Starmer's vision quest
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laurentian
Regular
This is the bit I find really perplexing. They've had sh1t results at the council elections (which mid term governments often do although these were worse). I said since day 1 of this lot in charge that their comms are utterly awful. If KS isn't a great communicator, surely to God there's someone in the party (or someone they can employ) who is.
Right now, if it were me charged with that, I'd be saying something along the lines of
" . . . the results were awful and we know that's telling us something uncomfortable but please judge us by our results since the GE: Minimum wage up, renters rights act, employment act - all of which are testament to our socialist roots, then look at the economic growth (highest in G7), higher pensions, quicker ambulance response times, shorter NHS waiting lists demonstrating our economic credibility and better use of public funds than the last lot, small boat crossings down a third, net migration down demonstrating our recognition of issues that we know are high on the public agenda . . ."
And so on.
Regardless of Starmer's personality, there's more there to shout about than I can recall from the last few years of the Tories
As mentioned up thread they seem to have a pathological desire for in fighting when they really could just take the win and crack on FFS
Pross
Veteran
BBC Breakfast kept hammering it and talking over the daily sacrificial minister (housing) when he was trying to get back to talking about what he'd been brought on to talk about. It would be reasonable if a challenge had been launched but it was just a load of hypothetical talk. I actually thought he dealt with it reasonably well.
spen666
Über Member
secretsqirrel
Über Member
Trump says Starmer needs to sort out immigration and energy. I guess nobody has told him that the little approval he gets is from not joining his vanity war with Iran.
Psamathe
Legendary Member
To me the news story in relation to Starmer being PM is that large numbers of the Parliamentary bParty have called for him to step down and there have been Ministerial resignations seeking for him to resign and so far all we've had is him digging his heels in. A few words saying what they need to do about the disastrous elections followed by a few more words doing the opposite.
In effect the "story" is Starmer failing to even try and identify/resolve the reasons for the disastrous election results.
Pblakeney
Squire
There appears to lots of coverage of nothing happening.
Psamathe
Legendary Member
I think a large number of MPs from the governing party calling for their leader & PM to step down is far from "nothing happening". Ministerial resignations because "no longer have confidence" is significant. That others are pursuing steps to oust the PM is significant. That Labour suffered unprecedented losses in the elections and are failing to even investigate reasons let alone address failings is significant, etc.
secretsqirrel
Über Member
Interesting that Caroline Lucas is against the Greens contesting the Makerfield by-election.
spen666
Über Member
so now you are contradicting yourself in post 17598?
I'm confused you claim the media are not covering the fact nothing is happening ( in your view) but are now saying they are?
TailWindHome
Über Member
Rusty Nails
Country Member
If there is no news they make up news.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Rusty Nails
Country Member
It would be good if they were to do that today.
Watching the BBC late news on a Sunday night is an example. They often struggle to find anything interesting so we get told about riveting news such as people protesting about some public facility closing in Bangor or Pwllheli. Oh for the days of the potter's wheel.
