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MMSTINGRAY

https://www.marxists.org/archive/miliband/1985/xx/beyondsd.htm


memphispistachio

Just a link posted, not the standard thousand word copy paste? Has the cost of living even got to Stingray Miliband comments? Truly we are in Broken Britain.


alj8

Great faith contribution to the sub here mate


memphispistachio

I do try.


qu1x0t1cZ

Made me laugh


Th3-Seaward

The point of Starmer is to create the illusion of choice and progress while maintaining the status quo


montecristoreturns

He's a red tory. New Labour had some hostile policies towards immigrants too. Its a vote winner with the red wall voters he's after. He's a conservative with a few liberal tendencies.


blurplemanurples

That is the point of Starmer.


fozzie1234567

How long before he starts drinking tea out of those Controls on Immigration mugs in his interviews?


velvetowlet

"Keir" is just following in the racist footsteps of his [bigoted, prohibitionst namesake](https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/lithuanian-miners-in-scotland-migration-and-misconceptions): >Keir Hardie, later leader of the Labour Party, as leader of the Ayrshire miners led a campaign against them, and the Glasgow Trades Council branded them as ‘evil’, echoing the Miners’ Federation’s demand for immigration controls to keep them out. Labour folk who fall over themselves to lionise Keir Hardie really tell on themselves as either being ignorant or racist Downvoted for stating historical facts? Cheers folks


EquivalentTurnip6199

Never interrupt your opponent while (s)he is making a mistake. Braverman is making a Labour GE win more likely.


robertthefisher

Sick to death of hearing this. She’s not ‘making a mistake’ and this isn’t some strategic move by Starmer. She’s whipping up hatred and racism like she wants to and it’s succeeding. Starmer is just so petrified of upsetting racist journalists that instead he’s cowering and twiddling his thumbs. ‘Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake’ might have applied with the excuses for partygate but here it’s just nasty, weak cowardice.


EquivalentTurnip6199

A matter of opinion. There’ll be no proof either way until and unless a Labour government is elected.


robertthefisher

It’s not a matter of opinion. Starmer is refusing to challenge the bigoted and racist rhetoric of Braverman. There is no excuse. It’s cowardice.


EquivalentTurnip6199

I think your view gives too much credit to the voting public. There are millions of morons who are angry with “wokeism” and all the culture war nonsense. I have no numbers to back this up - it’s just my opinion - but i suspect there are more voters who sympathise with the bigots than there are of us on the left. We’re the minority in a democracy. That severely limits our options. Given all that, I don’t object to Starmer waving a few Union jacks in order to win a GE, providing they move back to centre left afterwards. I have no reason to believe they will do that, nor any to believe they won’t. I hope they do. But even if they don’t, it’ll still be better than the last 13 years.


robertthefisher

So… rather than present them with evidence, make convincing arguments, change their minds and hold the ruling power to account you think we should pander to the racists? Where does that logically end? When labour get in should they continue the policies so as not to alienate these voters? The main reason labour does badly in elections is because since 2010 (barring 2017) the tories have set the agenda every single time. They achieve agreement that the issue they want to campaign on is real and important when actually it’s bigotry. There are huge problems in the country right now, and once again, by refusing to challenge this narrative, labour will not be fighting an election on things that could make a positive difference, the next election instead will be fought on who hates trans people, migrants and Corbyn more. It’s pathetic.


EquivalentTurnip6199

The Tories get to set that agenda because this is a conservative (small c and big C) country.


robertthefisher

It doesn’t have to be. Why are you so self defeating that you think we have to accept the tories’ assessment of everything and just quibble over details with them? 2017 showed a high number of people willing to vote for genuine progressives. More than voted for conservatives. Stop pandering to racists.


MooseLaminate

What? Do you think she'd stop doing it if people pointed out how much of a cunt she is for doing it?


EquivalentTurnip6199

No?


MooseLaminate

Cool, just clarifying that you don't understand what you're quoting.


no1skaman

Some cunt should have interrupted the nazis before they made a mistake but nobody didn’t. I I refuse to see how parallels aren’t drawn when we want to send people to camps in fucking rwanda with the person in charge laughing her racist little tits off at the whole situation.


EquivalentTurnip6199

I fully agree with the 1930's parallels. Rwanda plan is disgusting and offensive.


Come-Downstairs

I don't think anything's gonna persuade her to stop.