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Keir Starmer


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15 minutes ago, sir roger said:

I'm not sure that a guy who has actively plotted against the leadership of his own party for four years should be lauded for it. Broad church my arse.

Genuinely didn't think we'd see "what's your problem with Luke Nukem being voted in?" takes, but here we are.

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1 hour ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

 


That’s isn’t me having a go, but what do you actually want?

 

The elections seem pretty split, probably favouring Corbyn supporters marginally, especially with Pinock doing so well, so what’s the issue, that you haven’t got exactly what you wanted?

 

Again, I’m not looking to poke a hornets nest but this seems like remonstrations after the fact.

 

Momentum are claiming victory/Labour to win are claiming victory, to me that sounds like both are happy with their showing.

 

Isn't this signs of representation of different voices and ideas, and if you’re not happy with that why? 
 

Also, again, without malice, did you vote?

Why didn’t Starmer just unite everyone and stop this. Press conference, say ‘from this moment forward we are united’ and then it’s done. Probably ‘cause he secretly wasn’t a purge. 
 

Seriously though, it was voted for and the results seems mixed. I dunno, can’t everyone just grow the fuck up and move the fuck on with attacking the Tories? 

 

It’s lucky the Tories exist, because Labour are a bunch of twats really. 
 

 

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11 minutes ago, Duff Man said:

Genuinely didn't think we'd see "what's your problem with Luke Nukem being voted in?" takes, but here we are.

 

Again you reach for reasons to back up your own opinion.

 

I think the guys a massive dickhead.

 

Thousands of others didn't though, for whatever reason, so he's part of the future discussions and this is a reality.

 

Full disclosure I voted for Pidcock.

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4 minutes ago, Numero said:

Why didn’t Starmer just unite everyone and stop this. Press conference, say ‘from this moment forward we are united’ and then it’s done. Probably ‘cause he secretly wasn’t a purge. 
 

Seriously though, it was voted for and the results seems mixed. I dunno, can’t everyone just grow the fuck up and move the fuck on with attacking the Tories? 

 

It’s lucky the Tories exist, because Labour are a bunch of twats really. 
 

 

ive no idea what you are going on about, people are commenting on the suitability of a nasty piece of work who is the exact opposite of what you are proposing above, and Starmer has been specifically precluded from the comments.

 

Never go full 'Luke'

 

 

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Just now, Bruce Spanner said:

Again you reach for reasons to back up your own opinion.

 

I think the guys a massive dickhead.

 

Thousands of others didn't though, for whatever reason, so he's part of the future discussions and this is a reality.

 

Full disclosure I voted for Pidcock.

I mean it doesn't seem too difficult to understand why people would be disappointed that someone who holds the view "Iraq was pretty fucking great, actually" was voted on to the NEC.

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1 minute ago, sir roger said:

ive no idea what you are going on about

 

Well, yes. You went on to illustrate that quite well. It was almost like I wasn’t talking to you but continuing a personal joke with the person I replied to. 
 

Akehurat seems like a cunt to me, and I certainly didn’t claim he was an example of what I was describing. In fact, I called Labour a bunch of twats. The ‘we won, no we won’ narrative perfectly illustrates how bent out of shape some people are. Still, it was a vote with many, many thousands of votes. Elections tend to throw up ‘the other guy’ sometimes. It’s part of it. 

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4 minutes ago, Duff Man said:

I mean it doesn't seem too difficult to understand why people would be disappointed that someone who holds the view "Iraq was pretty fucking great, actually" was voted on to the NEC.

 

Again, you'll find no argument that he's a bellend, but he has just been elected representative so he is part of the dialogue, if we like it or not.

 

So, what are WE going to do to take away his influence?

 

I can't imagine who voted for him, nor can I fully get behind some of the Momentum bullshit either, so here we are.

 

We now know what we're working with and that's where we are.

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35 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Again, you'll find no argument that he's a bellend, but he has just been elected representative so he is part of the dialogue, if we like it or not.

 

So, what are WE going to do to take away his influence?

 

I can't imagine who voted for him, nor can I fully get behind some of the Momentum bullshit either, so here we are.

 

We now know what we're working with and that's where we are.

I'd imagine his vote tally is down to a combination of the Creasy and Kinnock endorsements, and a lot of members just not being aware he's an Iraq-stanning nutcase (at least I fucking hope so, anyway, because the alternative is beyond depressing).

 

The best way to take away his influence permanently is ensure members know what he is, so they don't vote for him. Other than that: voting on policy at conference, or getting active in your local CLP, I suppose.

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36 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Corbyn was the only opposition leader since its foundation not to be invited on to the bbc programme desert island discs which is ironic as the majority of bbc presenters/management/journalists would have loved to see Jeremy Corbyn  abandoned on a remote island.

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‘He admits he said a lot of “daft” things as a young political radical, writing for a socialist magazine and failing to convince voters in east Surrey to back nationalisation. “I started by thinking I had all the answers. And as I’ve grown up, I’ve learned the power of saying, ‘I don’t know, let’s have a look at that’. And that’s been a very important lesson for me.” 

 

That’s music to my ears. Pragmatism in leadership is very important. It’s interesting to have somebody leading in politics that actually has experience of leadership at a high level. I’m not sure when the last leader of either party had significant leadership experience prior to politics or taking the role as leader. Certainly not at such a high level. I wonder how far back you have to go to find somebody with significant business, military, or CS leadership who then lead either party. I know Paddy Ashdown had military leadership experience. 

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32 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

He needs some vid footage of a few keepy uppies and he'll walk the next GE. 

 

He needs to wipe out a fat, little Japanese kid in a game of touch rugger, speak in pigeon Latin, shag around like leg', compromise his standing on a regular basis, stab colleagues in the back without remorse or recrimination, throw out some racist bon mots, fail completely to achieve anything of note in office and he'd be a shoe in for PM.

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