Resigned To His Fate

While of course I want him to stay, from the Labour Party's own point of view of course Keir Starmer should resign. 14 net gains in London and eight in the rest of England. Eight. In the whole of England outside London. 22 was one third of the gains under Mark Drakeford in Wales. England has 19 times more people than Wales. Aspire, standing in Tower Hamlets alone, gained more seats than Labour did in the whole of England. So, while of course I want him to stay, from the Labour Party's own point of view of course Keir Starmer should resign.

Still, here we are instead. Starmer is taking Durham Police for fools, and it is up to them whether or not they will let him. If they never give Fixed Penalty Notices under these circumstances, then why are they conducting an investigation? Such are the tides of history that the houses around Durham Miners' Hall are now occupied almost entirely by students. Any of them who had done this would have been fined £10,000, and quite possibly sent down, with all the ramifications for future employability or otherwise.

As The Guardian reports as news a week and a half after I mentioned it in passing, the initial film in this case was shot by James Delingpole's son, who happened to be living in one of those student houses. But I have been in the Miners' Hall countless times, and all for more or less the same reason. The further information is coming from the people who literally own the place. The Labour Left. Who would never have done this to any previous Leader, not even Tony Blair. With John McTernan all over the airwaves to say that there would be plenty of possible replacements for Starmer, the pincer movement is blatantly obvious against this utterly inexperienced politician.