Ken Ferrett
@kenferrett.bsky.social
Reformed Labour tribalist. Relapsed vinyl junkie. Anti-Trump and anti-woke. Pro-whippet and pro-GBR Republic. Know your enemy.
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Ken Ferrett
@kenferrett.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Nick Robinson, in a conversation on Reform UK with Chris Mason this morning, said, "the scrutiny will now start..." Not holding my breath.
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Carrying on improving the country as they were elected to do even though it seems some of the public are being proper assholes calling for Starmer,a completely innocent man in all regards,to resign.
And replaced by who?
No one can touch him as PM.
Lots of future contenders,none ready in my opinion.
And replaced by who?
No one can touch him as PM.
Lots of future contenders,none ready in my opinion.
Just some of things Labour have been working on this week!
National Cancer Plan
Scrapping 2-child cap on benefits
Free breakfast clubs
Medical training prioritisation
Creating GB Railways
Tackling deepfakes
Support for social work students
Victims code for children
Pride in Place expansion
National Cancer Plan
Scrapping 2-child cap on benefits
Free breakfast clubs
Medical training prioritisation
Creating GB Railways
Tackling deepfakes
Support for social work students
Victims code for children
Pride in Place expansion
What did Labour do this week - part 5
A look at the week beginning Monday 2nd February 2026
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Carrying on improving the country as they were elected to do even though it seems some of the public are being proper assholes calling for Starmer,a completely innocent man in all regards,to resign.
And replaced by who?
No one can touch him as PM.
Lots of future contenders,none ready in my opinion.
And replaced by who?
No one can touch him as PM.
Lots of future contenders,none ready in my opinion.
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Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign for appointing a friend of Epstein's as US ambassador.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was just outed as a friend and business partner of post-conviction Epstein and it's barely a headline.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was just outed as a friend and business partner of post-conviction Epstein and it's barely a headline.
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign for appointing a friend of Epstein's as US ambassador.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was just outed as a friend and business partner of post-conviction Epstein and it's barely a headline.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was just outed as a friend and business partner of post-conviction Epstein and it's barely a headline.
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BBC News presenter asking Chris Mason whether McSweeney going means the heat is off Keir Starmer and Mason gave a waffling answer which ended with ‘I think the key question now is whether or not McSweeney’s departure means the heat is now off Starmer’
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
BBC News presenter asking Chris Mason whether McSweeney going means the heat is off Keir Starmer and Mason gave a waffling answer which ended with ‘I think the key question now is whether or not McSweeney’s departure means the heat is now off Starmer’
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Your daughter deserves better - we all do.
Daughter’s prime minister count is 6 already, could very well be 7 before her 11th birthday.
February 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Your daughter deserves better - we all do.
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The last prime minister to do a full term with a single party in power was Tony Blair.
Since the Tories came to sole power in the 2015 election the average time a Prime Minister has had in power has been 15 months.
Starmer's now at 21 months. Amazing he hung on this long.
Starmer's now at 21 months. Amazing he hung on this long.
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The last prime minister to do a full term with a single party in power was Tony Blair.
Oh, to live in a world where the opposite of this was true.
"There's just a problem in Westminster where men, who are notorious bullies or sex pests, they get defended by their friends"
Ailbhe Rea, Political Editor for the New Statesman, says "women in Westminster" are "absolutely devastated" by the Mandelson revelations.
#Newsnight
Ailbhe Rea, Political Editor for the New Statesman, says "women in Westminster" are "absolutely devastated" by the Mandelson revelations.
#Newsnight
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Oh, to live in a world where the opposite of this was true.
Lib Dems have tolerated Rennard for years, just as they did Mike Hancock.
Lib Dems suspend Chris Rennard amid new inquiry into sexual harassment claims
Lib Dems suspend Chris Rennard amid new inquiry into sexual harassment claims
Party says it has received advice that 2013 investigation of allegations against peer was ‘flawed in several respects’
The Liberal Democrat peer Chris Rennard has been suspended from the party amid a new investigation into sexual harassment allegations.
The party said it had received advice that a 2013 inquiry into the claims made by four women against Lord Rennard was “flawed in several respects”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Lib Dems have tolerated Rennard for years, just as they did Mike Hancock.
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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Perhaps this lack of awareness over the fact that Labour are investing in growth, jobs & living standards says something about our media & how it’s in the pocket off those who are agitating for a Conservative / Reform government
Our new polling with More in Common exposes a simple problem in British politics.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Perhaps this lack of awareness over the fact that Labour are investing in growth, jobs & living standards says something about our media & how it’s in the pocket off those who are agitating for a Conservative / Reform government
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Those are the hardest working scare quotes in the business.
What is the goddamn bar for calling something racist without qualification if monkey videos don’t make the cut?
What is the goddamn bar for calling something racist without qualification if monkey videos don’t make the cut?
“.. while the song ‘The Lions Sleeps Tonight’ plays in the background.”
@lbc.co.uk
www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...
@lbc.co.uk
www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Those are the hardest working scare quotes in the business.
What is the goddamn bar for calling something racist without qualification if monkey videos don’t make the cut?
What is the goddamn bar for calling something racist without qualification if monkey videos don’t make the cut?
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Perhaps Trump wanted to remind people that he’s a racist so they’d stop talking about him being a rapist.
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Perhaps Trump wanted to remind people that he’s a racist so they’d stop talking about him being a rapist.
I would love to know what the "Kamala would be just as bad..." clowns make of this.
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I would love to know what the "Kamala would be just as bad..." clowns make of this.
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A reminder that a free and democratic Ukraine is still fighting for survival day and night and that’s still the most important story in Britain - and anywhere else in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A reminder that a free and democratic Ukraine is still fighting for survival day and night and that’s still the most important story in Britain - and anywhere else in Europe.
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There is a direct line from this to the American president posting racist slop about Barack Obama
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
There is a direct line from this to the American president posting racist slop about Barack Obama
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Not in the Epstein Files.
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Not in the Epstein Files.
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Yesterday, an LBC presenter, allegedly said that, Keir Starmer should apologise for the 2008 global financial crash. He made a grave mistake in appointing Mandelson, but Jesus Wept...
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Yesterday, an LBC presenter, allegedly said that, Keir Starmer should apologise for the 2008 global financial crash. He made a grave mistake in appointing Mandelson, but Jesus Wept...
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I should compile a collection of these: Labour MPs not understanding democracy
“For the first time since 1945, a party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development.” Tony Benn, on the 1983 election
“For the first time since 1945, a party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development.” Tony Benn, on the 1983 election
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I should compile a collection of these: Labour MPs not understanding democracy
“For the first time since 1945, a party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development.” Tony Benn, on the 1983 election
“For the first time since 1945, a party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development.” Tony Benn, on the 1983 election
I understand Labour's political opponents acting as if it was Starmer himself who had maintained a friendship with Epstein, but not Labour MPs and members.
Labour MPs are advising each other not to go away over February recess, so quickly could the end come for Starmer
"It's imminent," says one minister
He's "dead in the water," says another senior MP
observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
"It's imminent," says one minister
He's "dead in the water," says another senior MP
observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
‘Dead in the water’: Labour MPs acknowledge that this may...
The prime minister is struggling to distance himself from Peter Mandelson
observer.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I understand Labour's political opponents acting as if it was Starmer himself who had maintained a friendship with Epstein, but not Labour MPs and members.
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Imagine if the black president said this:
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Imagine if the black president said this:
This must be what Justin Webb meant by Trump making America "normal" again.
A video shared on President Trump’s Truth Social account depicts the Obamas as apes.
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
This must be what Justin Webb meant by Trump making America "normal" again.
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Just seen the BBC news giving Farage his say on Starmer/Mandelson situation. There was a piece on the BBC website today about Reform unveiling their new leader in Wales, without even mentioning, why they need a new one.
BBC now just a PR outfit for the Reform Party.
BBC now just a PR outfit for the Reform Party.
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Just seen the BBC news giving Farage his say on Starmer/Mandelson situation. There was a piece on the BBC website today about Reform unveiling their new leader in Wales, without even mentioning, why they need a new one.
BBC now just a PR outfit for the Reform Party.
BBC now just a PR outfit for the Reform Party.
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Kind of fascinating how China hawks and the UK Right seems unable to process that if it is to his advantage Trump will sell them out over and over again without blinking
Rupert Lowe is out the traps on the latest Chagos twist. Plus his 'reply guys'.
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Kind of fascinating how China hawks and the UK Right seems unable to process that if it is to his advantage Trump will sell them out over and over again without blinking
Thank goodness Badenoch, Farage or Polanski aren't Prime Minister.
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has formally approved the Chagos Islands deal
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Thank goodness Badenoch, Farage or Polanski aren't Prime Minister.
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed