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  • Fairly obviously not, no. There are various areas of power within the party: whether the shadow cabinet; the PLP; the NEC; so on and so forth. The leader is not a dictator.

    Do the canary control any of these various areas of power? Again, fairly obviously not.

    Apologies for posting about Starmer in the…[checks topic]…Starmer thread.

  • Fair points, i guess it just seems to lead to a position where poor behaviour by someone who no longer is in a position of power is (by that rationale) not open to criticism - which i don’t really agree with.

    Obviously you’ll comment on Starmer in this thread, it’s just a bit tiring that this seems to be solely used as a place to slag him off, with pretty minimal balance or credit for anything good.

  • Obviously you’ll comment on Starmer in this thread, it’s just a bit tiring that this seems to be solely used as a place to slag him off, with pretty minimal balance or credit for anything good.

    Would that not be indicative of the opinions around Starmer (or any leader with a topic) though? If he was doing fantastically well, it'd be reflected in what people are saying. If he's doing a bit shit, then the return opinions are showing that.

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