Keir Starmer's United Kingdom

[AlbertC]

Violent protest breaks out in UK after vigil over stabbing spree: Police​

A violent protest broke out in the United Kingdom on Tuesday in the wake of a vigil for the victims of a deadly stabbing spree, resulting in nearly two dozen officers injured and cars set on fire, police said.

Twenty-two officers were injured, eight seriously, following "violent disorder" in Southport, a seaside town about 20 miles north of Liverpool, according to Merseyside police.

The protest broke out Tuesday evening after a large group of people started throwing bricks at a mosque in Southport, police said. The protesters are believed to be supporters of the far-right English Defence League, police said.

Cars were set on fire and a local convenience store was also damaged, police said.

The protest followed a peaceful vigil for the victims of a deadly stabbing that occurred a day prior in the town.

Three children were killed and nine others injured in the stabbing incident, police said. Two adults were also injured while trying to protect the children, police said.

Violent protest breaks out in UK after vigil over stabbing spree: Police

A violent protest broke out in Southport in the United Kingdom on Tuesday following a vigil for the victims of a deadly stabbing spree, police said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[afransen]

The accused is of course not an asylum seeker or even immigrant, having been born and raised in the UK to Rwandan-born parents.

 

[jje1000]

Looks like the UK is bubbling over, so much for the Starmer honeymoon.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1819810478849405322

 

[AlbertC]

Keir Starmer walks straight into summer from hell​

LONDON — Of all the crises Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer could have faced in his first month, handling rioters would seem like one he is well-qualified for.

He has literally been here before, having served as England and Wales’ most senior prosecutor at the time of the last serious outbreak of civil unrest across Britain in 2011.

But with Britain’s public services at breaking point and its prisons full, and a disillusioned, angry population, Starmer has walked on to a sticky wicket — and even his predecessor Rishi Sunak knew it.

Keir Starmer walks straight into summer from hell

With Britain’s prisons full and its population angry, the new prime minister hoped things wouldn’t reach boiling point so soon.

www.politico.eu

 

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Keir Starmer walks straight into summer from hell​

LONDON — Of all the crises Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer could have faced in his first month, handling rioters would seem like one he is well-qualified for.

He has literally been here before, having served as England and Wales’ most senior prosecutor at the time of the last serious outbreak of civil unrest across Britain in 2011.

But with Britain’s public services at breaking point and its prisons full, and a disillusioned, angry population, Starmer has walked on to a sticky wicket — and even his predecessor Rishi Sunak knew it.

Keir Starmer walks straight into summer from hell

With Britain’s prisons full and its population angry, the new prime minister hoped things wouldn’t reach boiling point so soon.

www.politico.eu

This clip from BBC comes from Northern Ireland but I suspect other parts of UK would have a similar bizarre view of 'foreigners'. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn8llmpdl29o As a % of the population the number of asylum seekers in Belfast is very low.

 

[JasonParis]

Not defending some of the opinions of folks from Northern Ireland, but you'd find the bottom of the barrel in Sandy Row.

 

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Interestingly, the rioters who di

Not defending some of the opinions of folks from Northern Ireland, but you'd find the bottom of the barrel in Sandy Row.

Interestingly, much of the looting came from BOTH the Unionists (in Sandy Row) and the Nationalists and there were, very unusually, flags from both groups being waved side by side. I guess right-wing racism is found everywhere!

 

[jje1000]

So the UK is back onto a diet of austerity yet again.

Can’t say much more for a country whose trajectory increasingly resembles one of a middle-income country.

 

[kEiThZ]

So the UK is back onto a diet of austerity yet again.

Can’t say much more for a country whose trajectory increasingly resembles one of a middle-income country.

We'll be there shortly.

 

[jje1000]

The UK Conservatives now have Kemi Badenoch as their leader, who is the first Black British individual to hold that position.

I think the Starmer Labour government has clearly entered some headwinds since the election, and will also now also have to deal with Trump (especially after making some rather foolish moves during the election).

 

[jje1000]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1858816840933183989

Starmer less popular than Elon Musk, poll finds

Prime Minister’s net approval rating now stands at minus 22 points, according to the survey by JL Partners

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Northern Light]

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Starmer less popular than Elon Musk, poll finds

Prime Minister’s net approval rating now stands at minus 22 points, according to the survey by JL Partners

www.telegraph.co.uk

Not surprising when you look at their first moves in office and their first budget.

Its somewhat 'austerity' but also a large tax hike.

They've done what you might expect, get the bad news out out of the way first.......... but at the same time, they've really bungled a bunch of stuff.

From this New Yorker article:

Keir Starmer’s Bafflingly Bad Start as the U.K.’s Prime Minister

The Labour government’s first hundred days in power have been characterized by mistakes, infighting, and drift.

www.newyorker.com

They also faced wide-spread violence, much of it racially tinged, that had nothing to do w/his government per se, but the initial handling could have been better to be sure.

Add to that cutting a subsidy for home heating for the elderly quickly out the gate.......

He's had a very problematic start to things.

 

[jje1000]

Not surprising when you look at their first moves in office and their first budget.

Its somewhat 'austerity' but also a large tax hike.

They've done what you might expect, get the bad news out out of the way first.......... but at the same time, they've really bungled a bunch of stuff.

From this New Yorker article:

Keir Starmer’s Bafflingly Bad Start as the U.K.’s Prime Minister

The Labour government’s first hundred days in power have been characterized by mistakes, infighting, and drift.

www.newyorker.com

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They also faced wide-spread violence, much of it racially tinged, that had nothing to do w/his government per se, but the initial handling could have been better to be sure.

Add to that cutting a subsidy for home heating for the elderly quickly out the gate.......

He's had a very problematic start to things.

Starmer is clearly out of his depth, as are the geriatric Thatcherite-clinger-on-ers in the Conservative party and both parties have wasted the large mandates that increasingly dissatisfied voters have reluctantly given them.

I think the current UK parties are moribund- even Farage (who seemingly enjoys the role of the jobber)- and have been unable to guide the country out of anything more than a managed decline over the last few decades.

The nation is ripe for someone to effect a major political realignment, and yet there seems to be no one willing or capable of doing so.