Twig to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months ago‘Change’: Starmer hopes simple slogan will chime with exasperated nationwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-link‘Change’: Starmer hopes simple slogan will chime with exasperated nationwww.theguardian.comTwig to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareSturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoIt just describes what he plans on saying he’s doing if elected, it’ll Change every other day.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoI’ll take a pragmatic responsive PM over the lurching idealogues of recent years
minus-squareTwigOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoWell said. While he’s not perfect, I’d imagine Starmer will be significantly different to the Tories.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoThe fact that he won’t be distracted by right wing extremists in his own party is a good start. Within the labour party he is the right wing extremist. And I don’t think he’s likely to be too damaged by attacks on the left much either, certainly not until after the honeymoon period.
minus-squarefifisaac@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoSo when Tories go back on promises it’s lying but when labour do it its reasonable pragmatism?
minus-squarefifisaac@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoMaybe I misunderstood but that seemed to be what you were suggesting
minus-squareSturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoLabour seems to be shifting further and further Right, not sure how much better they’ll be than the Tories. But for what it’s worth, I totally agree.
It just describes what he plans on saying he’s doing if elected, it’ll Change every other day.
I’ll take a pragmatic responsive PM over the lurching idealogues of recent years
Well said. While he’s not perfect, I’d imagine Starmer will be significantly different to the Tories.
The fact that he won’t be distracted by right wing extremists in his own party is a good start.
Within the labour party he is the right wing extremist.
And I don’t think he’s likely to be too damaged by attacks on the left much either, certainly not until after the honeymoon period.
So when Tories go back on promises it’s lying but when labour do it its reasonable pragmatism?
Did I say all those things?
Maybe I misunderstood but that seemed to be what you were suggesting
Labour seems to be shifting further and further Right, not sure how much better they’ll be than the Tories. But for what it’s worth, I totally agree.