Apparently Labour’s choice of deputy leader can lose them the next election – politicalbetting.com
Apparently Labour’s choice of deputy leader can lose them the next election – politicalbetting.com
I like Bridget Phillipson but these comments sound like desperation by somebody who is about to lose the deputy leader race. Issues such as the economy and the NHS and not the deputy leader of the Labour party will determine the outcome of the next election.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Crown_Jewels?wprov=sfla1
*sighs*
https://www.ladbrokes.com/en/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/world-championship/gp-usa-race/252536867/main-markets
Anyway, I've made a bet, so that'll be posted shortly.
Politics is infested with useless morons with over inflated opinions,of their own abilities. This whole interview with her just reeks of it. This is just one segment.
https://x.com/ginadavidsonlbc/status/1979203621939019927?s=61
- How many remembers of the public know that the post of Deputy Leader exists
- How many know it’s up for grabs
- How can name the two main candidates.
- How many actually have an opinion on the candidates.
My guess is that next to no one would have answers for the latter questions.
It’s a Labour Party members issue.
https://morrisf1.blogspot.com/2025/10/american-grand-prix-2025-pre-race.html
Been looking shaky, and I've just got a feeling. Could be entirely wrong, of course.
It's not been a vintage year. Although, to be fair, two bets failed by less than half a second and one failed because Norris had his first reliability failure in about 2 years. And the Piastri to win each way (title) at 14 is practically certain to pay out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c62lnennzgdt
Backing Piastri to win the title before the start of the season, laying Norris, and recently backing Verstappen at 12/1.
I might end up in the poorhouse if Norris wins but I won't mind as it means that Dutch shunt hasn't won it.
"This ornate room is where what remains of France’s crown jewels are kept."
Well, with that level of security, are they surprised?
Don't remember Powell saying anything at the time, too busy telling everyone that not cutting the WFP would send the UK economy into the toilet I expect.
As most of us probably think on PB, the market abhors a vacuum, and so Tomahawk replacements will be along in a few years. If there is one thing we know it is that the USA only plays in its own interest, which under Trump is severed from the interests of all former or temporary allies.
And it will fill this one (at some point), though the "in bed with a fat, grumpy elephant who wants to f*ck you" geopolitics are replaced by a "shoal of medium and small sharks in a European tank", with different compromises.
Interesting times. Good morning everyone.
You’re right when you call them out for their support of the WASPI women and making them promises they cannot meet. The Lib Dem’s did the same on tuition fees. It’s partly why we have the problems we have, making promises to vested interest groups to get votes that we can never meet in office.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-backlash-social-media-king
In general people living in NY like it; suburbanites driving in less so. In the end they are being very wee timorous beasties about introducing the scheme, and it was cut down in charge substantially. I'd call it like CC and the Welsh 20mph limit here; once the value is demonstrated the whinging will pipe down as the balance changes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/16/new-york-congestion-pricing
(Checking the Telegraph, they have been running "disaster incoming" type articles since 2023 about it, but nothing since it came in in the spring, in the UK paper since that date.)
Our combined income is over the baseline. Should I sleep on the colder side of the bed, or something?
Because it's elected, the Deputy Leader is someone with significant clout - they have a mandate that a standard cabinet minister (or shadow), serving at the pleasure of the Leader does not. They have demonstrated a level of support from the membership and trades unions, they have a key NEC role. They are very hard for the Leader to sideline, and tend to represent a somewhat different strand of the Labour Party.
That was clearly the case for Angela Rayner - her flaws brought her down, but she was not some fringe figure. Tom Watson was an important balance for Corbyn and a thorn in his side. John Prescott was clearly relied upon by Tony Blair very heavily to shore up part of the Labour movement where he struggled. Going further back, Denis Healey was absolutely key in being the adult in the room under Foot, and seeing off the SDP threat.
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Welsh Labour have genuinely posted this video of their Caerphilly candidate Richard Tunnicliffe on social media.
Turn the sound on. 🔊🔊
It had the caption: "Vote for this total diva on Thursday October 23rd."
I have no idea what to say.
https://x.com/WillHayCardiff/status/1979628529924136969
A great tweet from the novelist Jonathan Coe.
My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
https://bsky.app/profile/jonathancoe.bsky.social/post/3m3jypkxtb223
🇬🇧 United Kingdom £205,000
🇮🇹 Italy £198,000
🇫🇷 France £172,000
🇺🇸 United States £165,000
🇨🇳 China £161,000
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (Dubai) £120,000
No wonder so many people are leaving the U.K. for Dubai
https://x.com/robprogressive/status/1979438750737346981
I've no idea if the figures are accurate or even representative. What struck me is the cluster of France, USA & China, and the higher 2-node cluster of Britain and Italy.
Mostly the deputy has been kept close to the leadership (even if coming from a different wing of the party) and fully incorporated into the government machine. But there is no requirement that they are.
This government struggles terribly with message discipline and clear comms. If one were being charitable you could argue that its record across a whole swath of areas is nowhere near close to being written so it can still achieve successes, but its massive unpopularity stems partly from the fact that its comms has been so catastrophically poor. Electing a figure from outside the government as deputy leader, whose independent opinions will be broadcast far and wide, will do nothing to help Labour combat the problem of looking like a joined up government with a clear purpose. It makes their job harder still.
I agree with the header that alone this isn’t going to make a huge difference - results will be the biggest factor. But it’s hard to see it helping, and indeed it could prove problematic.
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/325373043
Sadly there’s not a lot of £10k a month jobs available.
And he's leaving out minor factors such as UK healthcare and other costs being from taxes as compared to take home such as say the USA, never mind currency conversions.
I'd say it's not worth debunking time.
https://x.com/Valen10Francois/status/1979519927812776164
Successive landslides, but for different parties, must have had a big effect as well.
I would say that the figures are likely true, because we know a few things:
1. We know that property tax is lower in the UK than in many other countries.
2. We know that VAT is higher in most continental European countries than in the UK (e.g. in Italy it is 22%).
3. I believe also that employer payroll taxes are higher in general in Continental Europe - this means that your take home pay for a nominal salary will be higher, but your take home pay as a proportion of the total cost of employment is likely to be lower, etc.
4. We know that various changes to the British income tax system (e.g. removal of the personal allowance) while introducing cliff edges and other undesirable effects, have actually made it much more progressive, so a comparison on a relatively large net income, will make the situation in the UK look particularly bad. If you were to look at, say, net take home of £3k a month, then the UK might well not appear to have such a high tax burden.
The only way to fairly compare the tax burden between countries is to simply look at the total amount of GDP gathered by the state in tax.
In fact the first PM to resign immediately after losing an election and because of it was John Major, surprisingly.
But Foot and later Hague kind of set a different precedent.
So, as you say - it's all about where Govt expenditure is paid for from. And is highly distorted.
Understandable in many ways, but it comes at a cost. Thatcher's 1979 team had plenty of people who knew how to work the system from day one. Blair in 1997, Cameron in 2010 and Starmer in 2024 not so many. (And whatever you think of the validity of what EdM has done at energy, he has been able to do things.)
Corbyn - not really - still active
Ed Miliband - dont care - still active
Gordon Brown - probably but is 74 now, retired at 64
Blair - yes - but has his own involvement in politics outside parliament
Rishi - dont care
Truss - no
Boris - no
May - yes - retired at 69 with high chance of losing seat if tried to carry on. played positive role post PM
Cameron - yes - probably the biggest loss of recent big two leaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9baun-wsM4
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Reigning Error: Crisis of World Inflation Hardcover by William Rees-Mogg
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Income tax 0%
Capital gains tax 0%
Corporation tax 7%
VAT 5%
SDLT 4%
Council tax 5% of rentable value
Healthcare: private for foreigners, £400/month for gold plan
Education: private for foreigners, similar to UK day school fees. £15k/year
Petrol 52p/litre
Car registration £80/year
Govt revenue/GDP 28%
Govt spending/GDP 24%
In fact tax on emplyment is well below that of most other European countries at around 31% of the cost of Labour. In Belgium - the highest in Europe - it is 52%. Only Switzerland is lower.
Whilst I understand the calls for moving from taxing Labour to taxing wealth, compared to most of the rest of Europe we tax Labour far less.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/tax-burden-labor-europe-2024/
https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/the-uae-government/the-federal-national-council-
Truss never lost an election!
Boris never lost an election!
https://freedomhouse.org/country/scores
Attlee, Churchill, Wilson, Thatcher, Blair, Cameron and now Starmer all became PM immediately after a GE (and you might even argue not necessarily Cameron - it would've been possible for Brown to have stayed on).
Eden, MacMillan, Home, Callaghan, Major, Brown, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak all become PM as a result of internal party politics. And again, maybe Cameron - depends how you viewed May 2010.
And as a result, it's perfectly possible to be PM without ever fighting an election (Truss) or being PM but then being booted out at the election as the country didn't like the choice foisted upon them (Home, Callaghan, Brown and Sunak).
Having said that, I prefer our system. It allows for interesting facts like this, and means you can become PM without necessarily having to win a GE.
It's been a long time since I've seen the shows, but didn't both Hacker and Urqhart become PM this way?
That’s an awful long way from Ukraine, about 1,500km.
https://x.com/bohuslavskakate/status/1979866700125524349
It’s most disheartening.
Indeed if Powell, a Burnham supporter wins if it has any impact for Labour it might be slightly positive given Burnham polls better with the public than Starmer
I’m a strong believer in society gets the police it deserves and politicians it deserves.
Interesting that despite its high tax reputation at the moment, Macron's France is closer to the US and China than the UK and Italy on how easy it is to make £10k a month
That said, I agree if current polling holds a HP does seem like the most likely outcome to me.
The public are never wrong, or so you would have politicians believe.
But we are, and we often do, make the wrong choice.
Whether that be in referendum or General Elections.
We frequently make the wrong choice. And then blame anyone but ourselves when it does all go to shit.
May’s campaign was deeply flawed but did try to deal with serious problems, such as solving the care issue. Instead, too many people voted for free stuff with Magic Grandpa.
If 2017 had resulted in a modest Tory majority of 50 or so, I think we’d have been spared a lot of the psychodrama of the following 6-7 years and we might have actually got a government that sorted a few things out.
With this and the protest marches I'm expecting a huge putrid feline incoming.
Scrap the triple lock? No way!
Increase taxes? Never!
Reduce public services? Why would we want that?
Give us more nurses and care workers but make sure they are not immigrants and that the salaries don't go up.
He got the hostages back. All credit to him for that.
All of them at once, disastrous.
Not impossible, as Lawson, Brown and Osborne showed. But the contrivances they used were short-term tricks with mirrors, and the mirrors were bought on HP as well.
Personally I think it's more the latter than the former but there's a wide range of reasonable views on that one.
Gary's Economics - Goodbye and Good Luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9dTjY3uWU
Does one video a week for a few months (and has a team behind him) and says too tirrrrrreeddd.....needs to go on holiday for months now.
Compare to Chris Williamson, 3 videos a week, all long form interviews, week in week out, for 7 years straight....
Also one of the few good things from his first 4 years was the Abraham accords. I am not an expert on the Middle East but I do get the impression many Arab nations want normal relations with Israel and to move on past old conflicts.
All the living ones are back and many of the dead ones. I don’t doubt it’s more problematic dealing with the cadavers and where they are. They are coming back in dribs and drabs as they are located. I suspect thst is correct and it is not a game.
Who eats meat