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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 year ago (29 children)

Starmer changes his pledges more than he changes his underwear. I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (24 children)

That’s just not true… he took over the party when Corbyn became toxic due to failing to deal with antisemitism, and wanting to leave NATO the EU and remove our nuclear deterrent. He came in on the intention of continuing a lot of socialist policies but then the Tories destroyed the economy, the NHS and our social care system, and put us in the highest debt to GDP we have ever been in. He has had to get more realistic with his policies and taken great steps to not promise things he cannot deliver for the last 5 years.

[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep wondering how "Corbyn's Antisemitism" would look today, now that more people are aware Anti-Zionism ≠ Anti-Semitism

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

A lot of it was a perception issue, certainly the Israeli government has done a lot of damage to the reputation of Israel.

Corbyn was playing against a stacked deck as the UK media is Tory-aligned, but he failed to change the narrative.

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