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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

By the time Starmer is replaced this summer, we'll have had two wasted years, in which a country crying out for transformation instead got more of the same, or even worse where environmental legislation is concerned, and a high possibility of Farage running the next government. Thanks Keir.

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Jared 🔶 @quantumjared.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Also worse where immigration or trans rights are concerned.

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plasticscouser.bsky.social @plasticscouser.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I fear that was the point of Keir Starmer as PM in the first place. He looks and acts like a plant

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Buyers remorse George?

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rory63.bsky.social @rory63.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I think Miliband and co are doing pretty well on net zero.. Ask Bill McKibben....

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DarvitWendy @darvitwendy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Then let us get behind Starmer & confound those trying to divide & fragment the nation (& beyond)

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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I wish it were not so.

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crasus.bsky.social @crasus.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Is Madelson going to be prosecuted?

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What was it Abba Eban once said? Oh, yes: "Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." The Keir Starmer gvmnt in a nutshell. Think of the national mood when he was elected. So much opportunity there to do some real good. Instead ... this. As you say, hands Farage the next gvmnt. Some legacy.

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redrobboone.bsky.social @redrobboone.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

so don't remove Starmer!

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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I am surprised that you have decided to enable the march of reform.

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psbaker10.bsky.social @psbaker10.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Maybe Rayner is the only one who has the cojones to win the next election. High risk strategy but she has the projection and passion to do it. If Starmer, then a 3 year lame duck period followed by annihilation.

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Keith Campbell Tupman @alex-harvey-1960.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Tragic. Wasn’t it J-B Karr that said: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”? He’ll be grinning in his grave…

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DavidxRose @davidxrose.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If sacking McSweeny brings Starmer down too, it might be the very best result all round. And if the end result of the whole debacle is a retreat to a more centre left position so much the better, making it much easier to consolidate a progressive left alliance with the ascending Green Party!

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

While our government refuses to countenance taxing the super-rich, we will always be wading in mud towards our goals.

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Me 🐚 @m1chelel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We need Israel out of the government! Until they are the UK doesn’t stand a chance

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Malcolm @greenman-23.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

why are so many convinced PR will keep Farage out? 2015 GE under FPTP UKIP 1 seat under PR it would have been 83 European elections under PR UKIP won 14 seats in the final election... up from 9 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR IT MAY COME TRUE www.bbc.com/news/electio...

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Election 2015: What difference would proportional representation have made?

As UKIP demands a change to the voting system, the BBC examines what difference this could have made.

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Chris Hanson @eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social But what else could have possibly been? Corbyn?

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Dr Gráinne Nic An tSaoi @justgronya.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If the one person who isn’t in the Epstein Files is forced out because of them, while that snake Farage remains in position, then the Farage has won. Thanks, sanctimonious commentators who had no problem with the appointment when it was announced. Astounding hypocrisy.

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Mia @miak06.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Do you honestly think this is the right track to take at this point? How about standing behind Starmer, recognising that he is a decent & principled person who has actually achieved a lot more than what the media et al talk about & give him credit for The country doesn’t need more turmoil

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Jeffie @jeffpapis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Not to mention the highest tax burden in uk history.

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Bad Bunion @srslysteve.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Starmer was always going to be a transitional leader following 14 years of the Tories so too much was always going to be expected of him. I think he's done ok, given his own restraints (SM/CU). A new leader shouldn't be held back now! We need another change, don't leave it too late Labour!

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Alan Chedzoy @cheddarz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It's what happens when you abandon the core values your party was founded upon. The Labour Party was founded on socialism not Neoliberalism. Starmer and Blair before him are closet Tories sucking up to the Tory press and their billionaire owners.

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J Green @jgreen63.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The oil billionaires get what the oil billionaires want

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rafa_el_viajero @rafa-el-viajero.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Keir has accomplished his mission

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Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In Australia, after 12 years of tory rule, we have a Labor government, who won in a landslide, but have wasted their majority by being a spineless, more of the same disappointment. Meanwhile, the right wing opposition is in a complete mess, and billionaires are funding a far right party. Imagine!

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Susanita @spanglish51.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I want a prime minister with socialist aspirations who can hit the ground running …. Not one who wants to practice his incompetence at the expense of the country ….or sets up Weasel Wes to inherit the mantle .

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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Absolutely this. The only thing we can do within the existing imperfect system is to support @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the bold @greenparty.org.uk. However, we can do other things alongside. Support local #citizensassemblies, resist corporates by reducing oil use, buying local & independent.

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Scree @screecycle.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

To those saying "give it time”, sure but this Labour is continuing to take us in the wrong direction, towards more corporate greed, more war, more persecution of minorities. Time is making it worse.

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Lee @dieselee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

They have no goal but ghoulish inhumanity towards trans people and migrants, and there's no sacrifice too big or small to make in service of these goals.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Farage as PM would be a depressing spectacle to behold indeed.

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Ray J. Hickey @prevailvoting.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Fix this once and for all with the PREVAIL voting system!

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Trevor Mitchell @loosetalk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The rot set in more than 2 years ago when 'Progress' took control of the party administration.

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Speckled jim @speckledjimreborn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Spot on. Lets exCHANGE this CHANGEling for real CHANGE.

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O.R. Melling @ormelling.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Anyone but Corbyn, right. They said he was destroying the party but guess what.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🔥👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Surely two wasted years is better than five wasted years.

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Agrippa @agrippa7.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Listen to his speech today. You’ve buried him too early.

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Christopher Hervez @christopher-hervez.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The situation is grave and we're all distracted by Epstein and the system of favour that actually controls governments and is going to kill a lot of people even sooner than many expected. This report is on top of the recently released analysis of security risks www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

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Iacovos @iacovos.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Some here think Starmer's done some good. By which they seem to mean being slightly less shit than the Tories in a few barely noticeable areas. Nothing but nothing excuses aiding genocide though. He can never come back from that. Aiding genocide should carry a minimum of life in jail, in my view

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Chris @chrislchrisl.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Choosing to ape Reform was the biggest initial red flag about his instincts as leader and his lack of understanding about voters lending him their vote to do the right thing. What a disappointment. He merely amplified Reforms message. Tragic really.

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JR Hartley @jrah67.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

He isn't going to be replaced and you know it

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petershearer.bsky.social @petershearer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There is no-one in Labour now who will change anything.

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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Keir couldn't even quiet quit properly. Year after year Centaoph bound. To sit in solemn garb by Rishi and Liz and the rest. Coward.

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18thcenturyboy.bsky.social @18thcenturyboy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Including 2 more yrs of falling net expenditure on defence when the country is being threated by 2 fascist nuclear powers. The damage wrought by this morally turpid incompetent is mindboggling.

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whelleywarrior.bsky.social @whelleywarrior.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

All too true, sadly.

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Not entirely fair - Labour failed to trumpet the few Labour-like things they did. But even had they done so, the good would still be grotesquely overshadowed by the bad.

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Hd @bittertoffee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Rubbish

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Anja Bogger 🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🇵🇸 @abogger.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Nail on head 🔨

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Michael Parry @doktorv.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hey he's had a tough week - he's had to apologise for believing an Epstein associate even when any sane person would know better

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Usual ‘re-launch’ coming. Just dragging the pain out even further.

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tristan-uk.bsky.social @tristan-uk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Starmerites will then blame everybody but themselves when Farage becomes PM.

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Somefella @somefella1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Yawn. What is actually wrong in the UK? Yes I know we have massive inequality, not just wealth but opportunity too. But someone tell me which country (of equal size) they'd rather live in. It's just not that awful people. Cheer up only 25% of people like ReTory. The majority think they're c*

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Paul N @paulnuk.eurosky.social · 05/02/2026

I do think you're ignoring a lot of the good things he's done. He's certainly got two left feet, but to ignore his achievements and call it more of the same is rather shoddy.

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Britain has had two decades of stagnating living standards, I wouldn't expect that to be transformed overnight. Greater Manchester and Burnley regions have shown what consistent policies can do - improvements in productivity and money in pockets of households. Westminster needs to learn lessons.

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niblick80.bsky.social @niblick80.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Lord George Foulkes ( the aged Labour Peer ) interviewed on radio today displayed his total naivety and head in the sand attitude to the Starmer/McSweeney/ Mandleson scandal by trying to brush Starmer’s weak apology under carpet as an end to it all. Get a grip George, this IS massive.

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

My concern is he will be replaced by Streeting who has shown zero focus on COVID and it’s played a huge role in the slide to the right.

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Rebel Alliance #FBPE 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticdolphin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Wasted? This Government has already benefited a great many people and there is more to come.

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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What’s happened to you? Have you not even noticed what this government has done?? Not a good look George. Not good at all.

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The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @fritzbischoff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There is a great deal of truth in that statement. Starmer’s unambitious “more of the same, just done better” approach to Tory politics lacks profile. He’s been ill advised to shadow his opponents, as shown by his opportunistic anti-migrant rhetoric and his hesitation to realign with the EU.

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Frankie @wakeylass.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Fgs!....lets ignore everything that has been achieved and pretend it hasn't! 😵‍💫

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Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

That's what I was ranting about too. Yeeeee GODS!!!

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John Berry he/him @thejohnberry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

And they'll still threaten and cajole us to vote Labour. They've made themselves unelectable and in fact already were in 2024 but their voters were just fine with genocide as long as it didn't touch them personally.

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Colin Brazier @mmmmtrams.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Farage is not the PM yet. They are opinion polls , the snap shot of a couple of hundred people. But he might be if people think it not worth bothering to vote in the first place.

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Drawn @commoner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's not like they're going to replace him with anyone who will make any difference. The Labour Right have successfully and completely taken over the Party. It's over. We're done.

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The idea that Andy Burnham is the answer when he supported the Iraq war, suggests Labour hasn't understood who it is their trying to win back.

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bubbaz.bsky.social @bubbaz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The stars have never aligned for Starmer, he’s a clumsy politician, poorly advised, and set against the background of a deeply divided and unhappy country. I don’t think he’s a bad bloke, but he is slowly and stubbornly handing over to Farage, and that will be unforgivable.

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📎 @rhuaraidh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Equally concerning is the lack of clarity around the motivation to get so deeply embedded with Palantir, effectively giving away the keys to the hen house to an extremely dubious foreign entity while at the same time, at the very least, appearing to develop a style of early authoritarian state.

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fendi1.bsky.social @fendi1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What is this mythic transformation people desire? Whom ever "transforms" has a stake in the game and the game is always rigged. Genuinely, what are people expecting to change? Starmer is the best proposition for the UK at the moment.

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hc. krempels @handle.invalid · 05/02/2026

I find the saddest part of this to be the waste of potential opportunity in this period of time - he had an open ended mandate of 'change' and a huge majority, and all he's done is try his hardest to be a Tory. It's beyond disappointing; vapid governance

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guskoettlitz.bsky.social @guskoettlitz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Farage will not be running the next government, he will fall apart before then especially if so called journalists start asking proper questions.

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Eddie Climate 🇺🇦 @eddieclimate.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Unfortunately, even after he's replaced it's unlikely to get any better. Remember the elation after the last election...all governments are controlled by the same ruling elites.

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mark-a-e.bsky.social @mark-a-e.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Aiding and denying genocide, arresting granny’s with a cardboard sign, paying for the privilege of giving Palentir access to our data. Some of what he achieved has been good, it’s not really great though is it, it’s not change. I get the impression that he’s not driving the car, he’s in the backseat

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blaqjaqshellaq.bsky.social @blaqjaqshellaq.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Assuming he does get replaced. (The PLP don't want to admit they chose poorly...)

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lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

😡😡😡

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Herefordrob @herefordrob.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Transformation is beyond change. We keep talking about change it's not enough, we the majority need to come out of our silos and deny the algorithm. We are so much more than that. We need to expand the coffee shop/kitchen conversation. We need collective action. We are […]

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Original post on mindly.social

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

UK voted anti-tory and not pro- labour. Your agenda is not a UK agenda (yet at least) as it was not seriously tested. Are we better now than with Tory rule? Yes. Is it perfect then obviously not.

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Sue Reid @suereidauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Who do you suggest takes over? I'm a little concerned too that while I'm no Starmer groupie we have to remember that this government has done positive things as well, except - thanks to a mostly right wing media - we rarely hear about them.

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Uitleenwinkel @lroel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The best way to avoid a possible Reform landslide is to have Labour use their 400 seats based on 33% of the vote to establish PR.

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loopylaura.bsky.social @loopylaura.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Replacing him may do us no favours, it seems that anyone with compassion for the people has no hope of becoming Prime Minister.

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psouthern1.bsky.social @psouthern1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

High possibility of farage running the next government. My God, the state of us. Working class people use to understand that rich people controlled the country. If bad things were happening they would be criticised. We're so fucking stupid and bitter. How exactly do migrants determine all that...

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Bernie @berniet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"Left governments almost invariably disappoint their supporters because, even when the prosperity which they have promised is achievable, there is always need of an uncomfortable transition period about which little has been said beforehand." George Orwell 1943

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Tina @ladyboater.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sacrificed a whole term chasing Reform voters who hate him anyway handing the next term to Reform.

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Kat @topkat7.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Starver desperate for power and attention will cling on till he is thrown out. Sad little puppet.

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prt64.bsky.social @prt64.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Epstein event is a massive opportunity being missed. As Ed Davey said a public inquiry to reveal all the corruption and establishment control is needed for Epstein, Nation State / Corporate influence, lobbying and funding. Expose it all, Farage will fall in no time alongside the fascist agenda.

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Incredible how such an opportunity was squandered… And how easily we were duped into thinking Labour were not in the pockets of the same malign vulture capitalists who own the Tories and Reform.

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T @toneg99.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

You’re optimistic! I expect him to cling on longer than that

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Not the worst PM of recent years, but the most disappointing. The others were obviously going to be shite: Starmer showed some promise.

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Frank Reif @frankreif.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Looking forward to Wes having the honour of losing his seat as prime in 29. He'll be in good company. There aren't enough cosy jobs at meta for all the hand picked PLP careerists, as LLMs are much cheaper b*llsh*t artists than they could ever be.

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fraac @fraac.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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Empires of Waste @empiresofwaste.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Remember Mandelson/The Guardian were in the same boat with the 'Corbyn/antisemitism' fraud. "I work every single day to bring forward the end of [Corbyn's] tenure in office. Every day I try to do something to rescue the Labour Party from his leadership" How's that rescue going, Peter Pedo-friend?

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degrowingpains.bsky.social @degrowingpains.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Biden 2.0

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Mr Singh @mrsingh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There will have to be a prepacked deal for the successor if he goes and it should involve him giving up his seat for the replacement if he's not a sitting MP.

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Hope not hate @nohate.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sorry but have you seen all the positive things Labour has done in 18 months compared to the decimation and chaos caused by Tories over nearly 14 years? One could imagine you're part of the right wing coup.

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Janice Pearson @janianp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Really don’t agree with you.

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Nick Higgins @nick-higgins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thanks Israel, you mean? They have their *very* bloody hands all over this.

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