{"id":6960,"date":"2023-01-05T19:32:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:58:26","slug":"the-peoples-flag-is-palest-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/the-peoples-flag-is-palest-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"The people&#8217;s flag is palest pink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kier Starmer kicked off the new year, with a rousing speech calling the masses to the barricades. Or something like that! Here are my notes. &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/labour.org.uk\/press\/keir-starmer-new-years-speech\/\">the speech in text<\/a>, and here&#8217;s the speech in words\/text and here&#8217;s a youtube version; I have cut out the four minutes of silence waiting for Rachel Reeves as the warm-up act &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keir Starmer: New Year&#039;s Speech\" width=\"1099\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bAEBbX6xn50?start=247&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have not read it yet\/ I don;t think I&#8217;ll be watching it I have better things to do with 50 mins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Prem Sekka says on public expenditure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Labour won&#39;t spend its way out of Tory &#39;mess&#39;, says Keir Starmer.<br>Meaning what?<br>Real cuts to wages, pension, benefits; privatization of the NHS, no real increase in spending on schools, <br>Taxing capital gains at the same rates as earned income raised \u00a325bn.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XtQx9g7J0m\">https:\/\/t.co\/XtQx9g7J0m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premnsikka\/status\/1610929057084092416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter is cross on public sector funding\/pay, using take back control as a slogan for empowering local authorities, for being weak on the abolition of tuition fees, and giving a nod to the further privatisation of public services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Devolution\/subsidiarity&nbsp; can&#8217;t work without a financial guarantee &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It reminds me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The people&#8217;s flag is palest pink<br>It&#8217;s not the colour you might think<br>White collar workers stand and cheer<br>The Labour government is here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll change the country bit by bit<br>So nobody will notice it<br>And just to show that we&#8217;re sincere<br>We&#8217;ll sing The Red Flag once a year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cloth cap and the woolen scarf<br>Are images outdated<br>For we&#8217;re the party&#8217;s avant garde<br>And we are educated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So raise the rolled umbrella high<br>The college scarf, the old school tie<br>And just to show that we&#8217;re sincere<br>We&#8217;ll sing The Red Flag once a year<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I got these words from <a href=\"https:\/\/everything2.com\/title\/The+People%2527s+Flag+is+Palest+Pink\">everything2.com<\/a> and not the Clause IV song book which is where I first heard\/read\/sang it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kier Starmer kicked off the new year, with a rousing speech calling the masses to the barricades. 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