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0 pointsvidarh1y ago0 comments

People on the whole want the policies, though.

That even Corbyn - the most vilified British politician of a generation - got that close to a win is a strong demonstration of that. Since then the Tory party support has collapsed to historic lows. A win on a program close in ambition to the 2017 manifesto - which was not in any way radical - should be a walk in the park for someone like Starmer in current conditions if he actually had dared try.

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GordonS1y ago

I think you're right - people are desperate for anything other than the Tories.

We have a political environment where the Greens are smeared as "crazies", people remember the Lib Dems for their deception, and mass media has many believing Reform will win if they don't vote for Labour. A Labour win is all but guaranteed, so Starmer doesn't need to be the other cheek of the Monoparty arse - he chooses to be.

lambertsimnel1y ago

But would the media have abandoned the Conservatives if Labour were offering something much different?

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GordonS1y ago

I think you're right - people are desperate for anything other than the Tories.

lambertsimnel1y ago

But would the media have abandoned the Conservatives if Labour were offering something much different?

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