Maybe things can’t only get better for Keir Starmer, as he is shamed with the latest polling just as the Labour conference begins

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Pretty safe to say he’s over-hated. Even like colleagues of mine whom I suspect do not follow politics closely refer to him as things like “Kier Stalin”.

    Maybe I’m old fashioned but a PM is essentially an admin role – why do we expect that they be inspirational too.

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      2 months ago

      I call him that because it’s funny.

      Ironically all of the laws he was using to crack down on protests and arrest over Facebook posts were put in place by the tories. The Online Safety Act was also from the tories. He’s just inherited the tools they gave him

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        2 months ago

        Admittedly it is a pretty funny nickname but personally I find it amusing because he’s so non-threatening

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          2 months ago

          I like the YouTube shorts that are like “patch updates” and it’s just like “kier-STALIN

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      2 months ago

      Speaking in political compass terms, Stalin was around -5,10.
      Starmer’s nearer something like 5,8.
      Other side of the economic scale.
      Maybe if he disregards the will of the people, and institutes the Digital ID, he can get that up to a 5,10.

      Either way, this is not what freedom looks like.

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      2 months ago

      Pretty sure voters of one party hates leaders of all other parties. But Keir is additionally also hated by voters of his own party, making him lower than everybody.