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Sep 02, 2026

Keir Starmer has announced that he is resigning as an MP to spend some more time with his donors. No, he really is. Well, officially he’s focusing on “overseas affairs”, but given that he didn’t spend a single moment of his 22 years as PM representing the UK, that’s basically the same thing…

Shit, was he really in Downing Street for 22 years? Or did it just feel that long? Hang on, I’m being told it was only two years, but he did age 22 during that time. It’s funny what selling your soul to Israel does—and they didn’t even publicly thank him for his services to genocide. Ungrateful.

Starmer has explained he’ll be focusing on defence, security, trade, and technology now. So that’s basically Elbit Systems, Blackrock, and Palantir. Personally, I’m hoping he gets a role on the Gaza Peace Board. That is still a thing, isn’t it? He loves a good war crime, does Keir. He also loves selling the ground from under your feet and building a mass surveillance state.

Whatever he does next, expect him to follow in the footsteps of Tony Blair, i.e., get behind the most ghoulish projects. The one good thing is that no one listens to him or Blair. They’re the two worst sales people imaginable. The Andy Burnhams of this world can be more dangerous, because they seem genuinely nice, but often go along with the same crap.

Starmer might be on his way out, but unfortunately he won’t stop boring us to death. He’s still banging on about how he “changed Labour for the better”. I don’t like resorting to name calling, but he is such an odious little prick. If I hear him brag about lifting kids out of poverty one more time—when he literally punished his MPs for trying to do that—I swear I’ll scream. You don’t get to take credit for your hand being forced by public opinion.

The simple fact is Starmer had one job: smash the left and protect Zionism. Now he’s done that, he can piss off into the sunset and focus on humanitarian projects, such as pushing through illegal arms sales. He’s a decent man, you know. Shame he didn’t do one decent thing during his time in charge.

Now that he’s finally… finally gone, it’s gonna be interesting to see who Labour’s candidate to replace him is. Will see they say “fuck you” to their membership and stand some Blairite ghoul with ties to big pharma? Or will they find someone who rides a bike and looks vaguely progressive? Personally, I hope they go for the first option. That will be easier to fight.

We’re told that Zack Polanski might stand in Holborn and St Pancras. This could be a headache for Andy Burnham. He’s already sacrificed some good will with the public by showing himself to be the Starmer continuity candidate. The Greens can definitely exploit that.

Burnham’s U-turning on his promise to take control of Thames Water and his plans for social housing. He’s wobbling all over the place, hinting he’s gonna do things and then acting like he never said anything. It’s like people are whispering in his ear, telling him he can’t do that. However, that’s not a vote-winning strategy.

At the very least, this by-election should force Labour to pretend to shift left. We might even get a decent policy from them to sweeten the public—and it could work. There is bound to be some low hanging fruit here.

Just think about how Burnham scrapped digital ID. It was such an easy win. He needs to find one more hated thing that would cost him little or nothing to scrap. If he times it right and gets people talking, it should be enough to stop L:abour haemorrhaging votes.

Needless to say this will not be an easy seat for the Greens to take. At the last election, they were 14,000 votes behind in third place. However, Independent candidate Andrew Feinstein came in second and he may step aside to help the Greens. Not sure if this would work, but Starmer’s so hated it might. It’s actually a shame Starmer’s not standing because he’d definitely lose.

Two-thirds of constituents in Holborn and St Pancras are non-white, over half are graduates, and nearly half are under 40. All of these groups have swung from Labour to Greens in recent years.

If you total the Green vote share with Feinstein’s vote share, you get to about 16,000 votes, but there is nothing to say all of Feinstein’s voters would go Green. Even if they did, the Greens would still be a couple of thousand votes behind. This means they’d either need Labour to lose votes, or they’d need to find votes from elsewhere.

Regardless of how this by-election plays out, the Greens are likely to perform significantly better this time around. The result probably hinges on whether Burnham can fool voters into believing Labour is a changed party. If he can avoid losing a few thousand votes, Labour wins. If he can’t, we could well see Zack Polanski taking Starmer’s seat, and my god, wouldn’t that be beautiful?