Tootfinder

"Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead"
George Monbiot explains:
"Yes, these proposals might reduce costs for business. But the inevitable result is to transfer them to society. ...
"Many have paid with their lives, health, education or livelihoods for previous “bonfires of red tape”: through the Grenfell Tower disaster, filthy rivers, collapsing classrooms, consumer rip-offs and the 2008 financial crisis. But as long as these costs can be shifted off corporate and current government balance sheets, that is deemed a win for business and win for the Treasury."
#ToxicChemicals #law #UKLaw #UKPol #KeirStarmer #RachelReeves #LabourParty

"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

Mostly what I'd expect him to say.
This line stuck out to me:
"Looking at the Labour Party now, it’s as if MPs are afraid of the people they are meant to represent"
That rings true to me. Reminds me of the recent arrests for challenging the proscription of Palestine Action. Ordinary people explicitly disagreeing with the government, oh no! Can't be allowed!
And I think part of what a lot of people like about Corbyn is he _doesn't_ give that vibe. He behaves as though ordinary people are reasonable, resourceful, able to collaborate on solutions.
#UKPol #JeremyCorbyn #YourParty #LabourParty

See, this is the kind of thing which made me take note of Jeremy Corbyn in the first place. He may not be the greatest on the management side of leadership, but unlike a lot of blow-with-the-wind politicians, he actually comes right out and says things that are true and helpful!
#JeremyCorbyn #YourParty #LabourParty #UKPol

"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