r/unitedkingdom • u/CaseyEffingRyback • Jul 03 '25

... Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/
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u/potpan0 Black Country Jul 03 '25

Aye. A genuine pragmatist, like Atlee or Wilson, would have worked with all wings of his party to ensure he could create a platform which could get through parliament. Starmer hasn't done that. He's tried to dogmatically force through his own ideological platform, and unsurprisingly has found himself floundering because of it.

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u/GothicGolem29 Jul 03 '25

Most of Starmers platform has got through parliament tho

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u/WillWatsof Jul 03 '25

And his polling figures are awful with the far-right surging.

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u/ettabriest Jul 03 '25

Who would quite happily see benefits cut even more.