Diane Abbott accused Sir Keir Starmer of an ‘appalling cull of left-wingers’ (Picture: Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
In MetroTalk, there’s a debate about whether left-wing members are being purged from the Labour Party.
Labour leader Keir Starmer vehemently denies this. However, one commenter says they’ve seen such tactics before, but they think it was the moderates being targeted back then.
Meanwhile, where’s Boris Johnson? He’s been unusually quiet this General Election period hasn’t he? And, what do Reform UK voters have in common? Well…
Share your thoughts on these topics and more in the comments.
What about Momentum?
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is standing as an independent candidate for Islington North (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Judy (MetroTalk, Tue) says Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to purge Labour of left-wing candidates.
Is she aware that Jeremy Corbyn did the very things she is accusing Sir Keir of doing, though at this time it was a purge of the moderates?
Momentum, the Corbyn-supporting group, was attempting to force out good (and long-standing) Labour politicians at national and local level.
Perhaps Judy should open her eyes and find out about the despair that Momentum brought to excellent and loyal Labour representatives. Lynn Joyner, via email
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Where’s Boris?
Boris Johnson was last spotted with a full bag of shopping from at budget chain B&M on May 18 (Picture: SWNS)
Boris Johnson seems to have gone quiet on the election trail. Perhaps he has ‘jumped ship’ and sailed off across the Big Pond to hang out with the Unhinged. Martin Hughes, via email
Is a vote for Reform a vote for Labour?
Reform UK doesn’t have enough candidates to do anything other than harm the Conservatives and help Labour.
As a right-of-centre thinking person, voting for Reform would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
All the non-woke, hard-working British who keep our economy ticking over shouldn’t support Labour or Reform.
If Labour win, it will primarily harm middle-of-the-road, aspirational people who are fed up with the blah blah blah of woke politics and are working hard to make the most of their lives and, dare I say it, those of people less fortunate. Lois, via email
What if the Tories had waited…
Bet it still would have rained in October too (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)
I think the Conservatives should have waited until October before calling the election. They’re likely to be kicked out, well into the very long grass.
Frankly, I welcome Reform and its leader Nigel Farage. He’s a very positive speaker. I hope he wins in Clacton-on-Sea. He might be our new prime minister in five years, if Reform gains sufficient support. Roderick Archer, Weybridge
Does the average Reform voter lack ambition?
My stars say I should speak my mind even if others don’t like it, so here goes.
The people most likely to vote Reform are those with less ambition than the rest of us.
The proof of this can be seen in Nigel Farage standing in Clacton, which was the first constituency to elect an MP from one of his parties – Douglas Carswell for Ukip.
The level of economically inactive people – those not working or looking for work – in Clacton is 46.8 per cent. That’s more than twice the UK average.
Reform voters are those looking for an easy life when what this country badly needs is ambitious and hard workers.
Clacton is probably the poorest part of Essex, and rather than make a determined effort to change that, they’re on the lookout for someone else to do or promise to do it for them. Roger Watts, Walsall
Nigel Farage got milkshaked by a protester at his Clacton campaign launch on Tuesday (Credits: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Who will clean up the mess caused by ‘the cupful of yellow liquid’ thrown by the ‘juvenile moron’ after the ‘assault’ on Nigel Farage (Metro, Wed)? It’ll be an underpaid council worker, mopping up after the pointless protest. Michael, London
There’s only one true poll
I’m always reading about ‘recent polls’ when there’s an election but I’ve never been included in one, I don’t know anyone who has been in one and I don’t know how many people are in these polls. Is it two or 1,000-plus? Who knows?
We should just wait for the election poll – where we all vote – and see who wins.Rob R, Newhaven
Claudia Sheinbaum of ”Sigamos Haciendo Historia” coalition will become Mexico’s first woman president (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)
Metro (Tue) reported the Mexican presidential election win of Claudia Sheinbaum, who had halved the murder rate in Mexico City when its mayor.
Why can’t Britain produce politicians like her? We have only men in suits who discuss the possible motives for crime, while the crime rate rises year after year. I want to move to Mexico. Vivian, London
Why is there no help for the world’s most important job?
Do you judge parents who put their kids in front of a screen for some quiet time? (Picture: Getty Images)
There seems to have been a lot of news in the past few months about limiting children’s access to phones, whether it’s banning phone ownership under a certain age, or 12-hour school days to keep an eye on what pupils are doing etc.
I don’t think it’s moral or practical to try to control kids’ lives in this way, and even if it was, I don’t think they’re the problem, so to speak.
I take the train a lot. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen parents who, when bothered or exasperated with their child, pop a device in front of their child’s face to preoccupy or pacify them through the journey.
Yes, perhaps they’re being bad parents but I can hardly blame them. Being a parent is tough, the internet only makes it tougher and there’s a lack of help and advice, especially if one can’t call on family or friends. It’s only natural that tired, jaded parents take the easy option.
If we want to improve our children’s phone habits, mental health and lives in general, we should create a public service to provide support to parents, – free of charge or judgment, backed by science and funded by the state.
Parenting is the most important job in the world, yet there’s no training, help or guidance. It’s high time we changed that. Sharon, Manchester
Big thanks for showing shorties can be a Crush
As a short and slim male, I’ve never been particularly successful with the ladies.
I appreciate that natural selection puts me at a disadvantage height-wise but I’ve never been enthusiastic about working out at the gym.
Thus I’m grateful for Margerie’s Rush Hour Crush to ‘the tiny man with the bucket hat’ (MetroTalk, Tue). I don’t usually read that section as I wouldn’t expect to see small men featured. In fact I read her entry only because the first words caught my eye.
The advice I’d give to Margerie is just smile at and perhaps say hello to the tiny, bucket-hat wearer. Diminutive Dan, Middlesex