Current Affairs UK General Election July

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

'Fake sweet shops'

Proper goblins

 

[Eggs]

Pretty sure they tried to deselect Ian Byrne as he was part of the Socialist caucus in the Labour Party.

…..yep, it was unfortunate they failed to get rid of him.

 

[toffee83]

…..not sure the ‘Left Wing’ is being purged, as far as I can see Angela Raynor sits in that camp and I dare say there’s plenty more including my own MP, Ian Byrne.

He can't get rid of Rayner as she was placed as Deputy by the members. I've had this discussion many times that he'd get rid of her if he could.

As for Byrne, my MP also, he tried to get [Poor language removed] of him.

There's a definite purge going on. The strange thing is the media aren't reporting it how they should. Yet the same media wouldn't shut up about Corbyn performing a non existent Stalinist style purge when he was in charge.

 

[Eggs]

He can't get rid of Rayner as she was placed as Deputy by the members. I've had this discussion many times that he'd get rid of her if he could.

As for Byrne, my MP also, he tried to get [Poor language removed] of him.

There's a definite purge going on. The strange thing is the media aren't reporting it how they should. Yet the same media wouldn't shut up about Corbyn performing a non existent Stalinist style purge when he was in charge.

….yep, it would be good if he can also shift Raynor in the next 5 years.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Mickey Mouse degrees you say...

 

[toffee83]

….yep, it would be good if he can also shift Raynor in the next 5 years.

Why didn't he just join the Tory party?

 

[Amw79]

He can't get rid of Rayner as she was placed as Deputy by the members. I've had this discussion many times that he'd get rid of her if he could.

As for Byrne, my MP also, he tried to get [Poor language removed] of him.

There's a definite purge going on. The strange thing is the media aren't reporting it how they should. Yet the same media wouldn't shut up about Corbyn performing a non existent Stalinist style purge when he was in charge.

This is clearly not the case. It’s been covered across media for days.

 

[toffee83]

This is clearly not the case. It’s been covered across media for days.

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The purge has been going on for a lot longer than a few days. The left have been getting expelled from the party for years for as little as talking to Socialist publications.

 

[summerisle]

 

[davek]

This is clearly not the case. It’s been covered across media for days.

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That headline about "Tony Blair's reinvented Labour Party" is way wide of the mark.

Starmer's 'Labour' Party is nowhere near as social democratic as Blair's Government's.

The Blairites were many things but they weren't completely hand in glove with privatisation and a headlong rush into the arms of British corporate influence; and even though they weren't radicals they certainly weren't obsessed with expelling the left of all shades from the party. They may have been anti-Militant, but opposition to a Trotskyist group was about as far as it went ideologically, despite what the likes of Mandelson was whispering in his ear.

Starmer has changed at least the parliamentary Labour Party and the bureaucracy who run the organisation into a centre-right wing party that it will now remain as.

This is why a new party is required.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Bring Back blair
Build Back Better.

 

[davek]

Keir Starmer has just been asked if he used a private jet to travel to Scotland to launch Labour’s green energy policy. He confirms he did.

 

[tantavisiteler]

What is Keir's position on Ukraine aid?

 

[Amw79]

That headline about "Tony Blair's reinvented Labour Party" is way wide of the mark.

Starmer's 'Labour' Party is nowhere near as social democratic as Blair's Government's.

The Blairites were many things but they weren't completely hand in glove with privatisation and a headlong rush into the arms of British corporate influence; and even though they weren't radicals they certainly weren't obsessed with expelling the left of all shades from the party. They may have been anti-Militant, but opposition to a Trotskyist group was about as far as it went ideologically, despite what the likes of Mandelson was whispering in his ear.

Starmer has changed at least the parliamentary Labour Party and the bureaucracy who run the organisation into a centre-right wing party that it will now remain as.

This is why a new party is required.

Yeah my point wasn’t about personal agreement with those articles. Just that “the purge” is being extensively covered.

They’ve even made a film about it.

 

[Eggs]

….Conservative MP Julian Knight declaring he will defend his seat (20k majority) as an Independent after ditching the Conservatives, whilst another Aaron Bell announces he’s not standing.