I like this: “Boosterism and wishful thinking are not the same as ambition - If you don’t have a plan to make your hopes real, all you are selling is an illusion”
Coming back to this - it wasn’t a speech that will have anyone cheering the roof off but it was confident and assured and I can see the vision (yes the vision) and narrative developing from here over the summer
This section hopefully allays some fears that nothing is happening - a lot of important stuff going on in the background
You can read the speech for yourself but this is the reality “Every Labour government inherits the same task from the Tories – to revitalise neglected public services.
It will fall to us to do the same again – and we will”
12 years of damage and counting #BritainDeservesBetter
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Good to hear @Keir_Starmer attack the north -v-south, city -v- town nonsense
Not a bad speech so far
A lot to think about in that speech but done initial thoughts:
1: getting the hard bit out of the way, he isn’t a great orator BUT he is finally settling into his own style
2: He isn’t ducking the big issues and has started setting out dividing lines
3; this was interesting “We won't retreat to our comfort zone on public services and hope the focus of the country shifts” and signals public service reform
4: Wealth creation at the centre of it all
I’m off to get a hard copy and will do more in it later but now got more
Rehman Chishti, the former Political Adviser to Benazir Bhutto announcing a bid for the tory leadership is something I didn't expect
Interestingly he did resign his role as Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief over his "deeply held convictions of respect for the rule of law"
I reckon he will struggle to reach five MP supporters
His promo video is 'interesting' actually it is bloody awful, but he has a very BIG watch facebook.com/RehmanChishti/…
The #NewsPenguin#TwitterQuiz for Sunday July 10
20 general questions
5 bonus questions on DAYS
90 minutes (7-830pm) to answer 25 questions
Answers tweeted at 845pm
1: Who owned the most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world
2: In the children's TV series "Danger Mouse" Penfold is a timid, bespectacled hamster, and Danger Mouse's reluctant assistant and sidekick
What is Penfold's first name
3: Fireman Sam is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional village of
Looking back at the @UKLabour leadership contest, the following were punted as candidates but didn't stand: The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but chose not to stand:
Diane Abbott endorsed Long-Bailey
Yvette Cooper endorsed Starmer
Barry Gardiner endorsed Long-Bailey
Dan Jarvis nominated Nandy
David Lammy endorsed Starmer
Ian Lavery endorsed Long-Bailey
John McDonnell endorsed Long-Bailey
Angela Rayner endorsed Long-Bailey
Clive Lewis, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry either withdrew or failed to make the ballot
Starmer declined to nominate himself...
Atm a lot, as always, isn't about becoming leader, for some it is about a bit for a cabinet position, for others it is about policy/direction
Wallace’s eye has always been on a very different crown - replacing Jens Stoltenberg as the next Nato ‘chief’ on October
He now has the profile and image to be a serious contender - his candidacy was mainly stuff and nonsense by people picking names from a hat
I think this was the first mention of the NATO gig back in February but of course since then the excitement about a ‘new’ kid on the block took over