To think Starmer calling Refom and its supporters ‘racist’ is politically suicidal?

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Starmer has called Reform’s policy of ending indefinite right to remain for non-EU immigrants ‘immoral’ & ‘racist’. Reform supporters, and people who are considering voting for Reform because of their concerns about immigration, will inevitably think the Prime Minister is calling them immoral racists, too. And that will infuriate millions of voters.

I understand that it’s Labour’s conference this week and because he is under a lot of political pressure from his own side, Starmer believes he has to throw some red meat to his party. That’s politics. But Starmer has obviously forgotten what happened to Hillary Clinton when she described Trump voters as ‘deplorable’. That didn’t work out well for her, did it?

YABU = Starmer is right. Reform and its supporters are racists and he should call it out.

YANBU = Starmer has just committed political suicide by falling into Farage’s trap and he has alienated working class voters.

Brexit was the end of this country what are our young people going to do about it?
They are to busy with anxiety or their families are teaching them how to hate. I once felt proud to be British not anymore this is not what British values are all about. We have turned into a workshy grabby society. If people believe that removing the foreigners from the UK will give them more think again it will get less.

I agree. This is what he is saying. It's new for Labour - I remember talking about having union flags at the Labour conference in the 80s/90s (I was a member of the party) and being told it was right wing. But it's my flag and I am not right wing - but my suggestion labelled me as suspect, I think.