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jedisco:
Trumps shenanigans and Starmers handling of it hasn't given her much wiggle room. Truth be said, Starmer has been doing the lords work on her lately - she no dey remember 9ja. The media cancel on her is quite strinking though. Whenever she's in the news, its either because of a gaffe and her removal being predicted or on certain reportage where due to fair reporting rules, her opinion has to be included as the opposition.

Lol if you've paying attention to broader news, you'll know that it's Reform that's been giving Starmer sleepless nights especially in view of the local elections in a couple of weeks. No one's expecting Tories to do well, but Labour is terrified of losing seats to Reform - which is quite something considering their relatively huge victory less than 1 year ago.
Many people don't see Starmer as particularly competent or at all visionary, and it doesn't help that he's already broken several of his electoral promises.

One latest poll has Starmer on a negative rating of -26, compared to Farage and Badenoch on -4 and -8 respectively.

Panic stations for Starmer as poll finds Reform is on track to smash Labour's 'Red Wall' - with two-thirds believing the country is 'broken'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14611893/Keir-Starmer-poll-Reform-Labour-Red-Wall-Britain-broken-elections.html

Zahra29:
Panic stations for Starmer as poll finds Reform is on track to smash Labour's 'Red Wall' - with two-thirds believing the country is 'broken'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14611893/Keir-Starmer-poll-Reform-Labour-Red-Wall-Britain-broken-elections.html

Citing the Mail as a source of truth?!!! This is the farthest-right echo chamber going.
Agreed Starmer isn't a visionary, but none of the UK's recent prime ministers could lay any sort of claim to that label. Blair was the last UK prime minister who can be called that. Prior to him, it was dear old Maggie (as destructive as most of her vision has proved to be). Nobody does the vison thing these days, they just wrestle with the deficit, move chips around on the fiscal board, fight the odd battle in the culture wars, then bugger off to enjoy their pensions and directorships.

I agree Reform had all the momentum last year, but think they've lost some of that now with what's going on in the US with Mr. Trump and all that. They've obviously not undergone the same reversal of fortune as the Canadian right have, but I think they're going to do way worse than they might have done if these elections had been run before 20 January this year.

Cyberknight:
Citing the Hate Mail as a source of truth?
Agreed Starmer isn't a visionary, but none of the UK's recent prime ministers could lay any sort of claim to that label. Blair was the last UK prime minister who can be called that. Prior to him, it was dear old Maggie (as destructive as most of her vision has proved to be). Nobody does the vison thing these days, they just wrestle with the deficit, move chips around on the fiscal board, fight the odd battle in the culture wars, then bugger off to enjoy their pensions and directorships.

I agree Reform had all the momentum last year, but think they've lost some of that now with what's going on in the US with Mr. Trump and all that. They've obviously not undergone the same reversal of fortune as the Canadian right have, but I think they're going to do way worse than they might have done if these elections had been run before 20 January this year.

The cited poll was done by Survation, not the DM.

Traditional Labour voters still remember Blair acutely, and they have been very disappointed that Starmer is not living up to the ideals of the last, great Labour incarnation.
Starmer's problem is that he's pleasing no one. He's not right wing enough to appease the Tory and Reform supporters and the centralists and left wing voters see him as increasingly right wing. What is one to do.

The Runcorn by-election and the local elections will be key tests for Labour, so we'll see. Point is that they should still be luxuriating in a honeymoon period, like Blair enjoyed for a long while, instead of desperately trying to fend off an opposition party that barely existed 2 years ago. And this is all before the predicted tax rises are "regrettably" announced.
The nationalisation of British Steel might help, but it might not be enough.

Zahra29:
The cited poll was done by Survation, not the DM.

Traditional Labour voters still remember Blair acutely, and they have been very disappointed that Starmer is not living up to the ideals of the last, great Labour incarnation.
Starmer's problem is that he's pleasing no one. He's not right wing enough to appease the Tory and Reform supporters and the centralists and left wing voters see him as increasingly right wing. What is one to do.

The Runcorn by-election and the local elections will be key tests for Labour, so we'll see. Point is that they should still be luxuriating in a honeymoon period, like Blair enjoyed for a long while, instead of desperately trying to fend off an opposition party that barely existed 2 years ago. And this is all before the predicted tax rises are regrettably announced.

UKIP and the right wing of the former One Nation Tories has been in corporate existence long before the current incarnation. Some might even say they go back much further than that

And tax rises have been on the cards since 2020 and all that. The one right-thinking thing Boris did was to bring in the health and care tax which Truss subsequently cancelled. It's simply fallen to Starmer's government to do what everyone knew had to be done. My disappointment with him is that he didn't reverse Jeremy Hunt's NI cut of last year instead of raising employer NI. Despite all the talk about working people's taxes and all that, he could have sold it as simply a return to status quo and not a tax increase. The people have believed more ridiculous things than that.

In any case, it is expected that Mr. Trump will thankfully continue to make the case for the ultimate incoherence of absolute right-wingery, so Reform will have to deal with that.

jedisco:
Trumps shenanigans and Starmers handling of it hasn't given her much wiggle room. Truth be said, Starmer has been doing the lords work on her lately - she no dey remember 9ja. The media cancel on her is quite strinking though. Whenever she's in the news, its either because of a gaffe and her removal being predicted or on certain reportage where due to fair reporting rules, her opinion has to be included as the opposition.

That’s a casted format now. 10% tariff na your mate?

Cyberknight:
UKIP and the right wing of the former One Nation Tories has been in corporate existence long before the current incarnation. Some might even say they go back much further than that

BNP (some might say), Ukip, Brexit party, Reform....

And even though UKIP was never really seen as a "legitimate" party, they were still influential enough to spook Cameron into calling the Brexit referendum.

Zahra29:
BNP (some might say), Ukip, Brexit party, Reform....

And even though UKIP was never really seen as a "legitimate" party, they were still influential enough to spook Cameron into calling the Brexit referendum.

They were influential within the Tory party. By giving in to them for purely party reasons, Cameron ended up harming the whole country because of an internal party dispute.

Cyberknight:
They were influential within the Tory party.By giving in to them for purely party reasons, Cameron ended up harming the whole country because of an internal party dispute.

Nope. Cameron did have some pressure from the outspoken Eurosceptic backbenchers within his party, but the real pressure was because Conservatives were desperate to curb the growing electoral threat from UKIP, and as a result, Cameron pledged to hold a referendum on EU membership if the Conservatives won the 2015 GE - which was seen as an obvious attempt to “shoot the UKIP fox”.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21148282

David Cameron has said the British people must "have their say" on Europe as he pledged an in/out referendum if the Conservatives win the election.

Zahra29:
Nope. Cameron did have some pressure from the outspoken Eurosceptic backbenchers within his party, but the real pressure was because Conservatives were desperate to curb the growing electoral threat from UKIP, and as a result, Cameron pledged to hold a referendum on EU membership if the Conservatives won the 2015 GE - which was seen as an obvious attempt to “shoot the UKIP fox”.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21148282

David Cameron has said the British people must "have their say" on Europe as he pledged an in/out referendum if the Conservatives win the election.

There you go, Zahra. You see - you can cite reputable news outlets when you put your mind to it.

Cyberknight:
There you go, Zahra. You see - you can cite reputable news outlets when you put your mind to it.

I'll cite any article I believe is fact based, and not just dominated by emotion.

And remember that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Zahra29:
I'll cite any article I believe is fact based, and not just dominated by emotion.

And remember that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

If you're referring to the overall frequency of the evenhandedness of the articles in your previously-cited outlet, then I'll take your word for it.

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Cyberknight:
There you go, Zahra. You see - you can cite reputable news outlets when you put your mind to it.

justwise:
Well is making his rich friends richer and destroying the world economy.

Apparently he wants to allow some undocumented immigrants stay to work in farms and construction companies as long as their bosses recommend them.

The whole tariff thing makes no sense anymore, just a game of numbers with no meaningful change.

I think the proposal is for these illegal workers to leave the country and be allowed to come back in via a legal channel like a work visa.

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There is this crispy moin moin on the menu I intend to try next week I am in central London.

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Zahra29:
I think the proposal is for these illegal workers to leave the country and be allowed to come back in via a legal channel like a work visa.

Leave which country? Some of them are going nowhere. That his Homeland security woman owns a farm where she has been using illegal immigrants even as a governor of one of those Dakotas.
This is just a way of rewarding loyalists. At the end of the day, illegals that work with Trump allies will be spared while others will be humiliated to El Salvador as criminals.
The same thing with tariffs, businesses aligned with him will get exemption while others can go to hell.
What will happen over the next weeks and months is businesses and people will start buying his market, crypto coins, bibles, hotels etc. and other products he is going to release in future just to get exemptions
Baby Trump don hammer

Goodenoch:
Lol! I missed that and have just looked it up.

It has always been clear that she's incompetent, and that culture wars are her only forte. It's unsurprising to see that she's a liar, to boot.

Now that she's in a top job and she can't hide behind anyone (while undermining them as she did Sunak), even her supporters can see through her easily.

The bolded got me thinking. Her unravelling has been quite telling. She looks increasingly desperate with each day that passes- clutching at anything to gain attention. She had so much goodwill at the start but instead decided to focus on her 'ethnic enemies'. Recently, it was that major Tory donors have refused to fund the party cos they believe she stands no chance.

Despite being quite loud on her achievements and hoping it was just a slow start, she kept digging herself in.

Kenn55:
Leave which country? Some of them are going nowhere. That his Homeland security woman owns a farm where she has been using illegal immigrants even as a governor of one of those Dakotas.
This is just a way of rewarding loyalists. At the end of the day, illegals that work with Trump allies will be spared while others will be humiliated to El Salvador as criminals.
The same thing with tariffs, businesses aligned with him will get exemption while others can go to hell.
What will happen over the next weeks and months is businesses and people will start buying his market, crypto coins, bibles, hotels etc. and other products he is going to release in future just to get exemptions
Baby Trump don hammer

Lol....America innit, the land of capitalism.

I find the dichotomy between America and the UK quite fascinating in the way both countries treat illegal immigration.

In the US, being illegal isn't necessarily a crime. It's an offending/ criminal alien that they are more vexed with. In many states, an illegal immigrant can live very comfortably for decades, work a decent job and pay taxes, drive, go to school, even own a home. BUT for many there will never be a route to regularisation/citizenship. There are increasing reports since Trump of people being deported back to Columbia etc who have lived in the US for 30+ years despite American children and grandchildren etc.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/24/us/colombia-immigrants-deported/index.html

In the UK, being illegal in itself is considered unlawful and an illegal immigrant can do very little - can't work a proper job or pay taxes, rent or own property etc. basically they have to live in the shadows BUT for many there is a route to regularisation IF they remain crime free and can wait it out. After 20 years (or less if a British child is involved), all is forgiven and legal status can finally be obtained.

Different poisons I guess.

Kenn55:
Leave which country? Some of them are going nowhere. That his Homeland security woman owns a farm where she has been using illegal immigrants even as a governor of one of those Dakotas.
This is just a way of rewarding loyalists. At the end of the day, illegals that work with Trump allies will be spared while others will be humiliated to El Salvador as criminals.
The same thing with tariffs, businesses aligned with him will get exemption while others can go to hell.
What will happen over the next weeks and months is businesses and people will start buying his market, crypto coins, bibles, hotels etc. and other products he is going to release in future just to get exemptions
Baby Trump don hammer

Exactly I won’t have put it better. That was the agenda all along. 1. Retribution against all perceived enemies 2. Steal and plunder all in the name of tariffs and exemptions for those kissing his arse.

Goke7:
That’s a casted format now. 10% tariff na your mate?

Starmer has done a good job of cozying up to Trump. I gather the UK are top in line to receive American freebies.

Still wondering what is going on between us and China though. Lots of back and forth but this governments message has been clear- we need them. I'm beginning to appreciate Starmer's diplomacy with both the U.S and China - cozying up to them but standing furm on local issues.

jedisco:
Starmer has done a good job of cozying up to Trump. I gather the UK are top in line to receive American freebies.

Still wondering what is going on between us and China though. Lots of back and forth but this governments message has been clear- we need them. I'm beginning to appreciate Starmer's diplomacy with both the U.S and China - cozying up to them but standing furm on local issues.

Yes, and just a couple of days ago the US VP was talking about how the UK and UK are likely close to a deal.

There have been issues recently with Chinese investments like the British Steel Deal and the Bradwell 2 proposed nuclear plant but again one can see Starmer handling the issues speedily and effectively while avoiding any diplomatic fallout.

The reality is that the fellow is quietly competent. Not bombastic like certain other folk, and he certainly has faltered here and there but he's clearly a steady pair of hands and exactly what the country needs in these times of serious uncertainty.

Zahra29:
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One latest poll has Starmer on a negative rating of -26, compared to Farage and Badenoch on -4 and -8 respectively. ...

Hehe.. not surprising you managed to drag Reform into the matter.
I wonder what Reform has to do with Starmer effectively putting Kemi in a cupboard. That Kemi has been unable to capitalise on an expected first-year slump in Labour's popularity is concerning.

For Reform, the last time their likes pushed policy, it brought about Brexit which I am forever grateful for. If my compatriots feel they are the best deal, I'm happy with that. A part of me wants them to win - they would bode well for my business interests. Moreover, certain lessons have to be learned twice.

jedisco:
Hehe.. not surprising you managed to drag Reform into the matter.
I wonder what Reform has to do with starmer effectively putting Kemi in a cupboard. That Kemi has been unable to capitalise on an expected first-year slump in Labour's popularity is concerning.

For Reform, the last time their likes pushed policy, it brought about Brexit which I am forever grateful for. If my compatriots feel they are the best deal, I'm happy with that. A part of me wants them to win - they would bode well for my business interests. Moreover, certain lessons have to be learned twice.

That you really think the Tories, under Kemi or any other leader , were expected to rebound in just 1 year after their thumping at the polls, shows your lack of knowledge of how UK politics works.

You clearly don't know many years it took Labour to claw back credibility and support after their defeat under Gordon Brown in 2010. And Labour's defeat in 2010 was no way near as catastrophic as what the Tories suffered last year. Same story when Tories lost power under Major in 1997 - it took them many years (and many leaders) to reemerge as a viable opposition.

Carry on being obsessed with Kemi and her "cupboard" 😂😂😂 but the reality is that the Tories are destined to languish in the electoral wilderness for a few years yet - regardless of their leader. No one is expecting Kemi to lead them into the next GE (I don't even think she's expecting to tbh) but that won't change the outcome much - Reform is Starmer's headache for the foreseeable future, that's who he's trying to sweep into the "cupboard", not your Dear Enemy.

jedisco:
Starmer has done a good job of cozying up to Trump. I gather the UK are top in line to receive American freebies.

Still wondering what is going on between us and China though. Lots of back and forth but this governments message has been clear- we need them. I'm beginning to appreciate Starmer's diplomacy with both the U.S and China - cozying up to them but standing furm on local issues.

That’s the only way for the uk now I don’t think his earlier European tour before Trump resumed office achieved anything as the EU told him he can’t come back through the back door 😂 so he had to kiss Trump’s arse while China has to be a side chick too.

For US and China, they will just have to do risk management things till the end of baba Trump tenure

The British have completely gone bunkers.... They have tweaked the real definition of a woman, that they have lost the real meaning.....

Hopefully, 5 judges today should tell us the true meaning of a woman (but I suspect, they would kick the can down the road)..... 🤣😂

https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2025/apr/16/uk-supreme-court-to-rule-on-legal-definition-of-a-woman-gender-recognition-certificates?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Lexusgs430:
The British have completely gone bunkers.... They have tweaked the real definition of a woman, that they have lost the real meaning.....

Hopefully, 5 judges today should tell us the true meaning of a woman (but I suspect, they would kick the can down the road)..... 🤣😂

https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2025/apr/16/uk-supreme-court-to-rule-on-legal-definition-of-a-woman-gender-recognition-certificates?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

So annoying this....a lot of women held their noses and voted for the Tories in the last GE because of this single issue, especially after Starmer and Sturgeon couldn't/wouldn't define what a woman is. It's really infuriating.

Goodenoch:
Yes, and just a couple of days ago the US VP was talking about how the UK and UK are likely close to a deal.

There have been issues recently with Chinese investments like the British Steel Deal and the Bradwell 2 proposed nuclear plant but again one can see Starmer handling the issues speedily and effectively while avoiding any diplomatic fallout.

The reality is that the fellow is quietly competent. Not bombastic like certain other folk, and he certainly has faltered here and there but he's clearly a steady pair of hands and exactly what the country needs in these times of serious uncertainty.

He is (and this is coming from someone who didn't vote Labour). He has a calm head that doesn't seek controversy.

Even on discussing with those angry about his moves, they know he's doing the right thing and are unable to highlight an alternative option. This is another reason why Kemi has her work cutout - despite challenges, his performance has been good enough that she's struggled to sell alternatives. Trumps shenanigans and his unpopularity locally hasn't boded well for her. The only criticism of him hat sticks is that he is not ambitious enough i.e not looking to make wild changes to the system. This can go both ways.

From the riots, to Ukraine, to Trump, to China, to legal immigration, to the rape issue, to the NHS, to even removing undocumented migrants- its been all clear talk and do with no populist catch phrases.

Lexusgs430:
The British have completely gone bunkers.... They have tweaked the real definition of a woman, that they have lost the real meaning.....

Hopefully, 5 judges today should tell us the true meaning of a woman (but I suspect, they would kick the can down the road)..... 🤣😂

https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2025/apr/16/uk-supreme-court-to-rule-on-legal-definition-of-a-woman-gender-recognition-certificates?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Good news!!!! What a relief! 🎉🥳💃

Supreme Court rules definition of woman in Equality Act refers to 'biological women'
The definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act relates to “a biological woman and biological sex”,

https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2025/apr/16/uk-supreme-court-to-rule-on-legal-definition-of-a-woman-gender-recognition-certificates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67ff73b08f08bcf9ff482850#block-67ff73b08f08bcf9ff482850

Zahra29:
That you really think the Tories, under Kemi or any other leader , were expected to rebound in just 1 year after their thumping at the polls, shows your lack of knowledge of how UK politics works.

You clearly don't know many years it took Labour to claw back credibility and support after their defeat under Gordon Brown in 2010. And Labour's defeat in 2010 was no way near as catastrophic as what the Tories suffered last year. Same story when Tories lost power under Major in 1997 - it took them many years (and many leaders) to reemerge as a viable opposition.

Carry on being obsessed with Kemi and her "cupboard" 😂😂😂 but the reality is that the Tories are destined to languish in the electoral wilderness for a few years yet - regardless of their leader. No one is expecting Kemi to lead them into the next GE (I don't even think she's expecting to tbh) but that won't change the outcome much - Reform is Starmer's headache for the foreseeable future, that's who he's trying to sweep into the "cupboard", not your Dear Enemy.

Are all these vituperations just for me?

At least, we can both agree that our anchor baby is staring down the barrel of a fully loaded gun. I hope she knows to keep her hands off the trigger.

As always, I can only wish her well.

jedisco:
Are all these vituperations for me?

At least, we can both agree that our anchor baby is staring down the barrel of a fully loaded gun. I hope she knows to keep her hands off the trigger.

As always, I can only wish her well.

I think we can both agree that you lack knowledge/ experience of UK politics.

Go ask Theresa May how she's faring now. Gun, trigger, cupboard indeed😂

@Jedisco, your Dear Enemy has posted on the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. I hope that you are in agreement?