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Emrys

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2. Under Starmer, Labour is more New Labour than it's been since Blair outlived his shelf life.

Reply to TexLaProgressive (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 03:04 PM

Oct 2023

Starmer is as scared of opinion polls, focus groups and the rightwing press a Blair ever was.

Murdoch isn't really a factor any more, but the same dynamic prevails - hie right and don't frighten the horses, to appeal to conservative voters no matter what class they belong to. Don't promise to change anything truly meaningful in the grand scheme of things, just to run the government more competently. That's a low bar to clear.

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Could this be Labour's return to it's roots TexLaProgressive Oct 2023 #1

Under Starmer, Labour is more New Labour than it's been since Blair outlived his shelf life. Emrys Oct 2023 #2

Thanks, I know little about UK politics TexLaProgressive Oct 2023 #3

No worries. Emrys Oct 2023 #4