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Liz Webster
15, May #StarmerCrisis

Liz Webster: Keir Starmer is the architect of his own political crisis…

🔴 Keir Starmer is the architect of his own political crisis. He entered Downing Street declaring he would do unpopular things. That was the fatal mistake. A huge 2024 majority built largely on anti-Tory tactical voting was treated like a personal mandate for pain instead of a warning to rebuild trust. Winter Fuel cuts. Farm tax on family holdings. Welfare tightening. Brexit trade politics stitched together through executive power while Parliament was sidelined. All delivered by a leader the country never truly knew or emotionally connected with. Starmer governed as if voters owed Labour loyalty simply for not being the Conservatives. 🔥 Now the consequences have arrived with @AndyBurnhamGM as a unifying alternative. Britain wants a different political direction: • end austerity • less Westminster managerialism • end Brexit denial • and less attachment to the post-2010 economic model Starmer hasn’t lost public trust, he never won it in the first place! He mistook relief for enthusiasm and that is why the civil war has begun. #Burnham4PM
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Ben Judah
15, May #WarSpillover

Ben Judah: There is a lack of seriousness in the Franco-British plan…

There is a lack of seriousness in the Franco-British plan for a Maritime Coalition to “unblock the Straits of Hormuz.” It will only operate —“with Iranian permission.” Our Gulf partners don’t need us to do deals with Iran to reopen the Straits. They can do that on their own. Presenting what are essentially media and Trump management plans like this as a serious endeavour in the Gulf to allies who can see through them undermines our credibility. Better modesty and honesty: we can offer some maritime support once others make a deal to help drive down maritime insurance. https://gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-france-to-lead-multinational-strait-of-hormuz-military-planning-conference#:~:text=At%20the%20Summit%2C%20they%20called,and%20conduct%20mine%20clearance%20operations.
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Edwin Hayward
15, May #StarmerCrisis

Edwin Hayward: Labour's dire situation is easy to understand…

Labour's dire situation is easy to understand if you look at it with eyes wide open. Starmer won a huge majority of MPs but Labour's vote share in doing so was very low at just 33.7%. Compare that to Johnson in 2019 who won 43.6% of all votes. It's only FPTP that delivered the parliamentary majority Labour now enjoy. So any "Labour landslide" narrative strictly applies only to the number of Labour MPs in power, but crucially not to Labour's appeal with voters in general. A lot of the 33.7% were people who just wanted to see the back of the Tories. They weren't Starmer Labour voters. They would have voted for a balloon on a stick. Now add in rising interest in Reform and in the Green Party since 2024, and you'll see that Starmer's wafer thin actual electoral advantage has been obliterated. Put plainly: Labour WILL lose in 2029 unless something DRASTIC changes. (And even then they may well yet lose.) Starmer cannot make drastic changes. His hands are tied by his role in drafting the manifesto, by his various red lines, by his actions in the first two years as PM, and by the slate of upcoming initiatives he just unveiled in the King's Speech. But a new leader (especially someone not closely connected with Starmer's administration and therefore untainted by it) could tear everything up and start fresh in a completely different direction. Would that be enough? Who knows. It would take some skilled manoeuvring, that's for sure. Will Labour lose if they continue under Starmer? 100%. Roll the dice: have a chance. Stay the course: failure guaranteed.
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Liz Webster
14, May #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: MSNBC today…

🆘 ⚠️ MSNBC today: “Why the Strait of Hormuz closure could trigger a global food crisis” Fertiliser supplies choked 🔥 skyrocketing prices 🔥 farmers worldwide cutting back on planting. This is exactly what I’ve been warning about! In Britain we’re especially exposed post-Brexit: self-sufficiency plummeting, no domestic fertiliser, farmers skipping sowing, farm gate prices falling. We desperately need 1947 Agriculture Act principles restored - food as a public good. Food security is national security. #FoodCrisis #Hormuz #BritishFarming @GordonBrown @ProfSteveKeen
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Ben Judah
14, May #BrokenSystem

Ben Judah: What’s happening now is not just a crisis…

What’s happening now is not just a crisis of leadership in the Labour Party — it’s a crisis of ideas, a crisis of policy and a crisis of faith — what is the program to turn the country around? The Prime Minister’s challenges are right to call out this lack of a project has been his great failing. But I don’t see any of them presenting more than competing poll numbers for now. This is, in a way, even more concerning.
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David Icke
14, May #WarSpillover

David Icke: I have long said the Cult plan…

I have long said the Cult plan has always been for the centre of world power to move eastwards to China within a global system and this meeting plus the ludicrous war with China-backed Iran mark the pivotal moment when China puts its dominant role on public display. It can be seen in so many ways, but is symbolised by the intellect of a tyrant Chinese leader meeting the tail-wagging little boy microscopic intellect of Trump. The 'Thucydides Trap' was Xi stating that the days of US global dominance are over - exactly what Trump was installed to achieve with the chaos and insanity that is dismantling the old Cult world order so the new one can replace it with China and its gathering allies dictating events.
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Robin Monotti
14, May #TrendShock

Robin Monotti: THE HANTAVIRUS SEQUENCE WAS MADE UP…

THE HANTAVIRUS SEQUENCE WAS MADE UP FROM HUMAN BLOOD IN FORT DETRICK! "The published Andes hantavirus genome sequence was built at the infamous U.S. military biolab Fort Detrick from fragmented sequencing reads extracted from human blood using computer assembly software and reference genome fill-ins, according to supplementary appendix documents and GenBank records tied to a 2020 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) paper. The paper’s funding disclosure shows the Fort Detrick hantavirus genome reconstruction work was supported through U.S. government biodefense and infectious disease funding channels tied to HHS/NIAID (HHSN272201800013C and HHSN272200700016I), including contracts involving Battelle Memorial Institute and Laulima Government Solutions. The total potential funding allocated to the two Fort Detrick/NIAID contracts together is approximately $387.5 million.
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Liz Webster
14, May #StarmerCrisis

Liz Webster: Wes Streeting finally does…

🚨 Wes Streeting finally does the darstedly deed and calls for Starmer to go. The civil war is now out in the open. But let’s be clear: this is still the same Westminster bubble fighting over who gets to manage decline. The candidate Labour members and Red Wall voters actually want is @AndyBurnhamGM who is still locked out because he’s not an MP yet. No more games. Open the path for Burnham now. This party needs real change, not another centrist reshuffle
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Alex Wickham
13, May #StarmerCrisis

Alex Wickham: ***NEW*** Supporters of Andy Burnham…

***NEW*** Supporters of Andy Burnham are asking the cabinet to go to Keir Starmer and urge him not to stand in a leadership contest against Wes Streeting The Burnham camp say they think cabinet ministers will tell Starmer he should instead set a timetable for a longer contest if Streeting does move BUT friends of Starmer completely dismiss that. They say there is no chance he will listen to any such advice and insist he will stand in a contest now if Streeting has the numbers Streeting’s allies are saying different things about whether he has 81 MPs and his chances of success in a leadership election Some think this is his only shot and he’s right to go over the top. Others are less sure he can get to 81 and also worry the backlash against him could see him lose to Starmer or another candidate If there is an expedited contest many on the soft-left expect Ed Miliband to stand to try to stop either Streeting or Starmer winning Any immediate contest could become a free-for-all with ambitious novice Al Carns as well as other members of the cabinet deciding they fancy their chances As of 2pm this afternoon, the Labour Party appears to be moving from paralysis toward chaos With @EllenAMilligan >>>
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