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New Labour leader Keir Starmer vows to lead party into 'new era' [UK]
BBC News ^ | 4 April 2020

Posted on 04/04/2020 10:29:34 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour “into a new era with confidence and hope” after decisively winning the contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.

The 57-year old defeated Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters.

The lawyer, who became an MP in 2015, won on the first round of voting, with more than 50% of ballots cast. […]

In a video message released by the Labour Party, Sir Keir promised to work constructively in opposition and said he hoped Labour “when the time comes can serve our country again — in government”.

And he apologized for the “stain” of anti-Semitism that has tainted Labour in recent years. He pledged to “tear out this poison by its roots” and said his success would be judged on whether former Jewish members return to Labour. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; brexit; brexitparty; corbyn; labour; lisanandy; nigelfarage; rebeccalongbailey; sirkeirstarmer; starmer; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 04/04/2020 10:29:34 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The best thing for GB would be for Labour to just go away.


2 posted on 04/04/2020 10:36:05 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Olog-hai

“...in a ballot of party members and other supporters.”

What “other supporters” are allowed to vote in an intra-party election like this? Commies, I suppose, but still.


3 posted on 04/04/2020 10:45:12 AM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: AlaskaErik

Yep. The party started by Fabian Socialists.


4 posted on 04/04/2020 10:45:53 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: Olog-hai

#WheresBoris


5 posted on 04/04/2020 10:45:54 AM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: AlaskaErik

I have a dream. Let’s send them and the rats in massive space ships to mars with almost enough fuel to get there.


6 posted on 04/04/2020 10:48:05 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Not that we might (or might not) have spaceship surfaces that can keep the ionizing radiation out forever . . .


7 posted on 04/04/2020 10:51:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, better than Corbyn, I suppose.


8 posted on 04/04/2020 11:02:43 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp (Dum vivimus, vivamus!)
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To: Da_Shrimp

How sincere would a Democrat pledging to purge antisemitism from his/her party sound, though?


9 posted on 04/04/2020 11:10:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Starmer has an impressive record & is not a hate-filled extremist like Corbyn.

He either could be real trouble for Boris, or the two might learn to work together.


10 posted on 04/04/2020 11:10:19 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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His “impressive record” includes too many left-wing bona fides. Leftism is inherently antisemitic (never mind anti-Christian) no matter what comes out of his mouth.


11 posted on 04/04/2020 11:12:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...he apologized for the "stain" of anti-Semitism that has tainted Labour in recent years. He pledged to "tear out this poison by its roots" and said his success would be judged on whether former Jewish members return to Labour.
Yeah, good one.

12 posted on 04/04/2020 11:22:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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13 posted on 04/04/2020 11:26:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: AlaskaErik

The Labour Party has gone away. And they aren’t coming back.


14 posted on 04/04/2020 11:46:25 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Da_Shrimp

The Blairites have returned.


15 posted on 04/04/2020 11:48:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

>>The 57-year old defeated Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters.

Clearly, the Labour Party is sexist. They chose an old, white, rich, aristocrat over two women.


16 posted on 04/04/2020 11:56:11 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Olog-hai

Be sure to break the windows of jewelry stores that stay open.


17 posted on 04/04/2020 12:20:08 PM PDT by gasport (Pray for the people of Captive China)
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To: vikingd00d

Aristocrat?? Old?? Rich??


18 posted on 04/04/2020 12:28:30 PM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: SunkenCiv

If he has to choose, he’ll keep the Muslim members who rather like the anti-Semitism.


19 posted on 04/04/2020 3:19:04 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: jocon307; dfwgator; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Apparently non members were given a brief window to register as supporters to vote. There are also “affiliated supporters”, members of certain unions.

Anyway the Corybn commies are enraged, call this guy a “neoliberal” and “Blairite scum”.

Blair won 3 elections.


20 posted on 04/04/2020 11:46:35 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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