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To wonder if Starmer can survive the vibe-shift?

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User09678 · 22/01/2025 12:25

Trump has been going hell for leather since his inauguration it seems, things are changing fast - Trump likes the UK, but he doesn't like Starmer. Starmer seems out of sync with the changing tide, and seems (to me) to get it wrong and make it worse everytime he opens his mouth. AIBU in wondering how long Starmer can hang on?

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Alexandra2001 · 22/01/2025 14:17

IcedChristmasTrees · 22/01/2025 14:12

I do think Trump is sexist and maybe not the most moral person, I don't disagree with all of his views though he is right on some things.
Starmer is a weak leader and just more of the same.. I honestly don't see a difference between the tories and Labour at this point. He made a right cock up in his response to the Southport shootings.
That's my opinion really I don't have a problem..

He dealt very well with the Southport murders, no gun was used, so i assume you re yet another "bad actor"

No one from the UK would make that mistake.

EasternStandard · 22/01/2025 14:17

IcedChristmasTrees · 22/01/2025 14:05

They don't like name calling if it's from the other side, totally fine though when it's someone they oppose. 🙄

Apparently so. And always with the ‘bot’ accusation at the op within a couple of posts.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 22/01/2025 14:17

What a weird thread. The US President doesn't get to select the UK Prime Minister, any more than we get any say in who becomes US president. Starmer has a large parliamentary majority so I don't think he is going anywhere for the time being.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 22/01/2025 14:18

Anyway Starmer isn't going anywhere or changing tack in the near future, because there's simply no need for him to do so. He has a huge parliamentary majority and the opposition remains fractured. Though I suspect he may stand down about a year or so before the next general election.

Alexandra2001 · 22/01/2025 14:18

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PandoraSox · 22/01/2025 14:19

User09678 · 22/01/2025 14:14

How DARE you lie about things I've said to try and smear me - I challenge you to find where I said any such thing. I made clear that I meant those who posted on social media expressing their discomfort about migration levels have been jailed for dissidence when hundreds walk free after trying to incite violence and threatening GC woman with death and rape. I made clear that I was not referring to anyone who had been violence or called for violence and that I abhor violence.

DO NOT spread misinformation about what I have said.

I made clear that I meant those who posted on social media expressing their discomfort about migration levels have been jailed for dissidence

No you did not make that clear when you talked about political dissidents. If you think I have smeared you report to MNHQ and they will remove the offending post if they agree. I seem to have touched a nerve.

To wonder if Starmer can survive the vibe-shift?
Billydavey · 22/01/2025 14:20

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It’s basic

start now with all the posts using phrases like “hanging on” or “can’t survive”. Build up the association with those phrases over time. You don’t have to post anything of substance or even truthful, just keep banging the posts in with the bingo phrase…

Nigellasrockyroad · 22/01/2025 14:21

TheNoonBell · 22/01/2025 14:12

Could resign, could be pushed, could be dragged out in chains by US Marines.

Let's see.

Showing your true colours now ( and that’s colour NOT color) .

DuncinToffee · 22/01/2025 14:21

Why not just start another petition demanding a general election, it went so well last time....

randomchap · 22/01/2025 14:22

User09678 · 22/01/2025 14:14

How DARE you lie about things I've said to try and smear me - I challenge you to find where I said any such thing. I made clear that I meant those who posted on social media expressing their discomfort about migration levels have been jailed for dissidence when hundreds walk free after trying to incite violence and threatening GC woman with death and rape. I made clear that I was not referring to anyone who had been violence or called for violence and that I abhor violence.

DO NOT spread misinformation about what I have said.

So this wasn't you?

User09678 · 17/01/2025 15:43

randomchap · 17/01/2025 15:38
Which ones? Come on, you made the claim. Back it up
Show quote history
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/two-men-jailed-for-social-media-posts-that-stirred-up-far-right-violence

You claimed that these men were political dissidents.

"Jordan Parlour, 28, was jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred with Facebook posts in which he advocated an attack on a hotel in Leeds as part of the violent public disorder that swept England last week.

In Northampton, Tyler Kay, 26, was given three years and two months in prison for posts on X that called for mass deportation and for people to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers."

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5254221-to-believe-that-people-who-repeatedly-commit-violent-crimes-should-lose-their-freedom-permanently?page=2

Two men jailed for social media posts that stirred up far-right violence

People who threw stones, hurled racist abuse and pushed a burning wheelie bin at police also sent to prison

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/two-men-jailed-for-social-media-posts-that-stirred-up-far-right-violence

EasternStandard · 22/01/2025 14:23

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It’s a public forum which some seem to struggle with, whenever a poster is not pro Labour or Starmer enough

The predictable cries of ‘bot’ are tedious from the usual suspects.

zoemum2006 · 22/01/2025 14:23

We are all living with the consequences of Brexit and 14 years of Tory rule. We got badly burned listening to Farage.

However much I think Labour needs to work on their comms I don't think there is much desire to embrace the right wing here.

IcedChristmasTrees · 22/01/2025 14:25

Billydavey · 22/01/2025 14:14

Those that don’t see a difference are either not paying attention, or don’t want to see

its hugely different to the previous government

Yes this opinion is used all the time by the left.. It's honestly impossible to counter argue with you lot. I can see the difference and things are actually worse now. 😂
They all go to the same schools, all live their privelaged lifestyles and have the same ridiculous salaries and bonuses year on year despite being the "working people's party".
Left - goodbye women's spaces, more rights for migrants than the people actually working here and paying tax every year, more verbal diarrhea we are better than the tories and nothing to actually show for it.
Bowing out of the thread now as I'm sure I'll be set upon with a bunch of new counter arguments. 😂
Ps I'm not pro tory or pro Labour.

venus7 · 22/01/2025 14:25

Oh yes....let's allow that moron to decide who leads our government. Great idea; we could also make bridges out of jelly.

Gravitasdepleted · 22/01/2025 14:26

Starmer will be 'hanging in' until no later than Wednesday 15 August 2029, which is when the next UK general election needs to have been held by. Trump has no influence on that, or on who is head of the Labour party.

Lyn348 · 22/01/2025 14:26

Starmer unfortunately has very,very quickly turned out to be shit (and I've never voted Conservative) I do wonder though how Obama ever became President in such a crazy places as the US - I wonder if he might come over here? I really think he'd be appreciated more and we could really do with someone with charisma and intelligence to lead the country.

RedToothBrush · 22/01/2025 14:27

Weird I think Trump might HELP Starmer!

Why?

Well as much as people will go Trump / Musk have a point, THEY AREN'T BRITISH.

And theres something stubborn about the British that dislike being told what to do and think by foreigners. It helped to fuel Brexit. And as much as Americans think they are 'the same as the British' we don't feel the same.

Weirdly I also think this was part of the motivation for Farage to go against Musk with comments regarding Tommy Robinson. Farage knows and understands British mentality on this and where the red lines of British thought are.

Tommy Robinson was one he wasn't willing to cross publically, although I think he fundamentally agrees with Musk on principle.

He knows that as soon as this starts being framed as 'Americans coming over here and telling us what to do', it'll go down badly in a lot of those who might consider voting for him otherwise.

Basically Farage knows that theres a point when Trump and Musk need to know when to sit down and shut up when it comes to British politics or it will backfire and will fuel begruding support for Starmer.

InterestQ · 22/01/2025 14:28

They’ll be fine - Starmer will be professional and sensible and if he has any sense, he will redirect Trump and point the King at him. Trump loves the monarchy and Starmer isn’t an idiot. I don’t think Lammy should spend too much time with Trump but if you shove Charles and Camilla up front and a state banquet that will be enough.

I can’t see Angela Rayner sucking it up. (Should she be PM when Starmer is allegedly told to step aside - why?!)

Alexandra2001 · 22/01/2025 14:28

EasternStandard · 22/01/2025 14:23

It’s a public forum which some seem to struggle with, whenever a poster is not pro Labour or Starmer enough

The predictable cries of ‘bot’ are tedious from the usual suspects.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”

Thankyou

shayri · 22/01/2025 14:29

Lyn348 · 22/01/2025 14:26

Starmer unfortunately has very,very quickly turned out to be shit (and I've never voted Conservative) I do wonder though how Obama ever became President in such a crazy places as the US - I wonder if he might come over here? I really think he'd be appreciated more and we could really do with someone with charisma and intelligence to lead the country.

you have to be a British citizen to be Prime Minister so that counts Obama
out

trivialMorning · 22/01/2025 14:29

I've literally just had the new bulletin on where they are saying guy bought a knife via amazon so the talk is about requiring on line knife shopping to require two forms of ID.

So not only is gun crime very low in UK as guns tend to be hard to get hold of due to heavy regulation - all the news at time said knife and all talk now is about knife.

I assume they must be in USA - were mass killings tend to be guns - and despite fact they are only country in entire world who suffers regular school shooting - have no idea how to stop them.

USA doesn't get to pick UK leaders OP - and I think *RedToothBrush *has a point - outsiders coming in trying to tell us what to do will likely not go the way they expect.

7plusthinking · 22/01/2025 14:30

Can Starmer survive 6 months in, because Trump is in power? What utter BOLLOCKS....Someone's reads Daily Heil far too much or gone down the rabbit hole of social media.

When I read posts like this it reminds me why it was such a good idea to give up Facebook, Insta and X...

We've had Farage lite for 14 years and it fucked the country over, big business getting richer, poor getting poorer , demonising immigrants and increasing their numbers by hundreds of thousands at the same time, it was a total shit show.

Its an irrelevance anyway, the right wing in this party have fucked themselves over by splitting their vote between Reform and Tories. There only hope is Farage wrapping up Reform and leading the Tories, the trouble is this will cause some Tories to hold their noses and jump to a new independant party or even cross over to Lib Dems . Its what happened here and other places, we lost our Tory MP to Lib Dems, this used to be a safe Tory seat, Reform were nowhere in votes around here ( leafy, middle classed south east commuter belt).

EasternStandard · 22/01/2025 14:30

Alexandra2001 · 22/01/2025 14:28

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”

Thankyou

Don't bother with the thanks, absolutely not necessary. But ‘greatness’

Made me laugh at least.

TheNoonBell · 22/01/2025 14:31

Nigellasrockyroad · 22/01/2025 14:21

Showing your true colours now ( and that’s colour NOT color) .

I'm not a yank if that is what you are trying to imply.

trivialMorning · 22/01/2025 14:33

We have tactical voting here - and I heard one prominent Tory say they lost as many votes to the Lib dems as they did to Reform.

So I was going to keep an eye on them - I could see them getting even bigger from disaffect center , Labour and Tory voters - depend what they all do in the next 4 and half years really.

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