How is this allowed uk government

So under Liz dizzy Truss we had chaos worse than boris, had her try to push through new deals for oil field licences, her party got rid of her and put in Rushi who now does exactly the same

Nothing is said or complained about and he and his wife are shareholders in some of the companies being given these licences

Surely this is either considered insider trading, conflict of interests and breaking the international deal they signed at cop22 i believe when it was held in Scotland

So why isnt this being scrutinised, the outcry from the press and why arent people doing more ot is it yet again the usual British thing oh well what can i do

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Richard65 · M

The problem is that Labour under Starmer has read the public mood and recognised that the UK electorate (predominantly England and NI) leans towards the reactionary right wing. Therefore, they've turned Labour into a centre right party and purged it of any element of left wing socialism in a desperate attempt to claw back power. If you voted for Corbyn, then this new Labour doesn't want you unless, like McCarthy and the HUAC, they demand you renounce all affiliations with Corbyn's socialist worldview. They even weaponised anti-semitism in order to get rid of him, possibly the most abhorrent tactic in modern British politics.

So the choice is to vote for hardline right wing Tories, or centre right, Tory-Lite Labour under Starmer (who's literally broken every single pledge he made to the electorate already). In other words, we're between a rock and a hard place. My vote is going to the Green Party.

SW-User

@Richard65 That will keep the Tories in!

Richard65 · M

@SW-User the Labour Party has literally told me they don't want me. I've voted Labour all my life, but because I supported Corbyn I'm no longer a member. Wes Streeting literally said of Corbyn supporters on TV, "The Labour Party wants nothing to do with those people."
Be careful what you wish for.

SW-User

@Richard65 The Tories treat us as disposable commodities.
Most politicians are not interested in people, but power.
On balance Labour will do more for society, but not much.

Richard65 · M

@SW-User there's much more to this than that. The way Labour disposed of North Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll is just one of the ways Starmer's party is purging any element of the left (including pro-Palestine Jews), Starmer's ten broken pledges (before he's even in office). I could go on. But the crux is that this Labour Party no longer represents me and if the country decides in their wisdom to retain this catastrophic government, then I'll raise a glass as the whole sorry ship goes down. People get what they deserve.

helenS · 36-40, F

@Richard65 What you good people [u]really[/u] should do is changing the voting rules. No small-size party has any chance of representation in the parliament. Unless you change the rules of the game, all you'll ever have are those two big stinkers.

milkymum1 · 31-35, F

@helenS yes time for PR, an elected HoL even maybe elected HoS

SW-User

@Richard65 I'm looking towards Monster Raving Loony.

Richard65 · M

@SW-User no worse than the current Tories.