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Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The reshuffle, thought to have been deftly managed by Sue Gray, made a shadow cabinet heavy with stalwarts from the Blair-Brown era

I don't know about other people but I really was hoping for more than a sequel to the Blair years. I mean I get they need experience but the Tories are on the ropes, the Centrists in the party have had 13 years to come up with new ideas...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

This is just not scaring the horses, the Tories are kicking themselves in the balls so hard as their policies come home to roost, it's not the time to be radical.

Boring and effective is the way to power. Everyone's had enough of psychodrama politics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The world is literally burning up due to man made climate change and we have highest most obscene inequality since the war and this isn't the time to be radical?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Labour have a net zero plan, and they already tried radical with Corbyn with predictable results

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