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So he enthusiastically pushed for higher charges for people during the riots, repeatedly pushing for "one up" for higher charges, even people with no previous record who were caught up in the protests for "really minor offences". He weaseled out at 1:20 saying "the prosecutor doesn't decide on...

To be fair Oliver Eagletons book on Starmer covered this quite well

Interesting indeed. I’m not sure what to think of this guy. Lawful good? Or a hidden agenda? When he gets into power which I’m sure he will I expect something radical. For good or for worse, this guy has something up his sleeves. But as everyone agrees, what the fuxk is that? The unknown…

Throughout - and indeed, prior to - the General Election campaign, Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC has been anxious to remind the world that he was previously Director of Public Prosecutions. However, to date, there has been little or no focus on what he actually did in that role ... until now:

Throughout - and indeed, prior to - the General Election campaign, Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC has been anxious to remind the world that he was previously Director of Public Prosecutions. However, to date, there has been little or no focus on what he actually did in that role ... until now:

...And let's remember that on Covid BORIS FUCKING JOHNSON WAS MORE WILLING TO ACT AND LESS WILLING TO DEFY THE UNION SAFETY CONCERNS THAN KEIR STARMER. How are these people going to deal with the climate crisis? With mass climate refugees? With future pandemics? With other unpredictable crises...

The archived Times story I linked to last night about some Reform candidates 'views', mentioned Frederick Chedham, not a candidate, but the party's national security spokesman. The Times had evidently tried contacting the people it named on Monday. By a remarkable coincidence Chedham published...

Crossposting some relevant stuff from the main GE thread for ease of keeping track: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/04/labour-new-deal-for-working-people-employment-rights https://timeforrealchange.uk/latest/nec-report-meeting-held-on-23-may-2024

Microsoft Copilot is hedging its bets: You who will be Prime Minister on July 5th Copilot On July 5th, either Sir Keir Starmer or Rishi Sunak will be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom1. If you’re interested in the historical context, the first prime minister of Great Britain was Robert...

...because he lives in fucking London. Unfortunately Mrs Frank answered the door with a polite but firm thanks but no thanks. I had a whole spiel prepared about how I could not in good conscience help Keir Starmer and his front bench of manifestly corrupt and unfit persons get into government.

Looks like Shammer is still finding it hard to be critical of Israel. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/18/labour-conservatives-tories-general-election-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-politics-live

This is all floating around the idea that people really want Keir Starmer as PM isn't it. I fully expect him to be elected but he's clearly not what most people want as PM is he. Funnily enough the person who comes to mind most around that stuff is Jacob Rees-Mogg - he absolutely loves banging...

...with £14.5m from companies and individuals – a huge increase on the previous year, and indeed more than in the three previous years of Keir Starmer’s leadership combined. As trade union contributions have dipped slightly, from around £6.9m in 2020 and 2021 to £5.3m in 2022, donations from...

A Keir Starmer yesterday:

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I don't know but I was trying to find something about Jeremy Corbyn and this was the only thing I could find. At the other end of the political spectrum: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13526807/Jeremy-Corbyn-lose-seat-Labour-Keir-Starmer-election.html?ico=topics_pagination_desktop

...what the paper called a landmark pledge: “Read my lips - I will bring immigration numbers down." The paper said the promise "parks Labour tanks firmly on Tory lawns". BBC News - Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/15/policy-keir-starmer-manifesto-labour-business-tory Looks at research into manifesto by Kevin Farnsworth Professor of social and public policy at York. Starmer manifesto comes closer to Ted Heaths. Corbyns was closer to Wilson. So...

"I've dragged labour to where the public want them to be". Hmmm For those who didn't see last night Election 2024, The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson: Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Party: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0020k00 via @bbciplayer

...a transcript of this? Only got 5 minutes in so far but excerpts would be good (eta: got one). I like, for example that he thinks: "a lot of the most fanatical Keir Starmer supporters came to the opinion that the conservatives were bad a little bit more recently than they would care to admit".