@vosje62@mastodon.nl"Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state in a statement on Sunday afternoon."
Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state - #BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialUrgent action UK readers as MAP’s lifesaving clinic in Gaza forced to close under new displacement order
Please call your MP today, the last day of parliament.
Demand that,
they call on Keir Starmer and David Lammy to:
*urge Israel to rescind these latest evacuation orders
*suspend all arms transfers to Israel, including parts for F-35 fighter jets
*take all possible steps to hold all perpetrators accountable.
Medical Aid for Palestinians
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer für "fairen" und "gerechten" Frieden
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer hat sich vor Beginn der Gespräche zum Ukraine-Krieg in Washington für einen "fairen" und "gerechten" Frieden ausgesprochen. Alle Beteiligten wünschten sich, dass dieser Krieg endet, sagte Starmer in einem Video auf X. "Aber wir müssen es richtig machen. Wir müssen sicherstellen, dass es Frieden gibt, dass es ein dauerhafter Frieden ist und…
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@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"Thousands of anti-Trump protesters march in London as king and senior royals host US president in Windsor"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/17/donald-trump-uk-state-visit-k…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Labour could easily counter some of the wild extremism. Ministers might point out that “English patriot” Robinson is an Irish passport-holder (up until last summer, anyway) who hunkers down in Spain and has a list of criminal convictions long enough for a tattoo sleeve. Starmer might observe how much of the UK would simply fall apart without migrants and their children.... He might even point out – imagine! – that migrants are human too...."
Aditya Chakrabortty
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialI thought for a moment this link was to https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/ which I would hesitate to endorse with a boost but it turns out it's someone sensible so ok...
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social
@Simone21@mastodon.socialHut ab vor Keir Starmer, der Lord Mandelson als Botschafter von Grossbritannien in den USA entlässt, weil er mit Epstein, dem Kinderschänder und Mädchenhändler verbandelt war.
Was für ein wirklich gutes Signal, auch an den Mann, der seinem Freund eine Skizze eines jugendlichen Frauenkörpers zum 50sten Geburtstag malte, weil er mit ihm so viel gemeinsam haben wollte. Damals.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialNot a guarantuee for succes or a meaningful outcome but Europe is at the table in Washington and Zelensky has some "cards" (instead of none), if you see who are present.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Emmanuel Macron.
Friedrich Merz.
Keir Starmer.
Giorgia Meloni.
Alexander Stubb.
Ursula von der Leyen.
(NATO) Mark Rutte.
#EU
@rachel@norfolk.socialSo, Donald Trump has left the UK. Keir Starmer is chalking this up as another quick turnaround in his “one in one out” policy…
#ukpolitics #uspolitics
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza"Starmer had a chance to thwart the smuggling gangs – with ‘one in, one out’, he has bottled it.
This messy policy won’t deter desperate asylum seekers. It’s more likely to have been created to appease the likes of Nigel Farage."
Diane Taylor in the Guardian.
https://www.
@drgeraint@glasgow.socialOn Starmer
tl;dr: hypocrisy and expediency
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/keir-starmer-labour-party-human-rights-mixed-record-international-law
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineThe kirk of messianic (or is it manic?) charlatanism seems to have a lot of support in the UK as well.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-king…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alThe UK and Keir Starmer are complicit in genocide (and, it would appear, in the murder of British aid workers).
(And Keir, please feel free to sue me for libel under your country’s ridiculous libel laws because I would *love* the chance to run discovery on this.)
https://
@markhburton@mstdn.social#Starmer demonstrates his inability to learn.
'one left MP commented: “This is desperate stuff. It shows how thin-skinned Keir Starmer is. He actually changed position on welfare as a result of what these MPs did."'
.....and
'Ms Sultana accused Starmer and his chief strategist Morgan McSweeney of being “insecure men. No vision. No compassion,” bent on removing those…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"But maybe the more complex reasoning for why #Starmer is such a vacant leader is that only such a man could have been elected as prime minister. Only a man characterised by the ability to identify who he must ingratiate himself with could have won the electoral race, placated powerful business interests and fended off the rightwing press"
Insightful from Nesrine Malik
@fremandolasse@mastodon.socialThis is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/04/keir-starmer-smoothing-nigel-farage-path-no-10-labour-reform…
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialAuch Starmer reist mit zu Trump
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer wird ebenfalls mit Selenskyj und anderen europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs zu nach Washington reisen. Das teilte sein Büro mit. Dabei sei er bereit, "diese nächste Phase weiterer Gespräche zu unterstützen, und wird bekräftigen, dass seine Unterstützung für die Ukraine so lange wie nötig fortgesetzt wird", hieß es in einer Erklärung.
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@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nuFör 22 år sedan skrev en ung, talangfull människorättsjurist ett öppet brev till Tony Blair för att protestera mot Irakkriget.
Hans namn var Keir Starmer.
https://www.dn.se/varlden/erik-de-la-reguera-starmer-kan-hamna-i-samma-sits-som-bl…
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzI think "We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear - Keir Starmer, 2025" might look good on a placard somewhere...
#UKPol #KeirStarmer #protest
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot
@cdarwin@c.imConservative leader Kemi Badenoch said he was "flirting with Neil Kinnock's demand for a wealth tax" after the former Labour leader called for one on Sky News.
Sir Keir Starmer dodged the question by saying his government has stabilised the economy, but was asked again by Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay if he would stand by his promise that "those with the broadest shoulders should carry the largest burden".
The Prime Minister simply said: "We can…
@rachel@norfolk.social
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialKeir Starmer will go down in history as even worse than Tony Blair in the Labour PM rankings, which is no small feat.
If he was just trying his best to deliver the UK to the far-right with all the repressive apparatus ready to go, he wouldn't be doing a better job at it.
@pre@boing.worldAw, Keir Starmer got his name chanted at Glasto this year after all! And he thought they'd never chant his name like they did Jeremy Corbyn's name.
Wait....
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I'm hearing they weren't chanting "Oh, Keir Starmer", but instead some profanity!
How rude!
Not wrong, just rude.
@servelan@newsie.socialStarmer urges bodies to implement Supreme Court trans ruling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/keir-starmer-supreme-court-trans-ehrc-single-sex-spaces/
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer erwartet Selenskyj in der Downing Street
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer erwartet den ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj heute in London. Selenskyj werde gegen 09.30 Uhr (Ortszeit) in der Downing Street eintreffen, teilte Starmers Büro mit. Starmers und Selenskyjs Treffen erfolgt einen Tag bevor US-Präsident Donald Trump und Kremlchef Wladimir Putin in Alaska zu Ukraine-Gesprächen zusammenkommen. …
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@davej@dice.campThat’ll age well, I’m sure. https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/politics-oeaorfqgz/-/a-MX2g0TyGS_6HtzoJBJonqQ:a:3199692-/0
@Jyoti@mas.toCivilians butchered, babies left to die, aid workers and journalists deliberately targeted by Israel:
KEIR STARMER - This all seems fine to me. Carry on!
Pop group says something about genocide:
KEIR STARMER - This is an outrage! Ban them! Pull all their gigs! They're TERRORISTS!
#IsraelIsATerroristState
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialGood for you Andy Burnham.
"At the weekend the continuity rebels won the backing of Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. Burnham, who has become increasingly vocal in recent weeks in setting out an alternative, more muscular, soft left alternative to what Keir Starmer is offering, ... he urged Labour MPs to vote down the bill."
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialVertreter Europas treffen im Weißen Haus ein
NATO-Chef Mark Rutte, der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer und die Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission, Ursula von der Leyen, haben vor den Gesprächen mit US-Präsident Donald Trump die ukrainische Botschaft in Washington verlassen und sind im Weißen Haus empfangen worden. Die Europäische Staats- und Regierungschefs hatten sich zuvor mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolody…
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz"we don't have leaders we have windsocks" says @….
Immediately I thought of Keir Starmer!
#KeirStarmer #windsocks #UKPol
@markhburton@mstdn.social @ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer bekräftigt "unerschütterliche" Unterstützung Großbritanniens
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer bekräftigt die "unerschütterliche" Unterstützung seines Landes für die Ukraine. Internationale Grenzen dürften nicht mit Gewalt geändert werden, sagt Starmer nach dem Ukraine-Videogipfel mit US-Präsident Donald Trump. Die Ukraine benötige zudem robuste und glaubwürdige Sicherheitsgarantien, um ihre territoriale Inte…
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@aral@mastodon.ar.alKeir Starmer is the puppy a billionaire never had as a child.
@simon_lucy@mastodon.socialAs it happens she was upset before PMQs started, it's reported as being something personal, pointless speculation isn't very useful.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/114784881998604378
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe BBC says it should have cut the livestream of Bob Vylan's Glastonbury performance as it contained "utterly unacceptable" antisemitic sentiments (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyWestern leaders starting to speak up - now more images show up of people in Gaza dying from hunger - knew all along this would be the consequence of Israel shutting off food and water supply. They ignored and suppressed protests in their own countries and kept defending Israel's actions. Shame. https://share.google/HzXCTaQqJOsrwU…
@losttourist@social.chatty.monsterOne of the most frustrating things about playing music is learning all the confusing chord names. Now I'm supposed to play a Keir Starmer diminished!
@rachel@norfolk.socialHe can’t even organise a party of two people 🤣🤣🤣
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/
@Ruhrnalist@mastodon.socialKanzler Merz lässt verkünden, er habe sich in einem Telefonat mit dem französischen Staatspräsidenten und dem britischen Premierminister über unseren Kurs in der Nahost-Politik abgestimmt. "Es gab große Übereinstimmung mit Emmanuel Macron und Keir Starmer. Wir werden in den kommenden Tagen sehr eng koordiniert die nächsten Schritte unternehmen.“
Das ist maximal wenig, maximal unkonkret.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialCorrected headline.
"The xenophobe Nigel Garage realises his Trumpian promise is empty but then promises concentration camps."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/
@prachisrivas@masto.aiUK FCDO decision to cut back aid to education and to gender initiatives is devastating.
'In an open letter [to UK PM Keir Starmer] published today, several high-profile are joined by entrepreneurs, respected academics and concerned citizens from across the UK in warning that proposed cuts to the UK aid budget could have devastating consequences for millions of girls worldwide whose futures depend on access to education.'
@cdarwin@c.imTrump said Monday that
he would impose additional sanctions on Russia
before a previously announced 50-day deadline
if Russia does not reach a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine.
Trump said the new deadline
would be in 10 to 12 days.
He made his comments during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump’s golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialIt only took 6 years, but Keir Starmer has finally seen sense and will implement my "eliminate mobile signal black spots along major train lines" policy.
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer prangert "rücksichtslosen Schritt" Russlands an
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer hat die Verletzung des polnischen Luftraums durch mutmaßlich russische Drohnen scharf verurteilt. Die "ungeheuerliche und beispiellose Verletzung des Luftraums von Polen und der NATO durch russische Drohnen" seien "zutiefst besorgniserregend", betonte Starmer. Es habe sich um einen "extrem rücksichtslosen Schritt" Russlands geha…
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz"Brian Leishman, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Rachael Maskell and Chris Hinchcliffe will now sit as independent MPs."
“I firmly believe that it is not my duty as an MP to make people poorer, especially those that have suffered because of austerity and its dire consequences.”
- Brian Leishman, MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, one of many who voted against the government’s disability benefit cuts.
Respect to the rebels, for voting with their consciences even when it got them into trouble!
I wonder if any of them will join up with Corbyn & Sultana's new thing?
#UKPol #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #LabourRebels
@rachel@norfolk.social"Starmer says UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution”
Erm, surely, if a two state solution was implemented, then we would recognise the state of Palestine so none of this makes any sense??
#ukpolitics
@markhburton@mstdn.socialWe knew what he was going to do before Starmer himself did.
https://mstdn.social/@markhburton/115180353409585265
Being US ambassador 'privilege of my life', Mandelson says, after being sacked over Epstein emails - BBC News
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer und Macron: Pläne zu Friedenssicherung in Ukraine fertig
Großbritannien und Frankreich haben ihre Vorbereitungen zur Sicherung eines möglichen Waffenstillstands in der Ukraine abgeschlossen. Das machten der britische Premier Keir Starmer und Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron deutlich. "Ich freue mich sehr, heute sagen zu können, dass die Pläne ausgereift sind und wir sie auf eine langfristige Grundlage stellen", s…
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@aral@mastodon.ar.alKeir had not been the same since he rented his mouth hole to the Bovine Excrement Delivery Company. https://mastodon.ie/@bullivant/114727764609793797
@markhburton@mstdn.socialUK’s Starmer faces mounting pressure to recognise Palestinian state | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/25/uks-starmer-faces-mounting-pressure-to-recognise-palestinia…
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.deEuropas Mächtedreieck https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10069
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialStarmer äußert sich entsetzt über Angriff auf Kiew
Der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer äußert sich entsetzt über den größten russischen Luftangriff seit Kriegsbeginn, bei dem auch das wichtigste Regierungsgebäude in Kiew in Brand geriet. "Ich bin entsetzt über den jüngsten brutalen Angriff auf Kiew und die gesamte Ukraine, der über Nacht stattfand und bei dem Zivilisten getötet und die Infrastruktur beschädigt wurden",…
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al“The band said: ‘You know what’s “not appropriate” Keir?!’ They then used an expletive to accuse the prime minister of arming a genocide.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of genocide relating to the ongoing war in Gaza.”
– BBC
israel has strongly denied that it’s raining, have they, BBC? So tell me, what do you see when you look out the fucking window?
#bbc
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzDidn't know about this till now!
"Nottingham Against Transphobia hold die-in in city centre"
"... to demand justice from the Labour government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and show the general public the stark reality trans people are currently facing. ...
"The demonstration in Nottingham saw dozens of participations carry out a die-in where they lay silently on the ground as the sound of a steady heartbeat played from a loud speaker. One attendee was dressed as the Grim Reaper and wore a mask plastered with the face of prime minister Keir Starmer, standing ominously amongst the participants on the floor."
#trans #protest #Nottingham #England #UKlaw #EHRC
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialTusk: Verbündete bieten konkrete Hilfe an
Polen hat nach Angaben von Ministerpräsident Donald Tusk von den europäischen Verbündeten konkrete Hilfsangebote zur Luftverteidigung erhalten. Tusk schrieb auf dem Portal X, er habe mit Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz, Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron, dem britischen Premier Keir Starmer, Italiens Regierungschefin Giorgia Meloni sowie NATO-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte gesprochen.
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@markhburton@mstdn.socialBritain’s intelligence and military support to Israel since October 7, as well as the continued authorisation of components of F35 jets, “crosses the line into participation,” Mr Kennard added.
Forz Khan, the lawyer who represented the family of Jim Henderson, an aid worker with World Central Kitchen who was killed in April 2024, said it was ”highly likely that Sir Keir Starmer is guilty of genocide.”
'This is not complicity, this is participation' | Morning Star
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialFrankreich und Großbritannien bekräftigen Plan für Friedenstruppe
Seit Längerem erwägen Frankreich und Großbritannien den Einsatz einer Friedenstruppe, um einen möglichen Frieden in der Ukraine nach Vereinbarung einer Waffenruhe abzusichern. Die Pläne für eine solche Truppe seien nun abgeschlossen, wie der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron und der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer mitteilten. Laut Macron könne eine …
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@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialMehr Koordination zwischen Nuklearmächten Großbritannien und Frankreich
Die Atommächte Großbritannien und Frankreich wollen ihr Abschreckungspotenzial stärker gemeinsam zur Geltung bringen. Erstmals werde in einer Erklärung festgeschrieben, dass die Atomwaffen beider Länder zwar unabhängig voneinander seien, aber miteinander koordiniert werden könnten, sagte der britische Regierungschef Keir Starmer bei einer gemeinsamen Pres…
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@markhburton@mstdn.social"Palestine Action is not arming the genocide and Israel — that’s Keir Starmer and the British government, who should be proscribed,”
'A clear example of political censorship' | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/clear-e…
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzEd Davey, Lib Dem MP, has done a letter about Musk's speech at the far right protest yesterday:
"I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
"As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions."
(If you click through to the Bluesky post, apologies for lack of proper alt text on the letter itself. I did look on his web site for the full text & didn't find it there.)
#EdDavey #ElonMusk #KeirStarmer #UKPol
@markhburton@mstdn.socialWhat planet is this creature on?
"Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Iran to return to the negotiating table"
World reacts to US attacks on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/202…
@markhburton@mstdn.social @ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialMacron verurteilt "Terror und Barbarei"
Der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron hat die massiven russischen Angriffe auf die Ukraine auf das Schärfste verurteilt. "Das ist die Idee Russlands von Frieden. Terror und Barbarei", schrieb er beim Kurznachrichtendienst X.
Auch der britische Premierminister Keir Starmer warf Russland vor, jegliche Hoffnung auf Frieden zu sabotieren. Das Blutvergießen müsse enden, mahnte er.
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz"I was sceptical of Keir Starmer's Labour Party, but willed it to turn things round and build a fairer, greener, kinder country. I was suspicious of its policy vacuums, but thought "well at least it understands strategy". But what we now see is that it is as weak on strategy as it is on ideals."
#GeorgeMonbiot #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #UKPol
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzbenefits, taxes, Starmer etc
Well done disability activists for championing (relative) fairness, care and sense. You shouldn't have had to deal with that cruel nonsense, but you led the way, and I appreciate it.
Tip of the hat to Labour rebels.
Keir Starmer you should fix the tax system now. #TaxWealthNotWork.
There's a campaign for a new 2% tax on wealth over £10,000,000, which seems entirely reasonable to me.
#disability #benefits #UK #UKPol #KeirStarmer #LabourParty
