I saw a meme earlier today, and it boldly stated that Keir Starmer was set to resign.
It wasn’t a very good meme, and most probably created on one of those free design apps like Canva, but I did immediately wonder if there was any actual substance to this claim, for all of twenty seconds.
Keir Starmer set to resign? Really?
The opinion polls are absolutely disastrous and point towards Prime Minister Farage in 2029. The current Prime Minister — weak and isolated — is detested by the left and right wings for policies deemed either too left or too right by opposing sides.
And the only people that continue to stand by Keir Starmer are the dopey-arsed #FBPE liberals that are too fucking arrogant to ever admit that their man, Keith, is a fraudulent failure of a politician.
How weak is your argument when you desperately claim that any anti-Keir Starmer sentiment is a vote for Nigel Farage?
Hategoblin Farage and Reform UK’s greatest recruitment tool is none other than Keir Starmer – so maybe he won’t resign.
The government’s reluctance to clearly communicate its immigration policies, coupled with a history of profit-driven outsourcing in immigration services, has allowed far-right narratives to gain traction and has unnecessarily exacerbated community tensions.
That’s not my fault, it’s probably not your fault, and we’re not going to blame it on the ever-warming sunshine, the moonlight, the good times, or Corbyn.
If you are blaming someone else for the inevitable rise of fascism because you’re too stubborn to admit your support for Keir Starmer is at best, misguided, and at worse, wilfully enabling this corrupted government’s evil, we’re probably not going to get along, because you are a disturbing individual.
Abandon your fanciful trickle down theories and free market fuckwittery and fearlessly jump on board the next overpriced, leftward-bound GWR train that is riding along the crest of the political spectrum as I type these words.
Left wing. LOL.
There are so many conversations that I could have with a Keir Starmer devotee.
They still have the nerve to call themselves “left-wing”, or something wishy-washy like a “social democrat”, when reality would suggest the Blue Labour hat would fit them perfectly well.
Left-wing is addressing systemic inequality, opposing militarism, and advocating for progressive policies like taxing the wealthy, or investing in council housing, and supporting a secure, free and independent Palestine.
There’s absolutely nothing left-wing about freezing pensioners to death, or forcing thousands more children into poverty, funding a proxy war in Ukraine, greedily filling your pockets with extravagant freebies from the super rich, targeting sick and disabled people with perpetual austerity, or outsourcing public services to failed corporations — and there is definitely nothing left-wing about allowing the sale of military hardware to terrorist states to assist them in committing crimes against humanity.
Is that even debatable? Perhaps a Starmer stan wants to jump on an X post and teach me the errors of my ways without mentioning Jeremy Corbyn, or Labour’s worst electoral defeat since 300 BC? If they think that was bad, they clearly haven’t been paying any attention to the inevitable, (and to be welcomed) destruction on the Labour Party
Maybe they can brainwash me into believing my support for the innocent human beings in Gaza is actually a horrifying example of why Margaret Hodge has always got to think about keeping suitcase packed under the stairs?
Truth is, very few of the centrist jellyfishes have actually got the guts to contribute anything meaningful to the debate without resorting to personal abuse and vexatious, meaningless, pro-government rhetoric.
They learned well from their Tory predecessors.
There is, of course, a credible left-wing alternative upon the horizon – whether Keir Starmer will resign or not.
Your Party
Three-quarters-of-a-million people have already signed up to ‘Your Party’, reflecting widespread disillusionment with Labour’s attempt to shift to the populist right under Keir Starmer.
I mentioned Labour’s worst election defeat since the beginning of time, a little bit further up.
According to opinion pollster Find Out Now UK, if there were an election today, Keir Starmer’s Labour would receive just NINETEEN PERCENT of the overall vote, leaving the red Tories with just SIXTY SIX members of parliament.
While this might well be cause for celebration, it is also deeply concerning to see the hard-right polling a combined fifty percent, because this is where Keir Starmer will continue to try and win the unwinnable votes of the small-boat-obsessed Neanderthals at the expense of anything that barely resembles a progressive policy.
Remember what they told you, day after day…
Labour would be twenty points ahead under anyone but Corbyn.
A few years and a whole load of grey hairs later, Keir Starmer’s Labour will be over-achieving if they manage to register twenty percent at the next general election.
Resign Keir Starmer? If this critical downward spiral continues, and Labour look set up for an absolute hammering at the next general election, I believe the choice to resign will be taken away from him.
Featured image via Rachael Swindon
This post was originally published on Canary.