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Originally Posted by papa smurf
my nephew a staunch labour supporter and labour activist [he tried but failed to get elected as a lab councilor] absolutly hates starmer and has some very choice words to describe him and what he has done to the british public
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When he was elected party leader Labour was in opposition to a Tory government with an 80 seat majority that nobody thought anyone could overturn within 5 years. I’m not convinced anyone thought he was more than a managerial seat-warmer when he came in; I expect there was a fair bit of relief in the party that he wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn.
In th event, Labour had to win in 2024 because the Tories had made it imperative that they lose. They were wrung out, were a laughing stock and right out of ideas. A lot of people were prepared to vote for anyone best placed to get their local Tory out. I hoped, rather than believed, that this dull, grey chameleon of a man would turn out to be worthy of the office of PM, even after his fumbling start. I still hope he’ll come good because as we all know (and as Elon and the bots of Xitter seem not to), this petition isn’t going to result in a general election under any circumstances, and this soon after an election it isn’t going to defenestrate him either. It might possibly contribute to a looming sense of crisis that will do for him before the next election comes round. But the only thing that’s actually going to force him to resign any time soon is if his name were to become personally attached to something deeply scandalous. And on that point, sooner or later we will see.
IYKYK.