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Highs and lows of Five-Year Keir: The PM's journey from Doughty Street to Downing Street (news.sky.com)

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I found this interesting. It looks back at Sir Keir's five years as the leader of Labour.

Here's an interesting quote:

He turned left to win the party leadership and turned right to win a general election.

And regarding his campaign for the Labour leadership in 2020:

To win the backing of left-wing Labour activists, he backed a wealth tax on the top 5% of earners, abolishing university tuition fees, nationalising water and energy and restoring freedom of movement between the UK and EU countries. Whatever happened to those promises?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He looks to be the Biden of the UK if polling is anything to go by. The next PM will be either Farage or whoever Musk parachutes into Reform UK to replace him (Andrew Tate perhaps).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The idea that Farage could ever be PM is laughable.

If come 2029 it looked like a realistic possibility then the level of tactical voting and vote swapping across Lab, LD, and Greens would be even more than 2024.

If Reform ever get more than 25-30 seats I'll do a Paddy Ashdown and eat my hat.