Bernie Ecclestoned to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 9 months agoAfter Brexit, Britain and Europe embrace ever-closer unionwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down110cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoUK moves from centre right to centre left fairly predictably. Thankfully the hard right or left never get the popular vote. Starmer seems quite boring but effective. I don’t have a problem with that. Popularism is much more dangerous.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoWell the Labour party tried that in 2019 with the worst results ever, you suggest a repeat?
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoAnd his problems were that he and his cohort were too far left to get elected. Same as Kinnock. Nothing more than centre left is electable, evidenced by the election results of the last hundred years.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoNot being destroyed by the media is the job of political leaders…
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoGordon Brown was more principled than Blair, but lacked the media savviness. Remember the ‘bigot’ open mic gaff 💀
UK moves from centre right to centre left fairly predictably. Thankfully the hard right or left never get the popular vote.
Starmer seems quite boring but effective. I don’t have a problem with that. Popularism is much more dangerous.
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Well the Labour party tried that in 2019 with the worst results ever, you suggest a repeat?
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And his problems were that he and his cohort were too far left to get elected.
Same as Kinnock.
Nothing more than centre left is electable, evidenced by the election results of the last hundred years.
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Not being destroyed by the media is the job of political leaders…
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Gordon Brown was more principled than Blair, but lacked the media savviness. Remember the ‘bigot’ open mic gaff 💀