It is worrying how few media appearances he has done, and how light the questioning was when he did get interviewed.
If they think continuing with the same policies with a different presenter will work, Labour may end up fighting for 4th place in a couple of years.
Digital ID and this stupid Social Media ban needs to be binned on day one.
I would bet my life’s savings that the social media ban is the reason for a new face on the government fucking you. They won’t roll it back because he believes in it too, but he is better trained on keeping his gobble shut. Nothing will change and you’ll be asked by all media figures and labour politicians to move on from the past. Hopefully at least it clears a path for the greens when they’re the only ones talking about reality as it actually exists.
My first thought was the other way around… Starmer knew he was on his way out and needed to push through the social media ban to repay the tech oligarchs that got him elected. Either way Burnam needs to actually change tack, and TBH I’m going to take some convincing to not vote for the greens.
I don’t think a 180 should save labour here, personally. They’ve shown full complicity as their party and media infrastructure chose violence against immigrants and Palestinians.
A complete purge of Labour Together would help, but I am far from optimistic. If anything, Burham seems willing to promote some of the bad actors and bring back ethically compromised staffers, rather than taking out the rubbish. When people see a new frontman backed by the same old cast of dickheads, I don’t think they’ll be fooled for long, no matter how hard the media tries to carry water for Burnham.
Well I guess we’ll be looking forward to the 7th prime minister in 10 years. Just keep in mind They’d rather nuke the party than stand up for their constituents, minorities, labour, or stand up to Israel. Truly a pathetic party that even manages to make the Democrats look less crazy. Corbyn was their donor organ and they rejected him, so I guess now they’re committed to dying.
Meh, social media is awful for young people, anything that will reduce uptake is a good thing even if it is a bit nanny state
Sadly it’s nothing to do with solving the problem of young people Doom-scrolling, and everything to do with making money for ID services, while ensuring your advertising ID is tied to a government ID.
or possibly its the next step in eliminating anonymity entirely.
A man who says and stands for nothing, is zionist, and who takes a hardline stance on immigration, especially against black people and arabs… so the labor party has doubled down on its betrayal hoping the “scanning your identity to jerk off or criticize powerful people online bill” disguised as “protect the children” will be seen as a relic of a previous leader, kid starver, who basically never left.
If you ever wanna know something about a bill, look no further than the people who advocate for it. Zionist politicians, insecure absentee parents, and celebrities like Jason Gordon-levitt, who are in secret groups with Peter Thiel.
Another zionist. Fuck him
Old account get too many bans?
oh look, an open zionist terrorist commenting here, isnt that neat. And he’s throwing insults about bans from his 1 month old account. Well welcome (or welcome back on a new account) to lemmy zionist kibblebits. I’m sure you’ll do swell here.
lol, you must be an alt
If he’s that close to the PM office… he’s not a man of the people.
Just like how here in the US you can’t get a decent person within sniffing distance of the presidency. It’s all members of the Epstein Class.
Man of the people, unless you’re trans, an immigrant or you think genocide is bad.
I have a bias and say I already have a good impression of Andy because of his evidently good policies as the previous mayor of Manchester. Though of course, being a mayor is different from being the prime minister of the country. We will also see if “Manchesterism” could scale up on the national level.
Let’s see how he handles existing Labour policies such as the Palestine Action ban, the recent abuse of anti-terrorism laws by reactionary judges, Mahmood’s strategy of trying to out-Reform Reform, and the imbecility that brought Palantir to government systems. My guess, and I hope I’m wrong, is that he won’t change any of that, instead focusing on marginal infrastructure reforms and rolling back failed privatisations. Good things to do, but with long lead times, and meanwhile the state bullying and intrusive surveillance are still there, and Labour’s only response to Reform continues to be “yeah, you’ve got a point.”
He is another wanker who will continue to kick down to try to make Daddy Tory love him.
If by Daddy Tory, you mean Labour’s corporate donors, then yes.
