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New Conservative Leader

Yay it's Kemi !!

Sue Hammond ● 458d20 Comments

The election pitch of the two parties was broadly similar. But Rachel Reeve's budget has increased taxation, spending and borrowing beyond anything envisaged by the Conservatives.

Steven Rose ● 455d

If Badenoch had lost she wouldn't be getting this abuse. Sadly the left would be happier if a white man had won.She is also getting some abuse from the right.It's ok to take part but don't win seems to be the theme. Some way still to go when it comes to equality and expectations of what people's political views should be.It's not as if there is a huge difference between the two parties when it comes to policies.

Ed Robinson ● 455d

Me too and I'm sure she will. She has a very imposing aura and doesn't pull any punches, I can't wait!

Sue Hammond ● 456d

I hope at PMQs on Wednesday Kemi Badenoch embarrasses Keir Starmer by asking him whether he agrees with Dawn Butler’s views, and if not, why he hasn’t suspended her from the party.

Steven Rose ● 456d

Yes I read that earlier, a really excellent article and somebody should stick it on Starmer's desk; he can read it wearing his super expensive specs bought for him by his VERY good friend Lord Alli.Starmer is being urged from both sides to kick Butler out for her disgusting racist tweet but he is still refusing to do so, I wonder why?

Sue Hammond ● 456d

My argument is so much better put here -https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-isnt-the-black-face-of-white-supremacy/

John Hawkes ● 456d

'On a lighter note I am so looking forward to seeing and hearing Kemi confronting Starmer and the gruesome twosome at the dispatch box'!'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' !It's interesting that not only has the black female Labour MP for Brent East Ms Dawn Butler made racist comments about her appointment, it is the same with the leftie media.There is a bile filled Opinion Piece in the Guardian by Nesrine Malik - 'We’re supposed to ‘put politics aside’ to celebrate Kemi Badenoch – but how can we'?This writer, born in the Sudan but quickly moving to nicer places, is always banging on about what a terrible time black people suffer in the 'institutionally racist UK' and how their race and colour hold them back even in the world of politics.Though she never says she plans to move back home !When someone of such nature such as Kemi Badenoch does make a small breakthrough, this is still not enough because her politics wear a different and wrong coloured rosette from the one they should !'If you are black you must vote Labour or you are a traitor to 'your community''.It is revealing that this columnist is never exposed by the Guardian to comments BTL.Even their editors are smart enough to know she will get a pasting, even from what is a pretty leftie readership.

John Hawkes ● 456d

In my opinion Labour will not be re-elected in 2029. Or sooner. Rache has severely hacked off hundreds of thousands of SME business owners with her punitive tax hikes which will stifle expansion, reduce the number of apprenticeships, and may even force the closure of many. Big businesses are similarly not impressed; however they can absorb the extra cost by offloading it onto their costumers, which invariably means higher prices for me and you. Lord Dyson who employs 1000's in this country has also voiced his anger and scathing criticism over these measures. Ange has also put the boot in with her new Employment Rights Bill which gives new employees all kinds of rights from day one which they currently are only entitled to after working for a company for two years such as flexible working from home, sick pay and paid maternity/paternity leave. So the dubious double act, Rache 'n' Ange, have alienated businesses small and large. Well done ladies🙄and in such a short time too! However in my opinion the killer blow for Labour will be the WFA withdrawal. On a lighter note I am so looking forward to seeing and hearing Kemi confronting Starmer and the gruesome twosome at the dispatch box!

Sue Hammond ● 456d

'a general sense that Labour, on its performance so far, are not up to the task of running the country'?I don't think this is their main objective.They will do what is most likely to satisfy their main electoral base which are workers in the public sector plus those in that age group where woke and race-based issues are most important, hoping this will again get them elected.Hopefully or unfortunately for them they won't be up against such a poor quality Conservative Party.But till then -🎼🎶"The working class can kiss my arse as long as I get my Arsenal pass".Labour is a Party of a certain group of the middle classes and activists - those that have or are having a university education and 'activists' in the so called 'voluntary sector.Its policies are not class based as in the past but race or identity based which form a hierarchy of the 'oppressed' based on skin colour and sexuality.Hence few marches to support the white working men who will lose their jobs when the Welsh steelworks close or oil and gas extraction in the North Sea is curtailed.But big turnouts to support Palestinians for some reason or the black gangster Chris Kaba.But many don't claim any of these identities. And the real problem Labour will face in four and a bit years time is people asking themselves "do I feel better off than before" or in their terms, has Rache filled the black hole.The removal of the WFA for the elderly is not a promising indicator.

John Hawkes ● 456d

All of those Steven.

Sue Hammond ● 457d

It is noticeable that those on the Forum who are critical of the government 's performance are for the most part talking among themselves. Those who were arguing before the election that the country was crying out for change are now strangely silent. Is it embarrassment over the withdrawal of WFA or the freebies scandal or the breach of election pledges in  the Budget or just a general sense that Labour, on its performance so far, are not up to the task of running the country?

Steven Rose ● 457d

Spot on !Labour have few positive things to say on most issues.Over economics they are still living in the '20s so they have to focus on social issues that are in the main unfixable but generate a feeling of smug self-satisfaction amongst their woke supporters.Rache's plans to make us all richer and having better schools, the NHS etc just after the next election (!) had better work out.

John Hawkes ● 457d

Dawn Butler’s approval of the appalling racist jibe at Kemi Badenoch speaks volumes about the intellectual void at the heart of Labour. Apart from a vague notion  that state enterprise is more virtuous than private enterprise, they don’t actually  believe in anything. So they define their virtue in terms of what they hate. This consists of a number of isms: capitalism, elitism, sexism, racism and so on. Dislike of capitalism leads them to increase the NI contributions of private employers, who are not seen as ‘working people’, even though this measure is likely to lower wages and cause job losses. Anti-elitism is the motive for imposing VAT on independent schools, even though  this will hit parents of modest means, especially those who have children with special needs. Opposition to sexist discrimination is taken to extreme lengths, even to the point of allowing biological males to enter female spaces. And anti-racist sentiment is perverted by critical race theory into prejudice against white people. And black people like Kemi Badenoch who don’t go along with this rubbish are immediately cast as traitors to their race. I think Dawn Butler should apologise personally to Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer should insist that Ms Butler should undergo race awareness training (as did Diane Abbott because of anti-Semitic comments) upon pain of losing the Labour whip.

Steven Rose ● 457d

And doesn't she get a warm hearted sisterly comment of congratulations from fellow black female MP Dawn Butler.'Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to remove the party whip from a Labour MP who shared a social media post accusing Kemi Badenoch of representing 'white supremacy in blackface'.Dawn Butler shared the post just before the new Conservative party leader was elected.The Brent East MP later deleted the post, originally written by Nels Abbey, a London-based Nigerian journalist'.Apart from indicating how stupid many in the Labour Party are for believing that skin colour should be the key determinant of your political beliefs, it shows up many other unimpressive attributes of this woman and is perhaps a refection of Labour Party views on racial issues.Disagree with her and you are a white supremacist even if you are black !She also legitimises the use of the term 'blackface'.Once her post was spotted she cowardly removed it.Ashamed or scared of how Starmer might react ?Starmer did a good job in removing the Corbynites from the Party for their anti-semitic beliefs.Perhaps now he should turn his attention to the racist tendency that seem determined to engender racial disharmony in society.And I wonder how brave Mr Abbey would be in criticising the Government in his homeland ?Finally Ms Butler has form on other matters having also played the old 'Parliamentary Expenses game'.'In March 2009, Butler was criticised for claiming the second home allowance, despite her main home in Stratford being the same distance from parliament as her Brent South home, however her office stressed that she moved into the Wembley house after being elected in 2005 to allow her to serve her constituents'.She is also a bit of a zoologist.In October 2019, one of Corbyn's advisors accused Butler of homophobia after she said that "90 per cent of giraffes are gay"But we might not know is that Ms Butler is a bit of a poet as this contribution to Black History Month reveals.(to be seen on YouTube)"You wanted to see me brokenHead bowed and tears in my eyes?More for you; you didn’t realiseThat my strength is powered by your lies.You are the wrong one, the violent one, the weird one;Where was I?I am the Chosen OneBecause I am of the First Ones.You see this skin I’m inThis beautiful mahogany brownThis skin you don’t like [shot of Kamala Harris], I believe.So why you try so hard to achieve [shot of Dawn with a bemused fruit juice seller]By burning yourself with the sun?For me there’s no needBecause I am the Chosen OneFor I am of the First Ones [another shot of a pharaoh like African figure].I know I’m black and beautifulAn African freedom fighter [shots of US civil rights figures, including Martin Luther King]My skin is my protection,And you, my friend, don’t matter.Because I am the Chosen OneFor I am of the First Ones.You created a structureThat made you seem greatBut the simple reality is [shot of Dawn speaking in the Commons]It is all fake.Because I am the Chosen OneFor I am of the First Ones.So you wanted to see me broken?Head bowed and tears in my eyes?More for you, you haven’t realisedMy strength is despite your lies".Who is she referring to ?

John Hawkes ● 457d

Someone that actually worked at McDonalds too.The diversity of Conservative candidates given the size of their party compared to Labour is quite shocking.https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/national/24696247.kemi-badenoch-darling-tory-right-bidding-lead-back-power/

Ed Robinson ● 458d

Local girl makes good !https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d59k513qgo

John Hawkes ● 458d

Gracious comment from Rache's sister.'Labour Party chairwoman Ellie Reeves was less complimentary in her reaction, labelling the four-month leadership campaign "a summer of yet more Conservative chaos and division" that showed the party had learned nothing from its general election defeat."They could have spent the past four months listening to the public, taking responsibility for the mess they made and changing their party." Reeves says. "Instead, Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader shows they’re incapable of change."Well the Labour Party is a family business !

John Hawkes ● 458d

'Yay it's Kemi !!'Conservative Party - first female Prime Minister, first non-white leader, now first female non-white leader !Labour Party - first white male leader and Prime Minister who has his clothes, glasses, pop concert tickets and football tickets bought for him !Which is the progressive Party !

John Hawkes ● 458d

But they were doing much better in the polls without one!

Ed Robinson ● 458d

Sadly!  But, hand in heart, none of the candidates amounted to much - that is what scares me the most!

Ivonne Holliday ● 458d