Yes, by being clinical, reasonable and responsible. What I'm saying is he can't just go on some full scale assault right now without making people turn against Labour.Tbf he has opposed hasn't he? And got them to go back on some policies?
Yes, by being clinical, reasonable and responsible. What I'm saying is he can't just go on some full scale assault right now without making people turn against Labour.Tbf he has opposed hasn't he? And got them to go back on some policies?
Dr Rashford did some politics and got a result. The closest Sir Keith has got to a win, in his head anyway, is ensuring only the vast majority of migrants taxes don't qualify them for access to the NHS.Tbf he has opposed hasn't he? And got them to go back on some policies?
Good to read such a sensible and well reasoned input.In the middle of a national crisis he has no choice but to let the Tories control the narrative to a major degree. Any attempts to change the topic is completely unacceptable and if he engages in too overt an attack on the government at a time when they're still dealing with the pandemic is going to lead to a big backlash against Labour for 'putting politics above the national interest'. Starmer seems to be doing an excellent job so far of holding Boris' feet to the fire at PMQ's while projecting a calm, competent image to the country that contrasts well to Boris and his bumbling and dishonesty.
Restoring Labour to electability is going to take time, and anyone thinking he should be making radical steps right now is not thinking things all the way through. He's building a profile of a realistic Prime Ministerial candidate, letting the Tories have enough rope to hang themselves, and taking steps to remove Labour's rough edges and contentious positions. By the time this crisis ends they'll be seen as a serious party who can start laying out their own platform while stomping the Tories over their Corona failures and likely the failure of the Brexit strategy as it comes back to the forefront.
I really don't get this insistence on attacking Starmer from within right now, he's doing a good job in very difficult circumstances.
I’m sure he made a few U turns, the first one that comes to mind is when they were trying to force all of parliament to re-sit, pretty sure that pressure from him changed that, can’t think of the others.Dr Rashford did some politics and got a result. The closest Sir Keith has got to a win, in his head anyway, is ensuring only the vast majority of migrants taxes don't qualify them for access to the NHS.
There’s a weird fixation with how Starmer performs in PMQs and comparisons with his predecessors but it really matters very little. What % of the electorate would you wager will even watch one full PMQs from now until the next election? And the way TV condenses the whole thing into short clips on the news you never get a real sense of who “won” or how good/bad someone was. It’s a charade anyway, Starmer will deliver a credible point in his forensic but uncharismatic fashion, then Johnson with his cronies back will spit something about Marxism and Labour crashing the economy and the house will erupt in laughter and jeering. Rinse and repeat for 4 years.Starmer hasn't gone through the rigor of a sneering back-slapping opposition bench to silence at a PMQs yet. That was something Corbyn and Miliband both struggled. Corbyn was a wooden, witless speaker and Miliband a bit of a pushover. We'll see if Starmer has the quick feet to handle that because in these quiet exchanges with Johnson he is getting the upper hand. Johnson is lost without a crowd to play up to.
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Six times? Ha, call that patriotism! I cried 13 times while stroking a biography of Churchill and sipping tea from my Queen Elizabeth II mug. I love my country very much.
Both are acceptable, I prefer wept though. Typical of Jess Phillips to opt for the least desirable option.Personally thought it's wept but English isn't my first language
ah yes, 2012 the good old days of David Cameron and George Osbourne.Tweet
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Six times? Ha, call that patriotism! I cried 13 times while stroking a biography of Churchill and sipping tea from my Queen Elizabeth II mug. I love my country very much.
Wait i thought if weep was used for tears then its wept if it's a leak or drainage then it's weeped. Which means that tweet...
Both are acceptable, I prefer wept though. Typical of Jess Phillips to opt for the least desirable option.
Wait i thought if weep was used for tears then its wept if it's a leak or drainage then it's weeped. Which means that tweet...
I fear, Jess, that's a mild breakdown and not patriotism.Tweet
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Six times? Ha, call that patriotism! I cried 13 times while stroking a biography of Churchill and sipping tea from my Queen Elizabeth II mug. I love my country very much.
It all happened in one moment, sorry movement!
Do you not think it's a bit of a leap to use something Kanye West said to criticise Corbyn in the Keir Starmer thread?He's not Kanye West, that's for true. $1m paid for every newborn? That's straight out of the Corbyn playbook.
Have you not visited this thread recently? It's fun to poke the Corbynites here that are desperate to put Starmer down in order to find some semblance of credibility for their fallen Messiah.Do you not think it's a bit of a leap to use something Kanye West said to criticise Corbyn in the Keir Starmer thread?
That whole bit is bizarre.Starmer now for some reason demanding that Sturgeon condemn Alex Salmond for hosting an RT show - despite the fact that he's not an SNP member and despite the fact that she already publicly condemned him 3 years ago.
So opposed to the threat of foreign influence to UK democracy that his first piece as Labour leader was behind Rupert Murdoch's paywallStarmer now for some reason demanding that Sturgeon condemn Alex Salmond for hosting an RT show - despite the fact that he's not an SNP member and despite the fact that she already publicly condemned him 3 years ago.
At least we know who will actually be in charge if Starmer is PM.So opposed to the threat of foreign influence to UK democracy that his first piece as Labour leader was behind Rupert Murdoch's paywall
Not only himIan McNichol is now suing the Labour Party. I guess he wants in on that easy settlement money.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...ing-the-party-over-leaked-antisemitism-reportMr Lewis said the report had been “mischaracterised, misquoted “ and was “very factional”.
And he revealed: “There are 32 people who have instructed me to take action.
"Their actions are in respect to data breaches misuse of private information, libels — It's like an exam question for a libel lawyer to look through them and see how many claims you can find.”
He added: “Lord McNicol is one of the people who is taking action who has been named in the report.
“There are many other people who are named in the report, they come under different categories: people who work for the party, people who were in the party in in political positions.”
Mr Lewis said of the former Labour general secretary: “McNicol is named in the report and is blamed for things that simply didn't happen. It’s a mischaracterisation of a report which is being taken on.”
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Must be a hold up with the focus groups that's stopping Sir Keith from telling her to delete this.Tweet
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Rosie Duffield MP telling a person of ethnic minority that she will only defend them against racism if they never criticise her for anything, after attempting to orchestrate a twitter pile-on against said person.
perhaps they are a bit busy with this lot (and the draft EHRC report they have)Must be a hold up with the focus groups that's stopping Sir Keith from telling her to delete this.
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I know you are a far right guido fan so this is probably what you're aiming for, but it kind of comes off as a bit racist when you consistently derail discussions about other forms of racism in this way.perhaps they are a bit busy with this lot (and the draft EHRC report they have)
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Over the course of a few years @sun_tzu's posts in Labour-related threads have consistently demonstrated a complete lack of interest in racism and antisemitism beyond how they can used against the left. It's depressingly predictable at this stage.I know you are a far right guido fan so this is probably what you're aiming for, but it kind of comes off as a bit racist when you consistently derail discussions about other forms of racism in this way.
He has such an unhealthy obsession with it, you get the impression he rubs his hands with glee every time he hears another story of alleged Jewish suffering. It’s a very perverse fixation. I hate the Tory party, but I’d genuinely be delighted if a credible independent body investigated them, say for Islamophobia, and found the problem was not as severe and systemic as it appears. That should be welcomed, not lamented that a chance to score a political point has gone.Over the course of a few years @sun_tzu's posts in Labour-related threads have consistently demonstrated a complete lack of interest in racism and antisemitism beyond how they can used against the left. It's depressingly predictable at this stage.
hummm statts for lefties ...
Largely the Sunak factor since he's been able to dish out handouts from the magic money tree. Dodds was an odd appointment for me and she'll be gone before the next election i reckon.
Mate you regularly post stuff from fecking Guido. At least that twitter account doesn't make shit up to serve a hard right agenda.hummm statts for lefties ...
The main thing to read into that is how ridiculously skewed our media and institutions are. The chasm between trusting the Tories with the economy v Labour simply would not exist if we had anything close to a democratic press system. Farcical really how entrenched the consensus is about Labour not being trusted with the economy. I’m too lazy to look but it’s even more bizarre when I bet austerity, the Tory’s flagship economic policy for the past decade, is viewed poorly by a substantial amount of the public.