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  • Starmer’s war on the Labour left is class war

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    Starmer, image stolen from da web

    dizzy: An article discussing how Starmer is the other cheek on the Capitalist arse ;) I have no idea how such actions would be received, I hope that Corbyn seriously considers defecting to the Green Party.

    Starmer’s war on the Labour left is class war

    LABOUR’S national executive (NEC) is due to consider a motion in Keir Starmer’s name on Tuesday confirming that Jeremy Corbyn will not be endorsed as a candidate for the party at the next election.

    Nobody will be surprised at this long-trailed development.

    From Corbyn’s first, unjustifiable, suspension from the party in autumn 2020 and Starmer’s subsequent refusal to restore the whip once his membership status was reaffirmed by the NEC, the left has responded hesitantly and incoherently.

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    It is impossible — as union leaders frequently point out — to address the the crisis in the NHS, the rigged energy market or the causes of disputes from mail to rail without looking at the longer-term causes in privatisation, marketisation and outsourcing.

    Corbyn is being exorcised for having demonstrated how popular these solutions are.

    If our movement is serious about changing this country and the rotten deal it forces on workers, Starmer’s attacks on Corbyn are not an unfortunate aside. They are part of the class war being waged against us.

    Starmer’s war on the Labour left is class war

  • Tories to launch a greenwashing campaign next week

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    Rosebank decision expected at Tories’ net-zero launch in Aberdeen

    THE UK Government will launch its net-zero strategy in Aberdeen next week, signalling plans to extend drilling for oil and gas.

    The revamped Conservative proposals will see what was being referred to as “green day” by Whitehall staff rebranded to “energy security day”, with more of a focus on fossil fuels.

    According to The Guardian, Thursday could see the Government confirm the licensing for a huge new oilfield named Rosebank off the coast of Shetland, using the argument that it is needed for investment in carbon capture and storage technology.

    The proposals will also fail to bring in a 2025 flaring ban for oil and gas firms despite it being one of the 130 recommendations made by Tory MP Chris Skidmore earlier this year.

    There will be no office for net zero – also one of Skidmore’s calls – and no compulsion for solar panels on new housing. Plans for a UK-wide programme of home insultation improvements, campaigned for by groups like Insulate Britain, will not be included.

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    [and the BS continues … an expansion of oil and gas destroying the planet spun as it’s exact opposite.]

    Rosebank decision expected at Tories’ net-zero launch in Aberdeen

  • Lawyers vow to not prosecute climate activists

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65067321?zephr-modal-register

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    More than 120 lawyers [actually barristers] have vowed to not act against activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil who are “exercising their democratic right of peaceful protest”.

    They have published a “Declaration of Conscience”, and face the prospect of disciplinary action.

    The chair of the Bar Council Nick Vineall KC said it was “disappointing”.

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    They have called upon the government and their colleagues to “act urgently to do whatever they can to address the causes and consequences of the climate and ecological crises and to advance a just transition to sustainability”.

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    They now face the prospect of disciplinary action for breaching professional regulations such as the so-called ‘cab rank rule’, which requires lawyers to take on any case within their competence.

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65067321?zephr-modal-register

  • Roger Hallam, George Monbiot

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    A couple of vids which are unfortunately long.

  • Labour tells 19 Leicester councillors they cannot stand in May election

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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/23/labour-tells-19-leicester-councillors-they-cannot-stand-in-may-election

    The Labour party in Leicester has been left reeling after 19 sitting councillors, the majority of them from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, were deselected by the national committee.

    About 40% of Labour’s councillors in the city have been told they cannot stand in May’s election, after party figures decided to appoint an NEC board to choose Leicester’s council candidates rather than leave the decision to local members.

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    There is particular anger over the fact the majority of deselected councillors are from BAME backgrounds, in a city where the 2021 census revealed 59% of residents are from minority ethnic backgrounds.

    Fifteen of the party’s 26 BAME councillors in Leicester have been told they cannot stand, a total of 58%, compared with four of the 22 white Labour councillors.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/23/labour-tells-19-leicester-councillors-they-cannot-stand-in-may-election