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minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkEnglish3•9 months agoEverything does now because of lack of fiscal headroom, things will look wildly different in 18 months. Both parties are keeping their powder dry. Tories for tax cuts, labour for spend. Keir is a smart politician, ruthless and compassionate.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkEnglish0•edit-29 months agoNope, it’s just pragmatic politics. If your opponent lurches right, you take the centre. You don’t lurch left, if you want to win.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkEnglish1•9 months agoUK moves from centre right to centre left fairly predictably. Thankfully the hard right or left never get the popular vote. Starmer seems quite boring but effective. I don’t have a problem with that. Popularism is much more dangerous.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkEnglish1•9 months agoWell the Labour party tried that in 2019 with the worst results ever, you suggest a repeat?
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkEnglish1•9 months agoAnd his problems were that he and his cohort were too far left to get elected. Same as Kinnock. Nothing more than centre left is electable, evidenced by the election results of the last hundred years.
Everything does now because of lack of fiscal headroom, things will look wildly different in 18 months.
Both parties are keeping their powder dry. Tories for tax cuts, labour for spend.
Keir is a smart politician, ruthless and compassionate.
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Nope, it’s just pragmatic politics. If your opponent lurches right, you take the centre. You don’t lurch left, if you want to win.
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UK moves from centre right to centre left fairly predictably. Thankfully the hard right or left never get the popular vote.
Starmer seems quite boring but effective. I don’t have a problem with that. Popularism is much more dangerous.
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Well the Labour party tried that in 2019 with the worst results ever, you suggest a repeat?
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And his problems were that he and his cohort were too far left to get elected.
Same as Kinnock.
Nothing more than centre left is electable, evidenced by the election results of the last hundred years.