At long last Keir Starmer is breaking free from Morgan Mcsweeney. Starmer is a socialist at heart and might now be able to show his true colours. People might actually find out what he stands for. Mcsweeney was destroying Labour after getting them into power. - ThreadSky

poetsue.bsky.social • 23 days ago

At long last Keir Starmer is breaking free from Morgan Mcsweeney. Starmer is a socialist at heart and might now be able to show his true colours. People might actually find out what he stands for. Mcsweeney was destroying Labour after getting them into power.

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petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

I wish I could believe that.

susanso.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's true

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

Well, we'll see. The fact is that, as Margaret Hodge revealed, Starmer was always a stalking horse in the leadership election for the Labour right, promising one thing but always with the intention of delivering something else. He's very much McSweeney's creature.

People say of him that he has...

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

... no real political beliefs and that it's a question of who shapes him in their image, so perhaps that holds out some hope if he's going to transform into a conduit for social democracy rather than, as now, a conduit for Toryism. But I would rather see a leader based in social democratic...

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

... principles leading the party rather than a weathervane responding to the strongest gusts and turning accordingly. We need stability, and that ain't it.

My ideal cabinet would see Starmer given the job of troubleshooting international relations and having nothing to do with domestic...

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

... policy. A bit like Cameron - indeed, better than Cameron - I don't want him anywhere near those things that need fixing at home only to watch as he busts them still further. But put him in the international arena and he excels where there are things that need to be urgently addressed.

krustyallslopp.bsky.social•23 days ago

Lol

mrsvsmegma.bsky.social•23 days ago

Like believing in Brexshit unicorns. Weathervane Keith will do or say what he thinks people want to hear irrespective of whether or not he believes it. He’d leave ECHR if he thought there was enough public support for that

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

Agreed. Indeed, I've used 'weathervane' twice in comments this morning before reading your comment.

mrsvsmegma.bsky.social•22 days ago

Describes him perfectly imho. Sheds his principles and says what he thinks people want to hear rather than saying it as it is. Not a leader in any sense of the word. Always 2 or 3 laps behind public opinion too. I find him deeply sinister. Power for power’s sake. Makes my skin crawl

hibernaculum.bsky.social•23 days ago

Probably best you don't until there's evidence. Nothing has changed.

petemarchetto.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yes, as I wrote above, I'm very mistrustful and even if he DOES take a turn, I'd rather have someone devoted to social democracy than a weathervane who will swing as far as the far right with whatever gust is blowing most strongly at that moment.

hibernaculum.bsky.social•23 days ago

Wouldn't that be nice! Principles really do help guide a person towards making consistent, morally correct decisions. Without them where would we be? Prime Minister apparently.

saltednuts.bsky.social•23 days ago

I’ll have a pint of what you had

krustyallslopp.bsky.social•23 days ago

Starmer is not a "socialist" in any sense of the word. He's shown us his true colours. He's a venal, incompetent automaton who'll do everything his masters tell him. Stop kidding yourself

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