Nicolas Chinardet27

Another take I saw from a staunch Starmerite: is it's all the Greens voters' fault if Reform is beating Labour... erm... isn't it Labour's own fault for deciding to alienate those people in the first place (and occasionally telling them to "fuck off")?

JB22

Blue "Labour" does not exist to deliver a Labour government. It exists to deliver a Reform government. It is well on track to do meet this aim.

LynnHenni13

And as for "whisper it quietly", that's a twatty, self important phrase!

Phil Smith10

Why is the phrase "whisper it quietly, but" always followed by one of the dumbest takes you've ever seen?

Nick from Toy-Fu6

"Reform are a bigger threat to our party - to the country, but more importantly our party - than the Greens." "Well, yes." "Therefore we must tack right to cut them off by being just as racist and discriminatory." "Uh..." All that says is "Reform are correct and even Labour thinks so".

Max5

Not sure John Curtice would agree.

Chalkwitch Tiff3

This really disturbs me - I warned you we should be more horrible really isn't the campaign reflection meeting I was hoping for. I was hoping they'd realise attacking decent people wasn't the vote winner they hoped.

stephenharkin3

Labour lost seats to Reform, but they lost votes to The Greens.

Wini Davies3

Most of the data in Wales suggest Labour are mostly losing votes to progressive parties. England may be different

Muzzerboy3

McSweeney pretty much allowed the Tories to write Labour's key manifesto pledges on tax, spending etc, even though they were clearly heading for a landslide majority. And those who were hoping for even vaguely (gulp) Socialist policies are frustrated. I mean, who saw that coming? What a genius!

DepressedClown2

They also believe that anyone to the left of Wes Streeting is basically Jeremy Corbyn in disguise.

Lorenzo Trojan2

behind conservatives and libdems... the stupidity and self defeating arrogance of this man is bewildering...

naffdoodaa.bsky.social2

Proper "heads I win, tails you lose" logic from these d*ckheads. Labour won the GE, it's because they're like Reform so keep it up. Labour loose the locals, its because they need to be more like Reform.

Diane Purkiss2

They didn’t gain back a single vote from reform. Meanwhile, they lost seats to reform because they lost votes to the greens.

Dave Smith4

The racists are going to find out the hard way that when cheap labour decides they've had enough and all return to their homelands the racists are gonna have to come off the dole and fill the void !!

Curious One ✌️🐸📚🌱🌊🌍4

Look to America to see how voting against your interests in favor of mainstreaming racism gets you.

fireboss.bsky.social3

Obama was one the best American Presidents. He was handed a plate full of Republican created disasters. But, for the silent racists it was more than they could bear to have an African American in the White House. They are an immovable force and will not change no matter how much damage Trump does!🤷

LeslieElleM3

Have been saying exactly this since Brexit. The apathy in response is as notable as it is in the States and I fear, as such, we are heading down exactly the same path.

Levi Anthony Luckenbach3

It’s the Russian bot farms spreading propaganda and disinformation across the Western World. Russia must be destroyed.

Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺2

Appears to me that LBJ's comment applies to British voters as well as American.

Freda Smith4

Voter turn out seems to be about 35%. It's how to incentives the 65% who thought they're vote made no difference.

Dawny B3

Hit me up I’m ready.

HenoriusBooticus #FBPE 🇪🇺3

Maybe this Thai based billionaire will buy Lincolshire like Dyson

Soph05713

Being given permission Fag Ash Farage to be vile to people the rest of us call neighbours and friends is all well and good, but the utter economic chaos, the cancellation of essential services, the uptick on CT bills they have just voted for? Heh - shit gonna hurt them, being vile comes with a price

Alan2

This is on Labour though. You could argue that it's down to MSM and dark money, but Labour knew that and didn't counter it. Leveson and PR are a couple of moves they could have made. If you know the punch is coming, move.

winstons25.bsky.social2

I know right.I do wonder if those fine folk who voted for Reform have one iota of an idea about who is backing their “man of the people?”

solecito25.bsky.social2

The voters can be wrong! It’s a democracy! It’s messy. UK is 10 years behind the MAGA trajectory. 🥲

SPCK1112

Not sure he knows how democracy works 🙄

HenoriusBooticus #FBPE 🇪🇺2

With a majority of 135 why should he?...Will Kemi...she hasn't done very well either 3 years for the crypto crim farage to run himself into the ground

MAGA Watch 🇨🇦2

That statement is his resignation letter.

Gavalaaaa!7

If you are going to serve weak gruel for dinner, some people are actually stupid enough to order the dog shit to eat instead. You can’t think “surely they won’t want to eat dog shit, our weak gruel is preferable” Just don’t serve the weak gruel in the first place.

Dave Lennon3

cowards flinch and traitors sneer

Pumpkin #FBPE 🇬🇧🇪🇺 2

The usual 'out of touch' with the voters. When will politicians learn?

Chris Lovegrove 💙📚28

Starmer and his cabinet really needs to address the imbalance created by an almost unregulated antidemocratic cabal of news providers: a BBC packed by Tory appointees (and even the odd Zionist and GBNews sympathiser), corporate media owned by nondom tax avoiders and Reform supporters etc etc 1/2

A return to normal23

What happens when you appease the far right by supporting their policies through your own political efforts. Rather than defeating them through progressive socialist policies. Go figure

star69-06.bsky.social23

Don’t these people understand these are local elections for council seats not a leader for government? Reform are a shitshow in local areas

AndyLGAtkins14

The constant bleating from Starmer that he is "taking responsibility" but not actually taking responsibility, is harming all of politics. Either say it and back it up with actions, or don't say it at all.

Crazy Cat Lady Abroad12

I'm not a huge Starmer fangirl, but...replace him with who, exactly? That seems like something we should sort out first so we don't get stuck with Wes Streeting or someone equally vile and incompetent.

On The Threshold9

Starmer is worse than any Tory. A con artist and a vile right wing fool.

Ladies Bring a Plate9

This is the consequence of gutless politics. I fear the same will happen in our upcoming state election in Victoria

Andrew Rait8

I assume Mahmood will be wheeled out to appease the unwinable by suggesting mines in the channel & more flags

Ken Oh ☄️☄️7

He’s a genocide-enabling broken record

Benjamin Thomas7

Like the SPD in Germany, Starmer will be the leader who consigns the Labour Party to a 11-14 percent non entity by clinging to power or further trying to win over racist amoebas.

Jeffy 🌿6

the change he's delivering is horrible and everybody hates it.

ChrisPYJ6

The change presumably being a Reform government.

Alan Hall 🇪🇺6

“the change that I promised” - he’s had (wasted) nearly 2 years. KS just not capable of doing anything even mildly radical, things that should have been done immediately so the benefits might have started to come to fruition in time for next GE. There’s no hope 🤬

Jonny Main6

Responsibility not accountability. Just get him out before he hands the country to fascists.

Peter Barlow, he/him #DavosSafe 313.7ppm5

So he's going to let it fester on a little and then call a general election while ReformUK are still on a bit of a surge in the polls, to ensure a ReformUK win. Obviously, if he waited a little longer then ReformUK's Council failures would ruin their chances: he needs to be sure of a right-wing win.

james-harrington.bsky.social5

Anyone remember when Keir Starmer said Jeremy Corbyn had to go because he was unpopular with the public? Well hello!!!..

Maddie (delicious, nutritious)5

"I take full responsibility, and I will not rest until I find out which minority is to blame."

Katyb5

They are holding councils - so far Reform only have one. Protest votes as always midway - why are these reporters kowtowi g to their billionaire owners by presenting in this way. It is very worrying. By thexway I am Scottish so viewing with an independent viewer.

Luc Cuyt Pro-EU European #FBPE5

“When voters send a message like this we must reflect and we must respond," he said. How many times has he aid something similar these last two years... He doesn't know how to react, he will never change.

Martandelus (Cheez)4

Bad move, it isn't wise for him to stay in position because it just looks petulant, he's trying to pull a Johnson on this one and hopes that being stubborn gives him the warrior status. Thats not how it works, the mood soured months ago and folks are fed up of the same old, change comes from the top

Dawny B4

Okay Keir. Haven’t looked at results yet.

Gareth Edwards4

He promised 'change' in the abstract. His undoing has been the gradual realisation among voters that he didn't have a clue what to change or how

thepolyorchid4

Then it will need to be taken out of your hands Keir, you insufferable buffoon.

GreenerFutures4

We look forward to more ghastly authoritarian bs and policies pandering to unwinnable votes then. Terrific.

GwedLid3

How deep does he want to dig his own grave here?

mjgfaekbt.bsky.social2

The problem is that beyond "change" itself he didn't actually promise any changes. To be fair he's delivered on that part and not delivered any actual changes and no-one knows which changes are to come for which his resolve has been strengthened.

Alex J-W2

Well he clearly isn’t taking responsibility then is he? Is he explaining what he is getting wrong? Or contrition with clear plan of setting it right? No? Well there we go then…sorry, not sorry

Princess Flutters 🦋💖2

when i'm in a "slamming my dick in the car door" competition and my opponent is kid starver

TheInevitableAsterisk2

What I don’t understand is that, for all his talk of change, he’s the most small c conservative politician of my lifetime.

Barry Parmegiana2

Taking responsibility would mean accepting that his pretence of intending to change things for the better has been torn to shreds. That he has no credibility and no authority.

Sue2

Starmer & his 🔵 #Labour needs to take a long hard look at itself. Stop chasing #Reform votes focus on the centre-left which is their core voters now! They have 3 years to change for the better... I don't see them as able to change 🤷🏻‍♀️

abigdoob4

They'll make an absolute hash of running the English councils, so keep the faith the voters there will wake up.

Julian3

Very depressing to wake up to.

Anne Roberts3

I'm very nervous indeed. We think we're relatively immune to Reform up her, but that's not true, esp. in previously Tory-voting areas like Aberdeenshire, Borders etc. Apparently Stephen Flynn is struggling... 🤦‍♀️

Pat3

But will we? 78 yrs old in August and people never cease to amaze me with their ignorance .

Grahame Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿3

They voted to get rid of the tories then vote them in under a different name. Very clever eh?

Cowabunga 1.22

But the results today won’t suggest that I don’t think

Super Gran2

Keep hopeful............. I'm convinced that the spirit of independence is raising

Annette & Vizsla Tucker2

yikes. i was stymied by Brexit. Now, Farage? many UK friends. what is happening?

Chief Joe3

Did Blair quit when he had council losses?

Jan Dehn2

Putting Starmer in charge of government is like putting someone who can’t cook in the master chef kitchen. He has no vision, no idea how to use his powers. He only became PM because was the only alternative to the disaster of the Brexit Tories due to first past the post. Great system, guys!

Hum2

What is it with media obsession for Keir to quit? There must be vested interests here.

Somebody Sometimes an AI14

I guess Free Palestine isn't the pressing issue so many people on Blue Sky tell you it is for most British people

A.S.L.5

The Richmond wipeout's easier to write off as a consequence of LDs having stood candidates this time and not last time.

Mary2

I considered including a green in my richmond vote yesterday but just wanted to contribute to an anti Reform wall (however remote that may have been in this borough, I just didn't want to allow so much as a milimetre)

no_tag_error2

This was a referendum on Starmer