Comment on Keir Starmer announces plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools

danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s so depressing watching how Starmer’s main priority is to avoid doing or committing to any substantive change at all.

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    He really is doing his best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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  • peter@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And yet I also see people saying he’s doing too much, going too far in the wrong direction, and I bet if he committed to any change right now people would be saying that he’s going too far left and alienating the center-left voters, saying he’s a communist etc. The British public won’t vote for a hard left labour leader as we saw with Corbyn. Something palatable needs to be presented for labour to win

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    • Twig@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Completely agree. Anything deemed too much and he’ll be dancing at the Cenotaph and supporting the IRA (or something).

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    • danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Corbyn has joined the South African continent in defending Palestinian civilians against genocide. Starmer won’t even condemn Tory prosecution of Just Stop Oil protesters.

      People on the Left reward conviction and principles. We show up and fight for leaders who inspire us toward a better future. Maybe Starmer can still win without our support, but what indeed will any of us “win” if he does?

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      • peter@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Not having the tories. it’s a lot harder for them to get rid of labour again once they’re already in and a lot easier for them to get more leftist policies in

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• Twig@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The idea of huge changes worked well for the last guy.

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  • danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    You mean the guy advocating for changes this country desperately needed? You’re right, let’s only have leaders bent on doing nothing.

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    • Twig@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’d rather someone elected who can make small positive changes than someone for huge changes who doesn’t.

      The last two attempts at the latter didn’t work, let’s try something pragmatic.

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