Thread 45 Starmer: Una nación que olvida su pasado no tiene futuro.

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Nooo. He is not good at this sort of thing 🫣

"Mr. Speaker, while I echo the right honourable members concern for the number of potholes on Britains roads, I would like to point out they make very handy hiding places for when announcements about policy changes are made"

I actually think he’s much better when he just talks. He seems more able to show his human side.

You’d have thought they could have found him a wireless mic, I was distracted by that bloody mic stand all the way through. The camera operative was an amateur too. No 10’s comms really are abysmal.

I'd rather hear him say what he means than any number of "journalists" writing about what they think he said. Or will say. Or might have said.

I am reminded of a teacher who preferred a scribbled something over a flawless nothing.

It’s not rocket science @SerendipityJane. No team I ever managed would have dared produce something so amateur, it looked like something knocked up in someone’s bedroom on a 50p budget. It’s frankly insulting.

I believe Tony Benn did.

I have this feeling But Jeremy Corbyn did.

If it was too slick, everyone would be complaining about that.

I doubt it. People are used to high quality broadcast. They expect it.

Sorry, but even the "With Keir" title is cringeworthy. I can see what they are trying to do, but the approach is wrong. Is he trying to emulate Corbyn's approach to PMQ's, when he read out questions from constituents, which also always made me wince a bit.

Wish I'd never posted it now.

I don't think we are the intended audience.

As someone with no audiovisual training what was wrong with the camera? I was expecting from other comments it to be all wobbly or something but it looked... Fine. I guess I am missing some of the technical nuances though

You're not alone. I watched it and thought it was absolutely fine. But then I also like his official TikTok account.

I didn't see much wrong with it either

Is there anyone who deliberately pays more tax than they need
@SerendipityJane

‘Patriotic’ taxpayers donate £2.3m to the Treasury
Dozens volunteer extra cash over last decade to boost public purse’
Daily Telegraph March 6, 2026.

Unlike the previous Telegraph owners, 'patriots' indeed

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin defending Starmer to Trump. Says he's done a lot to repair the UK/Irish relationship.

Trump says US/UK relationship "was the best...until Keir came along."

I would take that as a compliment

Don't be sorry! We all see things differently.

🎯

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Finally someone in government is referencing the NBER report.

Brexit “did damage”, Rachel Reeves then tells the audience at today’s Mais lecture.
She says there is evidence that the GDP impact could be as much as 8%.

Rachel Reeves reveals push for fiscal devolution to English regions, says Brexit caused damage, and admits student loan system is ‘broken’ – as it happened
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/mar/17/rachel-reeves-mais-lecture-ai-adoption-deeper-eu-ties-regional-growth-business-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69b965118f089059934c5fe7#block-69b965118f089059934c5fe7

We do. I’m sorry to be so critical, as someone who used to be responsible for producing these things, I saw all the flaws and focused on how I’d do it differently.

Is this some sort of counter to Kemi & co?

https://bsky.app/profile/mijrahman.bsky.social/post/3mhbplaufgk2c

The U.K. Government is opting for the EU over Trump. They won't shout this from the rooftops, but this is the implicit political message from Rachel Reeves' Mais lecture today:

“No partnership is more important than that between the UK and our European neighbours.”