Easy to miss the good news amongst all the chaos.
“Despite the record winter, the waiting list has continued to fall and decreased to 7.25 million in January 2026, dropping by 43,666 compared to the previous month.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... If this is not a wake up call for those thinking of voting reform! You only need to look at the chaos across the pond in the US to see what mess political appointments delivers. Throughout history (Tory to Labour) the Civil Servants have shown independence
Does the US lifting sanctions mean we all have too? I do hope that this is not the case and we can act without this buffoon lead nation telling us what we can and can't do
NEW: Keir Starmer has asked new Ethics and Integrity Commission to tighten financial disclosures, lobbying and business appointment rules. There will also be a review of national security vetting process following Mandelson case.
You’d think you’d click on the link and read and listen to the evidence before you wrote your response
Are you for real, read the Employment Rights act, free breakfast clubs, extra free childcare hours, Better Start centres, the changes to apprenticeships, rise in minumum wage, rise in UC, renationalising rail franchise by franchise etc. OK you don't like Labour but don't dismiss all the positives.
The issue has never particularly been the original daft Sun feature, which (as Greens like to note) was more than a decade ago. It's been the almost entirely unnecessary dishonesty around it, which is much more recent.
When I asked Zack Polanski about his brief if memorable career as a breast size-enhancing hypnotherapist, he told me that it was never about actual breast size, just body image.
This was not the case, and this new BBC article - and audio clip – makes that plainer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ok folks who like this new iteration of the Greens . Do you think Zack is right on negotiating with Putin over Ukraine?
The landlord raised by Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh for making hundreds of his tenants homeless through no-fault evictions is Asif Aziz. Predictably, he lives in Abu Dhabi to enjoy its favourable tax climate.
#pmqs #politicslive
bsky.app/profile/jim....
And let’s not forget little Dickie Tice’s words of wisdom.
Remember when Nigel Farage did a big speech about always being consistent and never bending to pressure?
Can we all agree to not believe a word he says?
Strange how none of Farage or Badenoch’s real u turns are reported and highlighted in our media. Whereas if Starmer consults, listens and changes his opinion it’s mega headlines for days.
Agreed, but not sure that the communicated message is an honest/full one. The article suggested that the carrier was in the media (sent south) rather than Baltics (assume that is where in Eastern Europe it was); that is good progress indeed, and apologies for my error.
"Granola Libertarisnism" 👏👏👏👏👏👏
That's what I totally respect and admire about our PM:
He gets on with the job 💪👍
Absolutely, I have been saying the same almost since day one. Starmer is an old style politician, not flash, in fact rather boring, but he simply gets on with his job so we can get on with our lives. That's how politics should be imo
Polanski's strategy. Endlessly repeating delusional takes on what Starmer/Labour are doing, over and over. Even when disproved, they just repeat it again, except with increasingly emotive shrieks and phrasing.
Don't call them populists though, apparently they don't like that reality either.
Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty.
The Tories and Reform UK voted against.
Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life.
A bit of unnecessary posturing by the French here. It was fortuitouse their one and only aircraft carrier was at sea in the Med already. But such a floating runway not really needed in an area awash with military airfields
This is why diversity with the armed forces is so important. If the military are unable to attract applicants from across a broad spectrum of backgrounds, genders, etc it can't hope to meet it's recruitment targets; and yes, in some areas this requires positive action
Superb from Marina !!
We have the best PM for the current circumstances.
Post from the Maine Wonk asking whether JD Vance or Donald Trump thanked Ukraine after a tweet noting the U.S. is deploying Ukrainian drone interceptors to fight Iranian drones in the Middle East despite previously cutting off Ukraine’s weapons.
Who has the cards now?
Starmer is a decent guy, and has handled the complexities of the Iranian situation very well, including resisting a mad US President trying to drag the UK into an illegal war which has no UN mandate. I simply can't understand why there is this constant barrage of criticism and hate.
The cranks love to misinterpret that speech. But polanski actually said on question time "we need migrants because i dont want to wipe people's bums"
Chris Bryant reiterates red lines on US trade talks re meat.
"We have extremely rigorous foods standards in the UK and we're not going to surrender them."
The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.
