Those who think Keir Starmer will have a better chance at winning an election because elite media will be kind to him need to understand that the only reason it’s being kind to him currently is that he’s less of a threat than Rebecca Long-Bailey.
When it’s him vs the Tories, he’ll be attacked.
That is, unless he goes full on Blairite, neocon wanker and signals that he might bomb some Muslims, expand NHS privatisation, etc. Then he’ll get Murdoch & co on side. I doubt he will be that bad though. He’ll probably be very bland, Ed Miliband 2.0. And that went well.
The only way we’ve any hope at winning is to either be Tory-lite neocon imperialists (ie to get Tory voters on side), or to continue with left populism; to continue with policies that are most definitely popular according to polls, and according to the 2017 election result; to continue fighting the elite and their media!
The latter - taking power from the exploitative, ecocidal, warmongering elite few, and giving it to the many - is really our only choice if we want to actually have a chance at creating a civilized society and saving the planet!
For centrists, Keir Starmer is a stepping stone back to Blairism. He's Ed Miliband 2.0. They know he won't win a general election. And when he doesn't, they'll be like 'yep, only option left is David Miliband'.
Need to keep left. Need to regain and build on what we achieved in 2017.
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