Reasons for voting for Keir Starmer
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
Lost track of what promise Keir Starmer reneged on last week?
Cameron Archibald has done us all a great service by tracking the promises, lies, evasions and inconsistencies in Starmer’s political philosophy from the leadership campaign to the present day.
Who would have thought it…
This article was originally published by Twitter on Mon 8 May 2023. Read the original here.
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This is so poor. Is JVL really endorsing the trans cult uncritically? I’m appalled, not just at this but at the general level of puerile rubbish displayed in this thread. It’s almost a bucket list of the ideological contortions that will enable the Tories to retain power. I thought better of you. Hey ho!
All true. How appalling it all looks when laid out in black and white. Is there any minority group they are not prepared to offend and oppress?
I am a member of the Labour Party and have been since 1967. I have been very unhappy with some of our Leaders – KInnock especially – and now with Starmer. I find his recent policy statements unacceptable. Nonetheless I will continue to campaign for Labour in elections as no other party – and especaily No Party – will ever bring about greater equality and justice, and promote moral policies abroad. It’s often hard to press on but the idea that we could defeat Dr Sewage in Suffolk and that one day we will get a new and more consistent Leader overcomes my attitude to Keir Starmer. Sadly most middle ground voters are not terribly interested in our broad policy approach, only in whether they feel they can trust us, and p;erhaps too what they read in the M**l and *xpr*ss.
Ieuan Einion is correct on just one of the policy betrayals – the policy switch concerning transgender children. Attitudes on the transgender rights do not fit naturally anywhere on the political spectrum.
On the matter of transgender children , The Labour Party should not tie itself to any rigid policy, except for the admittedly vague “do what is best for the child”
All the other policy betrayals are spot-on and need to be publicised more. I suspect that Ieuan Einion is worried that Labour will lose support if this happens. If it does, it is a just consequence of Starmer’s emptying the party of any policies which Labour once adopted naturally, and that includes the party’ right wing. He isn’t just removing “hard-left” policies. He’s helping bring down the (admittedly fragile) Social Democratic consensus which has worked successfully throughout Europe since World War 2.
Cameron Archibald has done a good job.
To John Clark that’s great I was a member almost as long son and grandson of a socialist and firm Labour supporter my whole life until last year when I was kicked out because I had agreed on Twitter with an organisation removed and then anyone that has ever agreed with them was told to get out.
Now I was to stand for Labour as a counsellor this year like that’s happening I will not waste another second on this club of liars and fools. you may believe in this credible BS but it’s just he is seen as an establishment’s safe hand that won’t allow radicals or anything the Tories don’t like, That is why the press has stayed off his back! He has been given the green light to be the next PM or so he hopes, I can’t see it happening the Tory vote will do what it always does on a General election swing back to Tories.
What he has done by kicking out so many of us socialists is gut the credibility of Labour look at all his broken promises and that’s before he is even elected to office you honestly think that someone that will take money from American healthcare providers will help the NHS or anyone?
I don’t doubt he is a liar proven and undisputable at this point he changes position depending on who is asking again credibility issue if anyone pays attention. So vote for Labour ignore the vile nature, the lies the chances and the liars in charge and when you get this lot into parliament and they turn on you and yours like Starmer has, again and again, don’t come complaining you weren’t warned!
I did not walk away from Labour Labour walked away from me and any credible socialist sensibilities. I really can’t understand why they even call themselves a socialist party it’s not it’s Tory Lite. Blairite zombie party hay if that’s OK with you there is nothing I can say to reach you.
Not equalising taxes on unearned income with taxes on earned income so that Rishi Sunak will still be taxed at an effective rate of just 22%.
What, Labour are just Red Tories.. Well who knew!
MIght as well vote for the real thing. Tories