That‘s something I agree with. The question now is whether MPs remain cowards in the face of the fascist right or whether they remember that their first duty is to the country and not to Starmer.
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The PM has patronage. You want a government role, no matter how insignificant? Keep your mouth shut. They will not.
aug 26, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Patronage powers don't help when you don't have enough jobs to give out and your MPs don't think they have a chance of getting reelected.
aug 26, 2025, 2:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, there's two options - either you have a small majority which means 40-50% are on the Government pay roll. Or you have a huge majority and then you don't really have to care about 40-50 rebellious MPs.
aug 26, 2025, 2:54 pm • 0 0 • view
How can you be theoretically conscious and not recognise how what you are saying directly contradicts the lived experience of the last few months lol.
aug 26, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
When Hitler passed the enablement act socialist MPs voted no, despite being threatened, despite knowing it would pass anyway. Many of them went into the first concentration camps. Being elected comes with great privileges but also with the duty to make the ultimate sacrifice when needed.
aug 26, 2025, 2:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, but then you've got people like Torsten Bell who was a huge critic of the two child benefit policy and now he's an ardent defender. Funny how that works, isn't it?
aug 26, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Are you two seriously, seriously comparing the labour party to parties that passed the enabling act. Can you get a fucking grip.
aug 26, 2025, 2:58 pm • 0 0 • view
In addition to my other comment, doing what Farage says requires passing something that is no less evil than Hitler‘s enablement act.
aug 26, 2025, 3:02 pm • 0 0 • view
No. I am reminding that MPs have a higher purpose than aiming for government jobs.
aug 26, 2025, 3:00 pm • 0 0 • view
I could also point to David Lammy. From saying in parliament that Brexit is a con to going fishing with American Nazis. And no, the holiday pictures with Vance were not a required part of the brief of a foreign secretary. Other Europeans did not debase themselves like this.
aug 26, 2025, 2:59 pm • 0 0 • view