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I have never liked Starmer, he always struck me as far too Establishment a figure to trust, not Labour at all. He's spent much of the last couple of years telling us more about what he *won't* do if he wins tham what he will do, he won't fight Brexit because he's desperate for Tory votes.

And now he praises Thatcher. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-676

Why is this man even in the Labour party, let alone leading it?

BBC NewsStarmer credits Thatcher in pitch to Tory votersThe Labour leader says Conservative PM set loose "our natural entrepreneurialism".
Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@LordWoolamaloo

is "leading" the Labour Party because money put him there.

For as long as I can remember, little cliques with access to loot have been putting their candidate at the top of the Party, so that any policy the membership decided democratically at Conference could just be dumped, in favour of what the money people want.

@Walrus Aye, saw piece in the Guardian recently about the amount of dark money behind funding his leadership. Democracy and clear accountability mean nothing to these people

@LordWoolamaloo

I mean, why set up a new party, when they can buy their way to the top of one?

@Walrus @LordWoolamaloo

Well actually....
April 2020 leadership vote
Candidate Popular vote
Keir Starmer 275,780
Rebecca Long-Bailey 135,218
Lisa Nandy 79,597