Louise
@charlottedearling.bsky.social
North Londoner now living in the countryside. Not a nimby.
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It’s fairly annoying how Bluesky’s weekend political strategists keep coming back to “spend more money on things I like, and if you’re already increasing spending, then spend more because it’s clearly not enough; taxes are popular actually, all my surveys say so.”
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Some people think you just pull a lever that says “do more left-wing things” and you cash in electoral success.
Starmer’s “left wing things” (union/renter rights, railways, energy) didn’t make a dent. Being the most left-wing President since LBJ didn’t work for Biden (IRA, labor, antitrust).
Starmer’s “left wing things” (union/renter rights, railways, energy) didn’t make a dent. Being the most left-wing President since LBJ didn’t work for Biden (IRA, labor, antitrust).
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Some people think you just pull a lever that says “do more left-wing things” and you cash in electoral success.
Starmer’s “left wing things” (union/renter rights, railways, energy) didn’t make a dent. Being the most left-wing President since LBJ didn’t work for Biden (IRA, labor, antitrust).
Starmer’s “left wing things” (union/renter rights, railways, energy) didn’t make a dent. Being the most left-wing President since LBJ didn’t work for Biden (IRA, labor, antitrust).
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Reform and the Greens.
Soft on Russia. Weak on NATO.
Soft on Russia. Weak on NATO.
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Reform and the Greens.
Soft on Russia. Weak on NATO.
Soft on Russia. Weak on NATO.
This is a significant move. Cannot fathom for the life of me why it’s not bigger news and has been buried.
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister: "We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore.
We must look outwards, and work with our European neighbours to keep our country safe.
There is no British security without Europe, and no European security without Britain."
We must look outwards, and work with our European neighbours to keep our country safe.
There is no British security without Europe, and no European security without Britain."
February 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This is a significant move. Cannot fathom for the life of me why it’s not bigger news and has been buried.
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This is promising.
We need to work closer with our European allies.
https://www.ft.com/content/28e1a901-623a-4ba0-84ec-2281a23634d7
We need to work closer with our European allies.
https://www.ft.com/content/28e1a901-623a-4ba0-84ec-2281a23634d7
Keir Starmer set to call for multinational defence initiative to cut rearmament costs
UK prime minister expected to push idea of enhanced co-operation at Munich Security Conference
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is promising.
We need to work closer with our European allies.
https://www.ft.com/content/28e1a901-623a-4ba0-84ec-2281a23634d7
We need to work closer with our European allies.
https://www.ft.com/content/28e1a901-623a-4ba0-84ec-2281a23634d7
Lisa Nandy didn’t turn up for an interview on bbcpm. At an earlier interview she claims she’s been called lazy. I wonder if she’s for the chop?
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Lisa Nandy didn’t turn up for an interview on bbcpm. At an earlier interview she claims she’s been called lazy. I wonder if she’s for the chop?
A note to Labour MPs: don’t go snivelling to the media. They’re not your friends and they’re not Labour’s friends.
A note to the media: when reporting anonymous sources, please stress test them for substance. The chit chat you reported as news, combusted at first contact with reality
A note to the media: when reporting anonymous sources, please stress test them for substance. The chit chat you reported as news, combusted at first contact with reality
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A note to Labour MPs: don’t go snivelling to the media. They’re not your friends and they’re not Labour’s friends.
A note to the media: when reporting anonymous sources, please stress test them for substance. The chit chat you reported as news, combusted at first contact with reality
A note to the media: when reporting anonymous sources, please stress test them for substance. The chit chat you reported as news, combusted at first contact with reality
Best rebuke I’ve seen to the media, the podcasters, the substackers and the blundering plotters.
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Best rebuke I’ve seen to the media, the podcasters, the substackers and the blundering plotters.
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I am heartbroken to hear about the stabbings at a school in Brent.
My heart goes out to the families affected and the young people, teachers & school community at this awful time.
We are in contact with the school and council to offer support. Investigations are now underway.
My heart goes out to the families affected and the young people, teachers & school community at this awful time.
We are in contact with the school and council to offer support. Investigations are now underway.
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I am heartbroken to hear about the stabbings at a school in Brent.
My heart goes out to the families affected and the young people, teachers & school community at this awful time.
We are in contact with the school and council to offer support. Investigations are now underway.
My heart goes out to the families affected and the young people, teachers & school community at this awful time.
We are in contact with the school and council to offer support. Investigations are now underway.
Let’s accept that all these briefings are true. And then consider that the moment they were stress tested they fell apart and disintegrated. Maybe by exercising a bit of nouse and care, before amplifying throw away frustrations, the Westminster lobby might regain the trust of the public.
It is cope to believe this is all confected. My whole job is talking to MPs and ministers, I talk to a dozen different ones every day, I spend the week in Parliament in the same corridors, same coffee queues. Sometimes even I have been taken aback by the strength of feeling about the need for change
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Let’s accept that all these briefings are true. And then consider that the moment they were stress tested they fell apart and disintegrated. Maybe by exercising a bit of nouse and care, before amplifying throw away frustrations, the Westminster lobby might regain the trust of the public.
Hard to see how the government can get a fair hearing now the media has closed ranks and doubled down on its bullshit.
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Hard to see how the government can get a fair hearing now the media has closed ranks and doubled down on its bullshit.
Is Wes Streeting Peter Pettigrew?
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Is Wes Streeting Peter Pettigrew?
‘Morgan McSweeny was wrong about everything’. He wasn’t wrong about Wes Streeting
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
‘Morgan McSweeny was wrong about everything’. He wasn’t wrong about Wes Streeting
Over on Twitter, Henry Zefferman is now taking on anyone who questioned their ridiculous febrile attempt to help orchestrate a coup against the government. Retweeted by Patrick Maguire. The Westminster lobby, acting in concert.
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Over on Twitter, Henry Zefferman is now taking on anyone who questioned their ridiculous febrile attempt to help orchestrate a coup against the government. Retweeted by Patrick Maguire. The Westminster lobby, acting in concert.
Wes Streeting’s disclosed messages. It looks contrived and inauthentic.
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Wes Streeting’s disclosed messages. It looks contrived and inauthentic.
The Westminster lobby is a shambolic smoking ruin. How on earth did they get it so wrong?
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The Westminster lobby is a shambolic smoking ruin. How on earth did they get it so wrong?
Lol. The Westminster lobby need to apologise to the nation and possibly consider their resignations. Catastrophically bad intelligence. Not just Cat here but the whole lot of them. Patrick Maguire and Chris Mason especially
Am told Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, is going to follow Anas Sarwar in calling for the PM to stand down;
Also that there will be "Scottish MP ministerial resignations" afterwards
Ministers saying it's the end game...
Also that there will be "Scottish MP ministerial resignations" afterwards
Ministers saying it's the end game...
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Lol. The Westminster lobby need to apologise to the nation and possibly consider their resignations. Catastrophically bad intelligence. Not just Cat here but the whole lot of them. Patrick Maguire and Chris Mason especially
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The media have overplayed their hand when it comes to the calls for Starmer to go.
Perhaps it’s time to see some of the political journalists who rose to prominence under the last government go instead.
Political journalism has never looked so irrelevant
Perhaps it’s time to see some of the political journalists who rose to prominence under the last government go instead.
Political journalism has never looked so irrelevant
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The media have overplayed their hand when it comes to the calls for Starmer to go.
Perhaps it’s time to see some of the political journalists who rose to prominence under the last government go instead.
Political journalism has never looked so irrelevant
Perhaps it’s time to see some of the political journalists who rose to prominence under the last government go instead.
Political journalism has never looked so irrelevant
Understand why Sarwar felt it necessary to be seen stabbing Starmer in the front but so far I think it’s blown up in his face.
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Understand why Sarwar felt it necessary to be seen stabbing Starmer in the front but so far I think it’s blown up in his face.
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The battle for Britain in the years ahead is between a modern, diverse Britain led by Labour or a dark, divisive Britain under Reform.
All of us in the Labour Party must get behind the Prime Minister, rise to the challenge and deliver a richer, fairer and stronger future.
All of us in the Labour Party must get behind the Prime Minister, rise to the challenge and deliver a richer, fairer and stronger future.
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The battle for Britain in the years ahead is between a modern, diverse Britain led by Labour or a dark, divisive Britain under Reform.
All of us in the Labour Party must get behind the Prime Minister, rise to the challenge and deliver a richer, fairer and stronger future.
All of us in the Labour Party must get behind the Prime Minister, rise to the challenge and deliver a richer, fairer and stronger future.
Labour MPs queuing up to be the next Liz Truss
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Labour MPs queuing up to be the next Liz Truss
Members might make Rayner PM, but she
will never be elected by the public as such. I doubt this bothers her.
will never be elected by the public as such. I doubt this bothers her.
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Members might make Rayner PM, but she
will never be elected by the public as such. I doubt this bothers her.
will never be elected by the public as such. I doubt this bothers her.
Holier than thou Labour MPs walked into Badenoch’s trap and have signed their own P45s
Pound and gilts under pressure as leadership crisis threatens Starmer ft.trib.al/V2jofTR
Pound and gilts under pressure as leadership crisis threatens Starmer
Investors fearful of political turmoil following a period of relative calm in UK markets
ft.trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Holier than thou Labour MPs walked into Badenoch’s trap and have signed their own P45s
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Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
Before you get too excited with your Santa wish lists, some sage advice “the bond market is a daily referendum on UK political stability”
February 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Before you get too excited with your Santa wish lists, some sage advice “the bond market is a daily referendum on UK political stability”