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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 22-23 February 2025Approve: 16% (+2 from 15-17 Feb)Disapprove: 62% (-6)Net: -46 (+8)yougov.co.uk/topics/polit…
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I think that questions like - 'Given you voted Labour and this is where we are now - how do you feel' ought to get very high positives - although if you actually asked that based on the above it wouldn't be so.
Personally I'd give both Starmer and Reeves around 9/10 for their performance given that they are part of a Labour government. Labour of course being a party of 19th century ideas that weren't right even then.
(Suspect I'm not still 'first')
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
As for Reeves well the next election is miles away so I don’t think she’ll be going anytime soon .
Against that parcel of rogues, the government looks pretty good.
What you take won't kill you but careful what you're giving"
🇺🇸🇬🇧 It seems that the union flag is flying upside down outside Blair House - the presidential guesthouse opposite the White House where PM Starmer is staying for his visit.
https://x.com/Stone_SkyNews/status/1895155785887277218
Seems fairly straightforward to me.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
Sandals at dawn.
One reason he loves the job so much, it guarantees him permanent attention, he's even told his people to treat it like a TV show.
It would be interesting to see how Blair would handle him.
But, let's see.
A possible slogan for Starmer in 2029 - "At least I wasn't quite as dire as Trump"?
So the great global trade war of 2025 is now underway, albeit as Starmer visits Trump in DC the UK is not being targeted specifically yet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8yy3wpn6eo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05ml3q2gn7o
Simply ignore him.
I have said before that Starmer needs a Chancellor that contrasts with his weaknesses and emphasises his strengths. Reeves is not that person. It was inevitable she would have to make hard choices, but the way she has taken those choices was handled poorly, and she simply cannot sell them. She has tried to pivot to talk about growth, but comes across as wooden and uninspiring. She isn’t able to convert the concept of “growth” into meaningful outcomes for voters. This is aside from all the CV and expenses stuff which isnt in itself any kind of smoking gun but doesn’t help her image. In short, I think she’s in the wrong role and Starmer could really do with getting rid.
Trump accepts state visit to UK
I wonder if we could stick a Trump Golden statue on the top of the column in Trafalgar Square, sorry 'Donald Square'?
* Albeit with 1% of the numbers of the Southern Border, but it was a genuine issue
The memo, revealed in a court filing on Wednesday night, details the Trump administration's new policy regarding transgender individuals. The policy notes that such service members "may be considered for a waiver on a case-by-case basis, provided there is a compelling Government interest."'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-says-transgender-troops-disqualified-from-service-without-exemption
There's no obvious replacement in this shower of a government with even Reeves's dismally low level of economic competence, let alone judgement.
That's why she was picked in the first place, and it's what's saving her, just as it saved Sunak in the last year of the last government.
Unfortunately in the previous year the US authorities only seized a handful of kilograms, so it exists mainly in Trump's head. It still made the Executive Order:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-national-border/
That’s it. My micro sympathy for Starmer has gone. He’s a repulsive traitor getting the support of an American lunatic
Fuck them all
Yet, somewhere beneath that, there has been the wriggling of a trout in a burn and just the hint that, despite all the Russia love, despite the appearance of wanting to turn the US into a Russia style constructed reality democracy, that the international relations piece could end up somewhere a bit different from where the mood music is driving at. The old adage of taking Trump seriously but not literally.
It's maybe a false hope, we should prepare for the absolute, absolute lightening bolt of the US fully aligning with another bloc, and a Europe (with other Western democracies) ready to go alone. But, meanwhile, our guys talk to their guys at all levels (if DOGE hasn't fired them yet), continuing to work together, ready for tomorrow, ready for a future reset to normal.
I often Flightradar 24 what is out of my kitchen window in the day. Usually civil aircraft, but this morning was the transatlantic transfer of a USAF refuelling plane into Mildenhall. So, a lot of normal continues.
Finally on this. The Trump supporters have made waves on here in recent weeks, so it's always heartening to see when those who have pretty uncompromising right wing views align themselves with normality. I've been grateful for many of the contributions of @fishing and @stillwaters over the last week or two.
17:08 "Starmer has few Trump cards"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c625ex282zzt
It is beyond treachery. It is a very special species of shameful
Eh?
Astringent. Nice word for that
(That's out of around 1.3 million - not sure how accurate I think the number is.)
But it also is all proof I need, Farage, Badenoch, all Tories who thought Trump would laugh Chagos deal out of town as being bad for America, don’t have a diddly squat clue what Chagos Deal is really all about, and what’s really been going on.
This line “ I think we’ll be inclined to go along with your country.”. US and India created Chagos Deal, it’s annoying lies when they keep up the pretence it’s all down to us. 😠
https://x.com/pettitfrontier/status/1894497444303396978