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Keir Starmer Labour Leader
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Why aren’t you proud to be British?
We need to make Britain about British and get some muslamic ray guns.
I reckon there is a good chance Corbyn will win as an independent.
I'd be fairly confident he will win as an independent. His constituency work is second to none. Hope he wins with a huge majority.
He's an arsehole Starmer, I've no time for the man at all. Banging on today about all the changes and strides forward Labour have achieved since Corbyn left as leader.
What achievements? He's done the square root of feck all. Any gains in the polls are simply down to Conservatives self inflicted damage, absolute nothing to do with this prat.
Seems to be a complete media blackout on the labour files which was released last year too which showed about fabricating allegations of antisemitism from within the labour party as well as members of the right of the party working against the party in elections too. And now he's out this morning saying those left of the party can all leave
Just a tory wearing red. We're going to go from a right wing tory government to a right wing labour government. Politics is fecked in the uk.
Starmer doesn't give a feck about the party, if he did he wouldn't have been actively working against the last leader from the back benches. He's a fecking snake.
What achievements? He's done the square root of feck all. Any gains in the polls are simply down to Conservatives self inflicted damage, absolute nothing to do with this prat.
Seems to be a complete media blackout on the labour files which was released last year too which showed about fabricating allegations of antisemitism from within the labour party as well as members of the right of the party working against the party in elections too. And now he's out this morning saying those left of the party can all leave
Just a tory wearing red. We're going to go from a right wing tory government to a right wing labour government. Politics is fecked in the uk.Starmer doesn't give a feck about the party, if he did he wouldn't have been actively working against the last leader from the back benches. He's a fecking snake.
He's an arsehole Starmer, I've no time for the man at all. Banging on today about all the changes and strides forward Labour have achieved since Corbyn left as leader.
What achievements? He's done the square root of feck all. Any gains in the polls are simply down to Conservatives self inflicted damage, absolute nothing to do with this prat.
Seems to be a complete media blackout on the labour files which was released last year too which showed about fabricating allegations of antisemitism from within the labour party as well as members of the right of the party working against the party in elections too. And now he's out this morning saying those left of the party can all leave
Starmer doesn't give a feck about the party, if he did he wouldn't have been actively working against the last leader from the back benches. He's a fecking snake.
He'll be a less corrupt and less offensive version of the Tory party basically. One who culturally fits the average centrists view e.g he's a white middle manager type. The fact he's a guy like them is enough (for them) even if he doesn't help others.
Almost, but not totally impossible to apply legally.
Successive UK governments (even when part of the EU) going back to the later part of the 20th Century have failed to handle asylum seeker routes properly, that is becoming ever clearer. Hence the illegal routes, run by criminals have expanded.
The numbers using such routes have included large percentages of illegal migrants , who are not seeking asylum and many have no rights to enter the UK whatsoever, but now these numbers have been increased by genuine asylum seekers, unable or unwilling to seek legal asylum routes. Genuine asylum seekers do need help, but not from illegal/criminal gangs of 'people traffickers' whose activities lead on to many other forms of criminal behaviours.
No UK government of whatever party/coalition, is going to win public approval for setting up safer asylum routes whilst illegal 'people trafficking' not only survives but flourishes. However I would agree both actions should be taken in tandem, safer legal routes for genuine asylum seekers need to be established much more quickly, but also those who are simply attempting to 'jump the queue' by use of illegal people trafficking routes have to understand this will not be tolerated.
It's bonkers how Johnson has, rightly, been held over the coals for all his lies. Yet Starmer, a person always quick to point out the dishonesty in others, just gets away with breaking, pretty much, all the things he said to get him elected as Labour leader in the first place. Despite finding myself hoping he does well in PMQs, I increasingly cannot stand him. I totally understand that changes were required post-Corbyn, but the lengths this guy is going to are so needless. I didn't vote for him as a leader, but I wasn't upset to see him win. Since then I've gone from supporting him, to despising him. Die-hard Labour supporters insist he'll change when he gets into power, and that this is all but a rouse to win back "red wall voters", but I think it's a dangerous game to bank on the eventual good nature of an otherwise deceitful man.
Very well said.
Well that's that, defo not voting Labour in the next election.
I dunno, getting rid of all the antisemites was a pretty good thing to do. But hardly surprising if the very people who couldn't see the problem, can't credit the achievement.
And ultimately, all any opposition leader can do is make the party look like it's ready for government, something Corbyn wasn't ever able to manage.
So two pretty solid achievements right there, achievements that were beyond the last leader.
I expect he will, but given his titanic unpopularity with the voters Labour needs to win over, not having him in Labour has to count as a big win for Starmer. It's a tangible signal to those voters that Labour has changed.
It'll present Corbyn's allies in the party with a tricky decision as well - remain loyal to Corbyn or to Labour.
It's quite clear what Starmer is trying to do.
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Can you expand on how Starmer got rid of the anti-semites with any level of specifics?
Not if it leads to people who otherwise would have voted for Labour not voting for Labour.
I'm sure Starmer is crying all the way to the electoral bank.
... okay?
They did all the EHRC stuff as asked.
They suspended the denier in chief & withdrew the whip.
They expelled a load of its members and proscribed groups that had campaigned agains the EHRC recommendations.
Good on him.
Why wouldn't he? His goal is to win power. Elections aren't won by appealing to die hards alone, they are won by appealing to swing voters. It's not great, I wish it were different, but that's the game. If he loses a handful of die hards but gains an avalanche of swing voters in return, which seems to be what you are saying, then good for him.
Shame Starmer didn't expel the guy who campaigned for the denier in chief to be PM in the last two elections.
Can't stand the way he's weaponised anti-semitism against Corbyn but he's being pragmatic as the Tory press and right of the Labour Party manufactured it.
He's not ideal but at least he's not as corrupt as the Tories, yet.
He's not ideal but at least he's not as corrupt as the Tories, yet.
So what you are saying is he backed his leader? If only Corbyn had ever shown such loyalty to his leaders.
It’s unfortunate, but he’s got to play to the theatre. Tory’s are using Corbyn against him every week in Parliament. If he backed Corbyn he would be unelectable so he instead chooses to piss off the left of the party who he is counting on holding their noses and voting for him anyway. It’s a fact that if he backed Corbyn the centre of the country would hold their noses and vote Tory again.
Completely agree, unfortunately, it's all part of a ridiculous game.
Ha! And no mention of the self sabotage of Corbyns campaign by the Labour ranks.
What's your opinion on the Labour files?
That's not very specific is it though, even the EHRC report mentioned many of the improvements were already underway.
There's still a lot of complaints raised, over 65% of complaints are anti-semitism and it's only somewhere around 13% from memory that lead to expulsion.
Not much has changed apart from the factionalism and yes better processes. It says a lot that factionalist people li yourself think its suddenly solved though.
What antisemites did he get rid of? You say corbyn, what evidence is there of him being antisemite?
If antisemitism was rife under corbyns leadership and the only person to go is corbyn... Then how did he solve that issue?
If corbyn didn't make the party look ready for government then how did he manage to increase the vote share more than any other Labour leader since 1945? That suggests to me a lot of people thought he and his party was ready for government or why the sudden surge in votes?
Starmer has achieved as much as Mr Bobby could which is basically just doing nothing and allowing the opposition to self destruct.
Corbyn lost the 2019 election due to propoganda and media manipulation. If you're unable to see that and you geniuenly think that he lost because he's a raging antisemite who hated Jewish people then unfortunately all you did was fall for the propoganda @nickm
Why don't you read some of the news articles about what Jewish constituents in his area who have lived under him for 40 years think about him. You might be in for a shock.
Why don't you read some of the news articles about what Jewish constituents in his area who have lived under him for 40 years think about him. You might be in for a shock.
Isn't it more likely the guy is just right wing. The unfortunately having to play the game or Starmer is secretly left wing shtick is completely unfounded. It reminds me of when conservative voters think their candidate is against the ruling elite(Even though all the evidence shows the opposite).
The one thing Starmer does seem very good at, is letting people project their political ideas on to him(Very Obama like) and tbh it's working for him at the moment(Although means very little to changing the country).
Boris Johnson has a history of islamaohobia which is much worse than that of anything corbyn was accused of. Maybe if the BBC and Murdoch group put as much focus on the proven islamaohobia there then the 2019 election would have went differently.
He might be, I'm just wondering if it's sustainable. I certainly don't think anything Starmer has actively done is the reason why they're probably going to win the next election. You could argue that it wouldn't have happened if Corbyn was still in charge, though I'm not sure I agree, but at some point the Tories are going to stabilize back to their old horrible selves, and Starmer might then regret losing the left to temporarily gain the centre-right. Particularly if losing the left didn't have anything to do with gaining the centre-right.
Trump is going to pivot any day now.
I mean sure but this is pure whataboutery, the media quite clearly leans to the right so Corbyn couldn't expect a fair game in that regard.
Think the issue of anti-Semitism under Corbyn is over stated yes, but there was an issue. And where he failed, was a) stamping it out and nipping it in the bud and b) letting the media run rampant without much of a defence because in his head, he was going to dignify the allegations with an actual response.
Corbyn has no one but himself to blame. Don't think he's anti-Semitic but the way he handled it all in hindsight is terrible.
I don't think there's much substance to him really, and he will do what is required to get the Labour Party into power. He will bring about a less corrupt culture than the Tories but there won't be anything revolutionary as he is constrained by a voter base that is centre-right. The only thing we can hope is that he brings about PR or it's going to be very much more of the same shit.
They did and were accused of campaigning for Boris.
Pretty much. It does seem to be the same argument. I just don't get how people who can clearly see the likes of Boris and Trump are full of pure shit, are at the same time thinking a guy who backed track on every single leadership policy only pretending to be right wing. Maybe it just hope.
Imo I don't think he is constrained but just that he is a pretty standard conservative, similar to David Cameron. But tbh I'm always wrong, so who knows I guess.
Already ruled out.
Yes but a lot of the antisemitism he was accused of was over stuff which isn't antismetic in the slightest.
He was the only leader strong enough to stand up to Israel and call them out for the horrific crimes committed by the state on the daily. And he gets called antisemitic for this.
Whereas people can freely criticise countries such as Saudi Arabia, rightly so, but that's not islamaohobia.
I recommend reading this for an alternative view and analysis of the EHRC report - https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/a-fabricated-crisis
I don't deny this, as I said I don't believe Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-semite. What I'm saying is, he didn't deal with the allegations properly and to this day doesn't see where he went wrong. He could have dealt with them far better but I feel like pride got in the way.
might not even run. The Labour Left are really something
The Labour pick is likely to be someone who is vehemently anti-trans, from what I have read. Quite a replacement.
I had assumed that this was satirical.