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The problem is Starmer put Mandelson in that position despite knowing what had gone on with Epstien , he was told by the security services , it was a horrific mistake , if he sacks MccSweeney now it screams self protection ( I do believe McSweeney should go ) he’s in a lose lose situation , he’ll limp on to the council elections , they’ll be horrific and then they’ll be a challenge , it’s strange Starmer is obv a very smart man however he lacks political nouse , Jesus if your getting outthought by Badenoch then you have a problem …
Do you honestly believe Badenoch does her own thinking? 😂
She just parrots the lines she’s told to say by her paymasters, as the vast majority of (but NOT all) politicians do.
They all have that , getting Starmer to admit he knew at PMQs was one of the most fatal political strikes in years ..
There are mistakes but there are also huge mistakes – and appointing Mandelson was the latter.
It is worth remembering Starmer is meant to have been a big shot lawyer. They are supposed to have a forensic eye for detail, which makes his catastrophic error over Mandelson even more inexplicable.
Whining about “Johnson was just as bad” (which he was) still isn’t any kind of defence and is frankly rather desperate. No one outside of Starmer’s dwindling fan club is going to be impressed if that is his only defence.
Lammy has now gone on record saying he warned Starmer not to appoint Mandelson. When even your own Deputy is turning on you, it is a sign that time is up.
“It’s strange Starmer is obv a very smart man however he lacks political nouse”.
He is on record as saying he doesn’t really like or understand politics. At least he has some self awareness.
For those who haven’t been paying attention and/or failed comprehension at school, I am not a member of the Starmer fan club.
I don’t mind him , as a person I could take being in his company ( not something I could say about Bojo or Truss) the problem with saying sorry in politics is the public rarely believe you are ..
The master , I read yesterday Mayall considered standing for election once for a giigle , I mate talked him out of as he pointed out he’d likely win …
McSweeney’s gone:
Won’t keep the RWNJ happy, though, even though showing a lack of judgment by following bad advice is nowhere near the same as repeatedly breaking the law.
Only a matter of time now. Clinging on by his finger nails, it is so undignified.
As for McSweeney, well done for keeping a straight face when saying “I remain fully supportive of the Prime Minister. He is working every day to rebuild trust and restore standards“.
Yes, that project is going splendidly, isn’t it?
“For those who haven’t been paying attention and/or failed comprehension at school, I am not a member of the Starmer fan club.”
I didn’t say you were..
I cannot remember who said it “a week is a long time in politics.” Starmer will survive because he has a massive majority. Labour MP’s would not support a ‘no confidence in Starmer’ vote as this would mean a general election.
Right wing press my ar#e!
13 U-turns go some way to explain Starmer’s approval ratings and general public dissatisfaction with his clowns.
Add in the massive government-imposed costs on employers, now feeding through to job losses, another bout of supermarket inflation and anyone can see why they’re struggling for public support.
Economic growth is still showing no signs of actually improving, dragged down by continuing poor public sector productivity levels.
The immigration issue, like dumping loads of asylum seekers on communities. Where are the civil servants, supposedly syphoning off the asylum seekers? Are they still, politically, putting up barriers like they did under the last government?
The list of failure is endless, too much for me to go on.
A clueless and impotent PM, leading a clueless government, ‘controlled’ by its backbenchers and trade unions. A prime example, where a huge parliamentary majority, means a PM and his cabinet cannot function.
I don’t believe McSweeney just decided to resign. He has gone at the behest of Starmer in the hope it will keep him in post. Which it won’t in the long run.
It brings to mind the quip by the odious Jeremy Thorpe after Macmillan’s Night Of The Long Knives: “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.”
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