Labour clearly needs to go even further to the right. Its their only hope of beating reform. The left will always bite the bullet and vote for them, so this is really their only option, as long as you ignore any evidence to the contrary.
Cockapoo-Cockatoo on
Stop putting on new masks and doing new relaunches. The only leadership reset worth while is Kier Starmer resigning and letting someone more competent with ideas into 10 Downing Street.
Waste_Sleep6936 on
Smart move from an optics POV. It signals that moving forward, it’s not just more of the same, because things are different now, and we’ll need time to see the effect it has etc. which may offset the immediate calls for resignation.
Whether or not it makes a material difference to satisfying the various groups Starmer is trying to appease, is anybody’s guess.
jimmythemini on
I give it 6 months before he throws Gordon under a bus.
JackStrawWitchita on
People who loathe Starmer won’t suddenly change their minds and vote for him. It’s simply never going to happen.
Labour leadership is incredibly self-deluded. They’ll burn down the entire Labour party rather than step aside for someone else to rescue it.
CarlLlamaface on
The media despise Brown because he’s one of a handful of actually civic-minded politicians with an ethical backbone who manages to be pragmatic while remaining true to his idealism. No doubt this news will be painted as world-ending by the rags and the online army but it’s honestly a solid appointment.
Thetonn on
Prior to the 2024 election, Starmer asked Brown to conduct a proper review of the union, the current British constitution, the future of devolution, with the goal of setting out an ambitious plan to ensure the constitutional challenges of the Tories post-Brexit would be a thing of the past.
Brown produced his report. Starmer completely ignored pretty much all of it.
Yesterday, Labour got utterly destroyed in Wales, coming a very distant third. Almost everyone in Welsh Labour is pointing to UK Labours failure to give them anything on the future of devolution.
I am sympathetic to the notion that Brown is a wise man who should be given a job. I struggle with the logic of doing so while completely ignoring the last thing you asked him to do
ImhotepsServant on
Fuck that. Gordon Brown should be PM. I was talking to a friend about this yesterday and he’s the only PM I can think of in 40 years who isn’t evil.
fredleung412612 on
Rishi turned to the Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, we’ve seen this strategy play out just a few years ago. Didn’t end well
BasisOk4268 on
Fantastic appointment. Already seen people on Instagram saying ‘BUT HE SOLD OUR GOLD’ as if they have any fucking clue how to run an economy. Brown was fantastic with what he had in front of him.
Jensablefur on
A good appointment which will, sadly, be very easy for the media to spin as desperation.
david-yammer-murdoch on
Keep Tony Blair out piece of s***m! definitely put in Gordon Brown!
Mr_XcX on
I like Gordon Brown. He got screwed over by Blair. The issue is Starmer.
Bring in my girl Raynor!
Salty-Bid1597 on
Well better than Burnham and He Who Shall Not Be Named but the party does seem fixated on old has beens from the past.
People want a vision of the future not continual reinterpretations of the past.
asfish123 on
As usual, Starmer is changing everyone around him while missing the point that he is the problem. The issue is that he is the best of a very bad bunch
Duvet_Capeman on
I am vehemently against this labour government but I voted for Brown in 2010. If the press hadn’t blasted him relentlessly the UK would be in a much better position. As it was the Lib Dems came and stole a load of votes with promises they never even really attempted to keep when they got into the coalition with Cameron.
KombuchaBot on
That’s right Keith, get some fresh new talent in.
Christ, what a melt.
egg1st on
If you look at what the government has achieved since the election, there’s a lot of good and you can start to see the green shoots of recovery. Kier had made a number of mistakes, the biggest for me is the handling from start to finish of the Mandelson saga. He’s reported to not engage with his team, and is totally a technocrat in approach. Which makes him distance and cold. Overall he’s not done a bad job, but he’s lost a lot of support, and I can’t see him regaining it. He’s got an uphill battle with how his portrayed in the media.
Gemini_2261 on
That fella who lost the only general election he fought as PM?
siblingrevelryagain on
He’s apparently also bringing Harriet Harman to advise on women & girls strategy. Both are principled, intelligent politicians
MentallyMotivated on
Imb4 Starmer mentions it’s a “Great Reset” and everyone loses their minds.
AbbreviationsHot7662 on
I think this should be done more regularly tbh – as in, former PMs with experience should become cabinet ministers and whatnot. Starmer could step down and become Foreign Minister for instance, since he’s good at that. It’s how they do it in the Nordics.
Silverdarlin1 on
Somewhere in Yorkshire, Brian Blesssed has just shouted ‘Gordon’s Alive’
GeekyGamer2022 on
Keef always makes the wrong decision.
Every. Single. Time.
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Labour clearly needs to go even further to the right. Its their only hope of beating reform. The left will always bite the bullet and vote for them, so this is really their only option, as long as you ignore any evidence to the contrary.
Stop putting on new masks and doing new relaunches. The only leadership reset worth while is Kier Starmer resigning and letting someone more competent with ideas into 10 Downing Street.
Smart move from an optics POV. It signals that moving forward, it’s not just more of the same, because things are different now, and we’ll need time to see the effect it has etc. which may offset the immediate calls for resignation.
Whether or not it makes a material difference to satisfying the various groups Starmer is trying to appease, is anybody’s guess.
I give it 6 months before he throws Gordon under a bus.
People who loathe Starmer won’t suddenly change their minds and vote for him. It’s simply never going to happen.
Labour leadership is incredibly self-deluded. They’ll burn down the entire Labour party rather than step aside for someone else to rescue it.
The media despise Brown because he’s one of a handful of actually civic-minded politicians with an ethical backbone who manages to be pragmatic while remaining true to his idealism. No doubt this news will be painted as world-ending by the rags and the online army but it’s honestly a solid appointment.
Prior to the 2024 election, Starmer asked Brown to conduct a proper review of the union, the current British constitution, the future of devolution, with the goal of setting out an ambitious plan to ensure the constitutional challenges of the Tories post-Brexit would be a thing of the past.
Brown produced his report. Starmer completely ignored pretty much all of it.
Yesterday, Labour got utterly destroyed in Wales, coming a very distant third. Almost everyone in Welsh Labour is pointing to UK Labours failure to give them anything on the future of devolution.
I am sympathetic to the notion that Brown is a wise man who should be given a job. I struggle with the logic of doing so while completely ignoring the last thing you asked him to do
Fuck that. Gordon Brown should be PM. I was talking to a friend about this yesterday and he’s the only PM I can think of in 40 years who isn’t evil.
Rishi turned to the Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, we’ve seen this strategy play out just a few years ago. Didn’t end well
Fantastic appointment. Already seen people on Instagram saying ‘BUT HE SOLD OUR GOLD’ as if they have any fucking clue how to run an economy. Brown was fantastic with what he had in front of him.
A good appointment which will, sadly, be very easy for the media to spin as desperation.
Keep Tony Blair out piece of s***m! definitely put in Gordon Brown!
I like Gordon Brown. He got screwed over by Blair. The issue is Starmer.
Bring in my girl Raynor!
Well better than Burnham and He Who Shall Not Be Named but the party does seem fixated on old has beens from the past.
People want a vision of the future not continual reinterpretations of the past.
As usual, Starmer is changing everyone around him while missing the point that he is the problem. The issue is that he is the best of a very bad bunch
I am vehemently against this labour government but I voted for Brown in 2010. If the press hadn’t blasted him relentlessly the UK would be in a much better position. As it was the Lib Dems came and stole a load of votes with promises they never even really attempted to keep when they got into the coalition with Cameron.
That’s right Keith, get some fresh new talent in.
Christ, what a melt.
If you look at what the government has achieved since the election, there’s a lot of good and you can start to see the green shoots of recovery. Kier had made a number of mistakes, the biggest for me is the handling from start to finish of the Mandelson saga. He’s reported to not engage with his team, and is totally a technocrat in approach. Which makes him distance and cold. Overall he’s not done a bad job, but he’s lost a lot of support, and I can’t see him regaining it. He’s got an uphill battle with how his portrayed in the media.
That fella who lost the only general election he fought as PM?
He’s apparently also bringing Harriet Harman to advise on women & girls strategy. Both are principled, intelligent politicians
Imb4 Starmer mentions it’s a “Great Reset” and everyone loses their minds.
I think this should be done more regularly tbh – as in, former PMs with experience should become cabinet ministers and whatnot. Starmer could step down and become Foreign Minister for instance, since he’s good at that. It’s how they do it in the Nordics.
Somewhere in Yorkshire, Brian Blesssed has just shouted ‘Gordon’s Alive’
Keef always makes the wrong decision.
Every. Single. Time.