I think part of the problem with Starmer isn't so much what he's doing or not doing but the way that people I mistrust immensely are so happy with him. It's particularly bad when you consider how those very same people consistently attacked Jeremy. I reckon I'll be sad about the missed opportunity of a Labour government under Corbyn for the rest of my life and to see those that undermined and sneered throughout his 3 or 4 years in charge now celebrating and writing/ tweeting about how forensic Starmer is, is really really fucking galling.
I'm probably going to stay and fight and campaign, albeit with a knot in my stomach and little joy. I'd rate Starmer's performance so far as about 4, there'll be days when it dips to zero and some when it's much higher, and I want (us) to try and keep a sense of proportion.
This. And that's what the problem is. The look is nothing. Jezzer wasn't my
look, he was my heart. My soul. My compass.
I don't care about the box. I care about its contents. And who tied the ribbon on top. That matters a lot.
I don't think anyone's said Starmer engineered the Brexit position so's we could lose the election. What people, me included, think is entirely possible is that he and his friends, used the Brexit situation and their influence over it, to add to Corbyn's (and thus, Labour's) woes.
There were times when Starmer could've dialled it all back and it would've presented a far more united position. He and his pals and others allowed Brexit to divide the left, I don't think there can be any doubt about that. And I wouldn't mind it so much if he'd stand by it now. Talk about it now. But now, it's as if none of it ever mattered. It went a long way to losing us the last election, less than six months ago, and now, even immediately after, not a peep. I don't like people who don't stand by their positions, not unless they apologise for being wrong first.