Starmer’s ‘chest-thumper’ plan is patronising in the extreme

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by Martin Odoni

That the Labour Party needs to win back support in the doubtfully-named ‘Red Wall’ is hardly a secret. Without the backing of lost seats in its former Heartlands across the north of England and Wales, it seems like only a total inversion of British politics, of the type seen in the USA in the 1930s, would be the sole path back to power i.e. by moving further to the right even than the Conservatives and stealing Tory Heartland seats.

North and north-west England before the 2019 General Election. More a red splodge than a red wall, but it was also far less permanent in a lot of places than the mainstream media wanted us to think

Unfortunately, yet another in the very long list of failings in the current Labour Party leader has been exposed this week. Plans were leaked of what Keir Starmer will be using…

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