Starmer's resigned

[Sadcafe]

So the admittedly boring but truly decent PM has announced his resignation and the egotistical, pompous Burnham will doubtless become PM. God help the country

I think it’s Nuts, we’re having our 7 PM in a decade, it’s at least 4 that was unelected by the country, most people vote for who they want to be PM, not the standing candidate

Absolutely this.

Except I’d add that we want all that plus have allowed ourselves to become seduced by nationalist narratives around ethnic purity, because apparently folk are really fucking malleable.

Anyone who kicks interest rates up.

It came as no surprise.

He's a deluded man, like many past PM's he'll be fine, he too can now float of into the distance.

It really is a good job that, most, of Joe Public can run their own households on what little they have left better than these PM's run the country.

Now, on to who will be the next PM to not only bang on about how it's all been the last Tory Governments fault but to also shaft over the taxpayer and rinse them of what little some have left remaining in their pay packet.

So yes.

They're as bad as Reform for being a party full of extremists.

You have your seventh PM in a decade because you have allowed extremist voices on both sides of the house to be amplified through bots on the internet.

You should be voting for the party that aligns with your political views. This isn't a presidential election. Anyone in the cabinet should be able to lead the country at any time. The only time the identity of the PM should come into it is if the person is blatantly unqualified, holds offensive views you think will damage the country's reputation or is clearly suffering debilitating health.

> decent

Decent PMs do not appoint close friends of paedophiles to the most sensitive ambassadorial posting contrary to the advice from the Vetting service

i agree. But look who is happy- Trump.

I would question the "truly decent" assertion. Patrick Maguire of The Times wrote a column ending with calling him a decent man. Here he is saying he got phonecalls from about 30 Labour people saying they didn't agree.

(Edited to link to the column he wrote in February)
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/keir-starmers-hollowness-is-clear-for-all-to-see-znr66b2zt

Truly decent is an opinion based on shared values and morals. I think he’s decent too. If he’s good enough for Zelenskyy he’ll do for me.

Which numbers?

I remember when David Miliband seemed the obvious next Labour leader - and it was only about a 1% win by his brother, they both did better than Burnham. Of course he went on to very lucrative roles. Another one the country missed out on ....

Both have policies that upset the corporates and the bankers, and in one case the EU ,LOL, but one will be in power while the other will be nowhere near any kind of power except maybe holding some local council seats.

But Reform were very rattled by Restore in Makerfield?

Quite. I’m sick of the “we don’t like him - resign” “we never voted for him - GE NOW” narrative. It’s becoming a joke. I can’t believe how many PMs we’ve had in recent years. Alls it seems to take is a fuss on X and people calling for resignation.

Thankfully. I remember an interview where he was advocating that people take refugees into their homes, when asked how many refugees he would be taking he started saying how small his NY apartment was and how his wife and two kids were needing space and he just couldn"tt manage it, LOL, absolutely unsuitable for politics, good at finding income streams (for himself) though.

https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/david-milibands-salary-leaves-aid-workers-furious-heres-the-full-breakdown/

I've always thought that was the downward turning point for the UK. If only that had gone the other way.

Restore with their 3 thousand votes to Reform"s nearly 16 thousand?

Many Reform voters probably voted for AB because they know he will make it easier for Farage to become PM.

Lol they both have policies that upset a lot of people not just the corporates and bankers.

Do you think Farage wants to be boring old PM, though?

Just now you said that Miliband was: absolutely unsuitable for politics, good at finding income streams (for himself) though.

One has large numbers of people that vote for them, the other has just been around for 50 years.

At his age, probably yes, it is the only realistic shot he has, if he isn"t up to it, doesn"t show up (you can"t actually do that as PM and get away with it) people will vote for someone else, that is how politics works, whatever Farage is or is not doesn"t change the fact that Red team/Blue team is broken.

The Green party isn't recognisable as the party it used to be for those who remember it as the party for environmental issues.

That"s right, it has been hijacked by woke lunatics, just like other large sections of UK society.