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“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”

@BBCPolitics First act of Keir Starmer was to ditch Dilnott cap of £86,000 on social care costs Social care plan would have introduced an £86,000 cap on the amount older/disabled person would pay towards their care at home care homes #bbcpolitics Laura Kuenssberg dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

"If we hadn't taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely" Transport Secretary Louise Haigh defends raising the £2 bus fare cap to £3, and says the £2 cap ending on 31 December "was the funding settlement I inherited" #BBCLauraK bbc.in/3Z7RHqC

@BBCPolitics Germany put a monthly cap of £40 to travel across the country on wholly government run buses & rail Labour ditch £3 bus fare cap across wholly privatised UK bus network & push £bns into climate change whilst making public transport > expensive #bbcpolitics Laura Kuenssberg

@implausibleblog Great British Railway = OFGEM What benefits have OFGEM delivered on energy costs for the consumer? None - UK has highest energy costs in EU Louise Haigh already say rail fares will not reduce Labour are not renationalising rail Laura Kuenssberg

Left: Laura Kuenssberg uses the example of Northern Rail which has a bad service and is now under government control as a reason not to renationalise the rail network Right: Northern was privatised in 2004, paid out dividends till it was renationalised 16 years later in 2020 after delivering a bad service. It remained delivering a bad service under the Conservatives who didn't invest to improve it Labour have only just taken office in 2024, well done Louise Haigh for explaining that hundreds of millions have been paid in fees, which in turn is being paid out in dividends, instead of investment to improve the service, and that Great British Railway will address this @LouHaigh 👏

@implausibleblog 2024: Labour fixed funding for social care permanently when they got power in July Starmer & Rachel Reeves removed the ceiling that limits an individual’s costs to £86,000. Asset stripping homeowners Laura Kuenssberg did not ask what about Dilnott? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

2024: Laura Kuenssberg criticises Labour who have been in office for four months for not fixing social care 2019: Boris Johnson, "I am announcing on the steps of Downing Street that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared"

Keir Starmer asked this question in parliament on 1 May 2024, showing that he knew that there was a black hole in the government’s finances and that he was already aware that Winter Fuel Allowance could be used to fill it. Prime Ministerial amnesia is an an amazing thing.

Is what Sue Gray earns the biggest political story of the day? I don’t think so. So who is trying to distract attention from Gaza, the NHS, poverty, failing social care, climate change, the plight of refugees, and so much more? Could it be someone has an agenda going on here?

The Labour Party accepted a record £4m from Cayman Islands registered Quadrature Capital. Founded by Greg Skinner and Suneil Setiya in 2010 the £6bn hedge fund has hundreds of millions invested in fossil fuels, private healthcare and arms firms. @EJShone93 opendemocracy.net/en/labour-give…

I condemned what Hamas did in Israel as a war crime. I think in that case that I have to condemn what Israel has done with its pager attacks in Lebanon. Surely they are war crimes in just the same way?

Clothes from anyone else, no problem, it seems. Glasses, holidays and anything else from Labour donors, also ok then. Just no more clothes from donors. This really is gaslighting us. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

@RichardJMurphy Well, well, well, QE#3 Right under radar - for uber rich to offshore into tax havens Chancellor Rachel Reeves less 'socialist' more neo-liberal - Pensioners winter fuel cuts - Middle classes to cough up with wealth taxes New Labour no tax billionaires & multi-millionaires

Reeves under pressure to axe winter fuel cut after £10billion windfall independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… There is no £10bn windfall for Reeves in what the Bank of England is doing. The real story is £100bn of government bonds are being sold and none will be used to fund essential spending and investment. That’s what needs to be talked about.

They have a plan, it is to continue stealthily installing Sunak and Truss’s 74 deregulated Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports, each zone under secondary legislation means no Parliamentary or public scrutiny. 6 days into office Rachel Reeves refused permission for the NAO to investigate England’s 48 SEZs and 2 Freeports despite an April 2024 House of Commons report citing lack of transparency, ignoring the Nolan principles, and questions over value for taxpayers money.As scores of councils go bankrupt, mass compulsory purchase orders are being issued, private equity moves in for the kill, the UK is being privatized. Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses were board members of Sunak’s nationwide SEZs/Freeports consortia.

Perfectly captures the adolescent way the media/press communicates with the public. It’s insulting. It’s lazy. And, frankly, it reveals a total lack of understanding of government finance.

Why is there so much moral cowardice from political leaders regarding the outrageous attacks in Lebanon? Indiscriminate attacks that have killed children and many innocent people who have nothing to do with Hezbollah. Where is the outrage and condemnation @DavidLammy ?

The problem with this claim is it is not true. Almost £700 billion of this debt is owed by the government to itself, and that’s not debt. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

@kelvmackenzie Wonder when ex-editor of The Sun (backed Labour) will stop talking frocks & specs & ask the real questions £4million donation from hedge funds with interests in private healthcare, weapons & fossil fuels What does it want for it's money? x.com/BeckettUnite/s…

@nogulagsagain @Suffragent_ @PGourtsoyannis @Keir_Starmer There's nothing socialist about Starmer's Labour gov. If it was socialist, they would shut down UKs' offshore tax havens, & put 1% wealth tax on UK 1% billionaires & multi-millionaires Rachel Reeves & Angela Rayner 1st act? Take winter fuel payment from pensioners = neoliberal

“You earn £167,000 a year. If you need help buying your wardrobe then why shouldn’t pensioners on £13,000 get help with their heating?” Keir Starmer CANNOT answer. @PGourtsoyannis @Keir_Starmer

Angela Rayner is asked, "What part of returning politics to the service of the people involves accepting free outfits?" 'Gifts' for politicians are bribes. Its corruption. #bbclaurak