Starmer's vision quest

[Psamathe]

(Obviously it's even more academic for Burnham, as he's not even an MP.)

Few days ago Clive Lewis interviewed was asked and said he'd give up his seat to allow Burnham to stand in the by-election. I thought Lewis' seat was fairly secure Labour (though what extent that still applies might be questioned and how much is due to Lewis and how much Labour I have no idea).

 

[Bromptonaut]

Few days ago Clive Lewis interviewed was asked and said he'd give up his seat to allow Burnham to stand in the by-election. I thought Lewis' seat was fairly secure Labour (though what extent that still applies might be questioned and how much is due to Lewis and how much Labour I have no idea).

Burnham, if taking up such an offer, needs to remember the name Patrick Gordon-Walker....

 

[C R]

Burnham, if taking up such an offer, needs to remember the name Patrick Gordon-Walker....

I'm not sure there are any labour safe seats any more. The left leaning part of the electorate may have held their noses and given labour the benefit of the doubt in the last election, but Starmer has done nothing but antagonise those voters.

 

[Pblakeney]

I'm not sure there are any labour safe seats any more. The left leaning part of the electorate may have held their noses and given labour the benefit of the doubt in the last election, but Starmer has done nothing but antagonise those all voters.

FTFY. 😉

 

[briantrumpet]

I'm not sure there are any labour safe seats any more. The left leaning part of the electorate may have held their noses and given labour the benefit of the doubt in the last election, but Starmer has done nothing but antagonise those voters.

In that respect he's not unlike the later Tory government that seemed to antagonise everyone, from left-leaning, to pragmatists, to minorities, apart from the far right press and voters. And he should know how that turned out.

 

[briantrumpet]

Glasman is so nuts he can't even separate different meanings of individual words. I assume that on the same basis he avoids going to an airport terminal for fear of the word 'terminal'.

No wonder Labour is so screwed.

 

[BoldonLad]

I see we have a new catch phrase “hard working families and commuters” is the group to be a member of now. 😂

 

[Ian H]

Glasman is so nuts he can't even separate different meanings of individual words. I assume that on the same basis he avoids going to an airport terminal for fear of the word 'terminal'.

No wonder Labour is so screwed.

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He perhaps owns only a very small pocket dictionary.

 

[C R]

Glasman is so nuts he can't even separate different meanings of individual words. I assume that on the same basis he avoids going to an airport terminal for fear of the word 'terminal'.

No wonder Labour is so screwed.

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It sums up the intellectual paucity of Starmer's leadership.

 

[briantrumpet]

He perhaps owns only a very small pocket dictionary.

Which is useful if you have very small pockets. But there might some holes in your understanding as well as your pockets.

 

[briantrumpet]

It sums up the intellectual paucity of Starmer's leadership.

My suspicion is he makes himself sound clever by spouting weird stuff that no-one else has come up with, with various literary and historical references... but maybe no-one else has come up with it because it's, well, just nuts.

 

[AndyRM]

My suspicion is he makes himself sound clever by spouting weird stuff that no-one else has come up with, with various literary and historical references... but maybe no-one else has come up with it because it's, well, just nuts.

Bit like Boris.

 

[briantrumpet]

Bit like Boris.

I was thinking more like Cummings.

 

[C R]

My suspicion is he makes himself sound clever by spouting weird stuff that no-one else has come up with, with various literary and historical references... but maybe no-one else has come up with it because it's, well, just nuts.

His take on the word progressive is at the same intellectual level as the semester ovester joke in Legally Blonde.


View: https://youtu.be/XJXl6qGKers?si=cPRPbrGz3286s3t7

 

[Psamathe]

I see we have a new catch phrase “hard working families and commuters” is the group to be a member of now. 😂

Very discriminatory when they focus benefits of a limited group. What about single people, those who work from home, etc.? Why can't thewy forcus on everybody rather than continually chosing specific restricted groups?