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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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When this grave national crisis is eventually over, and politics once again returns to the fore the Conservatives are going to find that the 5 years when there was no opposition at all apart from Trotsky Corbyn and his comrades and where there was no alternative to the governing party will have come to an abrupt end.
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Why's that, are the Lib dems planning something?
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11-04-2020, 10:57
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Why's that, are the Lib dems planning something?
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Who?
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11-04-2020, 11:05
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Who?
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You're probably too young to remember them
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11-04-2020, 16:21
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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You're probably too young to remember them
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What - old knobbly knees? (The other Jeremy).
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11-04-2020, 17:00
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Originally Posted by denphone
When this grave national crisis is eventually over, and politics once again returns to the fore the Conservatives are going to find that the 5 years when there was no opposition at all apart from Trotsky Corbyn and his comrades and where there was no alternative to the governing party will have come to an abrupt end.
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I'd like to see Sir Kier's credible alternatives before I comment on that! Frankly, he's got an uphill struggle. Once Boris is back on his feet and this emergency is over, people will be surprised at what can be achieved, and his popularity will be difficult for Sir Kier to overcome.
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11-04-2020, 17:23
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
It was very easy to reduce Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility to rubble, because Jeremy Corbyn has spent his entire career doing that himself, attaching himself to every self-loathing cause he could find.
It’s true that Starmer does not have that same deep level of unelectability, however what is that observation actually worth? His policy platform hasn’t significantly changed from Corbyn’s, and thanks to Corbyn he has a massive electoral deficit to claw back in parliamentary constituencies that should have been safe. The sort of reverse he needs to pull off at the next election is unheard of in modern history.
And “Well at least I’m not Jeremy” isn’t very inspiring is it?
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11-04-2020, 17:32
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
Being a titled millionaire doesn't sit well with the workers either.
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11-04-2020, 17:36
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Being a titled millionaire doesn't sit well with the workers either.
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Boris Johnson is a millionaire who went to Eton and Oxford. Workers went for him. I don't think voters care too much about someone's background in that sense.
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11-04-2020, 17:47
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Being a titled millionaire doesn't sit well with the workers either.
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Yes, the working class don’t like anyone who has worked their way up from nothing to being successful, they much prefer people who had an entitled upbringing...
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11-04-2020, 17:48
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Being a titled millionaire doesn't sit well with the workers either.
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Difference being Boris inherited his wealth, Sir Keir earnt his, coming from a humble background (mother a nurse, father a toolmaker). He might well appeal to a few Tories
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11-04-2020, 17:57
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
If there's a group who can spin it the Great British media will find a way to nail Starmer this way ignoring the reality.
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11-04-2020, 18:15
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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If there's a group who can spin it the Great British media will find a way to nail Starmer this way ignoring the reality.
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Well they'll try as they do with all Labour leaders, but Sir Keir won't be as easy a target. Plus British newspapers are dying with less readers all the time. 5 years of massive debt, inevitable increased taxes compounded by the Brexit fallout will be bigger factors.
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11-04-2020, 18:18
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
So we have the left supporters defending a self made millionaire, who has no doubt avoided paying his fair share of taxes. Had he been a Tory those same members would be queuing up to condemn him as a bourgeois capitalist.
Hypocrisy
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11-04-2020, 18:28
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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So we have the left supporters defending a self made millionaire, who has no doubt avoided paying his fair share of taxes. Had he been a Tory those same members would be queuing up to condemn him as a bourgeois capitalist.
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More nonsense as a little Googling will tell you he's in favour of the rich paying more tax.
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Sir Keir Starmer backs a tax increase for rich and closing corporate tax loopholes
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https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/ke...amazon-1382706
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Well they'll try as they do with all Labour leaders, but Sir Keir won't be as easy a target. Plus British newspapers are dying with less readers all the time. 5 years of massive debt, inevitable increased taxes compounded by the Brexit fallout will be bigger factors.
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Hardest thing for any opposition leader is offering an alternative to the current Government's policies.
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11-04-2020, 18:30
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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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So we have the left supporters defending a self made millionaire, who has no doubt avoided paying his fair share of taxes. Had he been a Tory those same members would be queuing up to condemn him as a bourgeois capitalist.
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I'll support anyone who backs a socialist platform and has paid their taxes. A billionaire supporting a socialist agenda isn't a bad person because they've done well with the cards they've been dealt. If they support reform I'd support them.
Curiously, can you back up your allegation here?
I'd be at the front of the queue to condemn him if so.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...s-keir-starmer
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