Labour and Liverpool -Democracy is dead?

One view is that they were too left wing for Keir Starmer. Another view is that they are too close to the previous mayor.
Isn't Keir Starmer doing a wonderful job of bringing the party together.

Sounds rather odd. Hard luck for those three women.

Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t trisher, let’s wait for the full story to come out, which it inevitably will.

Maybe it will Casdon but possibly too late for Labour. There are indications that Anna Rothery will stand as an independent and could be elected or split the Labour vote.

if they are going back to the old days when Labour was for working males then I am out

There are a lot of critics of Starmer from many quarters

Liverpool won't be told what to do.

dorseteye.com/keir-starmer-has-broken-the-labour-party-in-under-a-year/?fbclid=IwAR3iX1SAds0FqWLxgCVKBPkNUfKPN0IFo--GI8jxugMnroIYucvZYewVGug

And here's Labour polling under Starmer not so good as Tories

spotlight-newspaper.co.uk/politics/02/16/labour-centrists-lose-narrative-control/?fbclid=IwAR17jkn7kYqJ5Hu1-2VJfDq77WW4U32tbxsvBf00dYugHtpU5NZSdID2HFQ

How much longer will Starmer be leader?

rachaelswindon.blogspot.com

Possibly, I don’t know enough about what’s happening on the ground to know if she will succeed or not - my instinct is that there’s something behind the decision other than internal politics in the party. Hopefully there will be more facts emerging shortly.

Whatever the reasons it's a shitty way to treat women working in politics.

Unless they are also involved in the shenanigans in some way, in which case they are equally culpable - that’s why I’d prefer to wait for more detail on what’s been going on.

@CllrAnnaRothery

My statement following today's announcement.

twitter.com/CllrAnnaRothery/status/1364251466031108097?s=20

She should stand as an independent, people say.

Casdon

Unless they are also involved in the shenanigans in some way, in which case they are equally culpable - that’s why I’d prefer to wait for more detail on what’s been going on.

I agree. I've been following this story and there's too much speculation to come to any conclusion.

It's difficult to see though who the LP would appeal to now. Who will be upset by this? Left wingers, women, black people, who will that leave? Right wing men! Not a party for many.

growstuff

Casdon

Unless they are also involved in the shenanigans in some way, in which case they are equally culpable - that’s why I’d prefer to wait for more detail on what’s been going on.

I agree. I've been following this story and there's too much speculation to come to any conclusion.

I’m with Casdon and growstuff, which won’t surprise anyone

I think that Starmer and Evens et al don't like that Anna Rothery is black a socialist and a woman Yes Democracy is Dead.

Good artical in Guardian by Owen Jones.

On tax as on so much else, Keir Starmer's team is fighting yesterday's battles.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/26/keir-starmer-tax-pandemic

It would have been such a great first-first black women mayor. As it is it is most likely that Labour will lose the mayoral election.

No surprise then.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/former-labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-19805045

That's old news everyone knew she was left wing and a Corbyn supporter. It shows how inclusive Starmer's LP is though.

What is the point of Labour?

Just Owen Jones on YouTube

Speaking his mind

m.youtube.com/watch?v=YvXJ3PL9Vgo

Thanks Grany Love Owen Jones-policy driven by focus groups-it explains much. The poster of Kier Hardie and all the issues listed was so applicable still. It seems we have moved such a short distance towards a decent life for all.

Couldn't help posting it. These are still issues today!

Liverpool is a law unto itself, always has been and will remain to be so.