Labour will inherit an economy in severe difficulty and decline and, even though it is widely accepted that Brexit is responsible for many of our problems, Keir Starmer has repeatedly insisted that under his leadership, the UK will never seek to rejoin the Single Market, the Customs Union of the European Union or agree to freedom of movement, or attempt to return to membership of the EU. Britain, however, has no future outside the EU and seems destined to continually decline.
Showing posts with label Keir Starmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Keir Starmer. Show all posts
Saturday, February 03, 2024
Michael Lambert: The UK Has No Future Outside the EU
Feb 3, 2024 | It is now four years since the UK finally left the EU. The period since Brexit under an incompetent and corrupt Conservative government has brought economic decline, social division and poverty to millions. Every week brings more economic bad news. Under Rishi sunak, the Tories are deeply divided and the prime minister has resorted to regularly lying in order to defend his lamentable record of incompetence.
Labour will inherit an economy in severe difficulty and decline and, even though it is widely accepted that Brexit is responsible for many of our problems, Keir Starmer has repeatedly insisted that under his leadership, the UK will never seek to rejoin the Single Market, the Customs Union of the European Union or agree to freedom of movement, or attempt to return to membership of the EU. Britain, however, has no future outside the EU and seems destined to continually decline.
Labour will inherit an economy in severe difficulty and decline and, even though it is widely accepted that Brexit is responsible for many of our problems, Keir Starmer has repeatedly insisted that under his leadership, the UK will never seek to rejoin the Single Market, the Customs Union of the European Union or agree to freedom of movement, or attempt to return to membership of the EU. Britain, however, has no future outside the EU and seems destined to continually decline.
Friday, December 08, 2023
Margaret Thatcher Did Terrible Things, Insists Keir Starmer after Backlash to Tribute
THE TELEGRAPH: Labour leader caused a stir by commending the former PM for enacting ‘meaningful change’
Sir Keir says he was making the point that Thatcher was a leader with a 'driving sense of purpose', rather than expressing support for her policies | CREDIT: ROGER HARRIS/AFP via Getty Images
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is not a fan of Margaret Thatcher as he faced a backlash from his own MPs for praising the Iron Lady.
The Labour leader claimed the former prime minister did “terrible things” which he “profoundly disagrees with” as he sought to placate backbenchers angered by his tribute to her legacy.
Sir Keir caused a stir by commending Thatcher for enacting “meaningful change” and “setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism” in an article for The Telegraph.
He has since stressed he was making the point that she was a leader with a “driving sense of purpose”, rather than expressing support for her policies.
He went even further at a gala dinner in Scotland on Thursday evening, clarifying he was no champion of her politics. Asked if he was a fan of Thatcher, he said: “No, absolutely not. She did terrible things, particularly here in Scotland which everybody in this room, myself included, profoundly disagrees with.” » | Amy Gibbons, Political Correspondent | Friday, December 8, 2023
Can't these politicians let Margaret Thatcher rest in peace? It's as if they are tied to Mummy's apron strings! Margeret Thatcher was in power 40 years ago! I remember the period very well. Undoubtedly, her politics made life exciting for many, though very hard for many others. Whether you agreed with her politics, or not, nobody can deny her leadership skills and sense of purpose.
However, she governed in very different times from today. The problems she and her government faced and had to try and solve were very different from today's problems. Indeed, one of the major problems we face today is wealth inequality. The gap between the haves and have-nots has never been as big as this since the Gilded Age. It should be noted that it was Thatcherism here in the UK and Reaganomics, its brother in the States, that set this trend in motion. We wouldn't have this HUGE wealth gap today had it not been for Thatcher and Reagan. So the last thing we need now is yet more of the very policies that caused this problem.
Thatcher once said that the wealth gap doesn't matter. As a one-time student of economics, I can assure you that she was absolutely wrong on that. The gap between the rich and the poor does matter if society is to cohere and be harmonious. You only have to ask the French about that! France lost its monarchy because of the displeasure of the people with the then existent wealth gap!
I find it mystifying that Thatcher's spell on this country has still not been broken. That this is so can surely be explained only by our politicians' lack of understanding of the economy and of how economics works.
Thatcherism was all well and good in the 1980s and 90s. But all these decades later, we need another way forward.
Margaret Thatcher: Requiescat in pace. – © Mark Alexander
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is not a fan of Margaret Thatcher as he faced a backlash from his own MPs for praising the Iron Lady.
The Labour leader claimed the former prime minister did “terrible things” which he “profoundly disagrees with” as he sought to placate backbenchers angered by his tribute to her legacy.
Sir Keir caused a stir by commending Thatcher for enacting “meaningful change” and “setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism” in an article for The Telegraph.
He has since stressed he was making the point that she was a leader with a “driving sense of purpose”, rather than expressing support for her policies.
He went even further at a gala dinner in Scotland on Thursday evening, clarifying he was no champion of her politics. Asked if he was a fan of Thatcher, he said: “No, absolutely not. She did terrible things, particularly here in Scotland which everybody in this room, myself included, profoundly disagrees with.” » | Amy Gibbons, Political Correspondent | Friday, December 8, 2023
Can't these politicians let Margaret Thatcher rest in peace? It's as if they are tied to Mummy's apron strings! Margeret Thatcher was in power 40 years ago! I remember the period very well. Undoubtedly, her politics made life exciting for many, though very hard for many others. Whether you agreed with her politics, or not, nobody can deny her leadership skills and sense of purpose.
However, she governed in very different times from today. The problems she and her government faced and had to try and solve were very different from today's problems. Indeed, one of the major problems we face today is wealth inequality. The gap between the haves and have-nots has never been as big as this since the Gilded Age. It should be noted that it was Thatcherism here in the UK and Reaganomics, its brother in the States, that set this trend in motion. We wouldn't have this HUGE wealth gap today had it not been for Thatcher and Reagan. So the last thing we need now is yet more of the very policies that caused this problem.
Thatcher once said that the wealth gap doesn't matter. As a one-time student of economics, I can assure you that she was absolutely wrong on that. The gap between the rich and the poor does matter if society is to cohere and be harmonious. You only have to ask the French about that! France lost its monarchy because of the displeasure of the people with the then existent wealth gap!
I find it mystifying that Thatcher's spell on this country has still not been broken. That this is so can surely be explained only by our politicians' lack of understanding of the economy and of how economics works.
Thatcherism was all well and good in the 1980s and 90s. But all these decades later, we need another way forward.
Margaret Thatcher: Requiescat in pace. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Michael Lambert: STARMER - Sitting on Fences
Oct 14, 2023 | Last week was the Labour party conference in Liverpool. The mood was optimistic since it is now widely expected that Labour will form the next government with Keir Starmer as prime minister.
In his keynote speech, Starmer failed to mention many of the major issues facing the country such as global warming, AI, fraud and electoral reform. He spoke about various reforms including ending non-dom tax relief, ending tax relief for private schools and reform of the planning system to facilitate the building of many more houses. However, in a speech marked by meaningless management speak he said very little about how all of his proposed reforms were to be paid for.
Towards the end of his speech, he did acknowledge that growing the economy would entail expansion of business. The current Tory cabinet and the 31-strong shadow cabinet have virtually no business experience and it is doubtful if they really understand that backing new small businesses is crucial to the success of the economy and is the only way that all of the reforms Starmer wants to make can be financed.
In his keynote speech, Starmer failed to mention many of the major issues facing the country such as global warming, AI, fraud and electoral reform. He spoke about various reforms including ending non-dom tax relief, ending tax relief for private schools and reform of the planning system to facilitate the building of many more houses. However, in a speech marked by meaningless management speak he said very little about how all of his proposed reforms were to be paid for.
Towards the end of his speech, he did acknowledge that growing the economy would entail expansion of business. The current Tory cabinet and the 31-strong shadow cabinet have virtually no business experience and it is doubtful if they really understand that backing new small businesses is crucial to the success of the economy and is the only way that all of the reforms Starmer wants to make can be financed.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Peter Oborne Absolutely DEMOLISHES Keir Starmer
I have said it so many times before, but I think I need to repeat myself: The only man to vote for in the next general election is Ed Davay, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. The Tories, once Britain's best hope in each and every election, is now a corrupt party bereft of any good policy or any ideas for a prosperous future. It is also backward-looking – it forever harks back to Britain's glorious past. Furthermore, it has trashed the economy, even though it has been in power for more than 13 years. Any decent party in power for more than thirteen years would have got the economy in fairly decent order by now. Not so the Tories.
It's not worth voting for Starmer, because he is the leader of the socialist party: Labour. Socialists rarely have the economic answer to any economic problem. Moreover, you can bet your bottom dollar that if Keir Starmer comes to power, he will lead a bunch of champagne socialists. And one last very important thing: He is deluded! Why? Because he is determined to make Brexit work. Now that is delusion! Brexit will never work. It cannot work. There are many reasons for this, but the most obvious one is that Brexit has meant that this country has turned its back on the biggest single market in the world — The Single Market — and that single market just happens to be on our doorstep. Anyone who thinks that his country can prosper by walking away from such a trading bloc needs to go back to university and ask when the next 'Economics 101' class commences! He is in dire need of it!
In my opinion, there is only one leader of any party in British politics today that deserves to be given a chance, and that's Sir Ed Davey. He is pro-EU, pro NHS, and pro giving pensioners a better deal. He is also gay-friendly.
By the way, I am not a member of his party and nor am I affiliated with it in any way. I have also never met the man. I am merely telling you what I think. You can accept it or reject it as you wish. – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Keir Starmer: Labour in Power Would Not ‘Want to Diverge’ from EU
THE GUARDIAN: Party leader says he would not bring in lower environmental and food standards than in Europe or reduce workers’ rights
Keir Starmer at the Global Progress Action Summit in Montreal on 16 September, where he blamed most of the UK’s conflict with Europe post-Brexit on attempts to diverge from it.Photograph: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
Keir Starmer has gone further than before in outlining his vision of a future UK relationship with the EU, saying Labour didn’t “want to diverge” – in comments that were immediately seized on by the Conservatives.
The Labour leader was speaking at an event in Canada bringing together liberal and centre-left politicians, where he said that “most of the conflict” since Brexit had arisen because the UK “wants to diverge and do different things to the rest of our EU partners”.
“Actually we don’t want to diverge, we don’t want to lower standards, we don’t want to rip up environmental standards, standards for people that work, food standards and all the rest of it,” he said during a question and answer session on Saturday at the event in Montreal. » | Ben Quinn, Political correspondent | Thursday, September 21, 2023
Keir Starmer has gone further than before in outlining his vision of a future UK relationship with the EU, saying Labour didn’t “want to diverge” – in comments that were immediately seized on by the Conservatives.
The Labour leader was speaking at an event in Canada bringing together liberal and centre-left politicians, where he said that “most of the conflict” since Brexit had arisen because the UK “wants to diverge and do different things to the rest of our EU partners”.
“Actually we don’t want to diverge, we don’t want to lower standards, we don’t want to rip up environmental standards, standards for people that work, food standards and all the rest of it,” he said during a question and answer session on Saturday at the event in Montreal. » | Ben Quinn, Political correspondent | Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Hope for Labour as Sunak Shows Tories Are Out of Ideas
Monday, December 12, 2022
Monday, December 05, 2022
Reversing Brexit Now Would Not Help UK Economy, Says Keir Starmer
THE GUARDIAN: Rejoining single market would create even more uncertainty, says Labour leader, who instead wants a ‘better Brexit’
Rejoining the EU’s single market would not boost UK economic growth, Keir Starmer has argued, saying it would create “years of uncertainty” for UK businesses, which would be worse than the closer trade links that would come.
In another sign of Labour’s extreme reluctance to be portrayed as seeking to dismantle or reverse Brexit, Starmer said that as prime minister he would instead seek to improve the post-departure deal agreed by Boris Johnson.
Asked if he thought single market membership would benefit UK growth, the Labour leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday: “No, at this stage I don’t think it would, and there’s no case for going back to the EU or going back into the single market. I do think there’s a case for a better Brexit. I do think there’s a very good case for making Brexit work.”
Pressed on why he believed this when so many UK firms have said they are suffering because of the significant extra difficulties of exporting to and importing from the EU, Starmer said the single market was not the solution. » | Peter Walker, Political correspondent | Monday, December 5, 2022
This is poppycock! When it comes to economics, Starmer doesn’t know his a*** from his elbow! To help our ailing economy, the single most important things we could do is to rejoin ‘The Single Market’. Starmer is either telling fibs or he has zero understanding of macroeconomics. God Almighty! We really are screwed in this country with the politicians in office. They tell me that the circus will soon be coming back into town; I think these politicians would be better suited to performing in the circus than they are, or could ever be, in Parliament! – © Mark Alexander
Rejoining the EU’s single market would not boost UK economic growth, Keir Starmer has argued, saying it would create “years of uncertainty” for UK businesses, which would be worse than the closer trade links that would come.
In another sign of Labour’s extreme reluctance to be portrayed as seeking to dismantle or reverse Brexit, Starmer said that as prime minister he would instead seek to improve the post-departure deal agreed by Boris Johnson.
Asked if he thought single market membership would benefit UK growth, the Labour leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday: “No, at this stage I don’t think it would, and there’s no case for going back to the EU or going back into the single market. I do think there’s a case for a better Brexit. I do think there’s a very good case for making Brexit work.”
Pressed on why he believed this when so many UK firms have said they are suffering because of the significant extra difficulties of exporting to and importing from the EU, Starmer said the single market was not the solution. » | Peter Walker, Political correspondent | Monday, December 5, 2022
This is poppycock! When it comes to economics, Starmer doesn’t know his a*** from his elbow! To help our ailing economy, the single most important things we could do is to rejoin ‘The Single Market’. Starmer is either telling fibs or he has zero understanding of macroeconomics. God Almighty! We really are screwed in this country with the politicians in office. They tell me that the circus will soon be coming back into town; I think these politicians would be better suited to performing in the circus than they are, or could ever be, in Parliament! – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Keir Starmer: I Will Abolish House of Lords to ‘Restore Trust in Politics’
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Labour leader plans a new elected chamber after accusing successive Tory governments of handing peerages to ‘lackeys and donors’
Labour would remove politicians’ powers to make appointments to the Lords in its first term.Photograph: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA
Keir Starmer will abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a new elected chamber as part of plans to “restore trust in politics”, the Observer understands.
In a sweeping constitutional overhaul, the Labour leader has told the party’s peers that he wants to strip politicians of the power to make appointments to the Lords as part of the first-term programme of a Labour government. Starmer said that the public’s faith in the political system had been undermined by successive Tory leaders handing peerages to “lackeys and donors”.
It is understood that Labour will hold a consultation on the composition and size of a new chamber as well as immediate reforms to the current appointments process. Final proposals will be included in the party’s next election manifesto.
It comes after a series of rows over peerages. Boris Johnson made a number of controversial appointments, including his friend Evgeny Lebedev, who owns the Evening Standard. He is expected to appoint political allies and junior aides as part of a forthcoming list. » | Michael Savage, Policy editor | Saturday, November 19, 2022
Our French friends and neighbours got it right way back in 1789! What do we need people to lord it over us for anyway? In the eyes of God, we are all born equal. Liberté!. Égalité! Fraternité! – Mark
Keir Starmer will abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a new elected chamber as part of plans to “restore trust in politics”, the Observer understands.
In a sweeping constitutional overhaul, the Labour leader has told the party’s peers that he wants to strip politicians of the power to make appointments to the Lords as part of the first-term programme of a Labour government. Starmer said that the public’s faith in the political system had been undermined by successive Tory leaders handing peerages to “lackeys and donors”.
It is understood that Labour will hold a consultation on the composition and size of a new chamber as well as immediate reforms to the current appointments process. Final proposals will be included in the party’s next election manifesto.
It comes after a series of rows over peerages. Boris Johnson made a number of controversial appointments, including his friend Evgeny Lebedev, who owns the Evening Standard. He is expected to appoint political allies and junior aides as part of a forthcoming list. » | Michael Savage, Policy editor | Saturday, November 19, 2022
Our French friends and neighbours got it right way back in 1789! What do we need people to lord it over us for anyway? In the eyes of God, we are all born equal. Liberté!. Égalité! Fraternité! – Mark
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Keir Starmer Hits Out at ‘Ridiculous, Chaotic Circus’ of Tory Contest
THE GUARDIAN: Country ‘fed up’ with leadership turmoil, says Starmer as he pitches Labour as party of ‘sound money’
Keir Starmer has hit out at the “ridiculous, chaotic circus” of the Conservative leadership contest, as he pitched Labour in contrast as the party of sound money.
The Labour leader, who is pushing for a general election, said the Tory party was failing Britain with its contest while the country was struggling to cope with the financial situation.
Starmer told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show that people were “fed up to the back teeth” with the leadership turmoil.
“My focus is on the millions of people who are struggling to pay their bills, have now got additional anxieties about their mortgage. I know what it feels like not to be able to pay your bills, that happened to me and my family when I was growing up,” he said. With video » | Rowena Mason, Whitehall editor | Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Tory Party, the Party of wealth redistribution, the redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top, needs to die a natural death: it is a Party of fossils. People who are backward-looking, regressive and, despite their protestations, unpatriotic. They need to follow the Whigs into extinction. That will be better for the country; it will be better for us all: the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and the English themselves.
For certain, this country needs a business-friendly party, but a business-friendly party which is progressive and forward-looking, a party which is EU-friendly and one which doesn’t constantly look back on the UK’s glorious imperial past. Get with the story: The Empire is dead, and it will forever remain so. Realistically, the UK is now a middle-ranking country, no better or worse that France, Germany, Spain, etc. Let us, please, as a nation refrain from delusion. Let us also be mature enough as a people to realise that we have made a huge mistake in plumping for Brexit. Because of the dire economic outcome of Brexit, we shall never be able to forget the calamitous mistake voting to exit the European Union has been. It was an act of self-harm. Suicide, if you will. It will ensure that this country will become ever poorer. Our GDP will shrink year-on-year until many Eastern European countries which have managed to slough off the shackles of communism will overtake our GDP and economic growth in just a few years.
There is only ONE remedy for this: we need to eat humble pie and ask our European friends, neighbours, brothers and sisters for forgiveness for the trouble and expense we have created for them by erroneously, and in a delusional way, believed that we could actually go it alone. We cannot without great economic pain and impoverishment.
Keir Starmer should disabuse himself of the notion that we can “make Brexit work”. We cannot. At least not if we wish to remain a successful and prosperous nation. Therefore, I repeat: We need to eat humble pie and rejoin the European Union as soon as possible, thereby re-entering the Single Market, a market of more than five hundred million consumers – the biggest single market in the world. This, if we truly want economic growth, is our only realistic political and economic solution. Moreover, if the powers-that-be in this country truly wish to keep the UK whole, that means to say with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all one integrated whole with England, then Brexit needs to be reversed pronto. Remaining outside of the European Union is one sure-fire way of seeing the breakup of this, our, Union. – © Mark Alexander
Keir Starmer has hit out at the “ridiculous, chaotic circus” of the Conservative leadership contest, as he pitched Labour in contrast as the party of sound money.
The Labour leader, who is pushing for a general election, said the Tory party was failing Britain with its contest while the country was struggling to cope with the financial situation.
Starmer told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show that people were “fed up to the back teeth” with the leadership turmoil.
“My focus is on the millions of people who are struggling to pay their bills, have now got additional anxieties about their mortgage. I know what it feels like not to be able to pay your bills, that happened to me and my family when I was growing up,” he said. With video » | Rowena Mason, Whitehall editor | Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Tory Party, the Party of wealth redistribution, the redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top, needs to die a natural death: it is a Party of fossils. People who are backward-looking, regressive and, despite their protestations, unpatriotic. They need to follow the Whigs into extinction. That will be better for the country; it will be better for us all: the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and the English themselves.
For certain, this country needs a business-friendly party, but a business-friendly party which is progressive and forward-looking, a party which is EU-friendly and one which doesn’t constantly look back on the UK’s glorious imperial past. Get with the story: The Empire is dead, and it will forever remain so. Realistically, the UK is now a middle-ranking country, no better or worse that France, Germany, Spain, etc. Let us, please, as a nation refrain from delusion. Let us also be mature enough as a people to realise that we have made a huge mistake in plumping for Brexit. Because of the dire economic outcome of Brexit, we shall never be able to forget the calamitous mistake voting to exit the European Union has been. It was an act of self-harm. Suicide, if you will. It will ensure that this country will become ever poorer. Our GDP will shrink year-on-year until many Eastern European countries which have managed to slough off the shackles of communism will overtake our GDP and economic growth in just a few years.
There is only ONE remedy for this: we need to eat humble pie and ask our European friends, neighbours, brothers and sisters for forgiveness for the trouble and expense we have created for them by erroneously, and in a delusional way, believed that we could actually go it alone. We cannot without great economic pain and impoverishment.
Keir Starmer should disabuse himself of the notion that we can “make Brexit work”. We cannot. At least not if we wish to remain a successful and prosperous nation. Therefore, I repeat: We need to eat humble pie and rejoin the European Union as soon as possible, thereby re-entering the Single Market, a market of more than five hundred million consumers – the biggest single market in the world. This, if we truly want economic growth, is our only realistic political and economic solution. Moreover, if the powers-that-be in this country truly wish to keep the UK whole, that means to say with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all one integrated whole with England, then Brexit needs to be reversed pronto. Remaining outside of the European Union is one sure-fire way of seeing the breakup of this, our, Union. – © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 21, 2022
"We Are a Democracy in Name Only": George Monbiot on Truss Resignation & Who Will Be Next British PM
Saturday, October 01, 2022
Michael Lambert: Keir Starmer – “Make Brexit Work”
Liz Truss, after only three weeks as prime minister, has shown that she is out of her depth and incompetent.
Kwarteng's 'financial statement' was a disaster which alarmed the markets. resulting in further increases in interest rates and an intervention by the Bank of England.
Labour held their conference where they voted in favour of electoral reform from First Past the Post to Proportional Representation which was duly overruled by Keir Starmer.
Starmer then went on to repeat his intention to 'Make Brexit Work'. This is an impossible task given that Brexit has caused so much damage and has been seen not to work.
Michael Lambert has a book out entitled BREXIT - It's not going too well, is it?, which is Michael Lambert’s humorous and satirical take on the history of Brexit. It is available to buy or download here.
Kwarteng's 'financial statement' was a disaster which alarmed the markets. resulting in further increases in interest rates and an intervention by the Bank of England.
Labour held their conference where they voted in favour of electoral reform from First Past the Post to Proportional Representation which was duly overruled by Keir Starmer.
Starmer then went on to repeat his intention to 'Make Brexit Work'. This is an impossible task given that Brexit has caused so much damage and has been seen not to work.
Michael Lambert has a book out entitled BREXIT - It's not going too well, is it?, which is Michael Lambert’s humorous and satirical take on the history of Brexit. It is available to buy or download here.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Nach dem Fehlstart von Liz Truss wittert Labour-Chef Starmer die grosse Chance auf einen Machtwechsel
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Der Labour-Vorsitzende Keir Starmer hat seine Partei aus dem Griff der altlinken Corbyn-Anhänger befreit. Nachdem Liz Truss mit ihrer Schuldenwirtschaft die Märkte aufgeschreckt hat, will er die Tories erstmals nach zwölf Jahren wieder von der Macht vertreiben.
«Eine fairere, grünere Zukunft»: Keir Starmer bei seiner programmatischen Rede am Labour-Parteitag in Liverpool. | Jon Super / AP
Seit dem Wahlsieg von David Cameron im Jahr 2010 sucht die britische Labour-Partei verzweifelt nach einem Rezept, um die strategisch gewieften Tories von den Regierungsbänken zu verdrängen. Nun bietet sich der Partei erstmals seit Jahren eine realistische Perspektive, bei den spätestens Ende 2024 stattfindenden Unterhauswahlen an die Macht zu kommen – wenn nicht aus eigener Kraft, so doch dank der Unterstützung oder Duldung von Liberaldemokraten und schottischen Nationalisten.
In den Hotel-Lobbys und Bars in Liverpool, wo die Labour-Mitglieder noch bis am Mittwoch ihren jährlichen Parteitag abhalten, war in den letzten Tagen statt des üblichen Fatalismus eine neue Zuversicht greifbar. Und Labour-Chef Keir Starmer erklärte bei seiner grossen programmatischen Rede am Dienstagnachmittag: «Dies ist ein historischer Moment für Labour.» Labour im Umfrage-Hoch » | Niklaus Nuspliger, Liverpool | Mittwoch, 28. September 2022
Seit dem Wahlsieg von David Cameron im Jahr 2010 sucht die britische Labour-Partei verzweifelt nach einem Rezept, um die strategisch gewieften Tories von den Regierungsbänken zu verdrängen. Nun bietet sich der Partei erstmals seit Jahren eine realistische Perspektive, bei den spätestens Ende 2024 stattfindenden Unterhauswahlen an die Macht zu kommen – wenn nicht aus eigener Kraft, so doch dank der Unterstützung oder Duldung von Liberaldemokraten und schottischen Nationalisten.
In den Hotel-Lobbys und Bars in Liverpool, wo die Labour-Mitglieder noch bis am Mittwoch ihren jährlichen Parteitag abhalten, war in den letzten Tagen statt des üblichen Fatalismus eine neue Zuversicht greifbar. Und Labour-Chef Keir Starmer erklärte bei seiner grossen programmatischen Rede am Dienstagnachmittag: «Dies ist ein historischer Moment für Labour.» Labour im Umfrage-Hoch » | Niklaus Nuspliger, Liverpool | Mittwoch, 28. September 2022
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
George Monbiot: New UK PM Liz Truss Has "Extreme Neoliberal" Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
Saturday, July 09, 2022
End for Johnson as Starmer Backs Tory Brexit
Jul 9, 2022 Boris Johnson, surely the worst prime minister ever, has been forced to resign. At the same time, Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, in a speech earlier this week has made a commitment that under Labour the UK will not attempt to rejon the EU Customs Union or the Single Market or accept free movement, nor will iLabour ever attempt to rejoin the European Union.
He spoke in meaningless terms such as 'making Brexit work', and 'eliminating border controls' even though that is not within the UK's power. He talked of eliminating red tape when the only red tape we must deal with is that which we have to deal with as a direct result of Brexit.
He will soon be facing a new Conservative prime minister who could well have voted to remain in the EU and who may well wish to be closer to the EU, given the immense damage Brexit has already done to our economy. By making this commitment Starmer has closed off any room to move if public opinion begins to favour closer union with the EU.
He spoke in meaningless terms such as 'making Brexit work', and 'eliminating border controls' even though that is not within the UK's power. He talked of eliminating red tape when the only red tape we must deal with is that which we have to deal with as a direct result of Brexit.
He will soon be facing a new Conservative prime minister who could well have voted to remain in the EU and who may well wish to be closer to the EU, given the immense damage Brexit has already done to our economy. By making this commitment Starmer has closed off any room to move if public opinion begins to favour closer union with the EU.
Monday, July 04, 2022
Labour Says It Would Not Unpick Brexit as Starmer Vows to Cut Red Tape
THE GUARDIAN: Leader will condemn Tories’ approach and pledge to cut back on trade- and travel-based bureaucracy
Labour has denied it wants to “unpick” Brexit, ahead of a speech on the issue by Keir Starmer on Monday evening in which he will pledge to cut back on trade- and travel-based red tape with the EU.
Engaging with a subject his party has largely sought to avoid since he took over as leader, Starmer will stress that Labour has no plans to try to get the UK back into the EU’s single market or customs union.
Detailing a plan first outlined by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, on the sixth anniversary of the Brexit vote in June, Starmer will reportedly condemn the current situation as a “mess”. » | Peter Walker, Political correspondent | Monday, July 4, 2022
Keir Starmer has just lost the next election! Brexit "unpicked"? Brexit doesn't need unpicking; it needs scrapping! It was a half-baked idea put forward by half-baked people from the very start. No politician in his right mind would have proposed a referendum on Brexit! Leaving the Single Market was an exercise in self-harm. Asking the British electorate to vote for Brexit was rather like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas!
Mr. Starmer: Fortune favours the brave. There is nothing brave about informing the electorate that you have no intention of "unpicking" the results of a flawed referendum. That referendum wasn't democratic in the first place. The British electorate were sold a bill of goods; further, they have been played like marionettes – by Putin&Co. Follow the money; follow the motives! Putin wanted to weaken the European Union for reasons which should now be clear to all.
We Brits need to get back into the EU asap. We should scrap Brexit, not unpick the damn thing. – © Mark Alexander
Labour-Chef zieht Strich unter die Vergangenheit: Noch immer träumen viele in der Labour Party vom Wiedereintritt in die EU oder wenigstens in den Binnenmarkt. Diese Debatte will Keir Starmer nun beenden. »
Labour has denied it wants to “unpick” Brexit, ahead of a speech on the issue by Keir Starmer on Monday evening in which he will pledge to cut back on trade- and travel-based red tape with the EU.
Engaging with a subject his party has largely sought to avoid since he took over as leader, Starmer will stress that Labour has no plans to try to get the UK back into the EU’s single market or customs union.
Detailing a plan first outlined by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, on the sixth anniversary of the Brexit vote in June, Starmer will reportedly condemn the current situation as a “mess”. » | Peter Walker, Political correspondent | Monday, July 4, 2022
Keir Starmer has just lost the next election! Brexit "unpicked"? Brexit doesn't need unpicking; it needs scrapping! It was a half-baked idea put forward by half-baked people from the very start. No politician in his right mind would have proposed a referendum on Brexit! Leaving the Single Market was an exercise in self-harm. Asking the British electorate to vote for Brexit was rather like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas!
Mr. Starmer: Fortune favours the brave. There is nothing brave about informing the electorate that you have no intention of "unpicking" the results of a flawed referendum. That referendum wasn't democratic in the first place. The British electorate were sold a bill of goods; further, they have been played like marionettes – by Putin&Co. Follow the money; follow the motives! Putin wanted to weaken the European Union for reasons which should now be clear to all.
We Brits need to get back into the EU asap. We should scrap Brexit, not unpick the damn thing. – © Mark Alexander
Labour-Chef zieht Strich unter die Vergangenheit: Noch immer träumen viele in der Labour Party vom Wiedereintritt in die EU oder wenigstens in den Binnenmarkt. Diese Debatte will Keir Starmer nun beenden. »
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Will the Tories Hand Back Russian Cash as Putin Threatens War?
THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: To begin unravelling the Kremlin’s tendrils from Britain, the government must return millions in political donations
The consulate of the Russian embassy in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Regardless of what unfolds in the coming days and weeks, the fact that Vladimir Putin is once again menacing and stalking the world stage requires those of us committed to peace to act. In the UK, that means getting our own house in order.
Let there be no doubt: when it comes to tackling Russian aggression, the Labour party supports the UK government and our allies. Those who equivocate between the actions of Russia and Nato are misguided or worse. The unified approach of recent weeks has surprised the Kremlin precisely because it is so used to encountering division. Those divisions have contributed to decades of failure in dealing with Russia.
The Putin playbook is well known. He favours chaos over order, the fog of war over clear strategy. He takes a nihilistic, zero-sum approach to foreign policy. Illicit money and influence are used as a judo move that turns the openness and freedom of western democracies into weaknesses. Over almost 12 years of Tory government, the tendrils of the Kremlin have been allowed to wrap around the UK, turning London into the “money-laundering capital of the world”. A cottage industry has been created that directly and indirectly does the bidding of those linked to Putin. Last week, it was revealed that £1.5bn of UK property had been snapped up by Russians accused of corruption or linked to the Kremlin. They are not here for the weather: they see us as a soft touch, somewhere they can hide cash with few questions asked. » | Keir Starmer * | Sunday, February 20, 2022
* Sir Keir Starmer is leader of the Labour party
Starmer: Russians hide cash in ‘soft touch’ UK: Labour leader accuses the Tories of failing to counter the flow of corrupt money into UK property sector »
Regardless of what unfolds in the coming days and weeks, the fact that Vladimir Putin is once again menacing and stalking the world stage requires those of us committed to peace to act. In the UK, that means getting our own house in order.
Let there be no doubt: when it comes to tackling Russian aggression, the Labour party supports the UK government and our allies. Those who equivocate between the actions of Russia and Nato are misguided or worse. The unified approach of recent weeks has surprised the Kremlin precisely because it is so used to encountering division. Those divisions have contributed to decades of failure in dealing with Russia.
The Putin playbook is well known. He favours chaos over order, the fog of war over clear strategy. He takes a nihilistic, zero-sum approach to foreign policy. Illicit money and influence are used as a judo move that turns the openness and freedom of western democracies into weaknesses. Over almost 12 years of Tory government, the tendrils of the Kremlin have been allowed to wrap around the UK, turning London into the “money-laundering capital of the world”. A cottage industry has been created that directly and indirectly does the bidding of those linked to Putin. Last week, it was revealed that £1.5bn of UK property had been snapped up by Russians accused of corruption or linked to the Kremlin. They are not here for the weather: they see us as a soft touch, somewhere they can hide cash with few questions asked. » | Keir Starmer * | Sunday, February 20, 2022
* Sir Keir Starmer is leader of the Labour party
Starmer: Russians hide cash in ‘soft touch’ UK: Labour leader accuses the Tories of failing to counter the flow of corrupt money into UK property sector »
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