Grenobob
@grenowl82.bsky.social
Woke, left-wing, writer, anti-royalist, environmentalist, husband, father, and grandfather.
I think I would end up disliking PM Streeting even more than PM Starmer.
It is essential to call out every newspaper that is lying. However small, however large. We must not allow them to lie. Whether they call amendments UTurns or as in this piece say Streeting is on manoeuvres. The media are liars.
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I think I would end up disliking PM Streeting even more than PM Starmer.
Of course! They rely on media soundbites and nobody asking them hard questions. They have plenty of declarations, but no explanations of how they will deliver on them, or the effect they will have on the poorest in society.
Do you think Reform are too scared to debate the Green party because they're worried their lies will get exposed or how much they love nonces will get exposed?
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Of course! They rely on media soundbites and nobody asking them hard questions. They have plenty of declarations, but no explanations of how they will deliver on them, or the effect they will have on the poorest in society.
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"It's also a vote to take the UK out of the ECHR, scrap the Equality Act, dismantle the National Health Service, curtail workers rights, and cut or abolish life saving welfare benefits paid to the long-term sick, disabled, and State pensioners"
via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
"It's also a vote to take the UK out of the ECHR, scrap the Equality Act, dismantle the National Health Service, curtail workers rights, and cut or abolish life saving welfare benefits paid to the long-term sick, disabled, and State pensioners"
via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
Keir Starmer says 'I will never walk away' as though it's some kind of laudable stand. But most people will view it as meaning 'I will never take responsibility for the Mandelson cock-up'.
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Keir Starmer says 'I will never walk away' as though it's some kind of laudable stand. But most people will view it as meaning 'I will never take responsibility for the Mandelson cock-up'.
It seems that Starmer is a control freak.
Starmer has conducted a vicious factional war within the Labour ranks to install his own lackeys at every level of the party. This went as far as rigging the Labour leadership nominations process to exclude women, people of colour, and genuine socialists from succeeding him as party leader.
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It seems that Starmer is a control freak.
Most of the media is owned by rampant right-wingers, the majority of whom live overseas.
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Most of the media is owned by rampant right-wingers, the majority of whom live overseas.
He always sounds like he's reading from a script, so you get no sense of passion or belief, just a feeling of cold disconnect from what he's saying.
The problem Keir Starmer has is not of communication. The problem is that he has nothing to communicate.
Keir Starmer has never known what he stands for, not tactically, not morally. That is why he has always relied on others to tell him what to think. That's why he's in the mess he's in
Keir Starmer has never known what he stands for, not tactically, not morally. That is why he has always relied on others to tell him what to think. That's why he's in the mess he's in
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
He always sounds like he's reading from a script, so you get no sense of passion or belief, just a feeling of cold disconnect from what he's saying.
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Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
(iPaper)
(iPaper)
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
(iPaper)
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February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Will be fantastic if the Greens win, as it'll show they are a force to be reckoned with.
The Green Party are favourites to win in Gorton and Denton.
Hannah Spencer - a local plumber - who cares about her community.
We have a plan to lower bills, defend our NHS and rebuild our public services.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=F1f-...
Hannah Spencer - a local plumber - who cares about her community.
We have a plan to lower bills, defend our NHS and rebuild our public services.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=F1f-...
Starmer KNEW about Mandelson! | Hannah Spencer and Zack Polanski rally voters in Gorton & Denton
YouTube video by Manchester Evening News
m.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Will be fantastic if the Greens win, as it'll show they are a force to be reckoned with.
The stated support of one politician for another is like a football club owner saying they have confidence in the manager whilst at the same time sounding out their replacement.
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The stated support of one politician for another is like a football club owner saying they have confidence in the manager whilst at the same time sounding out their replacement.
No.
Will I understand this Super Bowl if I haven’t seen the first fifty-nine
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
No.
Politicians are shameless in their lying.
Like most Labour Cabinet colleagues ...
'David Lammy now claims he "warned" Keir Starmer against appointing Peter Mandelson.
But the internet has the receipts!
Videos show Lammy praising Mandelson to the skies just weeks ago
He's trying to rewrite history to save his own skin'
meme via UK Today
'David Lammy now claims he "warned" Keir Starmer against appointing Peter Mandelson.
But the internet has the receipts!
Videos show Lammy praising Mandelson to the skies just weeks ago
He's trying to rewrite history to save his own skin'
meme via UK Today
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Politicians are shameless in their lying.
You will face a wipeout if you keep Starmer in position.
Labour's Deputy Leader Lucy Powell publicly backs Keir Starmer
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
You will face a wipeout if you keep Starmer in position.
More like a Tory or Reform PM than Labour. Dreadful record.
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
More like a Tory or Reform PM than Labour. Dreadful record.
Maybe its because they run the country.
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Maybe its because they run the country.
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Starmer has always been ambivilant. That is why he has always relied on others to tell him what to think and what to do. He is not a strategist. He is not a thinker. He has no political instinct. At best, he is a middle manager: someone who waits to be given instructions and then carries them out
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Starmer has always been ambivilant. That is why he has always relied on others to tell him what to think and what to do. He is not a strategist. He is not a thinker. He has no political instinct. At best, he is a middle manager: someone who waits to be given instructions and then carries them out
The Starmer, McSweeny nonsense reminds me of the school playground. A child from a group of kids would commit a misdemeanor and when they were pulled up by a teacher, they would immediately point to another child and say 'they told me to do it', thinking that would absolve them of the blame.
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The Starmer, McSweeny nonsense reminds me of the school playground. A child from a group of kids would commit a misdemeanor and when they were pulled up by a teacher, they would immediately point to another child and say 'they told me to do it', thinking that would absolve them of the blame.
Let me guess. Nobody will face any consequences, but 'lessons will be learned'.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer is to provide an update as early as tomorrow on how the government will address issues highlighted by the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Let me guess. Nobody will face any consequences, but 'lessons will be learned'.
Could we have Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor sharing a prison cell for breaking the law? It's maybe not as far-fetched as you might think.
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Could we have Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor sharing a prison cell for breaking the law? It's maybe not as far-fetched as you might think.
It might be the only action that saves him and the Labour party from handing the keys to No 10 to fascist Farage. Unfortunately, I'm not convinced that he'll do it.
Damn right. There's still time to transform a wasted govt into a transformational one. It's not as though nobody knows what needs doing, or we're lacking ideas about how.
Labour built the NHS in 3 years, and transformed the nation. They can this too. It just takes will.
Labour built the NHS in 3 years, and transformed the nation. They can this too. It just takes will.
McSweeney is gone. Time for Starmer to try to salvage his government by launching long overdue proper action to address all the flaws in our political system - peerages, patronage, cronyism, party finances, MPs revolving door, appointments, ministerial code, business interests, Leveson, etc etc.
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It might be the only action that saves him and the Labour party from handing the keys to No 10 to fascist Farage. Unfortunately, I'm not convinced that he'll do it.
So McSweeney takes the rap to save Starmer, and will likely get a nice big payout for his trouble. But The buck stops with Starmer, who didn't have to take McSweeney's advice. If he doesn't resign, it will do Labour even more damage than going.
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
So McSweeney takes the rap to save Starmer, and will likely get a nice big payout for his trouble. But The buck stops with Starmer, who didn't have to take McSweeney's advice. If he doesn't resign, it will do Labour even more damage than going.
The ruling classes rigged it so that they would always rule.
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
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It takes 30 seconds
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February 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The ruling classes rigged it so that they would always rule.
There's nothing like having a serious leader, and Trump is nothing like a serious leader.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
There's nothing like having a serious leader, and Trump is nothing like a serious leader.
When a bill goes for royal assent, it could be a bill to abolish the HoC and install a dictator and the monarchy would agree to it. Even if it was a bill to abolish the monarchy they would have to agree to it. It's just more of the ridiculous ritualistic nonsense that holds us back as a society.
the princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are now considered so important to the Royal “firm”, that they are included in the group authorised to give Royal assent in this country in the absence of the King
What an utter archaic clusterfuck the UK is
What an utter archaic clusterfuck the UK is
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
When a bill goes for royal assent, it could be a bill to abolish the HoC and install a dictator and the monarchy would agree to it. Even if it was a bill to abolish the monarchy they would have to agree to it. It's just more of the ridiculous ritualistic nonsense that holds us back as a society.