RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/116848783162226925
This is absolutely shocking. Keir Starmer spinelessly acquiescing when bullied by Trump and his administration. And the cost of the "deal" to be borne by the sick and disabled.
@tompearce49 Stay healthy and out of hospital, Tom.
I shall endeavour to do likewise. :)
@tompearce49 with this and his "let's cut civic projects and fund the military with the savings" announcement he's clearly in his "I'm going anyway so I'll do loads of unpopular shit and hope it lands me a well paid corporate gig" phase
Jul 2, 2026, 7:25 AMTragic on so many levels.
@jamesravey
Sadly true 😡😢
@tompearce49 Starmer will leave parliament and soon be well paid for his behaviours.
It also shows Streeting's lack of any moral fibre.
@tompearce49 He’s more spiteful than a spurned ex.
@tompearce49 If you say you're resigning, that should be it. You shouldn't get some long goodbye in which you take radical actions.
@Infoseepage
Saddling your successor with the consequences of those actions. In most businesses you would be given your possessions in a cardboard box and then you'd be escorted off the premises. I get that there's a need for a handover of power but you're right, perhaps a ban on introducing new legislation once you have announced your resignation. But since when have politicians been bound by the expectations and rules that bind the rest of us?
@tompearce49 Starmer is essentially being forced out by a mix of private and public statements of no confidence from within his own party telling him that his continuing at the helm is an ongoing disaster for the party and that if he doesn't step down, a leadership challenge will be forced.
@tompearce49 If as a PM you accept that (generous offer) and you're basically acknowledging that your own party wants you gone and that you're being allowed to resign with some dignity rather than being forced out, you shouldn't get to smash stuff and steal the furnishings on your way out the door.
@tompearce49 Nations clearly need better (popular, imo) ways to recall executives who have broken faith with the electorate or their party. The UK could probably use some sort of caretaker oriented system about now...
@tompearce49 And that's just it, Starmer is saddling whoever comes next (Burnham) with his post-resignation actions. The party should at the least revamp its own internal process to yank a PM. Removal from power should be sudden and without possibility to do further harm on the way out. In this, the conservatives may actually have the better system with letters to the 1922 committee being able to force a no confidence vote (although the threshold for this has changed in recent years).
Jul 2, 2026, 12:24 PM@Infoseepage @tompearce49 I'm not sure why the Guardian has chosen to present this as Starmer salting the earth as he leaves office. The deal looks terrible certainly, and there has been no political scrutiny, but AFAICT it was decided toward the end of last year. It just looks like the usual abuse of executive powers, rather than a specific parting shot.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10850/