Can Sir Keir Starmer revive the Labour Party? (Vol. 2)

Can Sir Keir Starmer revive the Labour Party? (Vol. 2)

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V41LEY

2,911 posts

241 months

119 said:
So, any guesses on his cabinet candidates?
He’d better get a shift on. He knocks off at 6pm.

Tom8

2,363 posts

157 months

Well the answer to the question is yes.

Like most elections they are lost rather than won and this one was definitely one of those, much like the last one with Boris.

Despite hating the labour party and all it stands for and the incoming tax punishments, I still feel relieved we have got rid of the last government who just got so hopelessly lost in the stuff they didn't need to get lost in. No vision and not campaign. But Johnson and Truss had already delivered the fatal blows. Sunak was just the snotty Midshipman left on the bridge at the end.

Fair play to Starmer, he has done a lot to change his party of the dark days of the malignant Corbyn and friends. Can he keep them in check? A big majority is great, but that also allows for large numbers of factions, and look what that did to the tories.

There are no quick fixes to our problems and does Starmer have the idea and leadership to deliver? He didn't really have a proposition for the election, he didn't need one. If the tories rebuild well, he could be a one term PM. If the tories go into meltdown then he will get two but will probably be ousted by those on the left.

madbadger

11,597 posts

247 months

I had to get a train today. It was an hour late leaving York, due to a body on the line at Newton Aycliffe.

Bloody Labour Government!

Carl_VivaEspana

12,520 posts

265 months

Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.

Catweazle

1,460 posts

145 months

Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
fking hell!

PurplePenguin

3,049 posts

36 months

Catweazle said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
fking hell!
Can’t wait for his first fk up

119

7,497 posts

39 months

PurplePenguin said:
Catweazle said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
fking hell!
Can’t wait for his first fk up
coffee

A week?

Riff Raff

5,177 posts

198 months

PurplePenguin said:
Catweazle said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
fking hell!
Can’t wait for his first fk up
He’s going to have to go some to out fk either Boris or Truss.

PurplePenguin

3,049 posts

36 months

Riff Raff said:
PurplePenguin said:
Catweazle said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
fking hell!
Can’t wait for his first fk up
He’s going to have to go some to out fk either Boris or Truss.
I’m not so sure about that….

hidetheelephants

26,004 posts

196 months

It's ok, he'll just bore everyone to death telling them dull anecdotes about meeting Barack Obama.

MiniMan64

17,196 posts

193 months

Might as well send Lammy if he’s going to have to deal with Trump as is looking more likely

Tom8

2,363 posts

157 months

Carl_VivaEspana said:
Serial wind-up artist David Lammy as foreign secretary.
And this is where the horror show begins to appear. Lammy, Rayner.....

anonymoususer

6,227 posts

51 months

The Lammy as Foreign secretary
Stature, dignity and knowledge

PurplePenguin

3,049 posts

36 months

anonymoususer said:
The Lammy as Foreign secretary
Stature, dignity and knowledge
Not sure if serious..

768

14,091 posts

99 months

hidetheelephants

26,004 posts

196 months

768 said:


rofl
Alternatively they've nominated Rayner just for the purpose of trolling Brillo etc. who have a kink for saying stupid things about her?

WindyCommon

3,414 posts

242 months

2017 Lab / Corbyn 12.9m votes
2019 Lab / Corbyn 10.3m votes
2024 Lab / Starmer 9.7m votes


MiniMan64

17,196 posts

193 months

WindyCommon said:
2017 Lab / Corbyn 12.9m votes
2019 Lab / Corbyn 10.3m votes
2024 Lab / Starmer 9.7m votes
Yup. We are no longer a 2 party state so the vote share for any government is only getting smaller.

Carl_VivaEspana

12,520 posts

265 months

PurplePenguin said:
anonymoususer said:
The Lammy as Foreign secretary
Stature, dignity and knowledge
Not sure if serious..
Labour are here to restore trust, competency, stability and our credibility on the world stage so whom better than David Lammy as foreign secretary to help oversee MI6, GCHQ and our foreign relations ?

Essarell

1,343 posts

57 months

Carl_VivaEspana said:
PurplePenguin said:
anonymoususer said:
The Lammy as Foreign secretary
Stature, dignity and knowledge
Not sure if serious..
Labour are here to restore trust, competency, stability and our credibility on the world stage so whom better than David Lammy as foreign secretary to help oversee MI6, GCHQ and our foreign relations ?
Not so much a talent pool more talent puddle?