Starmer: Is he really capable?

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JoyintheMorning · 03/02/2026 09:46

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This is from The Times today. I don't think this is good enough behaviour from a Prime Minister. Do you? He should have been in the Chamber and taken the flack.
Will you still support Labour?

Starmer makes a dash and sends in Jones the drone - The Times

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Mischance · 04/02/2026 21:31

Romancingthestones · 04/02/2026 20:20

Being less bad than Johnson, Truss et al isn't good enough though, that's such a low bar.

And we aren't talking about a misbehaving MP here, that's an irrelevant comparator. Starmer chose him. Chose him despite Mandelson having been forced to resign twice previously. Chose him despite knowing he was connected to Epstein. He must have known Mandelson's reputation, he was an absolute fool to appoint him.

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It is indeed a low bar - but I think that bar is still at that low level when it comes to looking at alternatives to the current incumbents.

MsGreying · 22/03/2026 10:36

Mischance · 04/02/2026 17:01

Quite. And in my book the return of a Sure Start equivalent and the support of the return of youth services and youth clubs warrant my vote.
At last a government who realises that many of the problems in schools and the criminal justice system start early and with poor parenting ... and are prepared to think long term and try and do something about it.
These valuable policies do not make the headlines because they are positive and not negative or scandalous ... but they matter and are what people voted Labour for.

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But if the previous sure start worked you'd only need it for a generation.
We seem to.have many feckless parents incapable of doing anything but nursing their mobile phone.

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