I'm not sure any comms could help when the plain fact is that she was badly advised. Given the state of the economy, I don't think that there's much that Starmer can do to prevent the march of the far right. So to be honest, YT, I'll just enjoy the four years at my age! By the way, having seen plenty of him over the last 24 hours, I'd be taking Corbyn/Sultana before Polanski every day of the week.
Lots of whataboutery being used to defend Angela the tax whisperer. Every passing week, I'm becoming more annoyed I wasted my vote on Labour at the GE to get this shambles, especially Starmer. Especially trying to label what now seems like the majority of the country as racist, Nazi, far right. It's just pure ignorance to do so and adding fuel to the fire for those not happy with how things are being handled and public money spent.
You can “take” who you like, that’s democracy. And you voted for ‘this’. So I won’t take any political advice from your good self, thank you very much. I’d rather take note of your horse racing tips and even then, I don’t gamble.
" when the plain fact is that she was badly advised " It's what she is claiming now, but only time will tell if it is a plain fact.
I wonder if she purposely fessed up very shortly before PMQs - it didn't leave Starmer with any time to consider a response and so his only choice when confronted at PMQs was to back her which makes it harder for him to sack her...
Yet another balls-up from Labour..... again. Regardless of whether one likes Starmer and his policies or not this is yet more fuel for the right and is another nail in the coffin for the Labour Party because people will remember this, the media will remind people and consequently they will lose a few more votes to Farage,Greens, Tories, LibDems, Corbyn and Monster Raving Loonys. In fact, personally, I think anybody who is thinking of voting Labour, even at this stage of the Parliament, IS a monster raving loony.
I've not paid daily attention to the torygraph and mail's attempts to oust her. But I'm pretty sure there was one day in the paper review, where the angle was she'd taken "expensive advice from Shoosmiths". If she did get bad advice, she should certainly claim against them. If not, she needs to be careful and not dig her hole even bigger. You'd think given the attacks by the media on the women especially, you'd think she'd have been ultra cautious.
The irony of the right-wing press demanding her resignation over unpaid taxes is staggering, given they spend most of their ink glorifying tax avoidance. Surely, she should be their new poster girl—gracing a Sunday supplement and flaunting her lavish lifestyle
The Government - Inland Revenue - are currently bankrupting a number of Ex-footballers who were badly advised (actually de-frauded really), they don't seem to care about that.
I did. And considering who the present alternatives are I'd do so again if there was an election tomorrow - despite all the problems. Re your last paragraph, you're probably wise on all counts!
the majority of the country is right wing. The shift to ended if they ideology is undeniable. It’s also a sad fact that irrespective of political belief we’ve got quite a few racists (who now align to the right)
I'll vote for them. All the others who could get in will be disastrous for the general public of the UK.
I'm similar. At the next GE the options are fascism or something else. I don't know what the shape of that something else will be in 4 years time, but I'll certainly be voting for whatever has the highest chance in my new constituency. Sadly, given the council is fascist controlled, it's highly likely what I vote will have no impact on holding back the tide.