Left: "Ministers resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UK" Right: That time in 2019 when @carolecadwalla.bsky.social called out misinformation which influenced Brexit and took the UK out of the EU by a slim of margin Is Labour's inaction damaging the integrity of our democracy? - ThreadSky

implausibleblog.bsky.social • 77 days ago

Left: "Ministers resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UK"

Right: That time in 2019 when @carolecadwalla.bsky.social called out misinformation which influenced Brexit and took the UK out of the EU by a slim of margin

Is Labour's inaction damaging the integrity of our democracy?

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stavvy.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes, Labour’s inaction is damaging the integrity of our democracy.

davidwhitewood.bsky.social•77 days ago

Now might not be the time to piss off Trumps string master

davidwhitewood.bsky.social•77 days ago

Let them fall out first 😉

krimisukrainian.bsky.social•77 days ago

Labour’s inaction certainly makes it look like they're frightened. Just look in despair at how reasoned debate 'helped' Kamala Harris' campaign across the pond.

userfred.bsky.social•77 days ago

Stop Musk! He‘s trying to interfere in every democratic country. Be it Britain or Germany.

robjake.bsky.social•77 days ago

Labour would argue they are trying not to cause unnecessary division. Trouble is they are afraid of their own shadows and are gifting the Faragists the 2029 election on the alter of a few ex-Labour votes.

smudkicker.bsky.social•77 days ago

A better question is around whether Labour inaction is allowing the populist right to destroy our democracy

agulland.bsky.social•77 days ago

Labour don't give a shit

robinmcburnie.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes. It is!

foxylizard.bsky.social•77 days ago

She is bloody amazing. Ministers would do well to be as informed as Carole.

jonroberts.bsky.social•77 days ago

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social I just can't believe the naivety - especially after Brexit - in the idea you can defeat Musk and Farage through reasoned debate alone. It's like relying on clever chess strategies when you know the other player is simply planning to ram the pieces down your throat.

shortbreadfairy.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes

csav55.bsky.social•77 days ago

Fgs Musk only hinted at funding Reform Party Ltd last week, give em a bloody chance.

squirrelgrey.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well said. Musk likes to wind people up and Farage lies like a flatfish.

mrblack68.bsky.social•57 days ago

If Labour allow this then they are complicit. Foreign financial investment in British politics will turn us into the 51st state of America.

fbpech.bsky.social•76 days ago

YES

mdhoefsmit.bsky.social•77 days ago

The UK is a democracy?

ristox.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's the idea that surely we can't be bought because people are immune to rightwing propaganda. Well I have news for them, this has happened almost every western country and none of them was immune to populism and rightwing propaganda.

citoyenbrexile.bsky.social•77 days ago

Brexit.

QED.

ristox.bsky.social•77 days ago

These people have new populist scheme for UK, it's coming. They all work pretty much the same a) magical simple solutions for complicated issuse (what fails everytime) b) you target some group or groups, create hate, rage and outrages. Same formula, no matter what place or country.

nevereverdave.bsky.social•77 days ago

Well worth watching the whole Ted Talk.

https://youtu.be/OQSMr-3GGvQ?feature=shared

implausibleblog.bsky.social•77 days ago

Good call, should have linked to it

trevor0257.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes!!!

tobifrenzen.bsky.social•77 days ago

Here is what big money has been up to behind the scenes in the U.S. 👇🏼

https://bsky.app/profile/tobifrenzen.bsky.social/post/3lbgkimf6bk2y

If we want to avoid a repeat of 2016, with the kind of dirty tactics such as those pioneered by Cambridge Analytica, Labour better smarten up, and fast!

It may already be too late!

drownedinsound.bsky.social•77 days ago

Related: Did you see the government response to @mvtfwd.bsky.social’s petition? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700186

louwhit15.bsky.social•77 days ago

My mother got the response nearly word perfect when I showed her the petition. Have the public having any say about anything at all dear me no

tobifrenzen.bsky.social•77 days ago

An absolute joke!

jowie.bsky.social•76 days ago

Keep getting people to sign it. If it gets to 100,000 then they should debate it in parliament.

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•76 days ago

Starmer just works for a different group of oligarchs; so is unwilling to challenge the system he personally profits from.

paullees496.bsky.social•77 days ago

Also see the New Zealand general election 2023 and how mining companies, were funding candidates 100% of there general election campaign funding, then look at the New Zealand fast track bill and how it favours the likes of mining companies,
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/23/big-coal-company-bought-west-coast-election-campaign/

maggsh247.bsky.social•77 days ago

I wonder when our new government are going to start to do the right thing. 🤔

scottsliter.bsky.social•77 days ago

Hope is eternal but sadly, we aren't.

oldtimerabroad.bsky.social•76 days ago

Tortoise moved fast to sack Carole Cadwallader

jameswoodfield.bsky.social•77 days ago

Labour’s inaction is certainly damaging public perception of Labour’s integrity..

petelihou.bsky.social•76 days ago

Yes. But all political donations should be banned, they know that but they’re addicted.

sallyinfrance.bsky.social•77 days ago

Definitely. I can’t believe they don’t have every fibre on danger alert. This complacency is what leads to regimes in the end.

daisybell.bsky.social•76 days ago

Absolutely. A million percent..what the hell are they doing & who’s advising them?

donlinn.bsky.social•77 days ago

You'd think Labour would've watched us and learned from the last ten years. Apparently not.

unionlib.bsky.social•75 days ago

As far as I can see Labour would be entirely comfortable with a far right government to see off the left in this country once and for all.

drjaybee.bsky.social•76 days ago

They are not ‘resisting’ - they are considering the best, legal way to do it. I’m all for holding them to account - but can we be accurate about what’s happening please. 🙏

clearlight.bsky.social•76 days ago

Labour chased away all their grassroots support during the witch-hunts and then the purges. Now they are completely dependent to donors whose interests are utterly inimical to those of the public.

https://goodlawproject.org/how-private-health-has-invested-in-wes-streeting/

clearlight.bsky.social•76 days ago

They’re *competing* with Reform to attract people like Musk

andyfinklaire.bsky.social•76 days ago

Yes! Costing us economically as well as culturally.

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