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Re: Private polling klaxon – politicalbetting.com
If Cairns and some service chiefs now resign….I AM GOING NOWHERE…BIGGLES!
Peter.
Re: Private polling klaxon – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/shippersunbound/status/2065042502344745138It's not even the most consequential cabinet resignation in the last four years.
Given the subject matter and comparing it to the psychodrama that often governs cabinet resignations, Healey's decision to quit feels like the most consequential departure of the last 25 years
Rishi Sunak wears that crown.
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https://x.com/theobertram/status/2065038647611527310
What makes the Healey resignation devastating is that he's not doing it because of the Labour leadership contest but because of Starmer's judgement - and on an issue where the few remaining Starmerites thought their man was strong.
https://x.com/theobertram/status/2065046120720408745
Healey describes the PM as 'unable' to commit and the Treasury as 'unwilling'. The distinction is notable. And reflects worse on the PM.
What makes the Healey resignation devastating is that he's not doing it because of the Labour leadership contest but because of Starmer's judgement - and on an issue where the few remaining Starmerites thought their man was strong.
https://x.com/theobertram/status/2065046120720408745
Healey describes the PM as 'unable' to commit and the Treasury as 'unwilling'. The distinction is notable. And reflects worse on the PM.
Re: Private polling klaxon – politicalbetting.com
I hope you’re right. Places need character.I thought this was entirely true until recently as well, but I foumd there's still a few traces of the old life left. It"s certainly not the same as a few decades back, but some bizarre, grubby, kooky and/or interesting cafes and venues are still there, left over from the golden age.Soho in particular has been hollowed out. Not just the nightlife, but the cool little shops selling things like 1940s magazines.Really enjoying Khan telling people in Soho to piss off with their sound complaints.
https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/2064951696732635447?s=46Really enjoying Khan telling people in Soho to piss off with their sound complaints.Deeds not words
https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/2064951696732635447?s=46
Nightlife in London is hardly thriving and his nightime czar was useless
This govts policies is not helping either
But a few words on social media. Job done
By day and by night, Soho is already dead.
biggles
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Re: Private polling klaxon – politicalbetting.com
Plenty of precedents for broken pledges on WASPI. If Burnham threads the needle to PM it could be the first moment to see if he’s going to be different from Starmer (or just the same).Is Burnham really going to pander full on to the WASPI cause? Can he see money down the back of the sofa that the others cant?Utterly devastating. The defence of the realm is the Government's highest priority. All over for those two surely. And an extraordinary example of Starmer's complete ineptitude in managing his own government. How could he have let this happen? He knew that Healey would have to stand down if he didn't provide the funding, and that would make his own position untenable.Well said John Healey.Wow. Starmer and Reeves are finished.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/11/john-healey-resigns-as-defence-secretary-labour-starmer/
John Healey has resigned as defence secretary over Sir Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan (DIP).
He has accused the Prime Minister of failing to “meet the moment” over his long-delayed proposal to boost the military.
Sir Keir is expected to set out details of the plan as soon as tomorrow, but it is thought to have been watered down following a row between No 10, the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury.
In a letter to Sir Keir, Mr Healey said the defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at a dangerous time”.
He added: “Without a DIP that meets the moment in this way, I am being forced to make decisions that would reduce the readiness of our Forces and increase the risk to personnel on operations, and could make the country less safe.”
All eyes on Andy now. Who's the priority? Our armed forces, or the WASPI women?
Ukraine and defence should be priorities for any UK government for the foreseeable
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Healey - you've left us unable to defend ourselves
Wow wow wow
Wow wow wow
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Crikey, Kemi Badenoch is thick as mince, she's destroyed any chance of people voting Tory to stop Reform.To be fair, there are loads of examples in history of moderate patriotic right-wingers siding with the hard right because they think it's more important to keep the left out. After all, the hard right are a rabble who will be easy to control.
https://x.com/MrLeeCain/status/2065031565336326509
Harder to think of examples that have ended well.
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I hear there's an Israeli start up working in this area.They just need to add a self-destruct option.Phone thefts halve in central London as Apple joins police crackdown to make stolen handsets 'unusuable bricks'Unless every part of the phone is made unusable, people will still be able to make profits from the screen and other parts.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/stolen-phones-london-met-police-apple-iphones-b1285635.html
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I thought this was entirely true until recently as well, but I foumd there's still a few traces of the old life left. It"s certainly not the same as a few decades back, but some bizarre, grubby, kooky and/or interesting cafes and venues are still there, left over from the golden age.Soho in particular has been hollowed out. Not just the nightlife, but the cool little shops selling things like 1940s magazines.Really enjoying Khan telling people in Soho to piss off with their sound complaints.
https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/2064951696732635447?s=46Really enjoying Khan telling people in Soho to piss off with their sound complaints.Deeds not words
https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/2064951696732635447?s=46
Nightlife in London is hardly thriving and his nightime czar was useless
This govts policies is not helping either
But a few words on social media. Job done
By day and by night, Soho is already dead.
Re: Private polling klaxon – politicalbetting.com
I rented a place from a friend opposite Ronnie Scotts. The people weren't the problem. What was sleep-destroying was the 3.00am trash collections. Chucking hundreds of bottles into a vehicle.Really enjoying Khan telling people in Soho to piss off with their sound complaints.A stopped clock is right twice a day, and Khan is right that Soho is the party area of London. Don’t move there of you’re not a fan of the nightlife.
https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/2064951696732635447?s=46
