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#UkPol Good question!!
"Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich?"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/

"The controversial rule changes introduced by Sir Keir Starmer early in his party leadership seem to have done their intended work by excluding socialist MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy from being considered by the membership."
Labour members set for choice between two Starmer supporters | Morning Star

The Labour party leadership is likely hoping there's at least 2 candidates for the Deputy Leader otherwise it will be treated as a fix.
#UKPolitics #LabourParty

"Labour has also won every time the Senedd has been contested, as it will be again in May. Yet, if the most recent Wales-wide poll holds good, that is set to change. Plaid will instead be the largest party, just ahead of Reform UK, with Labour third. Though still a minority, Plaid would be in government. In Welsh terms, that would be a political earthquake. Perhaps in Britain-wide terms too"
#UKPol

Louise Haigh, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon and Nadia Whittom would all be OK but Labour seems pretty much finished.
Labour MPs must gain 80 nominations by Thursday to stand for deputy leader | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguar…

"The Conservative party has collectively decided that the threat of Farage is best met by copying him, so the idea that Badenoch could act towards Jenrick the way Heath did to Powell seems impossible. More extraordinary is that the Labour government is also under the misapprehension that the best way to combat Farage is to sound like him, a mistake that will seem incomprehensible in a few years time."
Fascism, Rivers of Blood, and today’s political and media elite

Checking in on the politics of civility.
https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/09/29/labour-labelled-nasty-party-after-minister-calls-ed-davey-fat-bloke-in-wetsuit/

Labour branded ‘nasty party’ after minister calls Ed Davey ‘fat bloke in wetsuit’ - Politics.co.uk
A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks while speaking to a fringe event at Labour Party conference.  Bell said: “What Britain needs to tackle [Reform UK leader Nigel] Farage... Read more »

On Starmer
tl;dr: hypocrisy and expediency
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/keir-starmer-labour-party-human-rights-mixed-record-international-law

Things are about to get woolly in cybersecurity, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--The UK is a European hotspot for cyberattacks,
--Hackers stole employee data from FEMA,
--DoD and DHS prep for government shutdown,
--CISA kills CIS and MS-ISAC contract,
--WestJet says hackers stole data in a breach,
--Newsom signs nation's toughest AI safety law,
--Labour Party to stud…

The UK is a European hotspot for cyberattacks
Hackers stole employee data from FEMA, DoD and DHS prep for government shutdown, CISA kills CIS contract, WestJet says hackers stole data in breach, Newsom signs nation's toughest AI safety law, Labour Party to study facial recognition, Asian beer giant hit by incident, much more

If I've understood the Labour Party rulebook correctly, there are 12 days left until the deadline for submitting leadership challenges for an election at this year's party conference. If the content of Angela Rayner's legal advice does exonerate her, that's long enough for her to publish it and get it digested by the press corps, no?

THIS
I just said the same thing to a friend yesterday @… https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/115315064320447429

Norway Labour now dependent on Left-Green bloc.
Norway’s Election Opens Door to More Restrictive Oil and Gas Policies - Oil Change International
https://oilchange.org/news/norways-election-opens-door-to-more-restrictive-oil-and-gas-polici…

Norway’s Election Opens Door to More Restrictive Oil and Gas Policies - Oil Change International
Oslo, Norway – The Norwegian election is a turning point for climate and energy policy. With a Labour-led government strengthened by the Green Party (MDG) crossing the parliamentary threshold of 4%

"‘We’re here to replace you,’ new Green leader Polanski tells Labour as he terms Starmer’s politics ‘despicable’ – UK politics live"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/02/cooper-reeves-starmer-gree…

Greens ‘on track’ to supplant Labour as favourite party in London
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/04/greens-on-track-to-supplant-labour-as-favourite-party-in-london-says-zack-polanski

The new party The Left by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, despite not even having an official name yet, is currently polling at 15%, and hence even with Labour.
This is an incredible feat and I wish best of luck to the party and its success!

"At his party conference in Birmingham, 5 Houses* said Rayner’s actions “scream of entitlement”.
Crisis engulfs Labour as Angela Rayner is forced to step down as deputy PM | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

In case you missed it:
As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
"Neither the embryonic Your Party, nor even the Green Party, provide evidence that their approach, extant or emerging, at this point in time, is adequate to the scale of the existential crisis facing humanity. This could change, and it should be a focus of the small degrowth movement in these islands "

As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failu…

"“Look, I’m not trying to get the world’s tiniest violin out to say, ‘poor MPs’,” [Chris Hinchliff MP] said. “But I will say there seems to be a certain set of people who behave in here more like a private schoolboy drinking club than serious professional people thinking about how to improve the country.”
Yes, this is the #Labour party he's talking about. Meet the new government, jus…

Get the Labour Party to reinstate the only 4 MPs brave enough to oppose their unfair and unwise welfare cuts. #stoppoverty #labourparty #keirstarmer

Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong. Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement and a better future for Labour:

I am perpetually disgusted with Labour. Being rightwing and xenophobic because of some kind of sick attempt at triangulation still leaves you as a rightwing, xenophobic party. And I don’t vote for those.

Labour Party also says what so many of us have been long saying: Israel is committing genocide. Sanctions now!
'Maryam Eslamdoust, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), said: "Today the Labour movement stood on the right side of history and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, sending a clear message to the Labour leadership: we will not remain silent on the crime of genocide."'

Labour conference votes to sanction Israel and recognise Gaza genocide
Shock development at party conference piles further pressure on beleaguered PM Keir Starmer to cut ties with Israel

Andy Burnham has said there is a climate of fear in Labour and it needs to change, as he defended his actions in “launching a debate” about the future of the party – seen by many as a challenge to Keir Starmer.
The Greater Manchester mayor has prompted outrage within No 10 and among cabinet ministers after he said last week that many MPs had urged him to run as Labour leader and questioned the government’s economic approach.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/andy-burnham-climate-of-fear-labour-shutting-down-debate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"Whether through the People’s Assembly, “Your Party,” the Greens or union organisations like trades councils, we need mobilising vehicles that will take the fight to both Labour and Reform. How to do that should be the focus of every socialist organisation and activist."
The Morning Star take on Labour conference 2025 | Morning Star

Two new #degrowth articles:
Neither of the two main British left alternatives (Greens and the proto- Your Party) appears to be sufficiently facing up to the fundamental issue of ecological overshoot.

As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failu…

What you have to remember about #Starmer's #Labour party is that it grew out of the project to smash #Corbyn's #Labour

'Your Party later said in a post on [!!!??] X: "For those who joined under the previous system last week, please be assured your data and membership is secure and will be migrated across. There is nothing more for you to do at this stage."'
Which, together with Corbyn's ref to the roadmap, which Zarah was following is as close as she'll get to being vindicated.
Let's hope that's an end to it.
Jeremy Corbyn sorry for 'confusion' as new…

Jeremy Corbyn sorry for 'confusion' as new party membership launched
The former Labour leader admits the new party has faced some "fraught days in the last week".

So Carney tries to force AC employees back to work after less than 12 hours. Every day, he shows the Liberal Party has abandoned working people, and Carney is just the latest. Trudeau’s government didn’t care either.
“Steven Tufts, associate professor and labour geographer at York University, says Air Canada has become dependent on the federal government to solve its labour-relations issues.
He mentioned last year's dispute between the airline and the pilots' union. Air Canada asked for the government to be ready to step in before the two sides reached a tentative agreement in September 2024.”
#canpoli #cdnpoli #union #cupe #solidarity

Manchester, Woodhouse Park ward by-election (Thursday 25/9)
Greens held the seat on a very low turnout in this predominantly white 'working class 'ward. Reform POX (who didn't campaign) pushed Labour into 3rd place.
The Green Party – 826 (43.8% -5.7)
Reform UK – 556 (29.5% New)
Labour – 386 (20.5% -23.2%)
Conservative – 72 (3.8% -1.6%)
Liberal Democrat – 47 ( (2.5% 1.2)
Turnout 16.29%

So now the Labour Party is a democracy that money can buy.
"Powell, who has cast herself as the "independent choice" in the contest, has also been boosted by a £15,000 donation from green energy industrialist Dale Vince."
Phillipson: I've been the victim of sexist briefings - BBC News
https://www.

Phillipson: I've been the victim of sexist briefings
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is running against Lucy Powell for Labour's deputy leadership.

Yes, with a lot of complicity from the BBC.
Has Reform changed the immigration debate? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c707g9rj9wqo

Has Reform changed the immigration debate?
Labour's ideal way of combating Nigel Farage is by fixing the asylum system and stopping small boats - but the party's strategy is also changing.

Two new #degrowth articles:
Neither of the two main British left alternatives (Greens and the proto- Your Party) appears to be sufficiently facing up to the fundamental issue of ecological overshoot.

As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failu…