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It's not actually this, literally
a few hundred left shitposters on Twitter calling him Keith
It's the attitude that stinks. What does this even mean?
It's funny that he really is a Keith
He's not and never has been called Keith. There's some weird left wing birther-style conspiracy that he was actually called Keith and had it changed when he was young but he didn't.
I share your disappointment that he's not better than he is. FWIW I think there are a few people within Labour who would make better leaders. But the calling him Keith thing is just childish.
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There's some weird left wing birther-style conspiracy that he was actually called Keith and had it changed when he was young but he didn't.
Well, that's news to me. Maybe there are eight people out there think that, but the left tweeters I follow all say it comes from the autocorrect.
I agree it's childish, but it's hardly likely to derail his electoral prospects, is it? Does any undecided voter out there think: "Well, I was considering voting Labour, but some people on Twitter call the leader 'Keith', so perhaps I won't bother?"
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LOL, really? I mean, if a few hundred left shitposters on Twitter calling him Keith is going to undermine Labour's election prospects rather than, say, a leadership coup or pushing the party into a disastrous second referendum position, then perhaps he's not the strong and stable leader we need.
He's going to come under a shitload more scrutiny in the run up to an election due to issues largely of his (and his faction's) own making; a few people giggling about how apposite the moniker Keith is will be the least of his worries. And frankly, it is funny. It's funny that he really is a Keith and it's funny that such a tiny, trivial matter causes people to absolutely lose their shit over it.
FWIW, I started out as a supporter of his because I naively believed he would do what he said he would do. Not my fault he chose a different direction. I still reckon he'd be better than the Tories, though, but by his own admission on LBC the other day, only fucking just.