I'll be honest with you, people don't like Keir on the door but it's not over this Mandelson thing. They don't like him personally

Great news boss, this Mandelson stuff isn’t cutting through on the doorstep because they already think you’re a cunt

Shut up, cunt

RIP all the Starmer fans on Bluesky frantically wordsmithing their sad little takes about it’s the meeeedddiiiaaaa and Starmer is a stand up guy xx

He might be in line for a good chunk more if he does take them to court lol

Asked what he had told the prime minister, Robbins said that was a legitimate question, but he said he could not speak about that. Referring to possible legal proceedings about his sacking, Robbins said that he was in "unknown territory" and for the sake of his family he had to keep quiet for the time being. (Permanent secretaries who get sacked in circumstances like this normally end up negotiating some sort of payoff. What gets said in public can influence this.)

He can chair a meeting, he can run a forum but he can't do any basic groundwork like "check the scapegoat is aware and agree on how you are rewarding them handsomely for eating shit to protect you"

I like how they're all shocked and appalled that Robbins is not apparently going along with the line and is just singing like a canary because who would've guessed blaming a career civil servant to save your own skin would have blowback

A picture of Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2

There has been too much violence. Too much pain. None here are without sin. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me your blue bags and your food waste, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away. I will give you safe passage in the wasteland.

That's exactly it, it's a challenge to identity that cannot be allowed to stand but they're also incapable of introspection so it must be something else. It's telling how they're all fighting old battles as well, terfs reverting to 2nd wave language about men and Lab guys ranting about trots.

It's a fucking wild take as well from people who are explicitly demanding trans people are exterminated and forced out of public life

100%. I live in a village next to a uni that has a large academic population and it's a terf hellhole, just the most bougie prof types who shop at the little farmers market on a weekend then rant about how a student with blue hair dared say they were out of touch

James Franco first time? being hanged meme

"The BBC are spreading misinformation and boosting fascism!!"

US, hes also a philistine

What part of the UK is California in?

Lammy is 100% playing the House of Cards theme in his head and thinking he's 10 steps ahead while Reeves is just watching those lucrative roles in the private sector flash past her eyes, never to be seen again

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

you’re all gonna feel really silly when we find out hamas was making rockets in the statue

Not our Jim, I'm sure. No, he's as surprised as the rest of us

They all wanted it, Starmer isn't a victim here

Why did he want Mandelson so badly

He also continued to defend after the fucking birthday book came out. None of this is difficult!

Also let's be blunt, the biggest question is why did Starmer want Mandelson so badly for the Us ambassador role

Weird how everyone on Twitter was sharing pictures of Mandelson and Epstein together years ago but apparently this was beyond the knowledge of anyone who is paid to know things about politicians

Yeah, whoever could've guessed Peter Mandelson was a bad choice

Quick question mate, who is this?

I'm as amazed as you are, I assumed none of them had any spines left but apparently they do

Yeah, why on earth should the prime minister have any idea what his most senior political appointments are, that's preposterous

I assumed they called him the Prince of Darkness because he was a big fan of the comedy metal band from the 00's, what else was it supposed to mean??

He hired one of the most corrupt men in British politics to the most important role in British diplomacy

If only we'd had some previous idea that Mandelson might be an issue, some sort of well known personal connection to the most notorious paedophile in world history or a string of political scandals. Ah well!