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    (From my FB)

    Starmer's statement today is pathetic, dangerously pathetic and proof of his inability to oppose this government meaningfully. Shut zoos? Why not go the whole hog and shut the owl sanctuaries too? He should have been calling for the advice of scientists, teachers' unions to be followed days ago and for schools to be shut indefinitely, which they will clearly have to be. He's been afraid to, however, because, I gravely suspect, he doesn't want to be doing anything so Red Wall voter-displeasing as being pro-teacher, or worse, pro-union.

    The upward spike on the infection graph is practically vertical but he's still hawing about the imperative to keep schools open, no ifs, no buts, barely distinguishable from Johnson in his denial of reality for political reasons. His rictus uselessness, his craven submission to the bureaucratic right wing of the Labour party is becoming impossible to ignore and it will cost lives. The failure of the Tories isn't just about incompetence; it's ideological but he can't call them out on that because he doesn't want to do ideology, that might smack of the socialism he professed to be so fond of when making his pitch as leader. Instead, he comes across like a competing estate agent. Face it, we've been sold a pup. Me too - I voted for him.

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      Death to owls and death to the causes of owls!

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        wingco you'd probably make a better fist of this than me but you put "Keir Starmer" into "Fire Starter" by Prodigy.

        "He's Keir Starmer. Twisted Keir Starmer."

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          https://twitter.com/JSkeaping/status/1345809471386374148

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            An excellent summary of Sir Keith Forensic.

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              https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1346088853355040768?s=20

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                https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/1346127555661860865?s=21

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                  Hah, Nef, I just posted a very similar reaction in the "Covid" thread! (Wasn't sure whether to put it there or here.)

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                    on message... It's not as if they couldn't have seen this coming

                    https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1346139253349249025?s=20

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                      The Leader of the Opposition

                      https://twitter.com/zarahsultana/status/1346147352592195584?s=21

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                        Jeremy Hunt has been a better Leader of the Opposition in recent days.

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                          Oh, they just try to turn the subject back to Corbyn; like he would have given a multi-billion pound contract to his Tory mate Dido Harding.

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                            It's been bugging me who Starmer reminds me off and it's Diamond Jim Murphy. The same way the worst of the Guardian treat him in Messianic fashion. This same weird unfounded belief that he offers just the ticket for the disaffected Labour masses.

                            when Murphy was anointed head of Slab post Indyref, yer Freedland and Hinsliff types were full of Sensible confidence that Murphy was just the Big Beast to put the Nats back in their box. They stuck their fingers in their ears when polling showed him barely registering with the plebs, except for derision. Imagine their surprise when even Murphy's own (basically Tory) Glasgow suburb was lost in the Nat tide of 2015.

                            This ice cream hair fanny is going to lose safe urban seats to a party as useless as the Libs.
                            Last edited by Lang Spoon; 05-01-2021, 00:33.

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                                This analysis of the government - and therefore of how Starmer should respond- is pretty good I think

                                https://twitter.com/jemgilbert/status/1346223548516413448?s=20

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                                  Thread is blocking me for some reason

                                  (or my phone's fucked)

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                                    Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View Post
                                    Thread is blocking me for some reason

                                    (or my phone's fucked)
                                    Working for me.

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                                      https://twitter.com/jackseale/status/1346388101933969412

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                                        Originally posted by Sporting View Post

                                        Working for me.
                                        I found out that some had me blocked on twitter that way once. Can't remember who now.

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                                          Thanks for replies. I just need a decent phone

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                                            One of our officers resigned from his positions (campaign co-ordinator, branch chair, council candidate) today because people kept criticising Starmer. Flounce!

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                                              Keir uses the s Word ! about Trade Unionists

                                              https://twitter.com/keir_starmer/status/1347183905158418432?s=21

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                                                I wonder who wrote that for him.

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                                                  This has probably been mentioned before but kier Starmer bears an uncanny likeness to max headroom.

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                                                    Praise where due, well done Starmer for that.

                                                    It may be connected to the GMB being one of the few unions that still likes him but whatever, that's what the union link's there for.

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