about Starmer is boring and deeply uninspiring. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851236025486991991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-74375730705339998532020-04-06T12:20:02.314+01:002020-04-06T12:20:02.314+01:00I agree no more 'chaos'. No more running ...I agree no more 'chaos'. No more running to the press and slagging the party or leadership. No more washing dirty linen in public. Just as for councillors their are consequences so why was it so very different for MPs? Its called collective responsibility. The PLP needs to really tighten up on this. Really this has been very poor. Appalling actually to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9549626223954882242020-04-05T19:43:46.389+01:002020-04-05T19:43:46.389+01:00This from your 2015 blog you linked to gave me a c...This from your 2015 blog you linked to gave me a chuckle<br /><br />"Yes, I do think Jeremy is less divisive and problematic than Andy and Liz, and that any "chaos" resulting from his winning is overstated."<br /><br />Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405835552763514135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-26358690635578471532020-04-05T16:30:39.799+01:002020-04-05T16:30:39.799+01:00Too much deference to politicians alas. Lets see h...Too much deference to politicians alas. Lets see how Keir turns out in the next six months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-17315687557426131962020-04-05T15:22:50.606+01:002020-04-05T15:22:50.606+01:00I think 'ordinary' people, (some of those ...I think 'ordinary' people, (some of those who are putting their health now at risk on the frontline), many young people, people who cannot afford to get on the housing ladder need to be able to visualise a reality where having a home, a decent public health care system, access to good education and training without long term debt is possible. <br /><br />And yes it is a sad reality that despite the rhetoric some of our Members of Parliament are more interested in serving their own interests than that of the people they purport to represent. Indeed some of them also complain about their lot... a different reality than most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-80383978833775452022020-04-05T12:26:06.425+01:002020-04-05T12:26:06.425+01:00At least things are now a bit tighter as regards s...At least things are now a bit tighter as regards second homes being paid for by the public. Second home allowance to pay for flats in London then later rent it out and live in a hotel in London all at the expense of the public purse. All in the name of public service for some MPs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-25152964708268709152020-04-05T10:24:28.874+01:002020-04-05T10:24:28.874+01:00"I'm extremely sceptical of Keir Starmer&..."I'm extremely sceptical of Keir Starmer's leadership".<br /><br />Me too.<br /><br />When the world wakes up to the aftermath of this pandemic, the Labour Party will realise they've made the wrong decision at the wrong time. Capitalism will be under scrutiny unlike any time in its 300 year history. The shock waves from this crisis are almost unmeasurable. The Labour Party should be ready with an radical alternative but, of course, instead it will offer some hand-wringing, apologetic, unctuous liberalism.<br /><br />What lies ahead will be a stark choice between barbarism or socialism The Far Right are waiting in the long grass and the left will dither.<br /><br /> Dialectician1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-28373309693736303132020-04-04T22:13:39.866+01:002020-04-04T22:13:39.866+01:00Thanks Phil, that rings true in analysis and tone ...Thanks Phil, that rings true in analysis and tone about what it's like on Labour's left just now. We haven't recovered from Dec 12 yet have we? Paul Mason is right about one thing regarding the leadership election - the left didn't mobilise. So Lauren Townsend lost to the appalling Joanna Baxter by 300 votes for the NEC. Me too, I hadn't even found out about Lauren by the time of our CLP nomination meeting where I hurriedly nominated Jo Bird. Relative to community activism, with refugees in my case, the LP feels like a bit of a hostile environment. You're right that the link between the 2 is important and has at last - because of what we did over the last 4 years - become established. Normal to have a Labour Party banner at a picket or asylum rights demo. We have to stay to fight for that to continue, or at least some of us. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it. I'm not sure about your emphasis on defending Starmer from the right. Defend the policies and leadership pledges he made yes but probably from him. Bruce Peninsulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-19257884190562218472020-04-04T21:28:45.611+01:002020-04-04T21:28:45.611+01:00A bit daft for the left to put such a longlist of ...A bit daft for the left to put such a longlist of candidates forward for the NEC. To state the obvious it of course split the vote. Their call. Stupid though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-71693457499275874422020-04-04T19:47:17.115+01:002020-04-04T19:47:17.115+01:00As you said Phil no surprise that Keir won the ele...As you said Phil no surprise that Keir won the election. No reason he should not also win a general election with the support of members on the ground. If they are respected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84202618936214591082020-04-04T19:21:35.513+01:002020-04-04T19:21:35.513+01:00Yes I agree. To become an MP it is very often abou...Yes I agree. To become an MP it is very often about 'who you know not what you know'. This is pertinent to your endorsement which will influence your selection. It may even influence who has been put on a longlist as a starting point. It is too easy for MPs to forget the help they have been given. Don't. And don't patronise the membership or the people that were not given the chance you had. I hope the new leadership in the party understands that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48849406556950995092020-04-04T16:51:32.129+01:002020-04-04T16:51:32.129+01:00Lets hope they respect the membership- Many hard w...Lets hope they respect the membership- Many hard working volunteers. Lets also hope that they never forget how fortunate and privileged they are. Many very able people working hard- some on the frontline now who earn little, risk a lot, and, get little credit. Many, given the opportunities afforded to some of our politicians could have done better for themselves, and would have been given greater credit for doing so. Please don't forget that. Opportunities and an equal chances not given to everyone- in the Labour Party either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9973615314945071472020-04-04T13:44:47.716+01:002020-04-04T13:44:47.716+01:00'Therefore comrades who've had a bellyful ...'Therefore comrades who've had a bellyful (and seriously, who hasn't?) should approach the matter not as an issue of ideological purity but as pragmatic class politics.'<br /><br />Corbyn, ex-public schoolboy with no sense of what it means to be working class achieves worst labour result in modern history. <br /><br />Thank god we finally have someone who has got somewhere from nowhere and comes from the very people they are meant to represent. What did Corbyn give us? Brexit, Boris Johnson, and potentially tens of thousands unnecessarily dead as a result of his incompetent government. <br /><br />But none of that matters to people like you and your supporters because it's all 'meta' - bugger the aspirations and lives of the little people, it's simply a game, but one in which your meddling has set back the majority of British people decades and will probably lead to the end of the UK. <br /><br />The five year nightmare may be over but the damage is done. Chuckle and preen all you like but all your cleverness has achieved is misery for folk less fortunate than yourself. You're Tories through and through. Is there something lower than lower than vermin? That is where Bevan would place you. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com