Fullerene Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 3 hours ago, TheScarf said: Just a born loser. Even when he wins the GE next year, it won't be because of what he's done, it'll because of what the, so called, opposition haven't. Basically Labour will win it by default. Actually he is parked himself just to the left of the Tories (almost undetectably left). That makes it difficult for the Tories to attack him and easier to portray Labour as a government-in-waiting. Hopefully they will be more progressive once elected but I wouldn't hold my breath. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 9 hours ago, CambieBud said: Starmer is the most morally bankrupt politician I have seen in my lifetime. A man with no values whatsoever. Behave. While I have no time for him, there is a long line of politicians well ahead of him in the morally bankrupt stakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Hopefully they will be more progressive once elected but I wouldn't hold my breath. Nor would I, and I've no intention of experimenting with my vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 4 hours ago, TheScarf said: Aye it works for both. And generally how it works everywhere when there's only 2 serious parties in a country. England obviously in this case. I feel sorry for people in England whose politics are progressive. They are totally disenfranchised. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 10 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I feel sorry for people in England whose politics are progressive. They are totally disenfranchised. ^ Voted for Brexit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 12 hours ago, Granny Danger said: I feel sorry for people in England whose politics are progressive. They are totally disenfranchised. You are the kind of voter who actually instigated this. Voting for Brexit caused the extreme right wing to take control of the Tories, hence tge government that has put us in this mess and ultimately caused Labour to be dragged to the right too. Disenfranchisement extends to Scotland because the Unionist party oppose a referendum for Scotland. For the likes of you too say people are disenfranchised is breathtakingly arrogant as you are one of the reasons for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Highlandmagar said: You are the kind of voter who actually instigated this. Voting for Brexit caused the extreme right wing to take control of the Tories, hence tge government that has put us in this mess and ultimately caused Labour to be dragged to the right too. Disenfranchisement extends to Scotland because the Unionist party oppose a referendum for Scotland. For the likes of you too say people are disenfranchised is breathtakingly arrogant as you are one of the reasons for it. Although I totally agree with this statement, I don't agree with your Labour line, only because it was the right wing battle within that party that pulled them to the right, I don't think it was a consequence of the Tories personally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 For morally bankrupt think you would have to look at most Tory politicians first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 48 minutes ago, Jedi2 said: For morally bankrupt think you would have to look at most Tory politicians first. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Jedi2 said: For morally bankrupt think you would have to look at most Tory politicians first. True. But Starmer is a Tory waiting in line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Highlandmagar said: True. But Starmer is a Tory waiting in line. Starmer's only shining light is that he's less right wing than the likes of Braverman, Sunak, Truss, Patel etc. In that context, Labour are electable on a UK level (there being no choice). But I'd put Starmer to the right of some of Thatcher's cabinet - the likes of Ken Clark or Geoffrey Howe. That's an absolute indictment on the Labour party and the wider state of the UK. Exactly why Scotland needs to get out - I don't think even Labour supporters in Scotland are close to being aligned to where Starmer is going (apart from absolute arseholes like Foulkes and Baillie). They're just hanging on in the hope he'll be slightly more socially democratic than the pish he's currently coming away with once the chips are down in office. They'll be disappointed I fear. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 01/11/2023 at 10:27, KirkieRR said: I don't think it does, for I could name another dozen, but by all means FUME away. Starmer is a boring Blairite, a by-numbers phone-it-in Labour drone, who is desperate to win an election. That's all. Starmer is Pabloist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picklish Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 He's a Tory. He's a centrist. He's an entryist. He's the establishment choice. He's all things to all men. He's a chameleon. He's the acceptable face of the left to middle England. He's a narc. He's a white Bill Clinton. He's an international man of mystery. He's a little Englander. I've occasionally thought that more devious and subversive techniques are required on the left in England to contend with Murdoch et al, but if anyone actually used them I wouldn't know how to recognise it. So while I think it's likely that he'll be a more plodding Cameron/Blair, with less arrogance and less vision, there remains a sliver of hope that his administration will introduce a few policies that will make life slightly less terrible than it currently is for people who are worse off than me. Let me write the battle bus slogan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 "Take back our streets" is it. Nothing fashy about this sloganeering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Starmer is going to be the next PM because Labour is perceived to be not as bad as the Tories. In the age of corporate owned media, corporate directed social media and a society where people have far more interest in big brother contestants/bake off winners/I’m a celebrity participants than social causes then maybe representative democracy has outlived its utility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 He'll also be the PM who most looks like Peter Butterworth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Labour is riddled within with splinter groups and within a year of Government they will bring Starmer down and he knows it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 5 hours ago, SandyCromarty said: Labour is riddled within with splinter groups and within a year of Government they will bring Starmer down and he knows it. Possibly the worst take I’ve read on here for a long time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Possibly the worst take I’ve read on here for a long time. Jeremy Corbyn, Dianne Abbot, McDonnel etc etc etc and the rest of the hard left will see Starmer off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 44 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said: Jeremy Corbyn, Dianne Abbot, McDonnel etc etc etc and the rest of the hard left will see Starmer off. If only… Jeremy Corbyn is no longer a Labour MP. Starmer has done everything in his power to marginalise the fairly small number of existing Labour MPs on the ‘left’. There will be a huge number of new Labour MPs elected at the next GE, few if any will be on the left because Starmer and Labour’s National Executive have made sure that the selection processes have been fixed that way. After the next GE ‘left’ Labour MPs will be so few in number and influence their only ‘power’ will be to embarrass Starmer on issues but the size of the Labour majority will be such that it won’t really matter. As I said, possibly the worst take in a long time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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