This might not be a bad thing. The crazies who usually vote conservative and drink up anti union rhetoric might be more tempted to lean towards Labour
So much so it would not surprise if this was agreed between the two of them.
Unite, Labour’s biggest trade union backer, has refused to endorse the party’s general election manifesto, saying it does not go far enough on protecting workers’ rights and jobs in the oil and gas industry.
I thought we were going Green these days? Not supporting fossil fuel industries.
The oil and gas industry isn’t short of money. If its workers aren’t getting a share of that dirty money, I’m not sure it’s entirely the government at fault
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Unite’s position on this is that oil and gas shouldn’t be phased out until there are suitable replacement jobs in the green sector.
What the fuck?
So do we need to make up jobs for them, or are they removed that because the Green sector is smaller, they can’t support it?
This makes me want to vote for them even harder.
Vote me harder. Vote me harder! Yes! Vote me! Uuuugggghhhh 🫠
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Starmer is a dictator.
He’s not Corbyn, so he’s literally Hitler.
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How dare he focus on getting elected and allowing the national committee to investigate people for things like saying comments which could be classed as anti-Semitic or for behaving poorly towards staff members in the past?
Who are you referencing in this comment? Because the people that come to mind for me are Faiza Shaheen, who was deselected for, from what I can tell, liking some tweets that were critical of Israel, and Luke Akehurst, who has been selected while actually being antisemetic (but pro Israel so it’s fine I guess)
I was referencing (a) Shaheen who liked a tweet saying "Every time you say something even mildly critical of Israel, you’re immediately assailed by scores of hysterical people who explain to you why you’re completely wrong, how you’re biased against Israel.
“Moreover, you can’t easily ignore them because those are not just random people. They tend to be friends or people who move in the same circles as you.
Those people are mobilised by professional organisations." . Now whether or not I agree with her viewpoint it would so clearly be twisted by the right wing media to hurl claims of antisemitism at the labour party again. When we as a party have worked so hard to get away from that smear you have to be more careful than that.
And (b) Lloyd Russell-Moyle who has had a behavioural complaint made against him. Again, it does look to be timed in such a way as to punish Russell-Moyle whatever conclusion the NEC come to as his seat will have already gone to another MP, but equally, do we want a party that don’t investigate such things, or try to sweep them under the carpet? BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5114q1x09eo
I hadn’t heard of Akehurst before your comment, and have to say I’m very disappointed that he’s been selected, given both of the rows I’ve referenced I don’t think he should have been. Thank you for bringing him to my attention.
I’m not sure that qualifies him as a dictator