TottsSharon Graham on #bbclaurak "what they need to do is be real Labour, stand up for workers and be proud of it"
HighlandLawyer@Geri
Keir Hardie wouldn't be allowed in Sir Keir Starmer's party, for being too left wing.
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Steve Woods@HighlandLawyer @Geri No mention of Hardie's thoughts on the monarchy.
"The throne represents the power of caste - class rule, Round the throne gather the unwholesome parasites who cling to the system which lends itself to their disordered condition. The toady who crawls through the mire of self-abasement to enable him to bask in the smile of royalty is the victim of a diseased organism. No healthy, well-developed people could for one moment tolerate an institution which belongs to the childhood of the race, and which in these latter days is the centre, if not the source, of the corrupting influences which constitute Society."
Shame.
@wood5y @HighlandLawyer He wasn't keen then?
@Geri @HighlandLawyer A tad disapproving, I think.
@Geri @HighlandLawyer PS: What Hardie said in the House of Commons about the birth of Edward von Saxe-Coburg Gotha in 1894.
“From his childhood onwards this boy will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers by the score – [cries of “Oh!,oh!] – and will be taught to believe himself as of a superior creation [cries of “Oh,oh!]. A line will be drawn between him and the people whom he is to be called upon some day to reign over. …and the end of it all will be that the country will be called upon to pay the bill. [Cries of Divide!]”
@wood5y @HighlandLawyer reminded me of that Peter Cook line "fly-blown dung heap. ...."
@Geri @HighlandLawyer Which reminds me... :)
Peter Cook's biased judge sketch complete
Paul Healey@HighlandLawyer @Geri Landlordism, private rentals cancelled but not the corporate abuse of company and council rentals? Just thinking how the undermining of legal rights depends on the growth of state and antitrust monopolies. Unlike the democratic rights of diverse interests, Landlordism doublespeak actually drives authoritarian inequality and injustice!
Pam C@HighlandLawyer @Geri This is why we call Starmer "Keith". There was only room for one Keir to lead Labour.
Claire McNab@Pamela1960 It's not a good look for any supporter of trans rights to disrespect someone else's choice of name.
EITHER support trans people, OR change other people's names.
One or the other.
Theriac@HighlandLawyer @Geri
I always thought Starmer's first name was ironic in the true sense of the word.
I always thought Starmer's first name was ironic in the true sense of the word.
@HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom
@Dialectician @HighlandLawyer Hereditary Lords have recently been abolished xx
@Geri @HighlandLawyer Thank you Geri, sincerely, for answering that. So it’s settled, Landlord is not an appropriate name for property professionals? Private equity for commercial rentals or private property rentals for individuals is the issue if no regulations, but now there are more for the later. No doubt the financial markets are infatuated with billionaires’ corporations, estates and investors like the unearned wealth of Duke of Westminster or the earned ones of the Candy brothers, Dyson, Murdoch and Branson etc. so we should expect more slum and drug riddled housing estates? Hereditary peers have just been superseded by oligarchs, and plutocrats but the monarchy is exempt. Hence, if I have not erred, all that’s left is to abolish the crony quangos, bribery and lobbying of antitrust monopolies. The point being, none should have to worry or fear the rise of those like Mr. Frog’s and his fascist financiers! #Antitrust #monopolies #rentalbusiness #property #professionals #socialhousing #billionaires
@Dialectician @HighlandLawyer I think my point of information doesn't really contribute to the main thrust of your argument xxx