Starmergeddon Time

[perrykneeham]

Nah, Starmer's overclaiming. He was humiliated really, and the left can't get over how badly they performed at the election, and ever worse since.

[voice]

yeah sure, cry harder.

[mids]

The left still sobbing over a petition, I see. Peedz.

[voice]

tears in perpetuity, just cant get over loosing to Starmer.

[flatandy]

The left didn't stand a candidate at the last UK election.

Starmer is a tedious right winger with right wing policies and right wing populist dogshit nationalist soundbites.

Yet, despite this, the far right are still having a tantrum.

[perrykneeham]

Ah, he's not "a real lefty". That old chestnut.

[voice]

its clear the right are never getting over this.

[voice]

and while he's clearly not left as most people would define it, he's certainly a long way to the left of where the tory/RefUK axis is these days.

[flatandy]

Nov 26, 2024 18:23:16 GMT perrykneeham said:

Ah, he's not "a real lefty". That old chestnut.

He's not any kind of lefty. He's flag shagging, banging on about removing healthcare from trans people, chucking out foreigners, lowering taxes, lowering spending, cutting deficits, increasing the military, fellating Israel. He might be standing for the nominally left wing party, but he's to the right of even Tony Blair.

[perrykneeham]

Ah, so the Tories' combined vote would constitute a popular mandate? Excellent .

[flatandy]

Nov 26, 2024 18:45:04 GMT perrykneeham said:

Ah, so the Tories' combined vote would constitute a popular mandate? Excellent .

Yes. Labour and Tories combined have a popular mandate for Starmer's policies.

Yet you're still whining about them.

[perrykneeham]

I couldn't care less. Happy as a clam.

[perrykneeham]

This one's a two-pipe problem for Stumbler ....

"Ford UK has called on the government to introduce incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles (EVs) as an industry backlash grows over sales targets.

Lisa Brankin, Ford UK's chair and managing director, told the BBC that without demand, a government mandate to produce and sell more EVs "just doesn't work".

The comments add to a growing row between the government and the industry over the sale of new petrol and diesel cars being phased out over the next few years.

On Tuesday, Stellantis, the owner of Vauxhall, said it would close a plant in Luton, putting 1,100 jobs at risk, partly due to the EV targets.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the House of Commons on Wednesday that Stellantis's decision was "a dark day for Luton".

It joins Ford in axing UK jobs. Last week, it announced it will cut 800 jobs in the UK over the next three years, partly due to the EV target but also because of increased competition."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98dzyy850jo

[perrykneeham]

I expect the Trades unions will have something to say about this.

[flatandy]

Good on the Tories for setting a sensible but fast transition goal, and on Labour for trying to stick with it.

It's interesting that the motor companies aren't actually opposed to that goal at all. They just want massive subsidies because making any kind of car in Britain is a bit expensive compared to importing from China or Malaysia.

[mids]

I see the last man to be executed in Britain was buried today.

"Hundreds of mourners turned out for the funeral of a rioter who killed himself in his jail cell while serving a two-year sentence over an asylum seeker hotel protest.

The 61-year-old grandfather, Peter Lynch, was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Moorland on October 19.

He had been serving the jail time after pleading guilty to violent disorder and being part of unrest at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on August 4.

Those grieving Lynch's passing gathered at Ardsley Crematorium near Bearnsley this morning as his family asked people to pay their respects.

Mr Lynch, of Burman Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, leaves behind four adult children and three grandchildren."

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14133835/hundreds-mourners-funeral-rioter-peter-lynch-killed-himself.html

[perrykneeham]

Starmer's modern martyr. The first of many. A startyr.

[perrykneeham]

Hounded to his death.

[mids]

Lynched.

[voice]

Still crying over violent racist thugs getting held to account I see, yet another thing you're never gonna stop pathetically whining over.

Tears in perpetuity