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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
Core vote, maybe, but that presumes the party will be united. Strong chance that won't happen.
It won't.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Eric the Half a Bee
It won't.
I hope not because any government needs strong opposition.
I can see plenty spitting the dummy as Starmer steers the party more to the center.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I think ed Miliband is a good guy but he needs to stay on the shadow back benches
He just doesn't give me any confidence
I hope starmer gets rid of Emily thornberry mind , far too pompous
Thornberry is still there - but in a more junior position:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...rmer-reshuffle
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
I hope not because any government needs strong opposition.
I can see plenty spitting the dummy as Starmer steers the party more to the center.
A centrist Labour party sort of defeats the object, but gets the vote.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
Media didn't blow it up as "Jew eating bacon".
It was blown up that he couldn't even eat a sandwich without making a mess of things.
And the sandwich was a bacon sandwich. He would not have grown up with bacon so he might have been uncomfortable eating it. It was an unfair and stupid standard.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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adz-a32
And the sandwich was a bacon sandwich. He would not have grown up with bacon so he might have been uncomfortable eating it. It was an unfair and stupid standard.
A sandwich is a sandwich...
If he was uncomfortable eating is as you claim then why order it other than for a PR shot? He was raised secular, so chances are may well have eaten bacon before. He does after all refer to himself as a Jewish athiest.
It just made no sense doing it and played into the image of him as Labour's answer to Mr Bean.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
Well, have a bit more time on hands now due to a certain virus causing lockdown...
Cyril always likes to get the personal attacks in early, I've heard that he's read the Rules for Radicals over a hundred times! :hehe:
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
If everyone had a photo of them eating I bet they'd all look ridiculous at some point. It shows the state of British politics that it is still such a talked about incident.
The ****ing big stone was the thing that killed him anyway.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Croesy Blue
If everyone had a photo of them eating I bet they'd all look ridiculous at some point. It shows the state of British politics that it is still such a talked about incident.
The ****ing big stone was the thing that killed him anyway.
The photograph was taken with a high-speed sports camera so that they could get the 'right' shot.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Hes not that charismatic but hes a steady head , hes going to be a breath of fresh air after corbyn
Joe Pasquale would be a breath of fresh air after Corbyn.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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dml1954
Joe Pasquale would be a breath of fresh air after Corbyn.
Could have Duncan Norvelle running through the opposition benches "chase me, chase me".
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Toadstool
...in the next election...
Add to that the fact we will be out of the EU - when most EU countries are having a worse time of it than us.
What makes you think the UK will be doing better than most EU countries at the time of the next election? Am genuinely curious.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Dublinblue
What makes you think the UK will be doing better than most EU countries at the time of the next election? Am genuinely curious.
I’m concerned that the EU will have a ‘bugger you’ attitude, quite understandably, and the UK will have to go it alone in the rebuild of society, very sobering thought that we'll be on the outside looking in while Europe mucks in as one.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Originally Posted by
tell it like it is
A sandwich is a sandwich...
If he was uncomfortable eating is as you claim then why order it other than for a PR shot? He was raised secular, so chances are may well have eaten bacon before. He does after all refer to himself as a Jewish athiest.
It just made no sense doing it and played into the image of him as Labour's answer to Mr Bean.
Well as a Muslim who was raised fairly secularly, I have never eaten pork bacon. Can't believe I am arguing about a ****ing sandwich!
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
His record when compared to his brother possibly?
One has achieved, the other hasn't.
So Starmer was meant to compare him to his brother when deciding whether to have him in his shadow cabinet, even though his brother isn't an MP and doesn't want to be in the shadow cabinet?
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
There is a lot of unrest between Eu states at the moment as some are saying the 'solidarity' only works when the northern(Rich) nations think it suits them
The EU is threratening Hungary and Italy is berating Holland for vetoing financial assistance for them in the pandemic. Do you really want to be in a club like that? I'm not sure.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Eric Cartman
So Starmer was meant to compare him to his brother when deciding whether to have him in his shadow cabinet, even though his brother isn't an MP and doesn't want to be in the shadow cabinet?
Shami wasn't an MP when she was in shadow cabinet.
The achievements of David compared to Ed show Ed is, well, not very good at whatever it is he does. Better than most of the current crop of Labour MPs, I'll grant you that but you believe there are zero better candidates for the role?
Ed has a groupie!
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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xsnaggle
There is a lot of unrest between Eu states at the moment as some are saying the 'solidarity' only works when the northern(Rich) nations think it suits them
The EU is threratening Hungary and Italy is berating Holland for vetoing financial assistance for them in the pandemic. Do you really want to be in a club like that? I'm not sure.
The sign of the strength of any union is the reaction in a crisis. Well, the crisis is here...
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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tell it like it is
The sign of the strength of any union is the reaction in a crisis. Well, the crisis is here...
As I understand it there was a total lack of mutual support and assistance in the first week or so of the Covid 19 crisis (especially when Italy asked for help) but then the EU states started to get their act together. French and Italian patients are now in German hospitals (and French in Luxemburg) and there has been a real effort to combine resources, research and purchasing power. When you add that to the Chinese equipment and doctors in Lombardy - and the Cuban doctors - the picture is now much more positive!
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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jon1959
As I understand it there was a total lack of mutual support and assistance in the first week or so of the Covid 19 crisis (especially when Italy asked for help) but then the EU states started to get their act together. French and Italian patients are now in German hospitals (and French in Luxemburg) and there has been a real effort to combine resources, research and purchasing power. When you add that to the Chinese equipment and doctors in Lombardy - and the Cuban doctors - the picture is now much more positive!
I have read that Dutch patients have been submitted to German hospitals too.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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jon1959
As I understand it there was a total lack of mutual support and assistance in the first week or so of the Covid 19 crisis (especially when Italy asked for help) but then the EU states started to get their act together. French and Italian patients are now in German hospitals (and French in Luxemburg) and there has been a real effort to combine resources, research and purchasing power. When you add that to the Chinese equipment and doctors in Lombardy - and the Cuban doctors - the picture is now much more positive!
Well the purchasing aint working, we now know that much. But i hope they get it together.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Son of a factory worker and an NHS nurse
State schooled
Barrister
Represented families of striking dockers who had benefits cut off
Represented mineworkers when it sued the tory government for failing to provide transitional relief for unemployed miners
Published a legal document to widespread acclaim that the 2003 invasion of Iraq would be unlawful
Took the last labour government to court over its decision to deny welfare benefits to asylum seekers
As director of public prosecutions he prosecuted mp's who cheated on their expenses
Changed prosecution guidelines on violence towards women
The odious daily mail and daily telegraph have already gone on the attack ...
High flying law man desperate to stress his working class credentials ! spouts the telegraph
After this governments shocking response to the coronavirus, the right wing press are fearing a 1945 swing to labour and keir starmer has got them worried
Let's have it
I don’t think the Torres are in fear of any Labour Party leader at present.
Labour look and act like a party that will be in opposition for many years to come.
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Son of a factory worker and an NHS nurse
State schooled
Barrister
Represented families of striking dockers who had benefits cut off
Represented mineworkers when it sued the tory government for failing to provide transitional relief for unemployed miners
Published a legal document to widespread acclaim that the 2003 invasion of Iraq would be unlawful
Took the last labour government to court over its decision to deny welfare benefits to asylum seekers
As director of public prosecutions he prosecuted mp's who cheated on their expenses
Changed prosecution guidelines on violence towards women
The odious daily mail and daily telegraph have already gone on the attack ...
High flying law man desperate to stress his working class credentials ! spouts the telegraph
After this governments shocking response to the coronavirus, the right wing press are fearing a 1945 swing to labour and keir starmer has got them worried
Let's have it
I think theres a politics section for this :shrug:
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
[QUOTE=Heisenberg;5062851]The Sun will be on the attack soon (if they're not already) as Starmer was head of public prosecutions during the
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Re: Keir Starmer, the leader the tories fear the most
[QUOTE=William Treseder;5063985]
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Heisenberg
The Sun will be on the attack soon (if they're not already) as Starmer was head of public prosecutions during the
Does anybody still read the Sun?