What the fuck is Labour playing at? Starmer must immediately pass laws to ensure Elon Musk can't fund Reform UK to win the next GE, with Farage as PM. It's mad that there are loopholes in the UK system that foreign nationals can exploit to flood our politics with big wads of cash 🔥😡 - ThreadSky

mandolineblue.bsky.social • 82 days ago

What the fuck is Labour playing at? Starmer must immediately pass laws to ensure Elon Musk can't fund Reform UK to win the next GE, with Farage as PM.

It's mad that there are loopholes in the UK system that foreign nationals can exploit to flood our politics with big wads of cash 🔥😡

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tjrh.uk•81 days ago

Israel and Russia have been using these loopholes for years.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

ah.

jlsnow42.bsky.social•81 days ago

Us here in the US:

pensionerdave.bsky.social•80 days ago

He is probably waiting for his billionaire. Kiss kiss.

johnfinagin.bsky.social•81 days ago

We'd be bought and sold with foreign gold. What a parcel of rogues....

If the UK ends up with a govt in debt bondage to those who don't have to experience the consequences we are well and truly shafted.

Wasn't it Farage himself who sang, "Britons never, never, never will be slaves" loudest of all?

cpdickenson.bsky.social•81 days ago

He’s afraid of upsetting Trump. But he really does need to stand up and argue that this coordinated international assault on democracy by big money is not in the UK’s interest. If he doesn’t the fight is already lost

bee-moh.bsky.social•81 days ago

But then how would Starmer get his donations from Private Equity funds?

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

Mmmm yes, several have made that point.

docmartincohen.bsky.social•81 days ago

Problem isn't loopholes in the law, the problem is loopholes in Starmer's brain. (Same with the rest of his yes-men and yes-women…)

hotchkiss13.bsky.social•81 days ago

He should but he’ll not want to cut off the foreign money labour takes. A lot of it derived from Israel.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

Ah. I did wonder.

dominic-watts.bsky.social•80 days ago

Agreed

que19.bsky.social•81 days ago

Incomprehensible to leave the loophole

davidmichaelpick.net•77 days ago

Hmmmm... What should we call this? Perhaps revive a name proudly used in the past and call it "The Reform Act"...

mandolineblue.bsky.social•77 days ago

I'm told they won't because,,, they are benefiting too well from the loopholes.... :(

sallyisanerd.bsky.social•80 days ago

Things are about to get really dark in the US. These rich guys think they can buy elected officials, and in the US right now, they can - to the detriment of everyone else.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•80 days ago

Yup. I'm glad I live in the UK, but we are going to be affected in many ways, looks like.

leedstours.bsky.social•82 days ago

Agreed, and why wasn't it in the manifesto?

mandolineblue.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's just blatant - Labour needs to toughen up fast.

leedstours.bsky.social•82 days ago

So far such a hotchpotch of contradictory actions (with some seriously unpalatable moves & intentions) + gaps.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•82 days ago

I know.... so depressing, infuriating

warzoid.bsky.social•82 days ago

They haven't done anything to curb mainstream media bias, either. If they carry on like this I'll be surprised if Starmer lasts a whole term. So far he's won an election the Tories made it near-impossible for Labour to lose, supported war crimes and attacked pensioners: catastrophically bad.

debs2500.bsky.social•81 days ago

I must admit I think he's done dreadfully so far, not as bad as the Tories would have, I grant you, but I'm really disappointed

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

I'm disappointed too. I'd expected so much more.

debs2500.bsky.social•81 days ago

Me too

jaxsonparker.bsky.social•82 days ago

No he hasn't "attacked" pensioners, god you lot need a reality check

warzoid.bsky.social•82 days ago

Thousands of pensioners are forecast to die this winter purely because of cuts to the winter fuel allowance. An economic attack is still an attack.

jaxsonparker.bsky.social•82 days ago

Maybe they should cancel.their Netflix subscriptions 😂

mandolineblue.bsky.social•82 days ago

You'd think after Brexit he would understand the utter ruthlessness

warzoid.bsky.social•82 days ago

Unfortunately I think he's ruthless himself and, worse, lacks any vision for this country or the world beyond neo-liberalism.

That's a fatal combination in every sense of the word at this point in history.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

Yes, I agree. Hugely disappointing and worrying.

regulator.bsky.social•81 days ago

Problem is that Labour (and the Tories) receive significant funding directly and indirectly from foreign nationals, organisations and governments. They don't want to cut off their own supply... so they'll the electorate get screwed.

dmma.bsky.social•82 days ago

Never a truer word ….

jbond23.bsky.social•81 days ago

Because Labour benefits from direct overseas funding. And from UK based organisations that are themselves funded from overseas.

mandolineblue.bsky.social•81 days ago

Thanks

shropshiregreenman.bsky.social•80 days ago

You could have ended that post at the first sentence...there are so many dubious policy decisions that all Labour voters must be questioning their choice now.

espritescalier.bsky.social•81 days ago

This is another reason for banning second jobs, as they could be used as a loophole to funnel funds to the MP, who could then launder them through into party funds or simply use them to boost their own personal profile on social media, the press etc.

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