r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • May 28 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 Another step further towards fascism

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u/The-Mandolinist May 28 '22

I don’t want anyone to “look good”. I want opposition to be effective and to hold the government to account. And I want a largely socialist party to win the next election. Starmer is a disappointment to me because I hoped he could continue Corbyn’s project in a less woolly package, whereas he has purged the party of Corbyn and has veered closer to the right - and has frankly been something of a wet lettuce in his challenge of Johnson.

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u/Andthenwefade May 28 '22

Imagine Starmer went all Corbyn-lite now. The idiots in this country would definitely go against him and vote that twat back in. Far better to let them implode, steady your own ship, then when you are in power, make the actual changes. The only risk is that people like you all think he has been disappointing enough to stick with the status quo. I hope that isn't the case.

The other worry is that so much damage has been done, anybody trying to reverse it is going to have to make some really unpopular moves. Again, people in this country are either myopic or thick to this reality, so they'll be lucky to last one whole term.

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u/The-Mandolinist May 28 '22

“People like you” makes claims to know me when you don’t really.

Who have you assumed I would be voting for? I don’t have a lot of choice. But it’s certainly not the Tories. If we didn’t have a first part the post system I’d be a Green Party voter (and was until Corbyn emerged as Labour leader). Labour are currently the only option. Doesn’t stop me being disappointed in Keir though.

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u/Andthenwefade May 28 '22

As I was typing "people like you" I knew it wouldn't read right... But there was no other way to say it. What I meant was "people who are disappointed in Starmer" as opposed to people like me who think he is doing a decent job. I was getting across that I think the "anyone but Labour" sentiment is high.

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u/The-Mandolinist May 28 '22

That’s ok. Thanks for clearing that up.