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@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-06-01 17:52:04

"As a political force, the Labour left is finished. The tactic of entryism – entering the Labour party and changing it – is finished too."
"..a string of local council victories next year would pave the way for an unprecedented challenge to #Labour – not from the right, as the party has always had to fight, but from its radical flank. And this new movement could take parts of Lab…

@jonquark@mastodon.org.uk
2025-05-02 06:25:45

The UK local election results so far are fairly grim. People are understandably cross with #Labour, they have put themselves in an awkward position where they have effectively promised not to raise any of the maIn sources of tax when demands on the treasury are rising.
The Reform party cannot be the answer. They are a collection of easy answers to problems where there are no easy answers. …

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-06-02 16:08:55

The 2024 #Labour Budget allocated just £11.3 billion to climate change mitigation and adaptation—covering everything from carbon capture* and
nuclear energy* to tree planting and EV charging*—compared to
at least £58 billion for military spending.
NB, those with a * are fake climate mitigation.
#warmongering

@fooflington@infosec.exchange
2025-05-12 07:38:20
Content warning: UK politics

When #Labour reuse #Tory slogans like "take back control", what sort of signal does that send? How should we tell them apart? It can't be beyond the wit of speech writers to come up with something different that means the same… can it?