Incompetent, stupid and politically naive You - Mr Starmer - are responsible for millions of us waking up in #Reformland today Change, or preferably get out, so we at least have a chance of avoiding the entire country waking up beneath the Reform UK boot in 2029 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - ThreadSky

profbillmcguire.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Incompetent, stupid and politically naive

You - Mr Starmer - are responsible for millions of us waking up in #Reformland today

Change, or preferably get out, so we at least have a chance of avoiding the entire country waking up beneath the Reform UK boot in 2029

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8jdr900r7o

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clonalantibody.bsky.social•2 days ago

The fight against the left has been going on since the Thatcherites took over the Labour Party. This is just the penultimate chapter in the demise of the Labour party. Yet people cling on to Labour as being the savior against the right, and no Left party emerges - and the Greens are not it.

trishfln.bsky.social•2 days ago

They'll say what they believe voters want to hear but it's what they don't say we may have to worry about. Snake oil salesmen.

trishfln.bsky.social•2 days ago

So agree!

andydaly.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s down to a combination of factors and it’s part of a process that included the 2016 EU referendum result. Pure laziness to blame it on one person.

profbillmcguire.bsky.social•2 days ago

Starmer had the chance - at a critical time - to start to turn things around. Instead, he chose to enact policies that led to greater disenchantment and anger. He couldn't be a better cheer leader for Reform

sammy.studio•2 days ago

I'm glad they're despairing. I hope none of them sleep at night

stevedawe.bsky.social•2 days ago

He has a reputation for not listening with his left ear and no part of his anatomy shows awareness of the Climate and ecological emergencies.

fringeobserver.bsky.social•2 days ago

I dont think so, its the Torys responsibility as its their seats Reform took, Labour lost to Greens and Libdems

profbillmcguire.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Tories were already dead. People voted in Starmer hoping for something different, yet all they got was more of the same.

Reform was the only place to go for many

fringeobserver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes but these are Tory voters.

profbillmcguire.bsky.social•2 days ago

A recent survey showed that most reform voters support nationalising utilities, taxing big corporations and the rich more, and improving public services. This is a socialist agenda that a 'normal' Labour government would be promoting

mattglyndwr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Durham and Doncaster are the real stories from Thursday’s results. They absolutely were Labour voters.

avalonmarshes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, but always push the fact that 70% didn’t vote for them…

profbillmcguire.bsky.social•2 days ago

Indeed. But we still have to live under a Reform county council, largely made up of people dragged in off the street

avalonmarshes.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sympathy.
But what is the underlying reason they got in?
This is important, as the answer(s) must inform the approach of Labour, LibDems & Greens for the next GE

profbillmcguire.bsky.social•1 day ago

Starmer was expected to provide change, its why so many voted for him. More of the same meant that people have turned to Reform en masse as what they see as the only alternative. A poll of Reform voters show most have a left-wing, Corbynite agenda - nationalisation, taxing big corporations etc

avalonmarshes.bsky.social•1 day ago

They’re not going to get that from Reform; Farage is the same as Trump

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