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Who is this supposed to endear him to?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I definitely did a double-take on that. "This guy is doing what my predecessor did".

I guess he's trying very hard to not be Corbyn?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

“This guy is doing what my predecessor did”.

Pretty much, but what Starmer is hoping people will hear is:

“This guy is doing the very unpopular thing my very unpopular predecessor, from whom I am very different, did”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Given how popular Jez was at the ballot box, that's not a bad plan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah this way starmer won't piss off the right wing and attract the attention of their media, like Corbyn did.