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Labour isn't working - Thread 29

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TheNuthatch · 21/03/2026 15:19

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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NoWordForFluffy · 17/04/2026 20:12

TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 19:47

I'm actually rooting for her at this point. Thats how bad this is!
Bet you never thought you'd hear me say that. 😂

Bloody hell! That is a turn up (down?)!

TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 20:25

'Staggering' indeed.
Starmer appointed Mandelson. Thats all there is to it really.

So presumably Antonia Romeo and Cat Little will now also be fired to Save Big Dog?
Darren Jones lied this morning according to that article so he should be fired too? How about Starmer fires the entire civil service?

Fux sake.

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TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 20:26

NoWordForFluffy · 17/04/2026 20:12

Bloody hell! That is a turn up (down?)!

Sorry. I'll go and have a lie down 🤣🤣

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DancingFerret · 17/04/2026 20:48

KerryWeaversSpecs · 17/04/2026 19:58

I watched it too. The Green rep was male, Anthony Slaughter? Jane Dodds is Lib Dem, unless I am very much mistaken!

You're right. Thank you. I haven't changed my opinion about her, though.🙂

justasking111 · 17/04/2026 21:10

TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 20:25

'Staggering' indeed.
Starmer appointed Mandelson. Thats all there is to it really.

So presumably Antonia Romeo and Cat Little will now also be fired to Save Big Dog?
Darren Jones lied this morning according to that article so he should be fired too? How about Starmer fires the entire civil service?

Fux sake.

The civil service need to find a spine.

EasternStandard · 17/04/2026 21:31

justasking111 · 17/04/2026 21:10

The civil service need to find a spine.

Starmer does the same thing over and over. Throws others under the bus.

justasking111 · 17/04/2026 21:32

I read that the Ukrainian arson trial starts on 27th April. I thought that had disappeared.

"Trial date set for men charged over fires at homes linked to Keir Starmer - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq851ve9jexo

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 17/04/2026 21:40

You have to wonder who’d accept a senior civil service post under Starmer. You’d read the papers in the morning and worry that you’d be out of a job by lunchtime. Just because of some fuck up or shit decision by Starmer.

The sound of buses must terrify civil servants at the moment .

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Pacificsunshine · 17/04/2026 23:30

There is no way he can keep his position. It seems the opportunity to keep his dignity is gone too.

NoWordForFluffy · 18/04/2026 00:51

TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 23:17

Front page of The Independent tomorrow. WhatsApp showing that No.10 were asked 7 months ago about Mandelson failing vetting over business links to China.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-mandelson-security-vetting-downing-street-b2959664.html

Archive version: archive.ph/5bNsl

justasking111 · 18/04/2026 01:30

He's a compulsive liar it seems

Parsley4321 · 18/04/2026 06:18

Mandy and China who’d of thought it said nobody ever

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 07:34

NoWordForFluffy · 18/04/2026 00:51

Archive version: archive.ph/5bNsl

Thanks Fluffy.
Was it paywalled for you? I don't subscribe but it was free to read for me.

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TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 07:40

Parsley4321 · 18/04/2026 06:18

Mandy and China who’d of thought it said nobody ever

Ikr.
Is anyone surprised that Mandy failed vetting? I don't know why they bothered, his dodgy dealings have been in the newspapers going back years!
Any average person over the age of 30 could have told them that.

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EasternStandard · 18/04/2026 07:53

TheNuthatch · 17/04/2026 23:17

Front page of The Independent tomorrow. WhatsApp showing that No.10 were asked 7 months ago about Mandelson failing vetting over business links to China.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-mandelson-security-vetting-downing-street-b2959664.html

Interesting. All the Independent have to do is ask at the next press conference why they knew about the failed vetting and the prime minister claims he didn’t.

He really will look like a liar and a fool.

EasternStandard · 18/04/2026 08:04

Olly Robbins will defend himself, as he should. ‘I did nothing wrong’

A staunch defence, tf for that. Starmer panicking and sacking anyone he can is weak and wrong.

NoWordForFluffy · 18/04/2026 08:18

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 07:34

Thanks Fluffy.
Was it paywalled for you? I don't subscribe but it was free to read for me.

I refuse to agree to cookies to be able to read it!

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 08:20

EasternStandard · 18/04/2026 08:04

Olly Robbins will defend himself, as he should. ‘I did nothing wrong’

A staunch defence, tf for that. Starmer panicking and sacking anyone he can is weak and wrong.

Good. Others in the know are also going on the record to say that he did nothing wrong.
If No.10 are sticking to their story that Antonia Romeo and Cat Little knew in March and withheld it from the PM deliberately, why haven't they both been fired this morning? It stinks.

Just Starmer trying to cling on to power...as per.

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TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 08:20

NoWordForFluffy · 18/04/2026 08:18

I refuse to agree to cookies to be able to read it!

Ah, fair point 😁

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NoWordForFluffy · 18/04/2026 08:23

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 08:20

Good. Others in the know are also going on the record to say that he did nothing wrong.
If No.10 are sticking to their story that Antonia Romeo and Cat Little knew in March and withheld it from the PM deliberately, why haven't they both been fired this morning? It stinks.

Just Starmer trying to cling on to power...as per.

The optics on the whole thing are shocking.

He's just a horrible man. Weak and controlling.

EasternStandard · 18/04/2026 08:26

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 08:20

Good. Others in the know are also going on the record to say that he did nothing wrong.
If No.10 are sticking to their story that Antonia Romeo and Cat Little knew in March and withheld it from the PM deliberately, why haven't they both been fired this morning? It stinks.

Just Starmer trying to cling on to power...as per.

This is on Starmer. He’s at the head of the whole thing. He appointed Mandelson before vetting concluded anyway.

I can’t believe he’s going to cling on still. Ik he probably will.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 18/04/2026 08:29

TheNuthatch · 18/04/2026 08:20

Good. Others in the know are also going on the record to say that he did nothing wrong.
If No.10 are sticking to their story that Antonia Romeo and Cat Little knew in March and withheld it from the PM deliberately, why haven't they both been fired this morning? It stinks.

Just Starmer trying to cling on to power...as per.

I just don’t buy the idea that Starmer sacked Mandelson and didn’t before that or soon afterwards find out about what process was followed to appoint him and what the results were. Mandelson fell seven months ago. It was the biggest fuck up of Starmer’s time as PM. It nearly brought him down at the time.

This is an extraordinary fiasco.

EasternStandard · 18/04/2026 08:31

How could Starmer not even ask was process followed before he made that statement?

How inept is he?

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