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CW: UKpol: Starmer removes whip from Welfare Bill rebels
Starmer is stinking excrement.
I hate Corbyn, deeply, for all sorts of reasons: his incompetence, his undoubted antisemitism. (Please unfollow me if you disagree.)
But Starmer is worse than the Tories. Taking money away from the poorest in society, talking about "getting back to work" for people who can't work, and now expelling those of his MPs who stand by the Labour values of fairness and kindness. It stinks.
Greens or LibDems, or the national parties in Scotland and Wales. Labour is dead.
#UKpol #Starmer #WelfareBill #noLabour #noCorbyn #antisemitism
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CW: UKpol: Starmer removes whip from Welfare Bill rebels
Starmer is stinking excrement.
I hate Corbyn, deeply, for all sorts of reasons: his incompetence, his undoubted antisemitism. (Please unfollow me if you disagree.)
But Starmer is worse than the Tories. Taking money away from the poorest in society, talking about "getting back to work" for people who can't work, and now expelling those of his MPs who stand by the Labour values of fairness and kindness. It stinks.
Greens or LibDems, or the national parties in Scotland and Wales. Labour is dead.
#UKpol #Starmer #WelfareBill #noLabour #noCorbyn #antisemitism
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CW: UKpol: the welfare bill and disability cuts, a powerful cartoon by Ella Baron
This cartoon absolutely nails it.
Shame on Starmer, shame on every MP who voted for this bill. Yes, it was diluted by some random concessions, but it still is the most shameful thing the current Labour government has done.
And: respect to those Labour MPs who spoke up against this depravity.
But Labour is dead.
#EllaBaron #WelfareBill #DisabilityCuts #Starmer #Labout #UKpol
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CW: UKpol: the welfare bill and disability cuts, a powerful cartoon by Ella Baron
This cartoon absolutely nails it.
Shame on Starmer, shame on every MP who voted for this bill. Yes, it was diluted by some random concessions, but it still is the most shameful thing the current Labour government has done.
And: respect to those Labour MPs who spoke up against this depravity.
But Labour is dead.
#EllaBaron #WelfareBill #DisabilityCuts #Starmer #Labout #UKpol
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UK Politics
This evening's vote on the Welfare Bill is the Labour Party's equivalent of the LibDem's student loan moment.
There will be a lot of people - me included - who will find themselves unable to vote Labour again in a very long time. It's a seismic shift in UK Politics.
The effect of this may well be to gift the next election to the Reform company - with the opposition being a mish-mash of LibDems, Greens and whatever the Independents coalesce (and the rump of LINO).
It's a very sorry day. -
UK Politics
This evening's vote on the Welfare Bill is the Labour Party's equivalent of the LibDem's student loan moment.
There will be a lot of people - me included - who will find themselves unable to vote Labour again in a very long time. It's a seismic shift in UK Politics.
The effect of this may well be to gift the next election to the Reform company - with the opposition being a mish-mash of LibDems, Greens and whatever the Independents coalesce (and the rump of LINO).
It's a very sorry day. -
Labour has just handed the next election to Reform UK.
Shamefully only 49 Labour MPs rebelled on the second reading of the Welfare Bill this evening.
700,000+ new claimants will lose universal credit health payments, £3,000 a year on average.
A two-tier welfare bill.
I am so sorry for future disabled claimants.Here's the breakdown of votes so you can contact your MP. I've just written to mine.
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Labour has just handed the next election to Reform UK.
Shamefully only 49 Labour MPs rebelled on the second reading of the Welfare Bill this evening.
700,000+ new claimants will lose universal credit health payments, £3,000 a year on average.
A two-tier welfare bill.
I am so sorry for future disabled claimants.Here's the breakdown of votes so you can contact your MP. I've just written to mine.
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£5 billion?
How about tax some of Rich for that? Or will they be mean to you and not buy you tickets to the shows you like Rachel?
#UKPOL #UKPolitics #RachelReeves #Disability #Austerity #WelfareBill
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£5 billion?
How about tax some of Rich for that? Or will they be mean to you and not buy you tickets to the shows you like Rachel?
#UKPOL #UKPolitics #RachelReeves #Disability #Austerity #WelfareBill
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Nobody likes you Keir, you transphobic, Ableist and Zionist bully.
30,000 people in a field shouting "FUCK KEIR STARMER", I was there all the hate was directed towards those enabling Genocide and war crimes, that's all.
Sorry we not are the Jew Hating horde of subhumans the Zionists make us all out to be, but they're liars you see.
#UKPOL #UKPOLTICS #Starmer #WelfareBill #Ableism #Disability
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Nobody likes you Keir, you transphobic, Ableist and Zionist bully.
30,000 people in a field shouting "FUCK KEIR STARMER", I was there all the hate was directed towards those enabling Genocide and war crimes, that's all.
Sorry we not are the Jew Hating horde of subhumans the Zionists make us all out to be, but they're liars you see.
#UKPOL #UKPOLTICS #Starmer #WelfareBill #Ableism #Disability
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The usual case of lots of hot air but no fundamental principles, with the main rebel (the chair of the relevant select committee) backing down...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/01/labour-rebellion-leader-meg-hillier-backs-welfare-bill-amid-sustained-defiance
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To those of us familiar with how the Labour right manages local parties, this litany of arrogance, threats, and blackmail in the Parliamentary Labour Party will come as no surprise.
#WelfareBill #Labour #UKPolitics
‘They didn’t think we’d have the guts’: How Labour rebels forced the government’s welfare U-turn | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/29/they-didnt-think-wed-have-the-guts-how-labour-rebels-forced-the-governments-welfare-u-turn?CMP=GTUK_email -
To those of us familiar with how the Labour right manages local parties, this litany of arrogance, threats, and blackmail in the Parliamentary Labour Party will come as no surprise.
#WelfareBill #Labour #UKPolitics
‘They didn’t think we’d have the guts’: How Labour rebels forced the government’s welfare U-turn | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/29/they-didnt-think-wed-have-the-guts-how-labour-rebels-forced-the-governments-welfare-u-turn?CMP=GTUK_email -
“When you stand between two mirrors you’re spread out among the images, your whole soul is pulled out thin, and somewhere in the distant images a dark part of you might get out and come looking for you, if you aren’t careful.”
Terry Pratchett; definitely Witches Abroad- thank you @queenofnewyork 💗💖
#Discworld #WelfareBill #LabourAreRevolting #StarmerUTurn #TwoTierKeir -
“When you stand between two mirrors you’re spread out among the images, your whole soul is pulled out thin, and somewhere in the distant images a dark part of you might get out and come looking for you, if you aren’t careful.”
Terry Pratchett; definitely Witches Abroad- thank you @queenofnewyork 💗💖
#Discworld #WelfareBill #LabourAreRevolting #StarmerUTurn #TwoTierKeir -
#republicans #GOP #medicaid #welfarebill I am totally on board with work requirements in certain situations—like when oil companies receive corporate welfare. I’d love to see an oil executive scrub toilets and sweep sidewalks.
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#republicans #GOP #medicaid #welfarebill I am totally on board with work requirements in certain situations—like when oil companies receive corporate welfare. I’d love to see an oil executive scrub toilets and sweep sidewalks.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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Are we all eagerly awaiting the parade of cowardly backtracking from labour MPs over #welfarebill ? All praying that the about face is less noticeable to their voters than the temporary stand they took? Maybe they'll get a photo op with an F35 if they behave like good little toadies.