Starmer's vision quest

[multitool]

It'll be forgotten by the weekend, did you say.

Yep. Ask me on Saturday

 

[theclaud]

 

[Beebo]

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David Lammy has been spending a long time on the sunbed then.

 

[multitool]

farking massive LOL. Told you...


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See, in particular, his statement in Palestinine

 

[AuroraSaab]

He had a tiny majority so knew he wasn't likely to be re elected as a Tory. Wonder whether he prefers urban living or the seaside.

Actually, just looked up his career path and he was never a career politican so might just be looking to exit politics altogether rather than parachute into somewhere.

 

[multitool]

Either way, he's made a decision that alienates him from his own party, and doesn't confer any advantage to him that I can discern

 

[Ian H]

Either way, he's made a decision that alienates him from his own party, and doesn't confer any advantage to him that I can discern

Headless chickens are not known for rationality.

 

[cookiemonster]

Headless chickens are not known for rationality.

Neither are rats that abandon sinking ships.

 

[multitool]

One more day to enjoy mentions of Abbott before it disappears into the mist.

Labour are not responding which means they've worked out that, despite the best efforts of the media, the story isn't cutting through.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

One more day to enjoy mentions of Abbott before it disappears into the mist.

The flaw in that thinking being that the decision about her standing hasn't yet been officially announced.
Odd that you couldn't resist mentioning the issue.

 

[AndyRM]

Thanks for the reminder. I'm all mad about it again!

 

[multitool]

The flaw in that thinking being that the decision about her standing hasn't yet been officially announced.

There wont be a double furore.

Odd that you couldn't resist mentioning the issue.

Odd that you couldn't resist mentioning this.

 

[multitool]

Thanks for the reminder. I'm all mad about it again!

Yes, but you are niche

 

[AndyRM]

Pretty bold to say that there won't be a "double furore", considering there wasn't much of one in the first place. Unless you mean quite a big current affairs story being reported on, which is hardly unusual.

To be honest it's only on here that there seems to be anything vaguely heated, and even then it's a bit of a glum shrug in slight favour of Starmer or Corbyn being brought up again.

It's kind of we won/you lost/get over it territory really.

 

[multitool]

That isn't what I'm saying at all. I'm saying that I suspect the majority of people aren't that interested in the fight between the rump of Corbyn's left and the Starmer controlled centrists. The media are because they rely on creating drama in the absence of actual drama.

The left did lose, but they lost nearly 5 years ago. In a similar way we will see a mirror-image fight for the soul of the Tory party when they lose in July. The problem for them is that there is no heir-apparent.