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I think the term used for such a story is “complete and utter desperation”.
Stephen McKenzie
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Response to Stephen McKenzie’s comment at 12.14pm.
“I think the term used for such a story is complete and utter desperation”.
Also under “complete and utter desperation” are those voters who say that Andy Burnham is ‘different’ from the one who came before him , now that he, Burnham, is the new Labour leader and PM.
Mind you TBF Burnham did state this:
“When I said I was going to do politics differently, I meant it”.
Well so far a lot of people are seeing Burnham as being not so “different” from the one that he replaced, indeed Burnham is being seen by many people as being nowt more than a ‘Continuity Starmer’.
The Guardian reported on 26 August this year that:
“Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors” .
Now that is a biggie , as in a betrayal, or is it a U-turn (similar also to the far too many U-turns we previously witnessed with Keir Starmer as the previous PM).
Paul Holden the investigative Journalist and author of the book “Fraud” posted this on 26 August in respect to that Guardian article:
“This is being briefed as if it’s unions opposing donations caps and that’s why Burnham has caved on his promises to cap political donations at £500k.”
“But we’ve literally JUST SEEN Burnham’s donations disclosures, which are not even mentioned in this article. They show Burnham getting a pittance from unions but substantial donations from Gary Lubner (£25k) and **Lord Sainsbury (over £160k) to support his Labour leadership bid”. (** see below for where Burnham visited).
“Lubner and Sainsbury were two of the biggest previous funders of Labour Together and the Starmer projects, who both personally made donations in the millions to Labour Together and/or the Labour Party”
“Burnham made his promise to cap donations at £500k to an activist in May this year. And then in June and July he gets bankrolled by the types of mega-donors who would be impacted by a donations cap, limiting their ability to influence politics”
“Then he drops the proposals that would impact on his personal donors. Deeply disappointing and really hard not to join these dots”.
(Paul Holden wrote ‘Fraud’ , which was an “exposé on the Labour Party files that laid bare the intrigues, stratagems, and deceits that helped deliver Sir Keir Starmer to Downing Street. Holden showed how Keir Starmer has been the frontman for a ruthless, right-wing political project headed by Morgan McSweeney, the -now former- chief of staff in Number 10”).
So then guess where Andy Burnham was on 27 August this year to promote his government’s ‘national’ drive to tackle youth unemployment (national being for England) – he was in a ** Sainsbury ** store in London.
Now was that to also promote Sainsbury’s ?
Because Sadiq Khan was also there with Burnham and as the Mayor of London Khan posted this on Facebook:
“We’re closing the gap between the classroom and the workplace.
I welcome the Prime Minister’s plans to devolve power to London to allow us to shape high-quality technical and vocational education from the age of 14.
More businesses should follow Sainsbury’s lead by offering meaningful work experience, mentoring, apprenticeships and entry-level jobs”.
So “Burnham formerly making a promise to cap donations at £500k to an activist in May this year” .
However :
“Records show that Burnham received donations worth more than £325,000 in the three months before he entered No 10, he has now opted not to back amendments to the elections bill which would cap the amount a person or an organisation can give in a single donation, according to government sources”.
A former donations that he had received included that donation from Lord Sainsbury .
So yes I think I agree with Paul Holden that , on this one , we can indeed join the dots.
I think we can also conclude that (very much) in this instance with this (betrayal) aka U-turn then Burnham has most decidedly chosen not to “do politics differently” .
Indeed predictably and also depressingly Burnham has shown himself to be no “different” from all of the others who came before him.
As in all of the various UK PM’s from different parties.
What with Burnham now clearly “doing politics” in the exact same way that we all formerly witnessed and so then had to endure via all of the previous various duds or “Frauds” who came before him.
Indeed it’s hard to find any distinction between him and what we had before , as in all of the other now former UK PM’s.
The Labour party where “Change” means the same old same old dressed up to make it look as if it was something new…..more like the same ideas and same policies all borrowed (from the Tories) to then end up (for voters as seeming to be) the exact same ideas and policies that all still look distinctly way too Blue.
Liz S
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The National :
“The SNP’s Westminster leader (Dave Doogan) has U-turned after opening the door to a deal with Reform UK that would put Nigel Farage’s party into power if they agreed to indyref2.
Well I do hope that is not 100% correct or indeed that it does not become an official position taken by the SNP or I , for one, will not be supporting the SNP in the future.
In fact even anyone from the SNP suggesting it as a possibility is, I think , hugely offensive and regressive.
Honestly wtf !
( Of course this is on the back of other news also via The National that stated ” SNP members have reacted with fury to the party’s draft conference agenda, which does not include any motions on Scottish independence strategy”).
Now either The National are stirring it, or there is indeed real substance to both of their above news articles, if there is indeed substance to both of these articles (and especially if the SNP follow through with Doogan’s suggestion on Reform UK) then I am afraid I for one will also make a choice, that choice will be to stop supporting/voting for the SNP and perhaps just accepting that for Scotland to finally get independence it is going to need a brand new independence party or a totally revamped SNP party.
What next I wonder, SNP decides to nominate former SNP MP’s into the HOL’s ?
(Now that would kill them off, well for me that is, perhaps others have a higher tolerance level ).
We have had, since David Cameron, all UK PM’s say NO to another Independence referendum, including the latest UK PM Andy Burnham.
So now for the SNP is there actually a plan B for independence?
(As in not the insane one apparently suggested by Dave Doogan – I mean Reform UK are not now currently considered to be in a strong position to win the next UK GE – and currently the SNP have only 9 MP’s (having lost 39 MP’s in the 2024 GE)
So the SNP are also currently hardly in a strong and credible position to be acting as if they would or could be the Kingmakers in the next UK GE.
Honestly the naivety is mind blowing – as if you could or even would want to trust Nigel Farage or anyone within Reform UK.
In fact it would be far more likely that they, Reform UK , would seek to try to close down Holyrood if they did indeed ever become a UK government. (and also far far more likely that Scotland would then get even less than we get now (which is not much) as part of a Reform UK government’s UK State.
My patience and support (and vote) for the SNP is not eternal , currently these things are kinda becoming strained/stretched/spread thin.
So quite possibly , for me, quite soon my patience could burst, my support could wane and my vote for them could be lost , I can only assume that I am not alone in thinking this. (perhaps I am).
I do hope someone from the SNP seeks to restore some sanity back into the party to prevent them even considering any future deal as being feasible with Reform UK , or else the SNP , like some other parties, may just have to reap what they have sown in losing what will soon become disenchanted and disconnected SNP voters and members .
Sorry this is only my (knee jerk , but also would be likely to be my permanent) opinion on the above news – including also the alleged news on the party’s draft conference agenda, which allegedly does not include any motions on Scottish independence strategy).
Liz S
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