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Labour isn't Working - Thread 34

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Nuthatch26 · 04/06/2026 13:53

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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boys3 · Yesterday 20:36

Thank goodness we have the grown ups in charge.

oh wait.....

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:38

boys3 · Yesterday 20:36

Thank goodness we have the grown ups in charge.

oh wait.....

....a government for growth treading lightly on our lives and ending the chaos.

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NoWordForFluffy · Yesterday 20:40

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:38

....a government for growth treading lightly on our lives and ending the chaos.

Aged Well GIF by What We Do in the Shadows

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DenizenOfAisleOfShame · Yesterday 20:40

boys3 · Yesterday 20:36

Thank goodness we have the grown ups in charge.

oh wait.....

Yeah, what an absolute fucking joke that is. Starmer’s government has turned out to be a cross between Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and Grange Hill.

AlternativeView · Yesterday 20:41

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:38

....a government for growth treading lightly on our lives and ending the chaos.

Yes aren't we all heaving sighs of relief !

AlternativeView · Yesterday 20:41

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · Yesterday 20:40

Yeah, what an absolute fucking joke that is. Starmer’s government has turned out to be a cross between Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and Grange Hill.

😂

AlternativeView · Yesterday 20:42

Also a touch of "carry on government " about it.

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:43

AlternativeView · Yesterday 20:42

Also a touch of "carry on government " about it.

Yes 😂

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CaveMum · Yesterday 20:47

AlternativeView · Yesterday 20:42

Also a touch of "carry on government " about it.

happy kenneth williams GIF

Indeed

boys3 · Yesterday 20:48

Who's left in the Defence Ministerial team? - at time of writing, it may have changed by the time I press post of course.

Luke Pollard MP
Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry). Certain black humour with that ministerial job title.

Louise Sandher-Jones MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)

Bit of a test of integrity for both of them now. We'll see what they are made of.

Plus Lord Croker but he's HoL.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · Yesterday 20:49

The BBC has quoted Carns as saying “We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both".

It’s particularly interesting for the “loyalty to stand by them” comment. It looks to me like Carns is telling Starmer and Hermer to drop the hounding of the military through the courts. Strong stuff. The left of Labour will be outraged by this.

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:51

boys3 · Yesterday 20:48

Who's left in the Defence Ministerial team? - at time of writing, it may have changed by the time I press post of course.

Luke Pollard MP
Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry). Certain black humour with that ministerial job title.

Louise Sandher-Jones MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)

Bit of a test of integrity for both of them now. We'll see what they are made of.

Plus Lord Croker but he's HoL.

I forgot about Luke Pollard. I wonder if he's in the running to replace Healey?

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Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 20:55

Ben Wallace on X - if No.10 won't listen to Healey or Carns, we really are screwed.

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redange · Yesterday 20:58

Talking of Grange Hill, whenever my mother came home if she saw sister and I watching it she would turn it it off and suggest we did our homework. Grange Hill was based on a North London Comprehensive, my girls grammar school mother did not want us replicating Grange Hill behaviour. The reality today is that despite Phil Redmond showing the 'shocking' nature of what happened at late 1970's 80s London Comprehensives. Grange Hill from the 1980s is more realistic in content to a Buckinghamshire Girls Grammar to that of a London Comp. That is how far society has changed in much the same way if you played 'God Save the Queen' By the Sex Pistols today you probably laugh yet in 1977 the song was regarded as a serious threat to the wellbeing and stability of British Society.

Therefore, given the history of BBC producers like Phil Redmond to give the no- nonsense reality of society, do you think 'Blue Lights' will have a episode and policing about Northern Ireland's illegal immigrant's and their destruction to Northern Ireland. Somehow, unlike Phil Redmond I suggest the Blue Lights Producers will look the other way, rather than produce an episode that is far more realistic than PSNI officers running round with Machine Guns chasing 'stereotypical' criminals.

I also see we now don't even have a no 2 in Defence due to Al Cairns resignation, who given his previous role as a Colonel in the Army should have gone weeks ago. Starmer, though is adamant that the country is still well protected despite all evidence suggesting otherwise !

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:59

This is reminiscent of when a party has been in power too long and you get dysfunction and lots of resignations. That usually happens at the 10 year mark. Labour haven't even made it to 2.

redange · Yesterday 21:02

Realistic in context today to a leafy girls Grammar than a 'diverse' ethic London Comprehensive !

The Country really looks and feels like a Shit Tip heading towards becoming a third world authoritarian hole.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · Yesterday 21:03

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:59

This is reminiscent of when a party has been in power too long and you get dysfunction and lots of resignations. That usually happens at the 10 year mark. Labour haven't even made it to 2.

So, so true. Worn out, squabbling, flouncing and falling apart after less than two years. What an absolute shower of shite Labour is.

NoWordForFluffy · Yesterday 21:03

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:59

This is reminiscent of when a party has been in power too long and you get dysfunction and lots of resignations. That usually happens at the 10 year mark. Labour haven't even made it to 2.

I think it's partly due to Labour's MPs being a disparate bunch, so they end up doing too much in-fighting, like cats in a sack! It's why they're just not an effective government, all pulling in different directions (very left, mid-left, centre left).

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:04

Sarahconnor1 · Yesterday 20:59

This is reminiscent of when a party has been in power too long and you get dysfunction and lots of resignations. That usually happens at the 10 year mark. Labour haven't even made it to 2.

Yes exactly. Its astonishing in less than two years.

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EasternStandard · Yesterday 21:08

I’m not surprised. They looked like shite pre GE. Mn went gaga for them.

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:09

Dan Jarvis is new defence sec

Labour isn't Working - Thread 34
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Upstartled · Yesterday 21:12

Wonder if he was content with the 0.08% increase in spending?

NoWordForFluffy · Yesterday 21:15

Upstartled · Yesterday 21:12

Wonder if he was content with the 0.08% increase in spending?

I'm assuming he simply drew the short straw!

Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:15

Upstartled · Yesterday 21:12

Wonder if he was content with the 0.08% increase in spending?

Hmmm.
£10bn (presented as £13.5bn, but £3.5bn was ghost money) instead of £28bn was the offer Healey resigned over.

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Nuthatch26 · Yesterday 21:17

Imagine the atmosphere in No.10 tonight? 😬

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