When Starmer became Party Leader I got into a bit of an argy-bargy with a colleague who said, “You’ll see. It will be different once he becomes PM.” With my cynical hat firmly in place, I countered with, “He’s showing us every day who he is. He’s not going to change when he becomes PM.” I quit the Labour Party when Starmer said that MPs couldn’t support strikers by going on their picket lines. That was it for me. A Labour Party that doesn’t support labourers. There may have been some positive things accomplished in the past two years, however, as you point out, Labour has become a party without a vision, and without a vision, these accomplishments are arbitrary and don’t create a cohesive through line that explains what kind of Britain the Labour Party wants us to be part of. His being portrayed as a steady hand and a ‘grown up’ , for me, just reinforced an elitist loop that doesn’t effectively change anything. There are times, and this is one of them, when I take no satisfaction in having been right.
I think the crux of Labour Together's whole problem has been that in their arrogance they've had no grasp of basic logic.
Corbyn's manifesto was hugely popular with the general public. The nation didn't reject the left, they rejected Corbyn (almost entirely because of the internal backstabbing, intended to sabotage the party and oust the left, plus the collusion of the media). Labour Together, and Starmer, we're spooked by a right-wing minority just because the right wing is always amplified more by the predominantly right wing press - and, well - Facebbok - but to then think that they should pander to Reform voters just defies all common sense.
I'm not blowing smoke up your arse Owen, but I hope at some point in the future you'll run for office. We so desperately need someone with intelligence, presence, passion and a strong sense of morality and social justice.
When Starmer became Party Leader I got into a bit of an argy-bargy with a colleague who said, “You’ll see. It will be different once he becomes PM.” With my cynical hat firmly in place, I countered with, “He’s showing us every day who he is. He’s not going to change when he becomes PM.” I quit the Labour Party when Starmer said that MPs couldn’t support strikers by going on their picket lines. That was it for me. A Labour Party that doesn’t support labourers. There may have been some positive things accomplished in the past two years, however, as you point out, Labour has become a party without a vision, and without a vision, these accomplishments are arbitrary and don’t create a cohesive through line that explains what kind of Britain the Labour Party wants us to be part of. His being portrayed as a steady hand and a ‘grown up’ , for me, just reinforced an elitist loop that doesn’t effectively change anything. There are times, and this is one of them, when I take no satisfaction in having been right.
It might not be evidence of your prophetic skills but it is evidence of you journalistic and political skills 👏👏
Everything you predicted has come true. For me, he became a danger to us all with his unrestrained support for Israel.
I think the crux of Labour Together's whole problem has been that in their arrogance they've had no grasp of basic logic.
Corbyn's manifesto was hugely popular with the general public. The nation didn't reject the left, they rejected Corbyn (almost entirely because of the internal backstabbing, intended to sabotage the party and oust the left, plus the collusion of the media). Labour Together, and Starmer, we're spooked by a right-wing minority just because the right wing is always amplified more by the predominantly right wing press - and, well - Facebbok - but to then think that they should pander to Reform voters just defies all common sense.
I'm not blowing smoke up your arse Owen, but I hope at some point in the future you'll run for office. We so desperately need someone with intelligence, presence, passion and a strong sense of morality and social justice.
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