The anti-democratic cabal at the heart of the labour party refuses to cede any possibility of real change once again.

  • loops@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    I always remember that when given a choice between Boris and Corbyn the country manifestly chose Boris.

    Burnham can’t win in the UK. He just can’t. Sorry.

    There’s enough difference between Starmer and Farage for me. If you want to pitch a different party to the public go do so. That’s what Farage has done to the conservatives so it can be done. Stop trying to take Labour down from within.

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        24 hours ago

        To a large proportion of the country he is. Maybe with a Manc accent with makes him look slightly less professional.

        I’m really sorry. The country as a whole does not vote decidedly left leaning people in.

        The preference is Competent Centre Right > Competent Centre Left > Far Right > Far Left in that order.

        Burnham vs Farage. Farage wins. Starmer vs Farage. Starmer wins. Pick your poison.

        The real threat to Labour is the Conservative Party getting its shit together. And reputation washing Farage into a Competent Centre Right leader.

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          22 hours ago

          Maybe with a Manc accent with makes him look slightly less professional.

          85% of the UK isn’t London, much of which prefer a Manc accent to a London one.

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          22 hours ago

          It seems like you see politics as a game of Rock Paper Scissors, but it’s not as simple as that.

          Will Starmer automatically win against Farage? There’s certainly no evidence to suggest that so far.

          I wouldn’t even say Burnham is particularly left wing; maybe against Farage but that’s not saying much.

          Not that being left wing is inherently a vote loser. A lot of political popularity is down to personality, which Starmer doesn’t have but Burnham does (in comparison).