Starmer. Today’s the day.

Mottie · 24 Jun 2026

noseall said:
It's as if you thought the same opportunities were not available to the failed Tories, lol.

Massive whoop.

It was their policies that started it all off. Starmer just took the credit for a Tory policy. He’s no better than a goalhanger in a football match.

wobs · 24 Jun 2026

Ivor Windybottom said:
His sidekick little Wesley said "They're bond markets, not Bond Villains". Bless his innocent little mind.

The bond yield is stupidly high right now, way above the levels of the very brief Truss spike. We're borrowing to pay the interest on our previous borrowing. Taxes are at record highs, the one and only way out is massive cuts to public spending but there's absolutely no way that Burnham or Labour are capable of giving the country the medicine it needs.

It will be interesting to see the bond market reaction to Andy (and Ed?)'s first budget. It will probably make the reaction to Truss look like a minor hiccup.

Bankruptcy here we come. All perfectly normal traditional Labour party stuff. It's what they do.

We pay little tax compared to most other OECD countries:

pete01 · 24 Jun 2026

You've got to love Katie....

SPLINE · 24 Jun 2026

Labour has increased the population by about 20 millions since 1997. More people now arrive in one month than in the 1,000 years before that.

noseall · 25 Jun 2026

Mottie said:
It was their policies that started it all off

Labour have succeeded where they could not. It's a simple concept. The same opportunities were available to both parties. Sir Keir has done well.

Mottie said:
Starmer just took the credit

Correct. He has done a sterling job with immigration - as I said earlier.

noseall · 25 Jun 2026

SPLINE said:
Labour

Since when has Rishi or Boris been part of the Labour party...

Sir Keir Starmer (Current Premiership)

Net Migration: Dropped to 171,000 in 2025.
Immigration & Emigration: 813,000 people arrived, while 642,000 left in 2025.
Asylum Claims: 93,525 people claimed asylum in the 12 months to March 2026, a 12% decrease year-on-year.
Small Boat Crossings: Registered at 11,054 arrivals between January and late June 2026, marking a 40% drop compared to the same period in 2025. [1, 2, 3]

Rishi Sunak (Previous Conservative Premiership)

Net Migration: Peaked at an estimated 906,000 in the year up to June 2023, then fell to 728,000 in the 12 months to June 2024.
Asylum Backlog & Crossings: Saw consecutive records in small boat crossings (e.g., peak detections in 2022) before numbers began to slightly ease toward the end of his term. [1, 2, 3]

Boris Johnson (Previous Conservative Premiership)

Net Migration: Rose steadily post-pandemic, hitting over 500,000 by the time he left office. His administration expanded the overseas recruitment of care workers and lowered thresholds for skilled workers, both of which were later adjusted by successors. [1, 2]

noseall · 25 Jun 2026

pete01 said:
You've got to love Katie....

In a - I'm skint so I'll whore myself to gullible right wing reeturds in an attempt to claw back all the money I lost to Jack Monroe - kinda way?

I suppose as far as lying parasitic leeches go - she's right up there.

King Billy · 25 Jun 2026

Mottie said:
It was their policies that started it all off. Starmer just took the credit for a Tory policy. He’s no better than a goalhanger in a football match.

The uninformed blurt out the well worn cliches, then when proven wrong they claim it was a success of the Tories after all.

noseall · 25 Jun 2026

King Billy said:
The uninformed blurt out the well worn cliches, then when proven wrong they claim it was a success of the Tories after all.

Tory policies are irrelevant and Mottie knows it. In fact Sir Keir rolled back/tightened up some of the Tory implementations such as allowing lower skill threshold workers passage to the UK.

It's a shame the RWR can barely read, bless 'em.

King Billy · 25 Jun 2026

noseall said:
It's a shame the RWR can barely read, bless 'em.

What they do read they either misunderstand it, or wilfully misrepresent it.

Like this howler:

motorbiking said:
... in the G7 .... By early 2026, UK GDP grew by 0.6% in Q1 2026.

motorbiking said:
If you take away those who are in front, like Spain and Canada

King Billy said:
Spain? the G7?

noseall · 25 Jun 2026

King Billy said:
What they do read they either misunderstand it, or wilfully misrepresent it.

Like this howler:

You may also have noted - zero link. Mind you, it can't be easy trying to corroborate his imaginings.

fillyboy · 25 Jun 2026

diy_fun_uk · 25 Jun 2026

pete01 said:
You've got to love Katie....

Yeah, she's loved wherever she goes ...

morqthana · 25 Jun 2026

motorbiking said:
Labour have repainted the trains and called it nationalisation.

The Railways Bill has only got as far as 2nd Reading in the HoL. One train and one station have been re-liveried to show what they will look like. No nationalisation has taken place yet.

morqthana · 25 Jun 2026

Ivor Windybottom said:
Starmer was always a harmless Trojan Horse that was used by Labour to get themselves into power.

Now they're here, they can install a proper lefty leader they actually want, who the voters wouldn't have elected.

In both 2017 & 2019, more people voted Labour when Corbyn was leader than voted for Starmer. 33% more in 2017. So I'm not sure your analysis is accurate.

Starmer. Today’s the day.

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