Charlie StrossOct 5, 2025
Having lived through Jack Straw and David Blunkett's terms as Home Secretary I had no particular optimism that Starmer's pick would be any better, but Mahmood is knocking the authoritarianism right out of the ball park: seems to have calibrated her jackboots against those worn by Patel and Braverman.
Show threadrobcorneliusOct 5, 2025

@cstross

They know what they are doing.... ushering in fascism. Not by the back door either.

The Labour Party's unstated aim is to become the fascist leadership of the UK. They don't want old fashioned fascists like Fartage having that power. Not because they want to stop him per se. They can see the unlimited power and personal wealth fascism will bring them. They don't want to share it with anyone.

Show threadCharlie StrossOct 5, 2025
@robcornelius I think you attribute far too much planning ability to Labour. (I think they're basically shit-scared. The Tories all but crashed the country and left Labour to rebuild the wreckage, and they have no idea how to do that because they last tackled that job in 1997. The current mob are next-generation political cosplayers, much like Cameron et al were next-generation Thatcher imitators. They're kids, more interested in image than substance until suddenly they're expected to perform.)
Show threadOutpatientzero 🍉 🇺🇦
@cstross @robcornelius you may be partly right, but on protest and genocide, the Labour Party is clearly a party of neo-fascists, at least at the parliamentary and leadership level.
Oct 5, 2025 at 1:07pmWeb