Brian Parsons @Parso64

“This is what happens when a party built by working class people is handed over to lawyers, donors, lobbyists,… careerists & Westminster courtiers. They hollowed it out, polished [it], called it "electability," then acted surprised when voters looked at it & saw nothing inside.”

Labour Heartlands @Labourheartland

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Starmer's Labour Is Not Cracking. It Is Coming Apart. Clive Lewis says Wes Streeting becoming Prime Minister would be the end of the Labour movement in this country. But that assumes there is still a Labour movement inside the Labour Party to save. As of Tuesday morning,

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The Demise of the Labour Party: Tony Benn’s Warning Fulfilled. The Betrayal of Socialist Principles: Tony Benn’s Prescient Warning for the Fate of the Labour Party “If the Labour Party could be bullied or persuaded to denounce its Marxists, the media – having tasted blood – would demand next that it expelled all its Socialist and reunited the remaining Labour Party with the SDP to form a harmless alternative to the Conservatives, which could then be allowed to take office now and then when the Conservatives fell out of favour with the public. Thus British Capitalism, it is argued, will be made safe forever, and socialism would be squeezed off the National agenda. But if such a strategy were to succeed… it would in fact profoundly endanger British society. For it would open up the danger of a swing to the far-right, as we have seen in Europe over the last 50 years.” -Tony Benn Read more... labourheartlands.com/the-demise-of-… #StarmerOut

Starmer's resignation is not enough. What needs booting out is the politics he represents: corporate greed, anti-migrant rhetoric and endless war. My piece for @tribunemagazine. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/starme…

My reaction to Keir Starmer's last ditch press conference - an unsurprising reaction but possibly a helpful one (at least to those who, like me, consider him an abysmal PM). Like many, I approached Keir Starmer's prime ministership with deep-seated pessimism, my expectations already set at rock bottom. Yet, I confess: I failed to foresee the clinical precision with which he and his inner cabal would sabotage their own administration and scar Britain. The crux of their debacle lay, first, in a distinctly dictatorial, authoritarian reflex. And second—crucially—in a seething contempt for those who lent them their votes, while simultaneously performing a grotesque pantomime of flattery toward those who never would, and never will, support them. Having exorcised from the Labour Party its most authentic voices—people of unimpeachable integrity, such as Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, a purge that eluded even Tony Blair’s repertoire—Starmer embarked on a rampage: He slashed disability benefits; armed and fed intelligence to the Israeli government as it executed genocide in Gaza; channeled his own inner Farage, perhaps his inner Enoch Powell, to vilify migrants and treat refugees as vermin; gutted international aid to masquerade as a defender of defence spending; bulldozed wildlife and their habitats; unveiled a new lexicon of draconian anti-protest laws; left trans people suspended in legal limbo; clung with religious fervour to absurd, socially ruinous fiscal rules; allowed Rachel Reeves to squander £100 billion covering the Bank of England’s outrageous and wholly unnecessary Quantitative Tightening losses—a gift that keeps giving to the City’s banks—while imposing yet another round of austerity on government departments and public services. Once the great hope of the downtrodden, Starmer’s Labour has become the villain - the genuinely nasty party. Once a human rights lawyer, he has single-handedly plunged Britain into a shoddy, incompetent authoritarianism. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

‘On the basis of that logic, would you ban Tommy Robinson’s rally?’ @lewis_goodall pushes the Tories’ Helen Whately for ‘consistency’ as the party calls for a ban on pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’.

Starmer’s Labour to lose more than 75 per cent of council seats, polling guru predicts morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starme…

🔥🔥BOOM🔥🔥 This is the moment 100,000 people added their voice to the demand for a referendum on who owns our water. The government now has to consider it for a parliamentary debate. Please sign and share the petition. Make it impossible for them to refuse a debate: vist.ly/42eq6

So proud of young people from West Belfast tonight using their voices for change and helping shape the fight for a real Right to Food. Thank you to St Peter’s Immaculata YC and St Teresa’s YC for being part of such a powerful conversation. Great to have Ian Byrne MP, the Right to Food Commissioners, the University of Westminster and the Foodstock team in the room, hearing directly from our young people and communities. #RightToFood #YouthVoice #Community

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Powerful community conversations today as we continue to bring people together to shape the fight for a Right to Food. Community voices must be front and centre for bringing this change. #RightToFood #Community

Around 20,000 civilian seafarers are currently stranded on vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz. They deserve safety, protection and safe passage home. I’ve tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the UK Government to work with international partners, maritime unions and welfare organisations to ensure the immediate safeguarding of affected crews. We must not turn our backs on #maritime workers facing danger at sea. #Solidarity with #seafarers everywhere. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

Last night I welcomed the Hillsborough Law carry-over motion, which means we can keep the fight for the Hillsborough Law alive in Parliament. But it shouldn’t have come to this. Two anniversaries, a full Parliamentary session but still no Hillsborough law - it’s not good enough. We knew there’d be resistance from those who oppose transparency & accountability - and that’s why political courage and leadership matters. The PM promised, now deliver: Adopt my amendments. No carve-outs. No one is above the law. Get it done PM - we have waited long enough. #HillsboroughLaw #JFT97

Next week we’re in Belfast. Our Commissioners @PaulDoherty___ and @ReginaKeith1 are bringing people together to talk about food insecurity, assess media portrayals of poverty, consider community solutions, and help set out a clear pathway to #RightToFood legislation. 📅 30 April & 1 May 📍 Foodstock Education & Empowerment Centre Want to join the conversation? Get in touch! #RightToFood #Belfast #FoodJustice #EndPoverty

@johnniepk @IanByrneMP No but they tried to. Ian’s stopped them.

I welcome the Government’s announcement to carry the Hillsborough Law into the next Parliamentary session, which means we can keep fighting to implement the Hillsborough Law in full. Ministers must now end the delays and deliver the law in full - and end the damaging media briefings during this process. #HillsboroughLawNow #JFT97

At today’s #Mandelson debate I told the Government it must disavow the toxic politics of the former US ambassador and Labour Together - a politics that has repelled millions and deliberately moved the party far from the values on which it was founded. I also called, once again, for a full and independent inquiry into the actions of Labour Together. Nothing less than full transparency and accountability will do.

'It's painful to still be arguing over Hillsborough Law 37 years on' bbc.in/4tM9Maf

Never forgotten. Remembering the 97 and all those affected by the Hillsborough disaster on the 37th anniversary. You are in our thoughts today and always. You'll Never Walk Alone. ♥️ From Kenny, Marina, Kelly, Paul, Lynsey and Lauren.

.@IanByrneMP to the PM: "37 years today 97 innocent children, women and men went to a football match and were unlawfully killed at the hands of a corrupt state.. will you commit today to ruling out any carve out for security services & finally delivering a full Hillsborough Law"