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Just like UKIP (but without the xenophobia and fake news about EU) there’s value in outflanking Westminster political parties despite having no real chance to win power at that level. But they can certainly lose the Hartlepool by-election for a moribund and clueless Labour. And hopefully provide some proper representation for the people of Liverpool.
If it can help drive a more devolved approach to the English regions and better political representation then NIP will have done a great job.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 08:09 - Mar 25 with 3400 views
Interesting comments - who is Sir Keith Starmer? And when did Stoke-on-Trent get co-opted into Northumbria? But it is good of them to split the vote and let the Tories in, I wonder who is funding them...
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 08:16 - Mar 25 by WeWereZombies
Interesting comments - who is Sir Keith Starmer? And when did Stoke-on-Trent get co-opted into Northumbria? But it is good of them to split the vote and let the Tories in, I wonder who is funding them...
Yeah, I don’t get the Keith stuff. I’m guessing that it’s a way of taking back Keir in the Keir Hardie sense but don’t know.
Agree that it’s not ideal to split the vote but I see it much more as putting pressure on a Labour Party that has taken the North and socialist/social democrat votes for granted for far too long. Basically i see it as a protest against the same disenfranchisement and disillusionment that meant Scotland eventually abandoned Labour.
Labour under Starmer are pretty useless and lack any direction beyond shuffling right draped in a Union Jack. Anything that brings them back onto a more productive course and helps them shape a genuine alternative vision for the UK is a blessing.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 08:52 - Mar 25 with 3253 views
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 08:27 - Mar 25 by GlasgowBlue
Doesn’t the leader of the Northern Independence Party live in Brighton?
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No idea. But if you’re saying that ultimately it’s the people who live in the North who should be deciding their own future and what is needed to achieve that then I’m sure we all agree.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:20 - Mar 25 with 3135 views
Absolutely disgusting. Imagine a Labour politician receiving paid for trips to the Middle East and describing repressive Islamic state run countries as “tolerant” and “inclusive”.
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:20 - Mar 25 by GlasgowBlue
Absolutely disgusting. Imagine a Labour politician receiving paid for trips to the Middle East and describing repressive Islamic state run countries as “tolerant” and “inclusive”.
You are right to highlight this Koonters.
We have an entire political and media class that is tacit in supporting Saudi Arabia as well as atrocities in Yemen.
That’s a status quo issue not a party political one.
But yes, this is certainly one of the more shameless shows of support.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:25 - Mar 25 with 3107 views
You've been on this 'attacking Labour' tip since Starmer got in. Not sure what your beef is with him but like this silly NIPS party, it's not really getting much traction.
Starmer has shown Boris up countless times but in terms of policies you're obviously not going to see much yet as an election is a long way off. For the same reason polls about who you'd vote for if there was an election tomorrow are utterly pointless.
Starmer is playing it sensible at the moment, and rightly so. There's nothing much more he can do against an overwhelming Tory majority, for the time being.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:30 - Mar 25 with 3078 views
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:26 - Mar 25 by The_Flashing_Smile
You've been on this 'attacking Labour' tip since Starmer got in. Not sure what your beef is with him but like this silly NIPS party, it's not really getting much traction.
Starmer has shown Boris up countless times but in terms of policies you're obviously not going to see much yet as an election is a long way off. For the same reason polls about who you'd vote for if there was an election tomorrow are utterly pointless.
Starmer is playing it sensible at the moment, and rightly so. There's nothing much more he can do against an overwhelming Tory majority, for the time being.
Crikey, you're easily pleased, aren't you? Corbyn fanboy to Starmer loyalist in under a year, it's almost like you change your mind with each passing day.
footers KC - Prosecution Barrister - Friend to all
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 08:51 - Mar 25 by Darth_Koont
Yeah, I don’t get the Keith stuff. I’m guessing that it’s a way of taking back Keir in the Keir Hardie sense but don’t know.
Agree that it’s not ideal to split the vote but I see it much more as putting pressure on a Labour Party that has taken the North and socialist/social democrat votes for granted for far too long. Basically i see it as a protest against the same disenfranchisement and disillusionment that meant Scotland eventually abandoned Labour.
Labour under Starmer are pretty useless and lack any direction beyond shuffling right draped in a Union Jack. Anything that brings them back onto a more productive course and helps them shape a genuine alternative vision for the UK is a blessing.
Although ultimately the red wall crumbled electorally under Corbyn.
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:25 - Mar 25 by Darth_Koont
We have an entire political and media class that is tacit in supporting Saudi Arabia as well as atrocities in Yemen.
That’s a status quo issue not a party political one.
But yes, this is certainly one of the more shameless shows of support.
So, on that tack, I wondered if there was any possibility of manufacturing employment in Hartlepool as a result of arms sales to Saudi and Googled 'Arms manufacture in Hartlepool'. Amongst a set of results that were mainly pubs for some reason I got this:
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:30 - Mar 25 by footers
Crikey, you're easily pleased, aren't you? Corbyn fanboy to Starmer loyalist in under a year, it's almost like you change your mind with each passing day.
I'm a Labour supporter. In what way have I changed my mind?
I liked Corbyn's policies, which while they weren't that radical were too radical for this backward country. So we need someone safer and more electable.
It's called compromise, footers. It's what adults do.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:38 - Mar 25 with 3049 views
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:26 - Mar 25 by The_Flashing_Smile
You've been on this 'attacking Labour' tip since Starmer got in. Not sure what your beef is with him but like this silly NIPS party, it's not really getting much traction.
Starmer has shown Boris up countless times but in terms of policies you're obviously not going to see much yet as an election is a long way off. For the same reason polls about who you'd vote for if there was an election tomorrow are utterly pointless.
Starmer is playing it sensible at the moment, and rightly so. There's nothing much more he can do against an overwhelming Tory majority, for the time being.
Respectfully I disagree.
Starmer and his team have been outflanked at every turn by Johnson, BLM, the Greens/XR, the SNP, Brexit, Marcus Rashford, Kill the Bill etc. because they don’t stand for anything. Someone likened them to 7 year-olds chasing a political football all around the pitch.
This is a fatal flaw in their politics and their character that isn’t going away. If I was dismayed by how quickly Starmer distanced himself from his leadership pledges and any semblance of providing a progressive platform, imagine how disappointed and angry I am to see him be even worse than that – and not even politically effective while given a very easy ride by the press.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:40 - Mar 25 with 3021 views
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:30 - Mar 25 by footers
Crikey, you're easily pleased, aren't you? Corbyn fanboy to Starmer loyalist in under a year, it's almost like you change your mind with each passing day.
As somebody once said, it’s about the policies not the person.
Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:38 - Mar 25 by Darth_Koont
Respectfully I disagree.
Starmer and his team have been outflanked at every turn by Johnson, BLM, the Greens/XR, the SNP, Brexit, Marcus Rashford, Kill the Bill etc. because they don’t stand for anything. Someone likened them to 7 year-olds chasing a political football all around the pitch.
This is a fatal flaw in their politics and their character that isn’t going away. If I was dismayed by how quickly Starmer distanced himself from his leadership pledges and any semblance of providing a progressive platform, imagine how disappointed and angry I am to see him be even worse than that – and not even politically effective while given a very easy ride by the press.
I'll stop at the first on your list - Johnson?!? When on earth has he been outflanked by Johnson even once, let alone "at every turn"!? Have you watched PMQs, the News etc. during this pandemic?
You're posting words that sound good, nothing more.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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Nice to see this gaining some traction on 09:41 - Mar 25 with 3019 views
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