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They have to basically reset the government and take ‘change’ seriously. I’m not sure anybody really gets it.

I haven’t seen Rayner speak about this. I’m not sure whether she’s just as lost as the rest of them within this semi corrupt Westminster demimonde.

It completely misunderstands why people are so alienated from the established political parties. This was obvious well before the last election and Starmer at least implied in his rhetoric that that kind of cronyism would change. But from the get-go it did not. An absolutely staggering failure.

This kind of cronyism is not quite the change that some people voted for in 2024.

Unlike others who are in the cabinet she has the freedom to define herself in positive terms and against Starmer and to address the question of how she’s going to - specifically - help Labour recover. That’s an advantage she currently enjoys, but she’s not taking advantage of it.

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I didn’t realise there were people who denied the existence of AIDS let alone that they were among them.

Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day

She’s doing a speech this week, so let’s see.

There’s no point getting rid of him before the May elections. It would certainly make more of a farce of Labour’s campaign than it already is.

Let’s see.

I can’t wait to see the full movie.

The story of how this extremely rare opportunity for Labour was squandered by people some journalists lauded as geniuses is going to be as fascinating as it will be depressing.

What Starmer didn’t do.

I’m not entirely convinced aspirants have to do that, sadly. Calling for the moon on a stick seemed popular.

I can.

Before all this, he was pre-doomed. I’m not sure it really matters so far as his basic fate is concerned.

And of course, none of this will be based on any actual evidence. They are all fantasy figures, media constructs.

Ironically, Rayner has nothing to lose from stating a positive, progressive, Labour case as the right wing media already hates her. She should know that pandering to them will bring little reward.

Not a cult.

This is the time of year my garden goes pink.

Her recent Guardian piece was just waffle. If her speech this week just repeats that, it is a poor basis for a leadership campaign that will lead anywhere other than just a change of heads at the top. Labour needs much more than that.

I wonder if just not being Starmer is enough for whoever wants to succeed him. It’s time for aspirants to say how - specifically - they’re going to get the party out of the hole into which it has been hurled. Rayner has that chance this week and is not encumbered by cabinet responsibility. 🧐

I don’t know if it’s cruelty exactly, but there’s certainly a lot of incompetence to share around. The effect on their victims, however, is just the same.

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Reminded of Miliband's best line

Even so, I feel Trotsky with a tote bag would at least have alliterated.

Why do I feel he’s just made Stalinism that much more attractive?

It’s as if some people think we live in a utopia run by people who object to there not being enough shoe shops & haberdashers & ostlers within 5 minutes walking distance of their own mortgage-free homes.