Just another Dick with an opinion. Author, journalist, international development wonk, #Humanist, #Unitarian.
Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️🌈🇪🇺
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Have to agree with Ed Davey: changing leader, yet again, isn't going to fix our broken political system. British politics is thoroughly broken. We need not just electoral reform, we need devolution, constitutional reform, and a new parliament in Salford.
It seems absurd to wait until September, given Starmer is a lame duck, but he's determined to attend the European summit in July. He should make big commitments to the EU and dare Burnham to overturn them. But Starmer won't because he was always spineless.
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Starmer also said he's "heard the voice of his party", which is why he's resigning. What about heating the voice of the country? Don't we have a voice worth listening to?!
Starmer's jibe about Corbyn leaving the Labour party "politically, financially and morally bankrupt" is particularly despicable. Corbyn was a terrible leader, but I'd have his principles over Starmer's utter moral vacuum any day.
Did Starmer really talk about "the country I love?" He's really trotting out all the resignation greatest hits: first Liz Truss, now Theresa May! You can certainly rely on him to fail to have a single original idea, right to the end!
"Look on the bright side Keir: at least you won't be resigning in the rain."
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