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Wed Jul 3, 2024, 01:00 AM
Jul 2024

Starmer is clearly an intelligent man, a genius compared to Johnson and Truss !

It MAY be pure dumb luck but he stands on the precipice of the greatest victory, or one of the greatest, in living memory. And all that from offering very little on anything in his manifesto. It potentially leaves him a free hand to govern.

I believe ultimately this Labour government are economically boxed in unless they move closer to the EU, that's what will determine their next 5 years and reelection.

If you remember when Starmer was elected leader, the Labour red wall was shattered by the Tories, and he inherited a divided party from Corbyn. His Brexit stance neutralised the topic as a Corbynite stick to beat him with, and has allowed him to squeeze a lot of them out, including Corbyn himself.

Whatever Starmer turns out to be, he is so much better than the Tories and his cabinet appears to be far better than any of the Tory Muppets.

There have been a number of hit piece anti Labour/Starmer articles in the last week, presumably in an effort to bring Labour's numbers down, but we should remember that this GE is a referendum on the most corrupt and incompetent British government in living memory.

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