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For example, when the Mandelson story broke about how he was passing information to Epstein that morning Starmer said at PMQs that Number 10 had alerted the police and he could not say anything that would impact the police investigation.
This is not true, Parliament does not answer to the police in that way. What he did was set a chain of events in place that led to the humble address and the ongoing political nonsense.
What he could not see was that Mandelson was a source of lots of potential problems and he had to kill the story and not hide it.
In the case of this weekends march, he's trying to control it, he's enraging those who feel strongly including those who vote Reform. He does not understand the psychology of people who feel ignored, people who feel ignored will make more noise. As the Barrister says, you have to have the discussion to win the argument, calling everybody who is not left far right is poor strategy.
Starmer is weak, I notice that social care and the growing benefits bill were left out of the King's Speech, if you ignore it it will come back louder.
Black belt barrister on 15:57 - May 13 by JACKMANANDBOY
Starmer is out of his depth.
For example, when the Mandelson story broke about how he was passing information to Epstein that morning Starmer said at PMQs that Number 10 had alerted the police and he could not say anything that would impact the police investigation.
This is not true, Parliament does not answer to the police in that way. What he did was set a chain of events in place that led to the humble address and the ongoing political nonsense.
What he could not see was that Mandelson was a source of lots of potential problems and he had to kill the story and not hide it.
In the case of this weekends march, he's trying to control it, he's enraging those who feel strongly including those who vote Reform. He does not understand the psychology of people who feel ignored, people who feel ignored will make more noise. As the Barrister says, you have to have the discussion to win the argument, calling everybody who is not left far right is poor strategy.
Starmer is weak, I notice that social care and the growing benefits bill were left out of the King's Speech, if you ignore it it will come back louder.
Laughing and joking in the commons today, video on BBC News online, most useless Pm I've ever known out of his depth and lacks experience as a high level politician, well lets be honest about it the mans a joke. like the rest of his cabinet, Reeves clueless Miliband and he clearly doesn't care, everytime I see him interviewed he's grinning like a Cheshire cat and has for Lammy he's an utter joke.
Cooper and Mahmood are the standouts, in his Cabinet in fairness, Streeting I don't know a lot about him, the talk about Burnham who is soft left is worrying, we don't want to be going further left than we are, Labour should be moving closer to the centre with the emphasis being towards the taxpayer, who is getting totally creamed at present.
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Black belt barrister on 17:45 - May 13 with 2500 views
Laughing and joking in the commons today, video on BBC News online, most useless Pm I've ever known out of his depth and lacks experience as a high level politician, well lets be honest about it the mans a joke. like the rest of his cabinet, Reeves clueless Miliband and he clearly doesn't care, everytime I see him interviewed he's grinning like a Cheshire cat and has for Lammy he's an utter joke.
Cooper and Mahmood are the standouts, in his Cabinet in fairness, Streeting I don't know a lot about him, the talk about Burnham who is soft left is worrying, we don't want to be going further left than we are, Labour should be moving closer to the centre with the emphasis being towards the taxpayer, who is getting totally creamed at present.
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I'd be worried about the bond markets if Burnham got anywhere near the top job. Even as things are bond yields have gone higher than they were under Liz Truss.
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Black belt barrister on 19:00 - May 13 with 2455 views
Black belt barrister on 17:06 - May 13 by ReslovenSwan1
I subscribed for a while then realised he is a bit too right wing for me. Most of his posts were about Tommy Laxley Lemon.
His piece today was about the importance of exploring the merits on both sides of any arguement regardless, this is what are judicial system should do. Starmer seems to be engaged in shutting down arguments he doesn't favour rather than allowing the debate. The effect of this will be to strengthen those who subscribe to the arguments Starmer does it like. Biden tried this and came completely unstuck as those leaning towards Trump were labelled as far right which only strengthened Trumps position as people did not recognise that label. It's now happening here.
Black belt barrister on 19:00 - May 13 by JACKMANANDBOY
His piece today was about the importance of exploring the merits on both sides of any arguement regardless, this is what are judicial system should do. Starmer seems to be engaged in shutting down arguments he doesn't favour rather than allowing the debate. The effect of this will be to strengthen those who subscribe to the arguments Starmer does it like. Biden tried this and came completely unstuck as those leaning towards Trump were labelled as far right which only strengthened Trumps position as people did not recognise that label. It's now happening here.
Indeed so. I won't be at the demo but it seems way over the top to claim that all the participants will be "far right".
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Black belt barrister on 19:09 - May 13 with 2446 views
Black belt barrister on 15:57 - May 13 by JACKMANANDBOY
Starmer is out of his depth.
For example, when the Mandelson story broke about how he was passing information to Epstein that morning Starmer said at PMQs that Number 10 had alerted the police and he could not say anything that would impact the police investigation.
This is not true, Parliament does not answer to the police in that way. What he did was set a chain of events in place that led to the humble address and the ongoing political nonsense.
What he could not see was that Mandelson was a source of lots of potential problems and he had to kill the story and not hide it.
In the case of this weekends march, he's trying to control it, he's enraging those who feel strongly including those who vote Reform. He does not understand the psychology of people who feel ignored, people who feel ignored will make more noise. As the Barrister says, you have to have the discussion to win the argument, calling everybody who is not left far right is poor strategy.
Starmer is weak, I notice that social care and the growing benefits bill were left out of the King's Speech, if you ignore it it will come back louder.
If number 10 had alerted the police, then the sensible option is to say nowt and let the police get on with their investigation, tbh the sensible approach for anyone is to say nowt about an ongoing investigation.
Discussing an active investigation can have severe consequences, including prejudicing a potential future trial or interfering with the due process. Imagine the outcry at some point in the future if Starmer had commented and that a case against Mandelson was thrown out because of it. We’d all (quite rightly) be up in arms and there’d be all sorts of conspiracy theories flying about.
Starmer could have spoken and he would have been covered by parliamentary privilege, but parliamentary privilege doesn’t prevent a case being booted out of court.
I’d rather see Mandelson Charged and grip the rail at the Old Bailey.
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Black belt barrister on 01:43 - May 14 with 2257 views
Worrying thing is the Benefits system is out of control and Starmer still looks the other way whislt not even attempting to address the scandal of the hangers on getting the most .
The Benefits costs are rising faster than the income generated to cover this outlay of the Welfare System , hence more borrowing and rising taxes , got to get the money from somewhere so more borrowing necessary from elsewhere .
Yet some people are claiming my mental health was affected by COVID and I cannot function anymore so please throw some money at me .
Is Starmer afraid of losing his voters if he gets tough on the Benefits System .
Likewise does not try to offend the day trippers arriving in Dover on a daily basis .
Time to put The Daily Express front page down methinks .
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Black belt barrister on 09:10 - May 14 with 2120 views
Black belt barrister on 19:04 - May 13 by AnotherJohn
Indeed so. I won't be at the demo but it seems way over the top to claim that all the participants will be "far right".
He’s a man struggling for likes, he has nowhere left to go but to attack others. Hanging on by his finger tips lashing out trying to appeal to those who hate for the sake of it.
If it wasn’t for the right the left would have nobody to hate.
Not my words btw.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
I watched the Black Belt barrister in the period of May, Boris and Sunak. During that period he was cautious and non political. Once Labour got in he was far more forthright strident and political and demonstrated clearly his political allegiance far more.
He gve the Tory Government a much easier ride particularly Dodgey Boris. I liked him back then because he was non political as you expect from a legal person.
Black belt barrister on 15:42 - May 14 by ReslovenSwan1
I watched the Black Belt barrister in the period of May, Boris and Sunak. During that period he was cautious and non political. Once Labour got in he was far more forthright strident and political and demonstrated clearly his political allegiance far more.
He gve the Tory Government a much easier ride particularly Dodgey Boris. I liked him back then because he was non political as you expect from a legal person.
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Politics I couldn’t care about, I just keep informed. They are all wrong uns. His advice is second to none as displayed in his recent content above.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Lots of posts saying I don't like him because I don't agree with him. Welcome to the Tick Tock generation! The point is does he put together arguments with are relevant; do they address the issue at hand? And are his arguments strong in that does the information and basis of his arguments hold up? I'm not sure I like him or not, but he puts together decent arguments that add to the debate. For example, his assertion that Starmer is overseeing a shambles seems to be strong in that Starmer is the PM and the evidence says there is a lot of confusion and dissent backed up by 24 U Turns, the Mandelson saga and now Phillips and Streeting resigning followed by an MP standing down for Burnham.
Black belt barrister on 17:45 - May 14 by JACKMANANDBOY
Lots of posts saying I don't like him because I don't agree with him. Welcome to the Tick Tock generation! The point is does he put together arguments with are relevant; do they address the issue at hand? And are his arguments strong in that does the information and basis of his arguments hold up? I'm not sure I like him or not, but he puts together decent arguments that add to the debate. For example, his assertion that Starmer is overseeing a shambles seems to be strong in that Starmer is the PM and the evidence says there is a lot of confusion and dissent backed up by 24 U Turns, the Mandelson saga and now Phillips and Streeting resigning followed by an MP standing down for Burnham.
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There is no guarantee Burnham will win that seat. In the last election when Labour won by a landslide Labour had 45.2%of the vote, Reform had 31.8%. Imagine giving up being mayor of Manchester then not getting elected to Westminster.
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Black belt barrister on 18:06 - May 14 with 1875 views
Black belt barrister on 17:55 - May 14 by Whiterockin
There is no guarantee Burnham will win that seat. In the last election when Labour won by a landslide Labour had 45.2%of the vote, Reform had 31.8%. Imagine giving up being mayor of Manchester then not getting elected to Westminster.
Tbh I don’t think there are many safe seats anywhere, it applies to Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dem’s.
NI, Scotland and Wales may have a few safe seats for the various nationwide parties but that’s it.
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Black belt barrister on 18:59 - May 14 with 1858 views
Black belt barrister on 17:55 - May 14 by Whiterockin
There is no guarantee Burnham will win that seat. In the last election when Labour won by a landslide Labour had 45.2%of the vote, Reform had 31.8%. Imagine giving up being mayor of Manchester then not getting elected to Westminster.
As a friend said to me, voting against Burnham could easily become a protest vote against the ' establishment ' in that ' you can't assume my vote '.
Black belt barrister on 17:55 - May 14 by Whiterockin
There is no guarantee Burnham will win that seat. In the last election when Labour won by a landslide Labour had 45.2%of the vote, Reform had 31.8%. Imagine giving up being mayor of Manchester then not getting elected to Westminster.
It would be hilarious, however this is a clear pathway for a rejuvenated Labour vote knowing that if Burnham gets in he can challenge Starmer for his leadership. Labour could win this based on that.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Andy Burnham is making a real big call here by ignoring his Manchester supporters and putting his own Political career first , get me to No.10 asap , will the Red Rose forgive him if he comes a cropper and tries to return to his roots .
Reform is in a win/win situation now , throw the kitchen sink at the by election voters claiming your Leader has now moved onto pastures new and left you .
Return bus pass for Burnham if he fails will not be an option .
Angie and Wes have convenietly stayed out of the media spotlight it seems .
Convenient that Angie suddenly had her HMRC tax bill brushed aside too .
Another case for Mulder and Scully to investigate .
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Black belt barrister on 10:08 - May 15 with 1631 views
Andy Burnham is making a real big call here by ignoring his Manchester supporters and putting his own Political career first , get me to No.10 asap , will the Red Rose forgive him if he comes a cropper and tries to return to his roots .
Reform is in a win/win situation now , throw the kitchen sink at the by election voters claiming your Leader has now moved onto pastures new and left you .
Return bus pass for Burnham if he fails will not be an option .
Angie and Wes have convenietly stayed out of the media spotlight it seems .
Convenient that Angie suddenly had her HMRC tax bill brushed aside too .
Another case for Mulder and Scully to investigate .
Calls for Gary Neville to replace Andy apparently Another good socialist working class lad apparently albeit one who backed World Cup in Qatar , haven of democracy Innit
Andy Burnham is making a real big call here by ignoring his Manchester supporters and putting his own Political career first , get me to No.10 asap , will the Red Rose forgive him if he comes a cropper and tries to return to his roots .
Reform is in a win/win situation now , throw the kitchen sink at the by election voters claiming your Leader has now moved onto pastures new and left you .
Return bus pass for Burnham if he fails will not be an option .
Angie and Wes have convenietly stayed out of the media spotlight it seems .
Convenient that Angie suddenly had her HMRC tax bill brushed aside too .
Another case for Mulder and Scully to investigate .
It's the hight of arrogance from Burnham taking the voters for granted.
Black belt barrister on 15:42 - May 14 by ReslovenSwan1
I watched the Black Belt barrister in the period of May, Boris and Sunak. During that period he was cautious and non political. Once Labour got in he was far more forthright strident and political and demonstrated clearly his political allegiance far more.
He gve the Tory Government a much easier ride particularly Dodgey Boris. I liked him back then because he was non political as you expect from a legal person.
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I agree and also have to point out that he started with implying that Starmer had arranged for the Kings speech to be made at that time as to deflect from the council and election losses. The fact is that the King or Queen's speech is usually held in May and after the elections. For a barrister, who's attention to detail should be circumspect, I would assume his impartiality was thrown out of the window.
Lord_Jack increasingly detached from the riches of kicking a ball
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