jamesawr.bsky.social
Facts and opinions seldom align. Happy to hear your genuine thoughts / not happy to hear the thoughts forced upon you by the wealthy.
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He’s never really tried to hide it…..
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It’s good. Despite the weasel wording from Starmer, it’s FOM for the young.
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49 days. It’s got to sting. Even if you did nothing, pressure would not build for 100 days…..
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The beauty of Putin totally being ahead of the American brain - have you even watched Red Dawn…..?
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Is it America first? It seems more like oligarchs first.
America will suffer in much the same way the UK is. On both sides of the Atlantic, it will get worse for the majority.
I doubt if Trump is stupid enough to send Starmer packing (yet). If he does, it’s rejoin asap.
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The first step is to just buy less in the first place. Do you really need it?
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Do you think ‘The Friends of Russia’ group might have something to offer (with all their connections)?
They just seem awfully quiet at the moment.
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Outrageous. Where’s the evidence to support this type of claim.
Oh, right, I see there might be something that needs looking into……
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The current American position can only be seen as a short-term Russian master stroke - creating the conditions for the west to fight the west.
However, Europe looks set to become galvanised and co-ordinate itself. Medium-term, this is not the outcome Russia wants.
#Europetogether
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Thanks for Brexit Mr Corbin. Classic left killing the working classes due to misinterpretation of reality.
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Europe is angry with Russia and bemused with America.
Europe has been preparing.
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What if we ignore Trump and get about being Europe.
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I’m not so sure this is the big picture. Finance is one thing, however Brexit seems more than just about finance.
Same with Trump.
The Western powers seem to be falling apart. Perhaps this is all Putin’s plan?
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He’s on a mission to nullify himself.
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The very fact Russia funded Brexit is a reason for it to be nullified.
Leave EU.Johnson. Farage. The Friend of Russia group. It all needs investigating and some public hearings.
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Here’s the thing, we are wildly different. We are different countries and there is differential in each.
It looks like this:
England = The English.
Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales.
The United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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I’ll take that compliment.
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My point personified.
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Farage. You mean the guy that used to be on Russia today ?
I was more correcting your use of the term Brits. Just an incorrect placement on this occasion.
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Rejoin. Stop dilly dallying.
Labour are turning this opportunity into nothing other than an election contest with Reform.
Labour needs to govern and be serious about the EU.
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Brits (?). You mean the English voted to leave and that took Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales with it.
Like America, there had been significant hegemony. Funded by Putin, corporations and the far right.
The low tax / zero regulation heaven they seek, it’s hell for working people.
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I think Starmer might be better at elections than he is at governing.
All we required was stable leadership and an end to blame the immigrants nonsense. Just someone that focused on the big issues (NHS, EU relationship, economic growth).
Surely not too much to ask after the last 15 years?
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Labour are chasing the next election Starmer is stuck in election fever.
After the past 15 years, we need some sensible leadership. Focused on a better NHS and public services, a new chapter with the EU, cleaning the water companies, sorting the economy.
But no. More nonsense politics. Awful.
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Race to the bottom.
Sad to see. One term Starmer it is.
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100% He is either paralysed, or more focused on election time. He is not leading or governing.
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The country is slowly coming to its senses.
Brexit is dead. What if we just rejoin and never speak about it ever again.
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Good for you. Stand firm.
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Every time you hear Brexit, you think failure. That part is sorted.
There is a process now to make people think betterment, every time you hear EU.
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Brexit has failed. Let’s just rejoin and never hear the word ever again.
Put that to a vote and it will be a landslide.
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At times I feel Starmer is more concerned with winning elections - rather than governing when elected.
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Labour have lost perspective. Being reform jnr will only whet the appetite for the real thing.
Be bold, be different. Tackle poverty, sort the NHS, clean up dirty water and dirty profit, and, improve trade with the EU.
Lose these optics and rightly lose the election.
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Yes, cherry-picking is a very British political problem.
However, what stands out is that it is positive prose about the advantages of a closer relationship with the EU.
Brexit has failed. Continued illustration of the benefits of the EU are the seeds to rejoin (that need careful nurturing).
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Labour have lost their moral compass. ATM they are too busy trying to out Farage on junk policy areas (well stop more boats than you….).
Whereas big issues -such as the environment, EU relationship, NHS, tackling poverty - are not getting the focus they need.
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It’s the hope that kills. Starmer and the growth oxymoron.
He won’t progress anything with the EU in this first term. His self imposed red lines are for re-election.
I hoped for so much more. A real reset and a true financial pragmatism. It’s the hope that kills…..
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It’s the growth oxymoron - “I want to push further and faster for growth, as long as it doesn’t cross my red lines…”.
If Starmer was truly serious about growth, trade with the EU would make his wishes come true.
The duplicitous Starmer. There will be no improvement under his government.
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I tend to agree about acting fast. However, that’s the one thing politicians aren’t !
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Yes, to a point. However, what he says and what he achieves are not one and the same.
America is litigious. Trump is also clearly delusional. He will be engaged in lots of legal action.
Further, two years in the Republicans will be looking for a successor. Time is not on his side.
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He is awful, that’s for sure. However, he may not damage us as much as we have damaged ourselves with Brexit.
Let’s see if he can take 4% of GDP and rob us of FOM ?
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It’s losing policy. It amplifies Reform and gives them a platform.
Labour should be holding Farage to account (Brexit failure and the riots). Labour should be showing a step away from the right wing populism.
But no. They are giving air to it. They won’t get a second term.
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I don’t agree it’s reality. Now is simply the best time. Before any further divergence from EU standards. Before American trade squeezes us.
A reminder we are still in the hardest possible form of Brexit. Starmer could undertake progress on a very soft version (in the name of growth).
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Taking the Euro…. Just like the Czech Republic? It’s not even a talking point. Do your homework.
There are cost and benefits with every transaction. Trouble with Brexit is that there is considerable cost and not one single benefit.
Brexit simply cannot be defended. It will cost Labour dearly.
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If he carries on with:
Hard Brexit
Freeport’s and SEZ
Privatisation of NHS
Non-Dom tax relief
Big Oil and Gas projects
He basically continues story policy. Which is the very thing people don’t want.
Labour will be blamed for the Tory budget mess. One term and it’s over for Starmer.
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Yes. 59% would vote to rejoin. Thats it. That’s all there needs to be.
And, with a small passage of time, it will get bigger. This is due to Brexit having failed.
Politically it’s dead as a dodo. Any party that tries to prop it up will also fail. This will be Starmer legacy.
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And the polls and your data… thank you.
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They have had time. It’s all about trajectory. Free ports and privatisation are a bit too much much for me. I’m very much traditional centre / centre left…. I just don’t dig the right wing.
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We can disagree on Labour being distinct. And that’s ok.
I don’t want this place to be anything like hell hole X. So disagreement is fine.
I hope Labour get it together. I’ve just lost faith in Starmer and Reeves.
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Yougov data is consistent and clear about rejoin. And with each year, it’s getting even clearer.
I do hear the risk for Labour. And they are better than Reform and Tories. But they need to show it. They need to be distinct from them, not trying to be like them.
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And:
Disappointing lack of economic growth
Unnecessarily tight fiscal red lines
Failure to tax wealth
Setting means test of winter fuel allowance too low
Continuing uncertainty over relations with the EU
Collapsing justice system
No immediate strategy for social care
No plans for electoral reform
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Supporting ‘big oil’, being ‘tough on immigration’ and ‘make Brexit work’ are hurting after 15 years of the awful politics.
There is another way on each of these issues. I think that’s what gave Labour the election result.
Continuity politics will cost Labour - they will inherit the legacy.
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Trump will be damaging. No doubt. However, I doubt he can get anywhere near the 4% GDP damage we did to ourselves through Brexit.
The thing is I don’t think people like the Reform, Farage riots, Trump, Musk experiment. Therefore, now is the time to show a different type of politics.