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Yeah maybe, but the views on him I encounter elsewhere tend to be more mixed / nuanced than what i see on this board
I think that, unlike some here, the general public doesn’t care that he was elected from the membership based on a left leaning policy platform that he’s abandoning at will, whilst also trying to consolidate power of the right of the party.
The electorate had an incredibly polarised view of Corbyn (and we can debate ad infinium why that was), but Starmer can’t seem to provoke much emotion from anyone outside of the labour membership. IMO that makes him more ‘unelectable’ than Corbyn, and he’s not even pushing a policy platform that excites me.
JamesQGM-
Starmer can’t seem to provoke much emotion from anyone outside of the labour membership. IMO that makes him more ‘unelectable’
I can see that point of view. I don’t know if it is right - it was a blessing and a curse for Corbyn, as those strong views meant that people voted against as well as for him, and despite two tries he couldn’t get the ‘for’ team bigger than the ‘against’.
andyfallsoff
Yeah maybe, but the views on him I encounter elsewhere tend to be more mixed / nuanced than what i see on this board - where it feels like people would prefer to jump on anything bad than say anything good (w. exception of ReekBlefs). The feeling I get from this thread (rightly or wrongly) is that people want him to do badly.