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Comment on Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy

It would be a good move. Labour need to win hearts and minds, and this is where they fall behind. When you have Farage gaining support every day by running on a populist agenda you need someone to counter him.

Gone are the days of our leaders leading behind closed doors. As much as I’d prefer to not hear from government and just have them do what they’re supposed to do, unfortunately in this day and age if you aren’t “seen” you are perceived as doing nothing by the vocal minority.

As much as I hate Trump and his clown car of a cabinet, this is something they excel at. And it is high time that the good guys use their tactics against them for the greater good. The good thing is you don’t even have to feel itchy about it as it’s just being seen and heard.

The one thing they do need to do is drown out the voices of our dumb right from Farages clown car.

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br3d@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s probably a case for saying it doesn’t need specifically to be the PM. In principle Starmer could crack on with things behind closed doors as long as there’s somebody sharp, likeable and media-savvy to counter Farage every day. I guess the risk is you’d have to be a very self-confident PM, unafraid of leadership challenge, to go for that

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- fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Agreed however you very much run the risk then of the other parties claiming that this public figurehead is the real PM and getting all that dumb rhetoric around it.
  
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  - br3d@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yeah, that’s what I was thinking of with that final sentence
    
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wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Trump is certainly the wrong model, but they do need to communicate better. In particular I think they need to communicate the reasons behind their decisions.

Why aren’t we standing with countries like Canada in response to Trump’s sabre rattling?

Why haven’t they just told Trump to get fucked in trade talks when his administration is asking for changes in our laws?

What are the cuts on winter fuels and disability benefits paying for?

Why are we not looking to rejoin the customs union to remove barriers to trade with the EU?

Etc, etc, etc.
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- fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Definitely, I agree wholeheartedly. But it is unfortunately a model that is working. The whole Simpson thing…was it “if poochie is not in an episode, people should ask where’s poochie”. Trump dominates every square inch of world wide media. Starmer in this instance would do right by emulating that.
  
  And yes, be strong. We need at this moment in time an “Iron Sir” (in reference to thatchers Iron Lady) for all the reasons you said. He needs to be strong, give actual two fingers to trump and solidly lead Britain into the future. There’s a golden opportunity here to spearhead a new collation and get us back in with the EU on favourable terms with the populace by getting ahead of the right wing and pushing the narratives back left. Facts over Fiction needs to prevail and win the hearts and minds of the nation who so easily lap up misinformation.
  
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  - wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    “Iron Knight”?
    
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    fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Iron Bro would probably go down well with the kids haha
    
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- njr1414@mastodon.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  @wewbull @fox2263
  The UK government want to keep the doors open everywhere as to trade, be it US or China. The problem is the Trump administration wants countries to side with him over China and will put caveats on us. Trump is not a politician, but a businessman and cannot be trusted, even if the UK Government gets a trade deal, l wonder if a few months later he will change his mind as our government does something Trump doesn't like and puts more tariffs on us as punishment.
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