This Once Great Movement Of Ours

[Pericles]

If they think virtue signalling over a ceasefire that we don’t have the power to enforce (even if the Tories did back it) is more important than the work they could do for people in this country if they became a minister then frankly the party, & country, is better off without them.

Plus, it has been noted that the Corbynite left of the party have self-purged themselves with resignations like this, which gives even more dominance to the Blairite clique.

[Pericles]

I think it’s the thing every Labour Leader since Blair (other than Corbyn) has said- I even remember the democrats in 2008 having the same argument over Reagan.

Obama praised Reagan for being a transformative President unlike Clinton which was true, saying Thatcher left a positive legacy would actually be wrong. The goal should be to be transformative like Thatcher btw but of course those realignment plans never work if they're revealed pre-election, so we can always keep our fingers crossed I guess. Obviously he's just tossing out words without caring about what they would logically mean, but everyone should know that Thatcherism and left-wing politics are completely incompatible.

[Pericles]

Huh I seem to remember he was quite good at interrogating Boris Johnson in his first PMQs, I wonder what changed.

[Pericles]

Reeves: Labour won't cap banker's bonuses

Reeves told the BBC on Wednesday: “The cap on bankers’ bonuses was brought in in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and that was the right thing to do to rebuild the public finances.

“But that has gone now and we don’t have any intention of bringing that back. And as chancellor of the exchequer, I would want to be a champion of a successful and thriving financial services industry in the UK.”

Labour said on Tuesday that it planned to cut swathes of red tape in the financial services sector, while “unashamedly championing” the industry.

(2022 YouGov poll)

[Pericles]

I’m probably being too cynical here, but Reeves feels worryingly like Roger Douglas.

I was more thinking that the 2020-2023 NZ Labour experience is about to repeat itself, but I guess we don't know that she isn't because Douglas didn't broadcast his agenda before taking power.

[Pericles]

Amazing how a Tory MP talks and Labour talking points come out. "The Shadow Chancellor stands for exactly the same as the last Labour government", come on guys, how out of touch can you be?!
https://twitter.com/GullisJonathan/status/1791393845722137061