Good article but misses that the populist right is not 'waiting for Labour to fall' but actively undermining the party so that every successful policy & every attempt to cut through will be still born. Mainstream media, sometimes inadvertently, is doing same www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - ThreadSky

claireaj.bsky.social • 86 days ago

Good article but misses that the populist right is not 'waiting for Labour to fall' but actively undermining the party so that every successful policy & every attempt to cut through will be still born.

Mainstream media, sometimes inadvertently, is doing same

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/06/labour-government-keir-starmer-nigel-farage

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cathiew.bsky.social•85 days ago

& the BBC always follows the populist right media agenda too. Farage is being built up as a probable PM 😔

anniedorset.bsky.social•85 days ago

They don’t stand a chance. The disinformation spread by msm and social media is so strong. Populism is going to win and it will be a disaster. For all of us.

catiomiles.bsky.social•85 days ago

The only way for Starmer to be successful is to be honest and have an honest conversation with the public.

At the moment, unfortunately, he’s not doing it.

I really want Labour government to do well, but they are too defensive and are not engaging.

claireaj.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yep.

chrischittock.bsky.social•85 days ago

Farage is the Conservatives problem not Starmer’s
For all the fuss around Farage their are parts of the Country, Scotland for example that’ll never return a Reform MP

daisydewdrop18.bsky.social•86 days ago

Vote Green for all the people friendly policies you want, and get rid of both of them.

geoffrogers.com•86 days ago

They clearly are. It’s so obvious. Not only on so called MSM (oh I do hate that term) but also in politics groups on social media. There seem to be paid posters who do nothing but post undermining anything this government does. I think they are human. But could be bots. Who knows with AI ?

claireaj.bsky.social•85 days ago

Yes. The language of disdain + presumption that policy will fail / is incompetent / ill conceived etc is huge, not just in rightwing MSM but in news and podcasts of the centre and left (New European, Rest Is politics, Oh God What Now, New Statesman, to cite a few). I'll write & it up as an article.

christinevn-hfe.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yes I agree MSM and social media Koch Bros/Reform/Putin/ Musk bots all amplifying the hostile messaging undermining sound policy decisions.

claireaj.bsky.social•85 days ago

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