You obviously have a slick answer for everything, laced with unpleasant sarcasm and deliberate misrepresentation of my remarks.
So we will end the debate there.
Pick on someone with more patience than I have at the moment.
So we will end the debate there.
Pick on someone with more patience than I have at the moment.
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 AM
You obviously have a slick answer for everything, laced with unpleasant sarcasm and deliberate misrepresentation of my remarks.
So we will end the debate there.
Pick on someone with more patience than I have at the moment.
So we will end the debate there.
Pick on someone with more patience than I have at the moment.
Do you have a “dog in the fight”? Are you a registered voter?
You will make Reform more likely if you keep badmouthing Starmer
You will make Reform more likely if you keep badmouthing Starmer
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Do you have a “dog in the fight”? Are you a registered voter?
You will make Reform more likely if you keep badmouthing Starmer
You will make Reform more likely if you keep badmouthing Starmer
I know what I want: stability, and a grown-up for PM. Starmer is doing well, and it’s irrelevant that he’s not the greatest communicator, and he lacks riz.
He is a serious leader dealing with a horrendous Tory legacy, and the endlessly hostile MSM (BBC’s Mason and Kuenssberg are the cheerleaders)…
He is a serious leader dealing with a horrendous Tory legacy, and the endlessly hostile MSM (BBC’s Mason and Kuenssberg are the cheerleaders)…
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I know what I want: stability, and a grown-up for PM. Starmer is doing well, and it’s irrelevant that he’s not the greatest communicator, and he lacks riz.
He is a serious leader dealing with a horrendous Tory legacy, and the endlessly hostile MSM (BBC’s Mason and Kuenssberg are the cheerleaders)…
He is a serious leader dealing with a horrendous Tory legacy, and the endlessly hostile MSM (BBC’s Mason and Kuenssberg are the cheerleaders)…
It doesn’t look seedy from my perspective – but I’m in Hanoi.
Conversely, Burnham’s behaviour is disloyal and hypocritical, ending up by being petulant.
Look, I don’t think we can agree on this, so let’s move on.
Let’s hope for improvement all round.
Conversely, Burnham’s behaviour is disloyal and hypocritical, ending up by being petulant.
Look, I don’t think we can agree on this, so let’s move on.
Let’s hope for improvement all round.
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 AM
It doesn’t look seedy from my perspective – but I’m in Hanoi.
Conversely, Burnham’s behaviour is disloyal and hypocritical, ending up by being petulant.
Look, I don’t think we can agree on this, so let’s move on.
Let’s hope for improvement all round.
Conversely, Burnham’s behaviour is disloyal and hypocritical, ending up by being petulant.
Look, I don’t think we can agree on this, so let’s move on.
Let’s hope for improvement all round.
Opinion is still opinion, whoever opines.
I don’t share your pessimism about the Labour government. And pragmatic government is not capitulating or appeasing.
Badmouthing Starmer will only entertain the opposition.
Try to see the positives.
I don’t share your pessimism about the Labour government. And pragmatic government is not capitulating or appeasing.
Badmouthing Starmer will only entertain the opposition.
Try to see the positives.
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Opinion is still opinion, whoever opines.
I don’t share your pessimism about the Labour government. And pragmatic government is not capitulating or appeasing.
Badmouthing Starmer will only entertain the opposition.
Try to see the positives.
I don’t share your pessimism about the Labour government. And pragmatic government is not capitulating or appeasing.
Badmouthing Starmer will only entertain the opposition.
Try to see the positives.
This is an opinion piece, not evidence of hostility towards refugees.
It’s an extreme interpretation and, I believe, unfair.
It’s an extreme interpretation and, I believe, unfair.
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This is an opinion piece, not evidence of hostility towards refugees.
It’s an extreme interpretation and, I believe, unfair.
It’s an extreme interpretation and, I believe, unfair.
The list I made is a list of achievements. They may not all be completed, but they are in progress.
If you don’t want to see any good progress in this government, then I can’t make you.
But it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative…
If you don’t want to see any good progress in this government, then I can’t make you.
But it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative…
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The list I made is a list of achievements. They may not all be completed, but they are in progress.
If you don’t want to see any good progress in this government, then I can’t make you.
But it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative…
If you don’t want to see any good progress in this government, then I can’t make you.
But it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative…
For example:
Eradicating child poverty
Investing in the NHS
Reform of workers’ rights
Bringing utilities into public ownership
Inventing Great British Energy
Housing: tenant protection
Education: school rebuilding
Reinvesting in early childcare
And so on.
These are not right wing measures!!
Eradicating child poverty
Investing in the NHS
Reform of workers’ rights
Bringing utilities into public ownership
Inventing Great British Energy
Housing: tenant protection
Education: school rebuilding
Reinvesting in early childcare
And so on.
These are not right wing measures!!
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 AM
For example:
Eradicating child poverty
Investing in the NHS
Reform of workers’ rights
Bringing utilities into public ownership
Inventing Great British Energy
Housing: tenant protection
Education: school rebuilding
Reinvesting in early childcare
And so on.
These are not right wing measures!!
Eradicating child poverty
Investing in the NHS
Reform of workers’ rights
Bringing utilities into public ownership
Inventing Great British Energy
Housing: tenant protection
Education: school rebuilding
Reinvesting in early childcare
And so on.
These are not right wing measures!!
I don’t say the polls are wrong – they reflect opinions shared in the media – but they don’t acknowledge the reality of the progress this government is making.
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I don’t say the polls are wrong – they reflect opinions shared in the media – but they don’t acknowledge the reality of the progress this government is making.
Starmer has been quite forthright in attacking Farage and his lack of policy (apart from racism).
And the government has been very effective in the last 18 months, given the wreckage they encountered on taking office.
But successes are not reported in the gutter press – only spicy gossip and slurs.
And the government has been very effective in the last 18 months, given the wreckage they encountered on taking office.
But successes are not reported in the gutter press – only spicy gossip and slurs.
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Starmer has been quite forthright in attacking Farage and his lack of policy (apart from racism).
And the government has been very effective in the last 18 months, given the wreckage they encountered on taking office.
But successes are not reported in the gutter press – only spicy gossip and slurs.
And the government has been very effective in the last 18 months, given the wreckage they encountered on taking office.
But successes are not reported in the gutter press – only spicy gossip and slurs.
You may be right but, as I pointed out, opinion polls are just random opinions. Election day is a real vote. Opinionated people might express quite different views and voting intentions from their motivation in a GE.
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM
You may be right but, as I pointed out, opinion polls are just random opinions. Election day is a real vote. Opinionated people might express quite different views and voting intentions from their motivation in a GE.
It’s impossible to prove, but I suspect any Labour PM would be accused of being unpopular, by those with vested interests in seeing Labour fail.
Starmer is not bad because he lacks charisma – his government has achieved notable successes, which are nonetheless ignored by the MSM.
Starmer is not bad because he lacks charisma – his government has achieved notable successes, which are nonetheless ignored by the MSM.
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It’s impossible to prove, but I suspect any Labour PM would be accused of being unpopular, by those with vested interests in seeing Labour fail.
Starmer is not bad because he lacks charisma – his government has achieved notable successes, which are nonetheless ignored by the MSM.
Starmer is not bad because he lacks charisma – his government has achieved notable successes, which are nonetheless ignored by the MSM.
They are not real, in the sense that General Election voting is authentic.
The pollsters have a variety of sampling methodologies, which are questionable on many grounds:
Statistical bias, narrow demographic, etc. We shouldn’t attribute so much significance to them.
The pollsters have a variety of sampling methodologies, which are questionable on many grounds:
Statistical bias, narrow demographic, etc. We shouldn’t attribute so much significance to them.
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
They are not real, in the sense that General Election voting is authentic.
The pollsters have a variety of sampling methodologies, which are questionable on many grounds:
Statistical bias, narrow demographic, etc. We shouldn’t attribute so much significance to them.
The pollsters have a variety of sampling methodologies, which are questionable on many grounds:
Statistical bias, narrow demographic, etc. We shouldn’t attribute so much significance to them.
There is a huge gulf between the PM’s performance at home and abroad, and the government’s achievements under Labour…and the artificial “polls”, which rate Starmer and the government absurdly low.
But this “unpopularity” is because so many people simply want to talk down Labour and see them fail.
But this “unpopularity” is because so many people simply want to talk down Labour and see them fail.
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 AM
There is a huge gulf between the PM’s performance at home and abroad, and the government’s achievements under Labour…and the artificial “polls”, which rate Starmer and the government absurdly low.
But this “unpopularity” is because so many people simply want to talk down Labour and see them fail.
But this “unpopularity” is because so many people simply want to talk down Labour and see them fail.
…the vainglorious ego that is Andrew Burnham needed to take yet another tilt at the leadership, in spite of failing twice before. Now he’s captured everyone’s attention, everyone is talking about him, and he’s a happy bunny. A sickening stunt by a disloyal hasbeen who ought to know better.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
…the vainglorious ego that is Andrew Burnham needed to take yet another tilt at the leadership, in spite of failing twice before. Now he’s captured everyone’s attention, everyone is talking about him, and he’s a happy bunny. A sickening stunt by a disloyal hasbeen who ought to know better.
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Labour is undergoing another interminable period of internecine strife, stoked gleefully by the media, and why? It’s not because of the government’s low position in the artificial polls; it’s not because Starmer is a bad PM (quite the opposite).
It is because…
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January 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Labour is undergoing another interminable period of internecine strife, stoked gleefully by the media, and why? It’s not because of the government’s low position in the artificial polls; it’s not because Starmer is a bad PM (quite the opposite).
It is because…
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It is because…
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We are all part of the Labour movement. Arguing like this is a certain way to ensure Labour will drop even further in the polls.
Voters hate divided parties.
We need to keep focusing on Labour’s achievements in government.
There are considerable gains that just don’t get reported or discussed…
Voters hate divided parties.
We need to keep focusing on Labour’s achievements in government.
There are considerable gains that just don’t get reported or discussed…
January 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We are all part of the Labour movement. Arguing like this is a certain way to ensure Labour will drop even further in the polls.
Voters hate divided parties.
We need to keep focusing on Labour’s achievements in government.
There are considerable gains that just don’t get reported or discussed…
Voters hate divided parties.
We need to keep focusing on Labour’s achievements in government.
There are considerable gains that just don’t get reported or discussed…
You’re simply rehashing idle gossip. The polls are wishful thinking fulfilment, orchestrated by the MSM.
They will always write and spout doomladen drivel about any Labour government.
They will always write and spout doomladen drivel about any Labour government.
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
You’re simply rehashing idle gossip. The polls are wishful thinking fulfilment, orchestrated by the MSM.
They will always write and spout doomladen drivel about any Labour government.
They will always write and spout doomladen drivel about any Labour government.
The opinion polls would be no different if someone else was leading the government.
Burnham’s obvious bid to oust Starmer is not masked by his disingenuous remarks. If he really wanted to be supportive, he should have backed the by-election candidate from his position as mayor of GM.
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Burnham’s obvious bid to oust Starmer is not masked by his disingenuous remarks. If he really wanted to be supportive, he should have backed the by-election candidate from his position as mayor of GM.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The opinion polls would be no different if someone else was leading the government.
Burnham’s obvious bid to oust Starmer is not masked by his disingenuous remarks. If he really wanted to be supportive, he should have backed the by-election candidate from his position as mayor of GM.
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Burnham’s obvious bid to oust Starmer is not masked by his disingenuous remarks. If he really wanted to be supportive, he should have backed the by-election candidate from his position as mayor of GM.
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AB has been sniping at KS for months. He is encouraging the Tories, Reform and their media friends to push the myth that Starmer is somehow the reason why Labour are performing poorly in the polls — but those polls are simply a mirror of the media frenzy to attack a Labour Government.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
AB has been sniping at KS for months. He is encouraging the Tories, Reform and their media friends to push the myth that Starmer is somehow the reason why Labour are performing poorly in the polls — but those polls are simply a mirror of the media frenzy to attack a Labour Government.
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