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When she was on tv the other day telling us that she will be the candidate for her current constituency the microphone in her hand was shaking profusely.Has she got Parkinson’s disease because I don’t think it will have been nerves making her shake like that.
Quote from: drfchound on June 02, 2024, 04:01:14 pmWhen she was on tv the other day telling us that she will be the candidate for her current constituency the microphone in her hand was shaking profusely.Has she got Parkinson’s disease because I don’t think it will have been nerves making her shake like that.She may have had health issues for quite a while Hound, there could be some background info that we are not party to that the Labour leadership are aware of and we're in the process of attempting to help her through.The cack handedness way it's been dealt with notwithstanding.
DA denies the peerage story, and says she will stand for Labour;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-labour-mp-election-mp-win-b2555336.htmlAll as clear as mud.
No Syd, it is briefing from Labour HQ to try to set a news agenda.On some occasions, the briefings are true.....other briefings are meant as disinformation.It happens every day to lobby journos.
Sunday Times now reporting DA has been offered a place in the House of Lords, if she gives up her seat in Hackney for one of his parachute clones.I thought he was supposed to be abolishing the HoL?
Syd,The lobby is a main plank of the UK system.It is explained here;https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/parliamentary-lobbyIt is used to direct media interest towards certain topics and divert away from others.In addition, it is used to try to frame the media narrative, so that how the story is covered supports a particular view.Lots of info online if you want to check.
Looks like Starmer's against the whole 2019 manifesto now (the one he supported). What a bizarre thing for him to say this morning.
But he was still receiving votes from his supporters even though they knew he was doing the Party harm.Genuine question Billy, did you resign from the Labour Party after Shaheen was ousted, as you said you would.
Quote from: drfchound on June 12, 2024, 10:08:12 pmBut he was still receiving votes from his supporters even though they knew he was doing the Party harm.Genuine question Billy, did you resign from the Labour Party after Shaheen was ousted, as you said you would.I think to be fair to BST whether we agree with him or not he is a man of integrity and will have hound
I have no idea whether BST did resign his membership but IIRC he said he would resign if both Shaheen and Dianne Abbot were expelled (which I'm sure both of you know). That situation didn't arise so you are both being a little disingenuous.
If you want an explainer for the constant shapeshifting on policy, look at the CV of some of the candidates parachuted in by Labour;https://novaramedia.com/2024/06/13/meet-the-labour-candidates-lobbying-for-oil-gas-and-arms-companies/If your selection process favours lobby interests as the new intake, you should not be surprised if they exert an influence in favour of their clients.All this while folk from a working class background, or trade unionists, are excluded.Whose interests are being served here?
WTF are you on about now, Syd?It is becoming impossible to find any meaning in your posts!The article is about gaining influence in the next Labour government by placing people in a position to mold policy.The rigged selection process allows a candidacy in a seat to be bought, either by donations or by future contributions.To allow this fraud to take place, prospective candidates from the Labour base, including trade unions, are by-passed.In many cases, a candidate from outside is imposed on a local Labour Party, like "zionist shitlord" Luke Akehurst in Durham.This has always been a scam in the Tory party, but now Starmer has taken the bait.One example;https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/central-suffolk-north-ipswich-labour-conservative-donors-selected-kevin-craig-patrick-spencer/Private health providers, water company lobbyists, and oil and gas interests have skin in the game.It is a concerted attempt to undermine the integrity of the electoral system.You can't believe that this is just an innocent coincidence, can you?
OK Syd, now we know you are in favour of political corruption, where seats in government are sold off to those who bid for influence.You are intensely relaxed about representatives of industry moonlighting as Labour MP's to max up their commercial interests.You have no concerns about candidates from the Labour base being excluded to allow the carpetbaggers in.It worries me as an existential threat to democracy, not just as evidence of the moral decline of Labour under Keith.Growth has to be promoted by significant public investment. That boost is absent from the Labour prospectus.It will not occur by private sector finance alone, and the type of growth that you need is very important.Growth in legacy sectors like oil and gas may give a GDP boost, but at the expense of other policy requirements.Many economists have long argued that GDP is a measure of turnover, and tells you very little about the state of economic development.The way in which you direct economic investment to preferred sectors is by having a public body in the driving seat.We know from the disaster of PFI under Brown that private finance will pursue its own objectives, which have little to do with national policy goals.You seem very hung up on party manifesto's Syd, and assume everyone will vote for one or another. Many will vote without supporting a manifesto.https://inews.co.uk/opinion/labour-manifesto-return-austerity-keir-starmer-3107975You have had chance to see the Labour manifesto, what in it do you think is transformational, and will directly address inequality?