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This stuff is a total fucking gift to the Daily Mail
No it’s not.
Mentions of the Forde report on the front pages (web based) of the right wing press today
Daily Mail: 0
Telegraph: 0
Times: 0
Express: 0
Sun: 0Because the British press
A) do not give one teeny tiny fuck about racism or otherwise reprehensible behaviour when it’s people they approve of doing it
B) don’t want to revisit that period when they were screeching and finger pointing and gnashing their teeth, because the Forde report indicates they should really go back and reconsider the work they did at that time, and that would be deeply inconvenient for them.As a thought experiment: if the Labour left were still in control of the party today and a report as damning as the Forde report was released, do we think it would be off the front pages a mere handful of days after it had been published?
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if the Labour left were still in control of the party today and a report as damning as the Forde report was released, do we think it would be off the front pages a mere handful of days after it had been published?
Yes, if at the time we were in the middle of a Tory leadership campaign / cost of living crisis. They clearly are gunning for Starmer (see beergate) so it isn't as if actually they're good with Starmer and so are giving him an easy ride
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No it’s not.
Mentions of the Forde report on the front pages (web based) of the right wing press today
Daily Mail: 0
Telegraph: 0
Times: 0
Express: 0
Sun: 0Wait until we're closer to the GE. Or maybe even sooner...wait until there is a new PM in post who can make hay with this.
There is no way that the report is being ignored. Tabloids and CCHQ plan these things.
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Stonehedge
Its not that though is it? Nobody is saying ignore the massive problems the report has put a focus on. Labour clearly are a party in a shambolic state. They're saying stop the public infighting and fix the problems to move on. If Labour go into the next GE with the question of antisemitism, racism and infighting still bubbling away...it will not do as well as it could.
This stuff is a total fucking gift to the Daily Mail tbh. The Labour party NEEDS to be seen to address the problems and move the fuck on.