I think this tweet from Green peer Jenny Jones to be pertinent:
The consternation of @UKLabour MPs rings hollow when you realise they did *not* do all they could in the Lords to stop the #PublicOrderBill. Labour peers must do as they are told by @Keir_Starmer and at the final vote they abstained. https://t.co/ptg5ZV062w
— Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) May 7, 2023
I am aware of the anger of some peers at the time this happened, and their amazement at Labour's decision not to block this legislation which trampled our human right to protests.
The right to say, peacefully, that Charles was not a person's chosen head of state was denied. And I hold Keir Starmer amongst those responsible for that. It might have been Tory legislation, but in the end Labour enabled it. We saw the consequence yesterday.
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It took me years, and a friendly Danish work colleague, to work out what Neoliberalism is. It explains why Starmer’s Labour leadership behaves thus.
Goes along with the toadying piece Starmer put in the Telegraph saying what a lovely king.
All one can say is that maybe the legislation might be useful to Labour in the face of Alt Right demonstrations and protesting if they get in? Might that be the political calculation at the moment (calculating replaces the production of viable alternate policy after all these days in Laboured?).
Maybe Laboured can set the police onto the nearest fox hunt for example that breaks the rules when/if it gets in? That would be a sight for sore eyes.
‘Not My King’. Hmmmm………..well, whether you like it or not he is. I can’t help but think that the messaging is a little too direct at a ‘pro-King’ event? I see a mixture of heavy handedness on both sides to be honest. ER has learnt some lessons about how to raise their valid issues in public and maybe those arrested just need to stand back a minute and rethink how they are doing things?
There is always a lot more to learn in a setback than a victory they say. And there is still a lot of support for a review of our monarchy but perhaps not at an event like this? The people they are up against will never be outfought, but they can be out-thought.
Today, after all that money that the state has spent on the Coronation, my partner and I are once again negotiating this morning the NHS which is in a parlous state because of the money that has not spent on it for far too long, so don’t think I disagree with the sentiment here because I do.
You have to outwit that which is shit. That’s what you’ve got to do. Yesterday was a message about raw power and where everyone else was in the hierarchy. Look at the role of Penny Mordaunt? Look at the fawning celebs who were invited who feed us puerile nonsense to keep us occupied and off the real issues.
You’re either ‘in’ or ‘out’. But what I saw was a mass of people who keep things as they are, co-opted or otherwise. They revealed themselves and it was telling. Don’t you think? So what material do the republicans have to play with now? A lot I think.
Starmer = establishment stooge & professional liar (in the tradition of Tony B.Liar). Think of him as the establishment’s Manchurian candidate – designed and sicked on Labour with a view to yurning it into Nude Labour II aka Liebore, nutless, gutless and brainless (the latter point personified by Reeves).
No surprise then that Starmer, an authoritarian to his very core, picked the abstain option for his cannon fodder in the Lords. The end result could be seen by the suppression of the protest again Charles Windsor.
Thus, whilst pissing £100m at a ruritanian ceremony, does the country continue its sure & steady decline at all levels, economic, democratic and personal freedom (to peacefully express a view (unless that view is one approved by the establishment).
It is almost as if the country as a whole has a collective death wish …e.g….”today, let’s think up another way to make us poorer and/or to stop people expressing a view”.
Is the right to protest not a civil liberty rather than a human right?
Obviously freedom of expression is a human right and must be protected. But you could argue that in very strict circumstances – like the pandemic we have just lived through – curtailing protest as a liberty temporarily could be vital for the greater public health, hence, it is not an inalienable human right.
The UN would, I think, disagree
There are also reports that the Met arrested Women’s safety volunteers for handing out rape alarms. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65516825
And at least one filmmaker says he was arrested despite having his @BECTU press accreditation visible around his neck. https://twitter.com/richfelgate/status/1655199737471959041
Both, reply worrying
The ‘lock on’ material for which Republic supporters were arrested was string
This from Lammy today.
‘We can’t come into office picking through all the Conservative legislation & repealing it. It would take too much time’
https://twitter.com/TheProleStar/status/1655218901603557377
Does anyone know how much time it takes to repeal legislation?
Pathetic
Lammy: “It would take too much time”
Perhaps David Lammy should resign from his second jobs, and spend more time on the day job then.
https://news.sky.com/story/beth-rigby-interviews-labours-top-second-jobs-earner-david-lammy-says-hell-live-with-any-potential-ban-on-outside-income-12845552
Just been watching Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party. Apparently hundreds of people have joined the party today after the elections. There is hope yet.
[…] Source: The Tories might have removed the right to protest but Labour let it do so […]
David Lammy on LBC saying “We can’t come into office and start repealing Tory legislation. It would take up too much time” – talking about the Public Order Act.
So there you have it – Labour is totally happy and complicit with the fascist state.
Time for a refresher read of Snyder’s ‘On Tyranny’.
Indeed
Of course the Tories will take full advantage of their time left in office and yes, Labour will do nothing to stop this.
Starmer has already intimated that not much will change if Labour gains power. He’ll still benefit the richest in the land and beyond.
New Labour are nothing but a continuity party and we can see now why they wanted rid of Corbyn.
For the record, in Scotland, Labour are in bed with the Tories to try and oust the SNP, having formed many a coalition in local councils ousting the governing party from fairly won councils.
That by the way was brought on by the SNP refusing to work with other parties, Greens being an exception.
We now have a green tail wagging a yellow dog.
FYI; I’m not a fan of the SNP and I ain’t in favour of the union either.