Ultimately. Rafael is right. Opposition to FOM, Europhobia, "no Slavs on the bus", was the major driver of Brexit. That public antipathy also drove policy after the referendum Would it be the same today? Given the Brexit disaster, even the FOM line would be blunted, esp. for LP voters 3
And Starmer doesn't have to address FOM immediately anyhow, as there's no immediate prospect of it returning. What he can do is make sure that Brexit negatives are pinned on Farage. My recent thread on the issue 👇 Ends
It’s all true, but Farage has had a teflon overcoat for well over a decade and somehow seems able to successfully avoid scrutiny and any blame whatever is thrown his way, in fact he often seems to thrive on the attention His pontification this week on his “plan” to deport anyone he doesn’t like
received wall to wall attention, while hardly any attention is given to the immediate backtracking on the details This should be a prime opportunity for Starmer to go on the attack, highlighting how he always makes huge promises that can never be delivered and that will always fall apart on
exposure to daylight and reality But we all know he won’t Such a shame for him personally but a disaster for the country he is supposed to be leading
That’s exactly what Starmer must home in on, forensic analysis of the shit NF is spouting. He seems to still desperately trying to avoid being called a “Rejoiner”, but focussing on Farage’s (and Reform in general) crap is the way forward.
You would think the Farage makes a huge target based on the number of outlandish schemes he proposes , from which he later backtracks !
Just label him FAFO. Farage Always Fucks Off.