Seriously, if Starmer is not up to this job - which he patently isn't - he should make way for someone who understands how politics works, how to connect with people, and what they actually want from politics. Clue: it's not Continuity Tory.
Seriously, if Starmer is not up to this job - which he patently isn't - he should make way for someone who understands how politics works, how to connect with people, and what they actually want from politics. Clue: it's not Continuity Tory.
The total lack of any kind of story for us to believe in is the clearest sign that neither this besuited dog nor the tails that wag him have an iota of imagination, purpose or courage
But the english voted for him knowing what he was: a rightwing lawyer‼️
Isn’t the problem the system, clearly copied from Lemmings? Politicians don’t work nor does the system, it & its leaders are demonstrably destroying life itself & gaoling those peacefully highlighting the fact. Politicians & their corrupt system are the problem, unfortunately extinctions at stake.
This is not continuity Tory, this is nazi party shit.
Who do you think is best suited to take his place? I do feel we need an alternative, but I'm not sure who that is.
Andy Burnham would be good.
... Clive Lewis, even Rayner would be an improvement. She's hated by the right wing press which is a good sign.
I don't think Raynor has enemies in the press due to her staunch egalitarian, leftist principals. She is (depressingly) loathed by the right because she is a) a woman and b) working class.
Not one senior member of the labour party is calling out his bullshit. Craven traitors the lot of them
You know, I'm honestly starting to think that Rishi Sunak was a better politician than Starmer.
Over 100 million worldwide…in the US, trying to cancel people that that have been vetted and we offered asylum…everything is upside down…
The most hideous being the afghani translators who helped the us fleeing the taliban
And after Miller gutted the program before leaving office we finally were able to help rescue them…only to be thrown out by IRAN and Pakistan
He's going to carry on suppressing the left for as long as he can.
That's the point of Starmer
The sad and shocking things is that formerly leftist ministers like Cooper and Rayner have happily toed his line, and turned Tory!
Absolutely!
He needs to make a speech, and be frank, explaining how many migrants there are, the tiny percentage of whom are asylum seekers, and tell people to get their act together and stop being racist. So what if that turns off the racists?
Majority are Asylum seekers escaping persecution
There are more than 10 million immigrants living in the UK. The number of asylum seekers is tiny compared to that.
Fair enough, i thought you were saying Asylum seekers are a problem
Nope.
BUT as an "unconditional supporter of zionism" Starmer IS racist !! #StarmerMustGo
Well, once you've given the "island of strangers" speech I'm not really sure you can turn around and give the "don't worry racists, there aren't so many immigrants, really" speech. Labour is done for anyone with any heart.
Indeed. That’s speech he made was quite scary.
This. He really does. Stop putting out tweets and saying shite to show how tough he is on illegal migration etc., that just helps feed the divisions at same time as pissing off labour's liberal base even more. It is a terrible self defeating strategy that isn't helping anything or anyone.
This is what happens when you have someone in charge with no guiding principles. A follower rather than a leader.
When you get to a certain level of journalistic ability and reach, you're in danger of doing hapless politicians' jobs for them. I just suggested this to another journalist and author, but I very much had you in mind as well as I wrote the words.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social he's a coward when we need heroes. #Starmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS
Currently, I'd settle for borderline competence with a reasonable set of principles.
Starmer is also a supporter of genocide
As usual you are absolutely right.
It will just be another neoliberal suit being managed by the Labour extremist right wing.
You guys need to get to the streets. This is a fascism speedrun in the UK.
But he's not the one in charge, McSweeney is and as he's a [genuine] right-winger [not just NeoLib Corporate puppet], it seems everything is going exactly according to plan.