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Stephen Barlow Profile picture
@SteB777
Jul 15 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
There is no point to Keir Starmer. People didn't so much vote for his Labour as no one could work out what he stood for. They were voting against the Conservatives, but they ended up with the Tories 2.0
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Most of the public feel this way, because Keir Starmer's approval ratings are at an all time low, and so is support for the Labour Party. They are so dreadful, they have pushed the even more dreadful Reform Party into the lead.

2/independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Keir Starmer is little more than a Tory continuity PM, pursuing almost identical policy. Again, not me saying that.

'Keir Starmer risks becoming little more than “continuity Rishi Sunak” because of his lack of vision and ambition'

3/theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
It's bizarre how many people are fooled into thinking that Reform are an alternative to the Tories 2.0, when Reform now has the former Chairman, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.
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Self-evidently, none of these politicians stand for what they claim to stand for, and they are just fronts for oligarchs and vested interests, not representing the public.
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I have started a thread here, to compile members of Keir Starmer's cabinet, previously criticising the policy of the Tories, when they are in opposition, which they are now implementing. Illustrating how they are the Tories 2.0.

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It is not a conspiracy theory that all these politicians are representing the very rich, given that Labour, the Conservatives, and Reform, all strongly oppose a wealth tax, supported by over 75% of the public.

7/oxfam.org.uk/media/press-re…
The vast majority of the richest 6% in the UK, support a wealth tax on wealth above £10 million.

However, the people who are most opposed to a wealth tax are the billionaires and oligarchs. These are the people with our politicians in their pockets.

8/patrioticmillionaires.uk/latest-news/ne…
We live in a pseudo-democracy, where currently, the leading politicians, don't represent the public, but a tiny minority of billionaires, oligarchs, big corporations, and the other very rich. They represent, who pays best. It's a political crisis.
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Jul 12
"Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy"

I have a very simple solution to this problem. It already happens in paddy fields in Asia, and just requires a bit of ecological knowledge.

1/theguardian.com/environment/20…
Flamingoes are filter feeders, which feed on aquatic invertebrates. Self-evidently, there are plenty of aquatic inverts in the newly flooded paddy fields, or the Flamingoes wouldn't be there.
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There is a simple solution, to reduce the numbers of aquatic invertebrates in the paddy fields, to encourage the Flamingoes to feed elsewhere, fish! Stock the paddy fields with the fry of fast growing fish, when they are first flooded.
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Jul 11
"Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich to help the poor?"

It's an excellent question, and one I'll answer here. In essence, senior politicians are the poodles of the very rich. Especially Keir Starmer and co.

1/🧵theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
If anyone has any doubts about this, look at the extraordinary attacks on the sick and disabled, by not only Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves etc, but the leaders of the Conservative and Reform Parties, and especially, the Tory Press. They are literally frothing at the mouth.
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Yet, public opinion is very clear. There's strong public support, for taxing the very rich. Like 3/4 of the public. So why are the senior politicians of all 3 parties, likely to form the next government, and oligarch owned Tory Press, going on the warpath against the disabled?
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Jul 9
Does anyone know what the name is, for the logical fallacy, which I call the walk around problem?

What I mean by this, is when you make a well-supported factual assertion, and an opponent, will blatantly just walk around it, refusing to acknowledge the point.
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Often this point, is a fundamental premise and assumption of many arguments. You can completely undo these arguments, by totally undermining the fundamental premises of these arguments. But it is totally useless, if the opponent just refuses to acknowledge the point.
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I have come across this problem not just on social media, but in the mainstream media, in politics, when I have been forced to make a formal complaint. It is possible for a person, especially in a position of power, to just refuse to acknowledge something.
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Jul 9
I have repeatedly seen people, including some climate scientists, falsely claim that okay, climate warming might get pretty bad, but it won't be the end of the world.

I'm baffled by such claims.
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It's a straw many logical fallacy argument, as no informed person, is claiming that climate change will cause the world i.e. the planet, to cease to exist.

Rather, the claim has always been it could lead to a wide scale loss of life, and the collapse of our civilization.
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If you refer to the possible end of our civilization or its collapse, these "optimists" will claim there is no scientific evidence for this.

Whilst actually, the resilience of our civilization to climate change, has never been scientifically studied.

3/pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
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Jul 9
The most important thing to understand about the climate and ecological emergency, is that profound and radical change, is coming whether you like it or not. That change might come far sooner, than most people, almost everyone, envisages.
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"There are now no non-radical futures. The choice is between immediate and profound social change or waiting a little longer for chaotic and violent social change. In 2023 the window for this choice is rapidly closing." @KevinClimate

2/bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/04/18/no-…
"And change is coming, whether you like it or not." - @GretaThunberg

I'm now absolutely certain, that hardly anyone understands what this means.

3/npr.org/2019/09/23/763…
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Jul 5
The climate crisis situation, has changed dramatically in the last few years. It is now very clear, that all major governments, will seriously resist the climate action necessary, to prevent climate catastrophe, and up to 3-4C of warming.

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Up until just a few years ago, it seemed possible/plausible, although unlikely, that major governments may have eventually agreed, to the sort of action necessary to avert climate catastrophe, such as the phasing out of fossil fuels. This hope is now completely gone/dead.
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This has profound implications, as to how the climate crisis should be perceived i.e. what the reality is, and the tactics necessary to prevent the climate induced collapse of our civilization. Yet the same strategies are being used, as before.

3/theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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