{"id":89871,"date":"2026-02-08T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=89871"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:57:47","slug":"one-down-one-and-then-maybe-many-more-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/08\/one-down-one-and-then-maybe-many-more-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"One down\u2026..one, and then maybe many more, to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My immediate thoughts on McSweeney, posted on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740-550x322.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740-550x322.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740-512x300.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740-768x450.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740-600x351.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1740.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I predicted this.<\/p>\n<p>I do think Syarmer will go.<\/p>\n<p>I do not think this will save Labour.<\/p>\n<p>The rottenness is far too deep for that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Starmer show is over, but we may suffer a lame duck Labour government for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My immediate thoughts on McSweeney, posted on Twitter: I predicted this. I do think Syarmer will go. I do not think this will save Labour.<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/08\/one-down-one-and-then-maybe-many-more-to-go\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,118,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-labour","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89875,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89871\/revisions\/89875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}