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The idea that the next Labour leader will get an easier time from the press is madness
There are likely people in the Labour party who will get an easier time. Not the free pass that Johnson got, but a much easier time than an old school 70's socialist will get. We know that the press will get behind a certain type of Labour party because they've done it before, and for a long time, with Blair. Pointing this kind of stuff out though is Centrist Dad territory, I know.
He was literally the worst person that could have been chosen to parade in front of the media. You can argue that that's unfair and shouldn't matter as much as you want, but it's what the leaders have to deal with.
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He was literally the worst person that could have been chosen to parade in front of the media. You can argue that that's unfair and shouldn't matter as much as you want, but it's what the leaders have to deal with.
And people said this about Miliband before him. And Brown before him.
Blair isn't coming back. And shouldn't. He courted the press with politics which they wanted to get behind. If you want those politics parties already exist which profess them.
Then we're fucked. The idea that the next Labour leader will get an easier time from the press is madness. Throw in the unknown forces around internet ads and social media, and I'm more worried.