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[Politics] Keir Starmer getting constantly heckled in his keynote conference speech



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I did both of those things and yes, I listened to the speech. What I heard did not make me even consider voting Labour for the reasons I've stated.

I'm also hopeful going forward, as this country needs a proper opposition to hold the government responsible for some of their dreadful policies.

OK fair enough. I'm a bit surprised by your take, but perhaps I'm allowing hope to triumph over expectation :thumbsup:
 




beorhthelm

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the bit i caught was about getting involved with businesses in every sector to kindle the invention of the early industrial revolution. he missed out the lack of government control was a prime reasons we done so much back then.
 


A1X

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They are in bits. They aren't a tour-de-force party like Blair in '97, full of new ideas and positivity. They are a party at war with itself, beholden to the unions. I don't want a socialist government any more than I want the Tories.

Their entire "campaign" seems to be "we don't like the Tories" without offering any actual solutions. The communication of the policy is shocking in this regard, some bizarre mutant hybrid of trying to appease the hard left while simultaneously undermining that with more centrist, electable fiscal policies.

It is a confused, Frankenstein's monster of far left socialist dogma, which Starmer has tried to blunt the edges of, pleasing nobody.

The party at its heart wants to be a socialist government. The public have clearly demonstrated they don't want that. The only way Labour can possibly win an election is a root and branch rebrand, a complete shunning of hard left ideology and to 100% endorse Starmer's move to the centre right.

As it stands they have absolutely no hope whatsoever of government.

I mean, I’m genuinely struggling to think of what policy to emerge this week (and it’s not a full agenda because it doesn’t need to be) could be described as “far left”. The only thing I’ve come up with is the removal of charitable status from public schools, which seems more logic than anything. Sure some party members are mad cranks, but so are some Tories. Hell so are some Lib Dem’s.
 




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Nice to hear the new message 'Make Brexit Work'.

Won't please several on here, they might be miffed to hear should they perform a miracle and get the keys to Downing St they will proudly move on.

Who on here? It's too late to turn back the clock. Everyone knows that :shrug:

Would you be happier if Starmer had vowed to overturn Brexit? Given that this would make labour less electable I'm sure your answer would be 'yes', given the tenor of you posts in the bear pit.

So, thank you for you soppy contribution to this thread. :dunce:
 




Neville's Breakfast

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In what way? Those that I know who have dropped out of the profession did so due to stress, workload and targets trumping pedagogy.

Those are factors in most skilled jobs. Teachers have the added obstacle of a very prescriptive training course with endemic bullying. I have heard and experienced a number of stories. Both of my training mentors had been bullied on their QTS but still made my life difficult for a year. At my first school every young teacher I spoke with had had enough of their treatment and were looking for other jobs. The training regime is run by older teachers using it to advance their career path and earn extra money. I would dismantle it and start again, with less emphasis on prescriptive solutions to behaviour management, lesson planning etc. I was a youngster in the City of London in the 1980s and was treated better than when I retrained as a teacher five years ago and that says a lot. Both Labour and the Tories seem to think more teacher training is what is needed. I am pretty sure that is not the case.
 


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Radio 4 news this evening went to the key, these days, swing cities of Blackpool and Stoke and spoke to the local newspaper political writers.

Both completely underwhelmed by what they heard today and not optimistic for Labour’s prospects in their constituencies.

I was genuinely surprised.

These Nuremburg style echo chamber speeches at conferences, whether it be Labour, SNP or Tory, so often lead to a very transient bounce.

Interesting that they dismissed the whooping and dB.
 


Is it PotG?

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Who on here? It's too late to turn back the clock. Everyone knows that :shrug:

Would you be happier if Starmer had vowed to overturn Brexit? Given that this would make labour less electable I'm sure your answer would be 'yes', given the tenor of you posts in the bear pit.

So, thank you for you soppy contribution to this thread. :dunce:

I think even you know who I mean 'H'.
 




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If I start listing names, it'll be a witch-hunt.

You imply what you like.

No, if you are going to make accusations, back it up - or shut up.

And it's you that's implying. I'm inferring.
 




AlbionBro

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I thought I may see some hope from the Labour party today, but yet again I feel let down by them. We currently just can't get a defined party that means business. We are going the same route as Portsmouth football club, from all over the news to unnoticed.
 




peterward

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Listened to Sir Kiers speech in full on R5live and I was really quite pleased/impressed with both what he said and his answers to the hecklers. It is a bit unfortunate he's a bit bland and lacking charisma, not that it should matter but it probably will, but where he's trying to position the Labour party is exactly where the labour party should be, on the centre left, pro business but championing social justice.

A lot more new labour than Corbynism. Sounded pretty obvious that a good few corbynistas and momentum members didnt like it, but bollocks to them imho...... Their ideology is useless without the power to affect change, and I thought Sir Kier was bang on when he said their slogans mean nothing.

Im not actually quite sure what to think in general as what Sir Kier is attempting with where the Labour party should sit in the political spectrum is exactly correct, but I do worry a little of his personal appeal...... and if he didnt win the next election I just hope that Labour will remain where the broadest amount of the electorate sit, somewhere nearer the middle than on the radical fringes.

Well done Kier, a good speech, you may just yet win my vote.

"My father was a toolmaker, and I guess you could say Boris Johnsons dad was also" :lolol:
 


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Chicken Run

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So to sum this thread up for anyone who can’t be bothered to read it from the beginning,

Those that would vote for a pig in a Labour rosette will continue to do so, those that don’t vote Labour but hate this Government might although in 2024 might not and those that would vote for a pig in a Tory rosette will continue to do so.


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timbha

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Listened to Sir Kiers speech in full on R5live and I was really quite pleased/impressed with both what he said and his answers to the hecklers. It is a bit unfortunate he's a bit bland and lacking charisma, not that it should matter but it probably will, but where he's trying to position the Labour party is exactly where the labour party should be, on the centre left, pro business but championing social justice.

A lot more new labour than Corbynism. Sounded pretty obvious that a good few corbynistas and momentum members didnt like it, but bollocks to them imho...... Their ideology is useless without the power to affect change, and I thought Sir Kier was bang on when he said their slogans mean nothing.

Im not actually quite sure what to think in general as what Sir Kier is attempting with where the Labour party should sit in the political spectrum is exactly correct, but I do worry a little of his personal appeal...... and if he didnt win the next election I just hope that Labour will remain where the broadest amount of the electorate sit, somewhere nearer the middle than on the radical fringes.

Well done Kier, a good speech, you may just yet win my vote.

"My father was a toolmaker, and I guess you could say Boris Johnsons dad was also" :lolol:

Think you’re right but the Labour Party will continue to flip flop from left of centre to very left of centre until they eventually self destruct and ask themselves what went wrong
 




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Ok, I'll do a simple one as it seems an apt word

WATFORD Gap.

Thank you.

If [MENTION=26594]watford[/MENTION] Gap is displeased that Starmer has not promised to reverse Brexit (I haven't noticed whether this is the case or not), that's fine by me. I can think of far more interesting things to speculate about.

It seems that the hard left hate Starmer and the hard right fear him, as was the case with Blair. Long may that continue :shrug:
 


Hampster Gull

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Think you’re right but the Labour Party will continue to flip flop from left of centre to very left of centre until they eventually self destruct and ask themselves what went wrong

Except the two party system means they have loads of time to be shit without any consequences other than they are party #2
 


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