Labour isn't working - Thread 26

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. 💙🩵

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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Omg that’s horrendous. And very very lucky he was looking in the rear view mirror, thank god. He must be v shook up. And obv the driver was shouting like crazy cos he knows he’s fcked up and could’ve killed some one. And hopefully lost his licence now before he does.

Yes, perspective. Bet you can’t wait to see him!! Sliding doors and all that. x

Bet you can't wait to get him home Dancing. You have a very good excuse to indulge in a stiff drink, must be tough for you having to wait until Saturday.

You're right, @TheNuthatch, Saturday can't come quickly enough for me (and hopefully DH). Annoyingly, the M3 is is closed between two junctions this weekend so getting to Heathrow to pick him up is going to be fun (not) - but I don't care, I can't wait to see him.

Bloody hell @DancingFerret . I hope the lorry driver gets the book thrown at him. What a close shave.

We're on the Ireland to Wales ferry route. Some of the European drivers it's been said take stuff to stay awake which always worries me when driving on the A55 I prefer to be ahead than behind them.

@DancingFerret bloody hell! Horrifying, I hope the driver is jailed.

I'd never really thought about it until this week. Based on what happened to DH, I'd much rather be behind an impaired driver and able to brake and hold back if necessary. In front of someone like that you have no way of avoiding the idiot (criminal) driving dangerously behind you.

@DancingFerret just catching up

What a horrible shock. I hope he's getting over it and I hope you're holding up too 💐

Very busy day today, so no idea what's happened in the news and I don't think I'm going to look at it - it will keep till tomorrow.

I'm not sure if anybody posted this after our musings yesterday: https://archive.ph/XWiWf

ETA: Reform have reported Labour to police over the Matt Goodwin video.

Labour changed the context, typically nasty stuff from them. I’m not surprised they’re using this kind of thing, look at their briefing against Burnham.

Their response to it is utterly stupid as well. They've pointed out that Reform has said it'll have police doing actual policing on the streets, not policing tweets etc, so have declared them hypocrites. Clearly missing the point that Reform mean that police won't go after the Lucy Connolly-type tweets or gender critical women. Not that they won't report posts which breach electoral laws.

Labour really don't like democracy if they're happy for electoral laws to be broken. (I bet they'd squeal like a stuck pig if the shoe was on the other foot, mind.)

Starmer on the news just now talking about the talks he's had in China so far: According to him, they've been very constructive (whatever that means) and he's pleased to announce a reduction in the tariffs on whisky and the easing of visa restrictions. There was some other waffle as well, but I wasn't listening at that point.

Whisky, visas? Should they really have been first on his list?

Jesus. I'm sure somebody thinks those things are important!

If that's all he's managed to achieve, then it's a pretty pointless trip. Surely they could've been discussed / agreed on Teams!

Dear Cod, China prefers Labour governments. Well, they would, wouldn't they?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15508245/Xi-Jinping-Keir-Starmer-turns-relations-China-UK.html

Next he’ll be talking about beer and bingo. Although possibly not his voting base anymore..

Agree with you. Well yeh of course. Let’s see how that works out.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/29/iran-doctors-arrested-treating-injured-protesters

back to Iran - not good. ☹️ though equally not surprising given the regime.

Front page of the Telegraph today.

Apparently he opened up closed cases pro bono to hound veterans. In an unstable world, we may need our military more than ever. How can we depend upon them if we betray them like this?

Another one from the Telegraph: Starmer's "oikophobia". The article hits many nails on the head.

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/b74ddb297a9bc161

The Guardian on KS's orgy of kowtowing in China: The comments are interesting in that many people now recognise his true political leanings. I doubt even diehard Labour voters realised what they were actually voting in.

The UK needs him gone ASAP.

www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jan/29/starmer-xi-jinping-meeting-uk-china-relationship-live#comments

I think Starmer us pretty radical. I don’t know if he is a true believer, or if it all serves his personal ambition.

https://spectator.com/article/keir-starmers-legal-past-is-catching-up-with-him/

I get the sense that Labour leader and PM are just boxes ticked on a list of things he fancies doing. I'm not sure he's passionate about much (not currently, anyway, maybe his passion was the type of cases which are being revealed).

There is a concentrated campaign against him in the press. How long can he cling on?

Is it a concentrated campaign? Or just the scrutiny that anyone in power would get from a free press?

I don’t think the media are any tougher on Starmer and co than Rishi Sunak or post / partygate on the Cons. Maybe even less as they were ringing it in by then on anti stuff.

I think Labourites use the media as an excuse, see ‘poor comms’ apparently. They’re mostly comms in that they pump out soundbites, lines and photo ops daily, they could give us a break from them tbf.

I'm going to have to phrase this very carefully

In terms of what Labour voters thought they were voting for, I think some of them actively welcome the global approach that he takes. And they would have the same reaction to seeing a flag as Emily Thornberry had. That's only from some of the ones I know.

Of course there would've been an element of just getting rid of the Tories. Or perhaps people who aren't really paying attention and thought he would be another version of Tony Blair - and thought that was a good thing.

wrt to the misrepresented clip about Matt Goodwin and Manchester, I thought that kind of thing had to be reported to the electoral commission - not the police? Or does it have to go via the police first? Maybe that's the protocol.