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To think the Labour Party has lost its mind..

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Certainfailure · 08/11/2023 18:32

Absolutely fuming with some of the clowns in the Labour Party.
25 points ahead of the Conservatives in the opinion polls.
Starmer slowly making the party electable and moving away from the reputation of the party being a left wing student activist group and terrorist supporters. The next GE theirs to lose.
And now word on the grapevine is that 40 odd MPs are ready to resign from the front bench because of they disagree with Starmer’s stance on a ceasefire. Quite a few labour councillors have already resigned from the party and now stand as independents. Big names like Rayner and Burnham have already stuck their oars in too.
Really cannot believe that a conflict thousands of miles away, albeit tragic, has now assumed more importance than the frightful state of the country. That these people are quite happy to throw away the progress that’s been made electorally for the sake of a frankly almost unsolvable conflict that’s lasted 70 plus years and is incredibly complex whilst the country is rapidly falling apart and in desperate need of change.
If Starmer resigns over this, no way will I ever vote Labour again and I say this as a life long labour voter for the last 35 years. Thought we’d seen the last of Corbyn and his vote losing influence but nope, there he is, with his little pet project, destined to scupper yet another GE for Labour. Anyone feel the same way ?

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Certainfailure · 08/11/2023 18:44

@Postapocalypticcowgirl just because 40 MPs think a ceasefire is right doesn’t mean it’s the correct course of action. For a start what’s their plan if Israel put down their guns and Hamas doesn’t ?

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CalistoNoSolo · 08/11/2023 18:44

You're not wrong. There are definitely some headbangers in the Labour Party, and starmer so far has done extremely well to keep them in line. I hope the party doesn't implode over this because we'll be so so fucked as a country if the tories get in again. My one grain of hope is that the right wing media will always make it sound far worse than it is and we won't really know what's going to happen until it happens.

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 08/11/2023 18:41

If 40 of his MPs feel that strongly and it's not that important in your opinion, maybe Starmer should change his policy?

Mysterian · 08/11/2023 18:36

One side want the fighting to stop for a bit so humanitarian aid can get in, whereas the other side want the fighting to stop for a bit so humanitarian aid can get in, but with a slightly different name.

The party must split!