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@davidstirrup

#labour largely shedding #farLeft entryists - not sure the rest of us will miss them so long as the dismal record of #4GeDefeats is ended

Better a cautious #labourGovt with power than #doctrinalPurity on the #opposition benches enabling #braverman et al wreak havoc

@NBarreyre

I see lots of comments saying much the same

Q1: Was the Blair/Brown period a net plus or net minus when compared to the alternative, more #Major style #toryGovt?

Q2: Will #starmer #labourGovt be better or worse than more #sunak #kipperTory rule?

Q3: From this point, at max 2 yrs before #nextGE, what exactly can be done to alter course?

I understand reasoned criticism of #starmer & co for being too bland or deferring to #nativism - but they are #neverTory

@PMPMagazine

electing a #ukGovt that is NOT committed to the idiocy of #brexit is itself a form of "success" for those of us who see it for what it is.

That means #labour

After 4 years of #labourGovt we may see a an exit from this national disaster emerge - that would never happen under the #toriesOut who are now all #kippers

@jmkc

You mistake the lack of a commitment to what you seek with a commitment to the opposite.

#starmer is tactically right to avoid unacheivable promises - or any reasons for #ToriesOut to bellow #brexitBetrayal at him

After 4 years of the next #labourGovt the picture may be different.....

@MacNaBracha

Actually I think this might be a more accurate reflection of what #Streeting actually said

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/doctors-incredibly-disappointed-after-streeting-takes-aim-at-hostile-bma-42211275.html

A #LabourGovt remains the best hope for a #decentNHS

@lynnejones

I think you simply do not like #Starmer so are not prepared to see any merit. #Labour are in power in #Wales so have implemented good policies; the same will be the case in the #UK as it was under #Blair - that it is not enough for the #farLeft is a problem for them - frankly no electable #LabourGovt would ever be enough for some

@YoContextKev

You mistake the absence of commitments to a commitment not to act.

In a pre-election period when there is not even a #manifesto why give hostages to fortune? At this statige it is all about maximising victory.

If you think there is no difference between a 21st Century #LabourGovt and a 21st Century #ToryGovt you have not been paying attention

@lynnejones

Well right now priority is what #Blair undoubtedly did better than any other Labour leader in history - gain power

#Labour already commited to green investment

https://labour.org.uk/stronger-together/a-fairer-greener-future/green-and-digital-future/

I can't beleive that I, a non-Labour member (admission: I was one briefly sometime in the 90s) is trying to convince a former long-serving #LabourMP that a #LabourGovt is worth fighting for....! The open hostility of some on the Left just because not all their hot button items are on the agenda

@jamie

Open goal for #Labour - just state that permission to mine #coal at this new mine will be rescinded as the first act of an incoming #labourGovt

I doubt a tonne of coal will get mined there if that were done

What is more

- there is more than enough supply of coking coal on the world market
- the UK is more expensive than alternatives
- 85% would get exported, adding to the amount of coal burnt globally by every tonne extracted