Jim Ratcliffe has said the UK has been colonised by immigrants (or words to that effect). Starmer seeing an opportunity not to be the story and shift focus has gone big and demanded that Ratcliffe apologies, thus giving the story far more oxygen that it deserves
when asked he could have just said Iâm not that interested in what a billionaire tax exile has to say
instead Ratcliffeâs comments are all over the front page and a lot of people will be saying he has a point
Starmer - prettty sure Ratcliffe doesnât give a flying fuck about politics or what most people think of him which is probably why he is a multi billionaire
the cancelled council elections are now back on because of ânew legal adviceâ which was probably Reform is going to kick your arse in the courts as well as at the ballot box
Again - do your homework before announcing your policy. Now you look like you are incompetent as well as devious
So the Green Party win the Gorton and Denton by election with a substantial victory. Good on them. Labour pushed into 3rd with Reform in second. Cue Farage and the weasel they parachuted in to stand as a candidate complaining about an unfair result, straight out of the Trump lexicon.
Locally, Lib Dems retain Shirley, with a much reduced majority from Labour who gained just under 3% more votes than the previous election. Reform in third with what looks like a large number of disaffected Tory voters shifting to them. Itâs my ward and i canât remember a local election attracting as much canvassing as this one did. From about 4 week out there were plenty of knocks on the door from various parties, leaflets through the letterbox and even letters. All very pleasant and amiable (well theyâre after a vote), but good to see local politics being represented in an enthusiastic way. The Labour campaign focused on setting themselves up as neck and neck with Reform and their tagline was âVote labour to stop Reformâ. Hardly inspiring and they obviously failed to account for the Lib Dem vote.
Nice to see Hannah Spencer, a normal working gal whoâs never had a meal on an expense account in her life, stuff the career politicians who now have to pay for everything themselves.
