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Keir Starmer: Leader of the Labour Party

Modern day slavery = paying off debt.

Who controls the banks? Yup you guessed it.

There's no freedom in the West, no government can change this, the majority are shackled to debt.

Austerity = rise in fascism.
 
Labour will need to fragment. There is too much infighting due to those two separate factions - socialists and social democrats.

However, they will remain close, even after a break up because all parties will need to work together with ideologies close to each other if they want to govern the country. So center left will need to work with the left and Lib Dems.

In the PR, the real challenge will be for the conservatives (assuming they take the centre right position), as they will need to choose between Hard right and centre. Especially if the hard right keeps getting 15% of the vote. For instance in Germany CDU/CSU (merkel‘s party) will never work with AfD(BNP equivalent) and would rather team up with centre (liberals) or even centre left (SPD). Obviously Germany‘s history means that far right is condemned across the board, except in east Germany (and the racists in west Germany).

The greens will also need to think of their place if labour does break up. The only parties that will not be affected much would be Lib Dems.

It’s possible that if the Tories split into One Nation and hard right nationalists, some soft blue voters might drift back from LD to One Nation.

Obvo the hard left would cooperate with Centre Labour but less likely with the LDs who they still hate for Coalition.
 
Silence is sometimes a political virtue but when the country is headed towards double digit inflation, the two Tory leadership candidates are producing fairytale economics, and with energy bills skyrocketing - he needs to spell out a proper plan to tackle cost of living.

Even Gordon Brown is coming up with more solutions than the Official Opposition.
 
Silence is sometimes a political virtue but when the country is headed towards double digit inflation, the two Tory leadership candidates are producing fairytale economics, and with energy bills skyrocketing - he needs to spell out a proper plan to tackle cost of living.

Even Gordon Brown is coming up with more solutions than the Official Opposition.

Kier is just good for joining the kiss the Zionist behind club.

Useless guy has split up the party, should have stuck to his day job.

Gordon Brown, imagine being named after a colour :)) Gordon Pink :yk he should have a word with mom/dad
 
:))) Gordon Brown, the guy responsible for the financial crisis in the UK for which UK is still effected today! The reason why BoE is too scared to raise rates is Gordon Brown!

Gordon Brown. :)))
 
Kier is just good for joining the kiss the Zionist behind club.

Useless guy has split up the party, should have stuck to his day job.

Gordon Brown, imagine being named after a colour :)) Gordon Pink :yk he should have a word with mom/dad

Labour has been split for a long time so I wouldn't blame those divisions entirely on him - but apart from the Windfall Tax, Starmer's been silent on the biggest issue facing the country.

What's the strategy to increase domestic energy supply ? What's the package of support for low income people you'd offer to mitigate yet another rise in the price cap ? How would Labour's tax and spend policies differ from the Tories ? What's the plan to reduce inflation ?

Brown was a disasterous chancellor and yet I've heard more from him this week than the Official Leader of the Opposition. Simply not being Boris Johnson isn't enough.

Unfortunately it's a reflection of our visionless political classes as a whole - hold power for the sake of power and limp along from one crisis to another.
 
Kier is just good for joining the kiss the Zionist behind club.

Useless guy has split up the party, should have stuck to his day job.

As did Corbyn before him. The last unity candidate was probably Ed Milliband.
 
Surprised that no one talking about the Apsana Begum Abusement, Starmer refusing to talk about labour mess up.
Heres a video on it:

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not just the media refusing to talk about this, kier starmer - refused on numerous times:

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Wes Streeting was very good on BBCQT today. Should be leader.
 
Starmer is an important candidate - he won’t scare middle England, and it’s long overdue for my own party to spend some time in the wilderness.

The Conservative Party simply can’t afford to lose talent like Amber Rudd and Jo Johnson, and is in a death spiral caused by talentless politicians. The only way to regenerate is to spend 5-10 years in the wilderness until a new generation can emerge.
 
<b>Former England footballer Gary Neville has urged Labour to "get behind" its leader to win power in a star appearance at the party's conference.</b>

Neville joined Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on the main conference stage for a chat about football and politics.

The football pundit - who joined Labour earlier this year - advised the party to be "laser-focused" on defeating the Tories at the next election.

But earlier, he ruled out a bid to become an MP for the party.

He said he had "no intention of going into politics" because "I love what I do" in football and business, putting to rest speculation he may seek a seat in Parliament.

"I feel politically motivated but I can do as much for the Labour Party being here today as I can do being an MP," Neville said.

The Sky Sports pundit and businessman was on the panel of a fringe event about the future of English football and recommendations made in a fan-led review of the game.

Later on, Neville took part in a discussion with Sir Keir, closing Monday's events in the main conference hall and adding a touch of stardust to the occasion.

Neville, who won 20 trophies as a Manchester United player, is an outspoken critic of the Conservative government and has used his platform to attack its policies.

When Neville appeared in front of crowds in Liverpool during his football career, he was usually greeted with a hostile reception, in the teeth of one of football's greatest rivalries, Manchester United vs Liverpool.

Today's event, however, saw Labour vs the Conservatives, and unlike his footballing days Neville - a former defender - was leading the attack.

The Tory government, he said, was riven by "division and tiredness" and the next general election could not come soon enough.

Neville received a standing ovation as he walked on stage with Sir Keir and shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell.

What advice, Ms Powell asked, would Neville give to Labour to make sure the party wins the next election?

"Get behind Keir Starmer," Neville said. "He is a serious politician, someone who's headed up a major department in the CPS, someone who is trustworthy and has integrity. All things that this current government don't have."

There had been speculation that Neville could run as the party's candidate for the West Lancashire constituency when its current MP, Labour's Rosie Cooper, stands down later this year.

A by-election to replace Ms Cooper, who is taking a role with the NHS, is expected later in the autumn.

Previously, in an interview with the BBC's Political Thinking podcast, Neville said "I'm not saying never" when asked if he would run for public office.

But the football pundit said he thought he would get "eaten alive" in Westminster and questioned whether he had what it took to "survive" in politics.

Neville has also been talked about as a possible future mayor of Greater Manchester, a role currently held by Andy Burnham.

"I'm not sure that would be for me to be honest," Neville told Political Thinking in January.

While he ruled out a career in politics at Labour conference, Neville did not shy away from commenting on the Tory government's tax cuts for the wealthy last week.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng abolished the top tax rate for those earning more than £150,000, in a so-called budget designed to boost economic growth.

Neville said he did not support the tax cut, which he said was "a shock".

"It didn't feel like it was reading the room in this country, when people are desperately worrying over the winter about how they are going to heat their homes," he said.

He said many millionaire footballers came from working-class backgrounds and wanted to ensure public services were properly funded instead of seeking tax cuts.

The main purpose of his appearance at the event was to discuss the idea of setting up an independent regulator for English football.

The government gave its backing to a regulator in April in its formal response to a fan-led review, but The Times reported that Prime Minister Liz Truss could be set to abandon those plans.

Neville said he would "be very disappointed to say the least if that were to be the case".

He said a regulator would help put football clubs on more stable financial footing and urged the Tory government to bring forward legislation to bring the plan into effect.

Using a football analogy, Neville said: "I have to say, the cross has been played into the box, all Liz Truss needs to do - along with other cabinet ministers - is head it into the back of the net."

Labour has committed itself to bringing forward the legislation needed to underpin a regulator at its annual conference, should the Conservatives not do so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63036727.amp
 
Starmer is an important candidate - he won’t scare middle England, and it’s long overdue for my own party to spend some time in the wilderness.

The Conservative Party simply can’t afford to lose talent like Amber Rudd and Jo Johnson, and is in a death spiral caused by talentless politicians. The only way to regenerate is to spend 5-10 years in the wilderness until a new generation can emerge.

I don't think that Rudd and Jo Johnson were particulaly talented but agree with the rest of the post.

Major Labour figures like Starmer, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting, Rachel Reeves seem far more capable than anyone the Tories can put forward.
 
I have voted for numerous major and minor parties in the past, including the Conservatives, but I think next time my household’s natural gravitation will be towards Labour, and many floating voters are likely feeling the same way looking at the poll evidence.

I am not saying that Labour will perform particularly brilliantly in government — who knows — but it just feels like the Conservative Party needs to thoroughly sort itself out during a spell in opposition, the country needs a political change, and we need to try a different trajectory.

Starmer I think will be a good PM.
 
Labour MP Rupa Huq has been suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation after she called the chancellor "superficially" black.

Speaking about Kwasi Kwarteng at a party conference fringe event, Ms Huq also said: "If you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn't know he's black."

Tory Party chair Jake Berry called her comments racist and disgusting.

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said the remarks were "unacceptable".

Speaking to the BBC's Politics Live programme, she said Ms Huq should apologise, while the party's foreign affairs spokesman David Lammy described the remarks as "unfortunate" adding: "I wouldn't have made them myself."

BBC
 
Sir Keir has done himself and his party proud today. Showed the passion he has sometimes lacked.
 
<b>Starmer: Only Labour can end economic turmoil, says party leader</b>

Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour can come to the UK's rescue as it has done at key moments in the past, in his keynote speech to the party's conference.

He said the public must never forgive the Tories for "crashing" the economy.

And the only way to end the turmoil and create a "fairer, greener, more dynamic" society was with a Labour government, he told delegates.

He said "this is a Labour moment", just as it was when the party won election victories in 1945, 1964 and 1997.

In an hour long speech, Sir Keir said the country "can't go on like this".

"The government has lost control of the British economy - and for what? They've crashed the pound - and for what?

"Higher interest rates. Higher inflation. Higher borrowing. And for what?

"Not for you. Not for working people. For tax cuts for the richest 1% in our society.

"Don't forget. Don't forgive."

He claimed Labour had been transformed under his leadership into a party that is once again "fit to serve our country" and was now the party of "sound money".

But he also warned his party they had to show discipline in the two years before the next general election.

The main policy announcement was a plan to create a publicly owned renewable energy firm the party hopes will help deliver British jobs and achieve their aim of carbon-free electricity by 2030.

Sir Keir also announced:
• A new 70% home ownership target if Labour wins power
• Plans to control immigration using a points-based system
• Proposals to help first-time buyers onto the property ladder with a new mortgage guarantee scheme

In his speech, Sir Keir spoke about his own working class background, which he said had given him an "impatience" to bring about the change he said the country was "crying out" for.

And he sought to answer criticism that he had not set out a vision for what he would do with power.

After the first term of a Starmer government, he claimed the cost of living crisis will have been defeated, the economy would be stable again and the NHS "back in good health".

The speech came on the third day of the Labour conference in Liverpool.

The party's annual gathering has not been riven by the divisions evident in the years when Jeremy Corbyn was leader.

In his speech, Sir Keir also spoke about Brexit at greater length than he has in the past, saying: "It's no secret I voted Remain - as the prime minister did."

But he accused PM Liz Truss of letting both Leave and Remain voters down, and promised that Labour would "make Brexit work".

The Labour leader also took aim at the Scottish National Party, saying: "Scotland's success in the UK is met with gritted teeth, seen as a roadblock to independence, and so, they stand in the way."

To cheers from delegates in the hall, he said: "We can't work with them. We won't work with them. No deal under any circumstances."

There was no mention of the Liberal Democrats in his speech.

He said Labour will beat the Conservatives at the next election, because the party has "fairness" and "economic reason" on its side, he said.

"If they want to fight us on redistribution, if they want to fight us on workers' rights, if they want to tell us working people don't come first, we'll take them on - and we will win."

In response, a Conservative Party spokesman said Sir Keir had delivered "yet another details light speech full of vacuous slogans, rehashed phrases and empty promises".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63051030
 
<b>Starmer: Only Labour can end economic turmoil, says party leader</b>

Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour can come to the UK's rescue as it has done at key moments in the past, in his keynote speech to the party's conference.

He said the public must never forgive the Tories for "crashing" the economy.

And the only way to end the turmoil and create a "fairer, greener, more dynamic" society was with a Labour government, he told delegates.

He said "this is a Labour moment", just as it was when the party won election victories in 1945, 1964 and 1997.

In an hour long speech, Sir Keir said the country "can't go on like this".

"The government has lost control of the British economy - and for what? They've crashed the pound - and for what?

"Higher interest rates. Higher inflation. Higher borrowing. And for what?

"Not for you. Not for working people. For tax cuts for the richest 1% in our society.

"Don't forget. Don't forgive."

He claimed Labour had been transformed under his leadership into a party that is once again "fit to serve our country" and was now the party of "sound money".

But he also warned his party they had to show discipline in the two years before the next general election.

The main policy announcement was a plan to create a publicly owned renewable energy firm the party hopes will help deliver British jobs and achieve their aim of carbon-free electricity by 2030.

Sir Keir also announced:
• A new 70% home ownership target if Labour wins power
• Plans to control immigration using a points-based system
• Proposals to help first-time buyers onto the property ladder with a new mortgage guarantee scheme

In his speech, Sir Keir spoke about his own working class background, which he said had given him an "impatience" to bring about the change he said the country was "crying out" for.

And he sought to answer criticism that he had not set out a vision for what he would do with power.

After the first term of a Starmer government, he claimed the cost of living crisis will have been defeated, the economy would be stable again and the NHS "back in good health".

The speech came on the third day of the Labour conference in Liverpool.

The party's annual gathering has not been riven by the divisions evident in the years when Jeremy Corbyn was leader.

In his speech, Sir Keir also spoke about Brexit at greater length than he has in the past, saying: "It's no secret I voted Remain - as the prime minister did."

But he accused PM Liz Truss of letting both Leave and Remain voters down, and promised that Labour would "make Brexit work".

The Labour leader also took aim at the Scottish National Party, saying: "Scotland's success in the UK is met with gritted teeth, seen as a roadblock to independence, and so, they stand in the way."

To cheers from delegates in the hall, he said: "We can't work with them. We won't work with them. No deal under any circumstances."

There was no mention of the Liberal Democrats in his speech.

He said Labour will beat the Conservatives at the next election, because the party has "fairness" and "economic reason" on its side, he said.

"If they want to fight us on redistribution, if they want to fight us on workers' rights, if they want to tell us working people don't come first, we'll take them on - and we will win."

In response, a Conservative Party spokesman said Sir Keir had delivered "yet another details light speech full of vacuous slogans, rehashed phrases and empty promises".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63051030

Labour are responsible for this economic turmoil thanks to their irresponsible fiscal policies between 1997 and 2008!
 
This looks like proper centre left stuff - nationalised rail, and a national public corporation for power.
 
This looks like proper centre left stuff - nationalised rail, and a national public corporation for power.

The nationalised rail one is already in motion — no pun intended. Grant Shapps has used DfT funds to buy out a number of the underperforming privatised franchises and returned them to public ownership: Northern, Southeastern, LNER (formerly East Coast intercity) to name a few. I think we are heading in the direction of fully nationalised railways whether we have Labour or the Conservatives, but Labour I think would do it more quickly.

The energy one meanwhile is new. Very interesting.

I expect postal services to be next on Sir Keir’s list. Another 19 days of strikes in the lead up to Christmas have just been announced. Royal Mail as a private company is barely functioning.
 
The nationalised rail one is already in motion — no pun intended. Grant Shapps has used DfT funds to buy out a number of the underperforming privatised franchises and returned them to public ownership: Northern, Southeastern, LNER (formerly East Coast intercity) to name a few. I think we are heading in the direction of fully nationalised railways whether we have Labour or the Conservatives, but Labour I think would do it more quickly.

The energy one meanwhile is new. Very interesting.

I expect postal services to be next on Sir Keir’s list. Another 19 days of strikes in the lead up to Christmas have just been announced. Royal Mail as a private company is barely functioning.

And outside the EU, Britain can renationalise mail services. This is the one Lexiteer argument I accepted.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister? (28-29 Sep)<br><br>Liz Truss: 15% (-10 from 6-7 Sep)<br>Keir Starmer: 44% (+12)<a href="https://t.co/qjE87FPC0i">https://t.co/qjE87FPC0i</a> <a href="https://t.co/C7ywTbZFBd">pic.twitter.com/C7ywTbZFBd</a></p>— YouGov (@YouGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1575525020419465216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister? (28-29 Sep)<br><br>Liz Truss: 15% (-10 from 6-7 Sep)<br>Keir Starmer: 44% (+12)<a href="https://t.co/qjE87FPC0i">https://t.co/qjE87FPC0i</a> <a href="https://t.co/C7ywTbZFBd">pic.twitter.com/C7ywTbZFBd</a></p>— YouGov (@YouGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1575525020419465216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Musical chairs
 
33% poll lead!

At this rate the Scot Nats are going to be His Majesty’s Opposition :)))

Bye bye Tories!
 
We desperately need a alternative to the Tories who have frankly been a total disaster.

Well, Starmer Labour says they will renationalise the railways, nationalise power into a public corporation, and improve the Brexit deal.
 
Labour MP Rupa Huq has been suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation after she called the chancellor "superficially" black.

Speaking about Kwasi Kwarteng at a party conference fringe event, Ms Huq also said: "If you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn't know he's black."

Tory Party chair Jake Berry called her comments racist and disgusting.

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said the remarks were "unacceptable".

Speaking to the BBC's Politics Live programme, she said Ms Huq should apologise, while the party's foreign affairs spokesman David Lammy described the remarks as "unfortunate" adding: "I wouldn't have made them myself."

BBC

rightly sacked, but yet know one wants to talk about the forde report, labour racism problem:

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rightly sacked, but yet know one wants to talk about the forde report, labour racism problem:

That’s a generalised statement.

Have you read the Ford Inquiry report? It’s available online.

It appears that deep antipathy between Labour HQ and Corbyn’s LOTO hampered resolution of antisemitism and other racism complaints, in response to a leaked report regarding the period 2014-19.
 
That’s a generalised statement.

Have you read the Ford Inquiry report? It’s available online.

It appears that deep antipathy between Labour HQ and Corbyn’s LOTO hampered resolution of antisemitism and other racism complaints, in response to a leaked report regarding the period 2014-19.

yep read it, you should try and read = Rakhia Ismail islington mp and Apsana Begum - and do respond back on keir starmer has constantly turning his back on it:

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reason why i posted the ford report was because you and james both stated james corbyn should be sacked immediately after his anti semetic comment - but never read you and james saying anything about the ford report
 
yep read it, you should try and read = Rakhia Ismail islington mp and Apsana Begum - and do respond back on keir starmer has constantly turning his back on it:

reason why i posted the ford report was because you and james both stated james corbyn should be sacked immediately after his anti semetic comment - but never read you and james saying anything about the ford report

You’re conflating two things.

The whip was removed from Corbyn because he disputed the EHRC ruling that Labour was institutionally antisemitic, after Starmer told him that the LP had to take the findings on the chin.

The Ford Inquiry Report states that efforts to quickly process complaints of antisemitism from 2014-19 were hampered by a bad relationship between LOTO and Labour HQ, where there were faults in both sides.
 
You’re conflating two things.

The whip was removed from Corbyn because he disputed the EHRC ruling that Labour was institutionally antisemitic, after Starmer told him that the LP had to take the findings on the chin.

The Ford Inquiry Report states that efforts to quickly process complaints of antisemitism from 2014-19 were hampered by a bad relationship between LOTO and Labour HQ, where there were faults in both sides.

It's gone from being sceptical of Israel to a pro-Zionist anti-Muslim party, further cemented today.

Haq's an idiot
 
yep read it, you should try and read = Rakhia Ismail islington mp and Apsana Begum - and do respond back on keir starmer has constantly turning his back on it:

reason why i posted the ford report was because you and james both stated james corbyn should be sacked immediately after his anti semetic comment - but never read you and james saying anything about the ford report

I gave it 17 minutes. It’s an hour long and to be honest quite soporific listening.

Ms Begum’s story reminds me of a friend who was in an abusive relationship and I sympathise.

I don’t know what the LO Rule Book says about complaints about members, and where the investigative buck stops.

What I would say is that particular media source appears to have an axe to grind regarding Starmer due to his treatment of Corbyn.
 
I gave it 17 minutes. It’s an hour long and to be honest quite soporific listening.

Ms Begum’s story reminds me of a friend who was in an abusive relationship and I sympathise.

I don’t know what the LO Rule Book says about complaints about members, and where the investigative buck stops.

What I would say is that particular media source appears to have an axe to grind regarding Starmer due to his treatment of Corbyn.
That's the issue. Politicians are opportunists and these sound like a perfect time to jump on the bandwagon
 
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Sir Keir Starmer has called for an immediate general election after Liz Truss announced her resignation as prime minister.

The Labour leader said the Conservative Party has "shown it no longer has a mandate to govern", adding that British people "deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos".

"The Tories cannot respond to their latest shambles by yet again simply clicking their fingers and shuffling the people at the top without the consent of the British people," Sir Keir said in a statement.

"They do not have a mandate to put the country through yet another experiment; Britain is not their personal fiefdom to run how they wish."

"The British public deserve a proper say on the country's future.

"They must have the chance to compare the Tories' chaos with Labour's plans to sort out their mess, grow the economy for working people and rebuild the country for a fairer, greener future.

"We must have a chance at a fresh start. We need a general election - now."

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey echoed the call for the public to go to the polls.

"We don't need another Conservative prime minister lurching from crisis to crisis," he said on social media.

"We need a general election now and the Conservatives out of power."

As did First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, who said: "A general election is now the only way to end this paralysis."

Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price and Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts agreed, adding: "We urgently need a general election so that the people of Wales can reject this Westminster chaos at the ballot box."

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the events in Westminster as an "utter shambles".

"There are no words to describe this utter shambles adequately. It's beyond hyperbole and parody," Ms Sturgeon said.

"Reality though is that ordinary people are paying the price. The interests of the Tory party should concern no-one right now.

"A general election is now a democratic imperative."

Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, said Ms Truss had done the "right thing" in standing down.

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, agreed that Ms Truss had made "the right decision".

"We must now move forward quickly and the new Leader and Prime Minister will have to restore stability for the good of the country," he said in a post on social media.

While Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt told MPs she would "keep calm and carry on" and encouraged others to do the same.

Asked in the chamber about Liz Truss's resignation and the state of the government, Ms Mordaunt - who is considered a potential successor to the PM - said: "I am going to keep calm and carry on - and I would suggest everyone else do the same."

Across the pond, US President Joe Biden has also responded to Ms Truss's resignation.

"The United States and the United Kingdom are strong allies and enduring friends - and that fact will never change," he said in a statement.

Ms Truss departs Number 10 just 44 days after taking over from Boris Johnson.

SKY
 
<b>The UK is recruiting too many people from overseas into the NHS, Sir Keir Starmer has said.</b>

The Labour leader argued immigration was not the solution to a staffing crisis as he called for more recruitment from within the UK.

It came as new data revealed staffing issues were linked to two deaths at a Glasgow hospital in one month.

Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf expects this winter to be "one of the most difficult NHS Scotland has faced".

About 6,000 nursing and midwifery posts are unfilled in Scotland's NHS, while the English health service is said to be facing its worst-ever staffing crisis.

In England, 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas - up from 18% in 2014.

Scotland's SNP government is spending £8m on hiring 750 nurses and midwives from overseas this winter.

Labour has pledged to take on an extra 7,500 medical students every year if the party wins the next general election.

In an interview on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show, Sir Keir said those people would be trained into the NHS "from here".

Asked how many people he would be prepared to let into the country under a managed migration plan, he said: "We don't want open borders. Freedom of movement has gone and it's not coming back.

"So that means fair rules, firm rules, a points-based system.

"What I would like to see is the numbers go down in some areas. I think we're recruiting too many people from overseas into, for example, the health service.

"But on the other hand, if we need high-skilled people in innovation in tech to set up factories etc, then I would encourage that."

The Labour leader said he has daily conversations with his wife Victoria, who works in the NHS, about the health service's struggles.

Asked what she says is the problem with the NHS, Sir Keir replied: "We haven't got enough people."

On whether he believes immigration should be used to address that issue, he said: "I think that we should be training people in this country.

"Of course we need some immigration but we need to train people in this country."

Sir Keir's comments come after politicians and campaign groups criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman's language about migrants.

BBC
 
Poor comments from Sir Keir and I'm not sure what he stands to gain by trying to out Tory Cruella.
 
Poor comments from Sir Keir and I'm not sure what he stands to gain by trying to out Tory Cruella.

Trying to win back the Northern nationalist vote. He hasn't said anything xenophobic, though.

We should be training up more Britons rather than importing labour. Relying on EU workers to keep the NHS running was all wrong. Now they have gone and the NHS must look further afield.
 
<b>The UK is recruiting too many people from overseas into the NHS, Sir Keir Starmer has said.</b>

The Labour leader argued immigration was not the solution to a staffing crisis as he called for more recruitment from within the UK.

It came as new data revealed staffing issues were linked to two deaths at a Glasgow hospital in one month.

Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf expects this winter to be "one of the most difficult NHS Scotland has faced".

About 6,000 nursing and midwifery posts are unfilled in Scotland's NHS, while the English health service is said to be facing its worst-ever staffing crisis.

In England, 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas - up from 18% in 2014.

Scotland's SNP government is spending £8m on hiring 750 nurses and midwives from overseas this winter.

Labour has pledged to take on an extra 7,500 medical students every year if the party wins the next general election.

In an interview on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show, Sir Keir said those people would be trained into the NHS "from here".

Asked how many people he would be prepared to let into the country under a managed migration plan, he said: "We don't want open borders. Freedom of movement has gone and it's not coming back.

"So that means fair rules, firm rules, a points-based system.

"What I would like to see is the numbers go down in some areas. I think we're recruiting too many people from overseas into, for example, the health service.

"But on the other hand, if we need high-skilled people in innovation in tech to set up factories etc, then I would encourage that."

The Labour leader said he has daily conversations with his wife Victoria, who works in the NHS, about the health service's struggles.

Asked what she says is the problem with the NHS, Sir Keir replied: "We haven't got enough people."

On whether he believes immigration should be used to address that issue, he said: "I think that we should be training people in this country.

"Of course we need some immigration but we need to train people in this country."

Sir Keir's comments come after politicians and campaign groups criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman's language about migrants.

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Labour finally seeing the light and accepting the pillars of Brexit by realising the Tory stance on immigration is the right one and Brexit must be embraced if politicians wish to remain in power let alone relevant.

Not so long ago the Labour party, and Keir Starmer were calling for more NHS staff from Europe. U-Turn from Labour!

Economy and Immigration are vote winners in the UK.

Oh, that 'some' immigration we need, comes from outside the EU - points based immigration!
 
<b>The UK is recruiting too many people from overseas into the NHS, Sir Keir Starmer has said.</b>

The Labour leader argued immigration was not the solution to a staffing crisis as he called for more recruitment from within the UK.

It came as new data revealed staffing issues were linked to two deaths at a Glasgow hospital in one month.

Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf expects this winter to be "one of the most difficult NHS Scotland has faced".

About 6,000 nursing and midwifery posts are unfilled in Scotland's NHS, while the English health service is said to be facing its worst-ever staffing crisis.

In England, 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas - up from 18% in 2014.

Scotland's SNP government is spending £8m on hiring 750 nurses and midwives from overseas this winter.

Labour has pledged to take on an extra 7,500 medical students every year if the party wins the next general election.

In an interview on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show, Sir Keir said those people would be trained into the NHS "from here".

Asked how many people he would be prepared to let into the country under a managed migration plan, he said: "We don't want open borders. Freedom of movement has gone and it's not coming back.

"So that means fair rules, firm rules, a points-based system.

"What I would like to see is the numbers go down in some areas. I think we're recruiting too many people from overseas into, for example, the health service.

"But on the other hand, if we need high-skilled people in innovation in tech to set up factories etc, then I would encourage that."

The Labour leader said he has daily conversations with his wife Victoria, who works in the NHS, about the health service's struggles.

Asked what she says is the problem with the NHS, Sir Keir replied: "We haven't got enough people."

On whether he believes immigration should be used to address that issue, he said: "I think that we should be training people in this country.

"Of course we need some immigration but we need to train people in this country."

Sir Keir's comments come after politicians and campaign groups criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman's language about migrants.

BBC

Agree. We need to train more people from within our borders. Back in june i had open heart surgery at the Blackpool cardiac center, and majority of the staff in the icu and wards were from subcontinent or Malaysia. More needs to be done to make it a attractive proposition to becoming part of the Nhs. Be it better pay, or improve the working conditions for the natives of the uk.
 
I dont think Keir was being racist, he was talking about the generally unskilled and untrained nature of our population, which is quite true.
 
I dont think Keir was being racist, he was talking about the generally unskilled and untrained nature of our population, which is quite true.

Agreed. There is a skill shortage in many sectors. The Tories say unemployment is low and yet employers cannot fill vacancies.
 
<b>Keir Starmer embraces Brexit slogan with 'take back control' pledge</b>

Sir Keir Starmer has promised a new "take back control" bill to transfer powers from Westminster to communities.

In his first speech of 2023, the Labour leader - a former Remain supporter - said he wanted to turn the Brexit campaign slogan "into a solution".

He pledged to devolve new powers over employment support, transport, energy, housing, culture and childcare.

Sir Keir said the legislation would be "a centrepiece" of Labour's plans if it wins the next general election.

With the country facing severe pressure on the NHS, a wave of strike action and a cost-of-living crisis, Sir Keir said he was "under no illusions about the scale of the challenges we face".

In his speech in east London, he promised a "decade of national renewal" under Labour and "hope" for the future.

But the Labour leader warned his party "won't be able to spend our way" out of the "mess" he said would be left by the Conservatives.

Setting out his priorities for a future Labour government, Sir Keir said he wanted to give communities "the chance to control their economic destiny".

"The decisions which create wealth in our communities should be taken by local people with skin in the game, and a huge power shift out of Westminster can transform our economy, our politics and our democracy," he said.

During the Brexit campaign of 2016, Sir Keir said he "couldn't disagree with the basic case so many Leave voters made to me".

"It's not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire for communities to stand on their own feet. It's what 'take back control' meant," he said.

"So we will embrace the 'take back control' message but we'll turn it from a slogan to a solution. From a catchphrase into change."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64173370
 
Starmer urged to snub Israeli ambassador over 'Islamophobic' rejection of two-state solution

The Labour Muslim Network, a campaign group representing Muslims in the party, has written to Sir Keir urging him to ensure there are "no further engagements" with Tzipi Hotovely and that no platforms are shared with her in light of her "extremist" remarks to Sky News last week.

In the interview, Ms Hotovely was asked whether Palestinians should have their own state as part of a peace settlement with Israel - to which she replied: "Absolutely, no".

In the letter, seen by Sky News, the group argued associating with Ms Hotovely or other individuals who shared her views would be "Islamophobic" and bring the party into disrepute by potentially breaching its code of conduct.

The Labour leader and other shadow ministers have met Ms Hotovely on a number of occasions in the past.

Ms Hotovely, who previously served as deputy foreign minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government, claimed the Palestinian people "never wanted to have a state next to Israel" but a state "from the river to the sea" - a reference to the destruction of Israel.

The two-state solution, in which an independent state of Palestine would sit alongside the state of Israel, is widely accepted in the international community as the only viable answer to the decades-long conflict between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, which intensified after Hamas' deadly attack on 7 October.

Israel's alliance with the US came under further strain on Saturday when Prime Minister Netanyahu echoed Ms Hotovely's comments at a news conference, in which he said he was "proud to have prevented a Palestinian state".

Rishi Sunak immediately rejected Ms Hotovely's remarks, saying the UK government did not "agree" and that its "long-standing position remained that a two-state solution was the right outcome".

While the Labour leader is yet to respond to Ms Hotovely's comments, in a recent speech at Chatham House he described the Palestinian claim to statehood as an "inalienable right" of its people that was "not in the gift of a neighbour".

In the letter to Sir Keir, The Labour Muslim Network said denying the right of Palestine to exist as an independent state is "not only an extremist position, but also completely contrary to international consensus".

It said there had been a "worrying trend of senior Israeli officials and members of the government Ms Hotovely represents making statements that are genocidal in nature towards the Palestinian people".

"Associating with such individuals or endorsing their views in any way is not only Islamophobic and morally reprehensible but also poses a significant risk to the Labour Party's integrity and our commitment to human rights and international law," the letter read.

"We are therefore writing to you as leader of the Labour Party with the expectation that no further engagements be made or platforms shared by Labour Party representatives with the current Israeli ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely.

"Any Labour representatives that shares engagements and/or platforms with Ms Hotovely would not only be legitimising her extreme positions, but could also be violating our Islamophobia code of conduct."

Speaking to Sky News, one Labour MP agreed that no shadow minister should appear next to Ms Hotovely - arguing such a move would be "mind-boggingly offensive" and "dangerous in the precedent it would set".

"It shouldn't be too difficult for our party's leadership to work out the dark and disturbing implications Tzipi Hotovely's recent comments as regards her rejection of a two-state solution," they said.

"Given she presumably wouldn't entertain a one-state solution, what effectively remains is the ethnic cleansing of millions of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. No other outcome is viable.

"As such, and until she clarifies or withdraws her remarks, no one from our front bench should be appearing next to her - let alone sharing a platform."

Paul Bristow, the Conservative MP who was sacked from his government post in October after calling for a ceasefire, also told Sky News: "What's clear is that of course we must be able to have a full and frank discussion with Israel - and we need a two-state solution - but nothing good will come out of not speaking to anyone.

"We need to speak to Israel with an honest voice."

His views were echoed by Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who told the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge he believed Ms Hotovely's position was "appalling" - but that "we've got to engage with people".

"I wouldn't cut ties or stop talking to the ambassador," he said. "It's important we talk more, actually - but I absolutely condemn the one-state solution approach."

The letter to Sir Keir comes just weeks after eight shadow ministers resigned or were sacked from their positions on the frontbench over the party's decision not to back a vote in parliament calling for a ceasefire in Gaza - a move the Labour leadership fears would only "embolden" Hamas and allow it to carry out further attacks against Israel.

A Labour Party spokesperson told Sky News: "A political solution, with hard and continuing diplomacy, is the only way to achieve an end to this conflict.

"We must address the urgent and catastrophic situation in Gaza. That means working with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and other governments in the region to deliver a new cessation of hostilities to protect civilians, unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza, the release of all the remaining hostages.

"Diplomacy requires engagement even - and sometimes especially - with those we disagree with. The whole international community must reaffirm its support for a two-state solution as the only route to long term peace."
SOURCE: SKYNEWS
 
Labour has withdrawn support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali over comments he apparently made about Israel and Jewish people.

Labour had stood by Mr Ali when he claimed Israel had allowed the 7 October attacks by Hamas as a pretext to invade Gaza.

But it changed position after Mr Ali apparently also blamed Jewish media figures for fuelling criticism against a pro-Palestinian Labour MP.

Mr Ali has been contacted for comment.

He will still be listed as the Labour candidate on the ballot paper as under electoral law it is too late to replace him.

However, it is understood Mr Ali has been suspended from the party pending an investigation.

Labour had spent days defending him as a candidate, after the Mail on Sunday published comments from Mr Ali, claiming Israel had "allowed" the Hamas attack.

Mr Ali subsequently apologised "to Jewish leaders for my inexcusable comments".

On Monday evening, the Daily Mail published a fuller recording, allegedly of Mr Ali, blaming "people in the media from certain Jewish quarters" for the suspension of Andy McDonald from the Labour Party.

Mr McDonald was suspended last year after saying: "We will not rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty."

The person on the recording goes on to say Israel planned to "get rid of [Palestinians] from Gaza" and "grab" the land.

He also appears to boast about preventing Israeli flags being flown from local public buildings after the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on 7 October.

All the candidates in the Rochdale by-election

Labour defends standing by Rochdale candidate
Labour's National Campaign Coordinator Pat McFadden said Mr Ali was suspended after "more comments" came to light.

Mr McFadden said that "the fact you have got very rare circumstances where a political party is withdrawing support for a candidate after nominations have closed" showed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was serious about "rooting antisemitism out of the Labour Party".

Labour has faced intense pressure since Mr Ali's remarks first surfaced, with widespread condemnation from party members and political rivals.

Frontbenchers Lisa Nandy and Anneliese Dodds had been out campaigning for Mr Ali at the weekend, and shadow minister Nick Thomas-Symonds was defending Labour's decision to back him on Monday morning.

Source: BBC
 
Labour Party has sweept the General Elections of 2024 and Keir Starmer is going to be the next PM of UK.

Big win this is for Labour.
 
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