Darren Fower
@darrenfower.bsky.social
✊🏼 Campaigner, 🖥️ blogger and 📊 political analysts/commentator ........ Based in #Peterborough 🇬🇧
Ipsos (Dec 2025): Starmer recorded a net dissatisfaction rating of –66%. The lowest rating recorded for any British #PrimeMinister since Ipsos began tracking the figures in 1977, surpassing previous lows set by #JohnMajor & #JeremyCorbyn!
#KeirStarmer #UKLabour #ByeByeKeir
#KeirStarmer #UKLabour #ByeByeKeir
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ipsos (Dec 2025): Starmer recorded a net dissatisfaction rating of –66%. The lowest rating recorded for any British #PrimeMinister since Ipsos began tracking the figures in 1977, surpassing previous lows set by #JohnMajor & #JeremyCorbyn!
#KeirStarmer #UKLabour #ByeByeKeir
#KeirStarmer #UKLabour #ByeByeKeir
#TrussellTrust reveals stark escalation in child food insecurity in UK, driven by economic pressures i.e. #CostofLivingCrisis!
-. Winter 2024 = #FoodBanks distributed over 266k parcels specifically for children - equating to 1/3 of all parcels issued - a 29% increase from 2023!
-. Winter 2024 = #FoodBanks distributed over 266k parcels specifically for children - equating to 1/3 of all parcels issued - a 29% increase from 2023!
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#TrussellTrust reveals stark escalation in child food insecurity in UK, driven by economic pressures i.e. #CostofLivingCrisis!
-. Winter 2024 = #FoodBanks distributed over 266k parcels specifically for children - equating to 1/3 of all parcels issued - a 29% increase from 2023!
-. Winter 2024 = #FoodBanks distributed over 266k parcels specifically for children - equating to 1/3 of all parcels issued - a 29% increase from 2023!
Labour promises 1.5m new homes but ignores the facts: the construction workforce is down 15% since pre-Covid. We are short 200k+ skilled tradespeople needed right now to make this happen!
#HousingCrisis #KeirStarmer #UKLabour
#HousingCrisis #KeirStarmer #UKLabour
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Labour promises 1.5m new homes but ignores the facts: the construction workforce is down 15% since pre-Covid. We are short 200k+ skilled tradespeople needed right now to make this happen!
#HousingCrisis #KeirStarmer #UKLabour
#HousingCrisis #KeirStarmer #UKLabour
Given all the recent chat RE: Labour changes to the Employment Rights Bill, it's a touch ironic that Keir is clear, he's not interested in talking about how future proofed his own PM role is!? :) #UKLabour
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Given all the recent chat RE: Labour changes to the Employment Rights Bill, it's a touch ironic that Keir is clear, he's not interested in talking about how future proofed his own PM role is!? :) #UKLabour
UK's youth job crisis surges: 702K aged 16-24 unemployed in Q3 2025, hitting 15.3% - a brutal non-COVID high not seen since 2015!
-> Alarm bells for the economy's future!
-> Alarm bells for the economy's future!
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
UK's youth job crisis surges: 702K aged 16-24 unemployed in Q3 2025, hitting 15.3% - a brutal non-COVID high not seen since 2015!
-> Alarm bells for the economy's future!
-> Alarm bells for the economy's future!
All the time peeps are talking about #AsylumSeekers and #Immigrants .... They're NOT talking about Labour's failure to enact policy promises .... Plus, they can blame a lot on the #Tories!
#MigrationCrisis #Immigration #KeitStarmer #UKLabour #SmokeAndMirrors #KeirStarmer
#MigrationCrisis #Immigration #KeitStarmer #UKLabour #SmokeAndMirrors #KeirStarmer
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
All the time peeps are talking about #AsylumSeekers and #Immigrants .... They're NOT talking about Labour's failure to enact policy promises .... Plus, they can blame a lot on the #Tories!
#MigrationCrisis #Immigration #KeitStarmer #UKLabour #SmokeAndMirrors #KeirStarmer
#MigrationCrisis #Immigration #KeitStarmer #UKLabour #SmokeAndMirrors #KeirStarmer
UK police launch a fierce winter crackdown on knife crime, with Labour's #SarahJonesMP vowing "relentless" action and fresh Home Office tactics to reclaim streets from blade-wielding threats!
-> Who believes they'll make a difference?
-> Who believes they'll make a difference?
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
UK police launch a fierce winter crackdown on knife crime, with Labour's #SarahJonesMP vowing "relentless" action and fresh Home Office tactics to reclaim streets from blade-wielding threats!
-> Who believes they'll make a difference?
-> Who believes they'll make a difference?
UK food banks dished out 740,000 emergency parcels last winter - a brutal 40% jump from pre-COVID norms - exposing a hunger epidemic gripping the UK nation!
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
UK food banks dished out 740,000 emergency parcels last winter - a brutal 40% jump from pre-COVID norms - exposing a hunger epidemic gripping the UK nation!
Housebuilders have warned the government will miss its target, after the number of new homes started fell from 207,000 to 139,000 after Labour took office - the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic!
#UKhousingCrisis #AffordableHomesCrisis #UKLabour #KeirStarmer #Housing
#UKhousingCrisis #AffordableHomesCrisis #UKLabour #KeirStarmer #Housing
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Housebuilders have warned the government will miss its target, after the number of new homes started fell from 207,000 to 139,000 after Labour took office - the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic!
#UKhousingCrisis #AffordableHomesCrisis #UKLabour #KeirStarmer #Housing
#UKhousingCrisis #AffordableHomesCrisis #UKLabour #KeirStarmer #Housing
UK Media Reports: #LabourTogether, the influential think tank that ran #KeirStarmer's leadership campaign, is now canvassing #LabourParty members on potential candidates to replace him!
-> Participants are also being offered entry into a £500 cash draw for their responses!
-> Participants are also being offered entry into a £500 cash draw for their responses!
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
UK Media Reports: #LabourTogether, the influential think tank that ran #KeirStarmer's leadership campaign, is now canvassing #LabourParty members on potential candidates to replace him!
-> Participants are also being offered entry into a £500 cash draw for their responses!
-> Participants are also being offered entry into a £500 cash draw for their responses!
Labour's #WesStreetingMP vows to banish NHS "corridor care" by next election - so ANOTHER 4 years then, eh?
-> Nursing union's declare dire alert!
-> England's hospital bed demand has skyrocketed 90-fold in six years!
-> Community services packing A&Es with desperate patients!
-> Nursing union's declare dire alert!
-> England's hospital bed demand has skyrocketed 90-fold in six years!
-> Community services packing A&Es with desperate patients!
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Labour's #WesStreetingMP vows to banish NHS "corridor care" by next election - so ANOTHER 4 years then, eh?
-> Nursing union's declare dire alert!
-> England's hospital bed demand has skyrocketed 90-fold in six years!
-> Community services packing A&Es with desperate patients!
-> Nursing union's declare dire alert!
-> England's hospital bed demand has skyrocketed 90-fold in six years!
-> Community services packing A&Es with desperate patients!
A MAJOR political battle taking place right now amongst the UK's ELITE!
-> Those who want #NigelFarage as the next #PrimeMinister and those who do not!
-> Those who want #NigelFarage as the next #PrimeMinister and those who do not!
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A MAJOR political battle taking place right now amongst the UK's ELITE!
-> Those who want #NigelFarage as the next #PrimeMinister and those who do not!
-> Those who want #NigelFarage as the next #PrimeMinister and those who do not!
🇺🇦 #DonaldTrumpshtag/DonaldTrumpJr%C2%A0claims" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DonaldTrumpJr claims President #DonaldTrump “may walk away” from #UkraineWar!
😯 Argues there's “no reason” for Kyiv to pursue peace while US money keeps flowing!
🛫 Says #Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled, leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight!?
😯 Argues there's “no reason” for Kyiv to pursue peace while US money keeps flowing!
🛫 Says #Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled, leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight!?
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🇺🇦 #DonaldTrumpshtag/DonaldTrumpJr%C2%A0claims" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DonaldTrumpJr claims President #DonaldTrump “may walk away” from #UkraineWar!
😯 Argues there's “no reason” for Kyiv to pursue peace while US money keeps flowing!
🛫 Says #Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled, leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight!?
😯 Argues there's “no reason” for Kyiv to pursue peace while US money keeps flowing!
🛫 Says #Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled, leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight!?
UK police crank up controversial AI face cams on Labour's orders - yet crooks in masks laugh last!
-> Will Big Brother beat the balaclavas?
#FacialRecognition #UKCrime #AIPolice #SurveillanceState
-> Will Big Brother beat the balaclavas?
#FacialRecognition #UKCrime #AIPolice #SurveillanceState
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
UK police crank up controversial AI face cams on Labour's orders - yet crooks in masks laugh last!
-> Will Big Brother beat the balaclavas?
#FacialRecognition #UKCrime #AIPolice #SurveillanceState
-> Will Big Brother beat the balaclavas?
#FacialRecognition #UKCrime #AIPolice #SurveillanceState
🏗️ UK's construction sector experiences its most severe contraction in over 5 years in November, with the S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) plummeting to 39.4 from 44.1 the previous month❗
⚠️ A reading below 50 signals ongoing shrinkage in the house building sector❗
⚠️ A reading below 50 signals ongoing shrinkage in the house building sector❗
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🏗️ UK's construction sector experiences its most severe contraction in over 5 years in November, with the S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) plummeting to 39.4 from 44.1 the previous month❗
⚠️ A reading below 50 signals ongoing shrinkage in the house building sector❗
⚠️ A reading below 50 signals ongoing shrinkage in the house building sector❗
💷 #Covidf="/hashtag/Covid19" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Covid19 support programmes cost taxpayers nearly £11bn through fraud and error❗
🤧 #Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner #TomHayhoe claims fraudsters exploited a "golden opportunity" due to a lack of 🤫 anti-fraud controls under #BorisJohnson's government⁉️
🤧 #Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner #TomHayhoe claims fraudsters exploited a "golden opportunity" due to a lack of 🤫 anti-fraud controls under #BorisJohnson's government⁉️
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
💷 #Covidf="/hashtag/Covid19" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Covid19 support programmes cost taxpayers nearly £11bn through fraud and error❗
🤧 #Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner #TomHayhoe claims fraudsters exploited a "golden opportunity" due to a lack of 🤫 anti-fraud controls under #BorisJohnson's government⁉️
🤧 #Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner #TomHayhoe claims fraudsters exploited a "golden opportunity" due to a lack of 🤫 anti-fraud controls under #BorisJohnson's government⁉️
🔎 #NHS watchdog survey finds "one in seven people" has their GP 👨🏻⚕️ referral "lost, rejected, or delayed"❗
🕳️ The "referrals black hole" reportedly leads to many patients suffering "harm to their physical or mental health"⁉️
🕳️ The "referrals black hole" reportedly leads to many patients suffering "harm to their physical or mental health"⁉️
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
🔎 #NHS watchdog survey finds "one in seven people" has their GP 👨🏻⚕️ referral "lost, rejected, or delayed"❗
🕳️ The "referrals black hole" reportedly leads to many patients suffering "harm to their physical or mental health"⁉️
🕳️ The "referrals black hole" reportedly leads to many patients suffering "harm to their physical or mental health"⁉️
📝 A new survey shows only "1 in 4 are confident they'd receive good treatment from the health service if diagnosed" with #Dementia!
😰 Findings show "many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home."
😰 Findings show "many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home."
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
📝 A new survey shows only "1 in 4 are confident they'd receive good treatment from the health service if diagnosed" with #Dementia!
😰 Findings show "many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home."
😰 Findings show "many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home."
👨🏻⚖️ Bosses will be legally obliged to tell staff about their right to join a union" under a new "overhaul of workers' rights"!
-> Shadow Business Secretary #AndrewGriffithMP tells the paper "it'll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law"! 🎄
-> Shadow Business Secretary #AndrewGriffithMP tells the paper "it'll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law"! 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
👨🏻⚖️ Bosses will be legally obliged to tell staff about their right to join a union" under a new "overhaul of workers' rights"!
-> Shadow Business Secretary #AndrewGriffithMP tells the paper "it'll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law"! 🎄
-> Shadow Business Secretary #AndrewGriffithMP tells the paper "it'll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law"! 🎄
RE: UK #GroomingGangsCrisis -> New claims a "loophole" means "children needing urgent protection could be placed directly into the hands of predators"!! 🤦🏻♂️
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
RE: UK #GroomingGangsCrisis -> New claims a "loophole" means "children needing urgent protection could be placed directly into the hands of predators"!! 🤦🏻♂️
#BitWeirdEh? China earned approximately $78.3 billion from personal protective equipment (PPE) exports in 2020 alone!
#EasyMoney #Covid19 #China #CovidCrisis #ThinkAboutIt
#EasyMoney #Covid19 #China #CovidCrisis #ThinkAboutIt
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#BitWeirdEh? China earned approximately $78.3 billion from personal protective equipment (PPE) exports in 2020 alone!
#EasyMoney #Covid19 #China #CovidCrisis #ThinkAboutIt
#EasyMoney #Covid19 #China #CovidCrisis #ThinkAboutIt
US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether some children born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship!
-> On his first day in office, President #DonaldTrump signed an order to end birthright citizenship for those born to parents in the country illegally!
-> On his first day in office, President #DonaldTrump signed an order to end birthright citizenship for those born to parents in the country illegally!
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether some children born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship!
-> On his first day in office, President #DonaldTrump signed an order to end birthright citizenship for those born to parents in the country illegally!
-> On his first day in office, President #DonaldTrump signed an order to end birthright citizenship for those born to parents in the country illegally!
UK's kid crisis: 800K fewer children by 2035 (7% drop!) = school closures & teacher layoffs since '80s levels?
-> Institute for Fiscal Studies warns - time to rethink education!
#UKEducationCrisis #SchoolClosures #DemographicDecline
-> Institute for Fiscal Studies warns - time to rethink education!
#UKEducationCrisis #SchoolClosures #DemographicDecline
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
UK's kid crisis: 800K fewer children by 2035 (7% drop!) = school closures & teacher layoffs since '80s levels?
-> Institute for Fiscal Studies warns - time to rethink education!
#UKEducationCrisis #SchoolClosures #DemographicDecline
-> Institute for Fiscal Studies warns - time to rethink education!
#UKEducationCrisis #SchoolClosures #DemographicDecline
Labour locks in £3 bus fare cap till March 2027 and rams through Bus Services Act in October to shield key routes - but critics blast the post-2027 funding black hole as a ticking time bomb for commuters!
-> Around 3.4 million people in England rely on buses daily!
-> Around 3.4 million people in England rely on buses daily!
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Labour locks in £3 bus fare cap till March 2027 and rams through Bus Services Act in October to shield key routes - but critics blast the post-2027 funding black hole as a ticking time bomb for commuters!
-> Around 3.4 million people in England rely on buses daily!
-> Around 3.4 million people in England rely on buses daily!
#KeirStarmerMP's "moral mission" against child poverty sounds noble - but with 4.5M kids suffering, Labour's 500K rescue by 2030 ignores 89% of British kids living in relative poverty!
-> Rhetoric vs. reality?
#ChildPovertyCrisis #LabourHypocrisy #UKPolitics
-> Rhetoric vs. reality?
#ChildPovertyCrisis #LabourHypocrisy #UKPolitics
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#KeirStarmerMP's "moral mission" against child poverty sounds noble - but with 4.5M kids suffering, Labour's 500K rescue by 2030 ignores 89% of British kids living in relative poverty!
-> Rhetoric vs. reality?
#ChildPovertyCrisis #LabourHypocrisy #UKPolitics
-> Rhetoric vs. reality?
#ChildPovertyCrisis #LabourHypocrisy #UKPolitics