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Totalk · 03/03/2026 22:44

Indigosky37 · 03/03/2026 05:32

Daily mails headline is “Keir Starmer accused of hand wringing and pearl clutching” and Kemi Badenoch saying he’s “scared”. Then a comment section full of “he’s a coward” “ he’s a chicken” “incompetent idiot” “an embarrassment”.

So are the media pushing Kier Starmer to take us to war then? Is that what they want, because if he did the headlines would be about how we don’t want a war. The man can’t win. But pushing for war and making out Kier to be weak for not doing it is worrying.

We all know who controls the media

Totalk · 03/03/2026 21:15

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Totalk · 03/03/2026 21:14

Indigosky37 · 03/03/2026 05:32

Daily mails headline is “Keir Starmer accused of hand wringing and pearl clutching” and Kemi Badenoch saying he’s “scared”. Then a comment section full of “he’s a coward” “ he’s a chicken” “incompetent idiot” “an embarrassment”.

So are the media pushing Kier Starmer to take us to war then? Is that what they want, because if he did the headlines would be about how we don’t want a war. The man can’t win. But pushing for war and making out Kier to be weak for not doing it is worrying.

… because the media is controlled by Israel.

TheGrimSmile · 03/03/2026 21:07

I have lots of criticisms of Starmer but he has got this right.

Totalk · 03/03/2026 20:56

Indigosky37 · 03/03/2026 05:32

Daily mails headline is “Keir Starmer accused of hand wringing and pearl clutching” and Kemi Badenoch saying he’s “scared”. Then a comment section full of “he’s a coward” “ he’s a chicken” “incompetent idiot” “an embarrassment”.

So are the media pushing Kier Starmer to take us to war then? Is that what they want, because if he did the headlines would be about how we don’t want a war. The man can’t win. But pushing for war and making out Kier to be weak for not doing it is worrying.

…. because the media is controlled by Israel

Dontgetfooledagain · 03/03/2026 20:55

RhannionKPSS · 03/03/2026 16:25

Oh I think you will find that Starmer is worse than Truss and just as incompetent as Johnson.

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Lol I think not.

MissyB1 · 03/03/2026 20:08

DuncinToffee · 03/03/2026 17:43

Trump is having another go at attacking Starmer, as well as Spain.

I would tell him to tell someone who cares.

DuncinToffee · 03/03/2026 17:43

Trump is having another go at attacking Starmer, as well as Spain.

BelleEpoque27 · 03/03/2026 17:01

RhannionKPSS · 03/03/2026 16:25

Oh I think you will find that Starmer is worse than Truss and just as incompetent as Johnson.

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Don't be daft. It's deeply embarrassing for the country that Truss was ever our PM - she's completely mad.

And Johnson didn't actually do anything - he just liked being PM. Utterly useless, with the morals of an alley cat.

RhannionKPSS · 03/03/2026 16:25

BelleEpoque27 · 03/03/2026 06:34

More incompetent than Liz Truss? Or Boris Johnson? Nah.

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Oh I think you will find that Starmer is worse than Truss and just as incompetent as Johnson.

Myoldbear · 03/03/2026 14:23

luckylavender · 03/03/2026 13:00

It doesn't actually. It says the reverse. From the BBC - that article - An opinion poll by YouGov, external suggests far more people in Britain oppose the US's actions than support them and far more oppose the UK allowing the US to use British airbases than support that decision.

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Yes, @luckylavender you are quite right.
I'm sorry I've got that wrong, especially as now I've contributed to all the misinformation already out there. Thanks for correcting it.

However there are two aspects to the poll.
One, as you have clarified, is that the majority of people here are opposed to Trump's actions in Iran.

But the second is that the majority are also opposed to Starmer's decision to allow the US to use British air bases.

This is the part of the poll that Mason cites that I find off kilter:

people on forums I've read and people I've spoken to do seem to support Starmer's nuanced approach here and do not oppose our air bases being used by the US.

So to address the op's point;
I don't think that the media are necessarily pushing Starmer to war, so much as trying to find ways for him to be seen as wrong about everything, in whatever form that may take.

Araminta1003 · 03/03/2026 13:02

I think Starmer is in the middle and seen as boring by most and accused of being too left by the right and too right by the left.
Personally, I am grateful he is in charge and not eg Angela Rayner or Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage! Or Polanski or any of the other reality TV clowns who treat politics like a musical theatre stage.

luckylavender · 03/03/2026 13:00

Parrlorwarrior · 03/03/2026 09:43

That’s actually quite scary.

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It doesn't actually. It says the reverse. From the BBC - that article - An opinion poll by YouGov, external suggests far more people in Britain oppose the US's actions than support them and far more oppose the UK allowing the US to use British airbases than support that decision.

Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran? | Daily Question

Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran?

https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260302-14ed5-1

BurntBroccoli · 03/03/2026 12:56

PinkChaires · 03/03/2026 09:31

Can i ask( genuinely, not trying to defend him) what Starmer has done so have people hate him so much? I dont think that hes more incompetant than Boris or Rishi for example, but people seem to think hes worse than them

He’s not a member of the Tory party (or Reform). Therefore right wing press hate him.

Workisntworking · 03/03/2026 12:24

Parrlorwarrior · 03/03/2026 10:16

I agree with most of what you’re saying but you completely lost me with ‘good TV’.

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I didn't mean that I think it makes good TV. I meant that Trump likes TV visuals - what with him basically being a TV phenomenon e.g. via The Apprentice.

Apologies if it wasn't clear.

Ninerainbows · 03/03/2026 11:17

LoudSnoringDog · 03/03/2026 06:34

Short memories of the aftermath following Blair taking us into Iraq on a whim (again a the behest of the USA). I don’t agree with Starmer on much but hope he holds his resolve here.
If he does take us into Israel and the USAs war with Iran, you can bet your house he will be hung out to dry once the first UK serviceman/woman is killed in action.

Agree with every word. Us not being involved is showing backbone.

Dragonflytamer · 03/03/2026 11:15

It's being reported on Times radio that Netenyahu only targeted the weapons in Iran with range to reach Israel, which implies he must see the other neighbouring states as acceptable collateral damage.

LizzieW1969 · 03/03/2026 10:35

I think that poll might have been influenced by the idea that the US action is being supported by Iranians in this country? Especially with the killing of the Ayatollah?

That will change when it becomes increasingly clear that there isn’t a plan for what happens next.

Myoldbear · 03/03/2026 10:34

Parrlorwarrior · 03/03/2026 09:43

That’s actually quite scary.

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Yes, it certainly is.

Passingthrough123 · 03/03/2026 10:34

PinkChaires · 03/03/2026 09:31

Can i ask( genuinely, not trying to defend him) what Starmer has done so have people hate him so much? I dont think that hes more incompetant than Boris or Rishi for example, but people seem to think hes worse than them

Because they thought he would take power and somehow miraculously overturn 15 years of ingrained Tory rot and a tanking economy (cheers Liz Truss), rising inflation, stagnating interest rates and failing services within the first month and because he didn't do that they think he's ineffectual.

They'll tell you it's "other reasons" but that's the crux.

Lifelover16 · 03/03/2026 10:32

Overtheatlantic · 03/03/2026 08:11

The daily mail is NOT the media. Get your information from reputable sources. The guardian, the Financial Times, the bbc, anywhere but the dm.

The Guardian and the BBC???? Oh puhlease!! (Although I agree the DM is a rag)

Parrlorwarrior · 03/03/2026 10:16

Workisntworking · 03/03/2026 10:08

I dont like Starmer.

I want The Iranian people to be free from the Ayatollahs.

However I agree that the UK should not be participating in any war, particularly with the USA.

Bombing in this way is not the answer - it just makes good TV.

I don't think the UK can benefit from this war and frankly, given Trump's disparaging and disrespectful comments about British troops, many of whom died in the last American war in the Middle East, I dont think anyone's child, partner, spouse from the UK should be risking their life.

If the US is so superior, they can do it themselves .

I agree with most of what you’re saying but you completely lost me with ‘good TV’.

Workisntworking · 03/03/2026 10:08

I dont like Starmer.

I want The Iranian people to be free from the Ayatollahs.

However I agree that the UK should not be participating in any war, particularly with the USA.

Bombing in this way is not the answer - it just makes good TV.

I don't think the UK can benefit from this war and frankly, given Trump's disparaging and disrespectful comments about British troops, many of whom died in the last American war in the Middle East, I dont think anyone's child, partner, spouse from the UK should be risking their life.

If the US is so superior, they can do it themselves .

DuncinToffee · 03/03/2026 10:02

When Trump phones the UK press to attack Starmer, you know he is taking the right stance

Unless you support Trump on this.

PandoraSocks · 03/03/2026 10:00

EasternStandard · 03/03/2026 09:49

Starmer threads on mn aren’t going to match the public.

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