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Originally Posted by Damien
I am not sure if these people voted Labour. I am doubtful they vote at all. But if you're burning down libraries, burning hotels with immigrants in them and dragging anyone who isn't white out of cars to beat them up I am not sure what about Labour's platform appealed to them.
And Starmer is right to vilify them. They're violent thugs. They do not represent the right, they don't represent the working class, and they don't represent people concerned with immigration.
Most Labour, Conservative and Reform voters will want these people dealt with strongly and support the police in doing so.
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They do represent people that the system has failed, though. They not only represent them they
are people the system, and overarching political and economic consensus, has failed.
There's only so many times different politicians can dog whistle before the dog bites. Sure, we can all caricature Farage. But Conservative and Labour politicians have governed with the same dog whistle and broken promises along the way.
Starmer had a choice going into this election of embracing the dog whistle. He did and kicked out some left wing candidates to prove his centrist consensus credentials. To the glee of the talking heads.