so far, Remove most Covid restrictions In Britain, there are few political beneficiaries. In fact, it is quite the opposite: the so-called “Freedom Day” started yesterday morning, and Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health were embarrassed, Fall into self-isolation. This day ends as the prime minister Dominic Cummings allegations In October last year, the idea of a second nationwide blockade was sneered at on the grounds that “most of the dying people are over 80 years old.”
However, if a senior politician has at least a chance to succeed in this new and uncertain environment-and a big “if”-he truly seizes the opportunity: namely, Sir Kil Starmer.
He was elected the leader of the Labor Party only 12 days after the implementation of the first national blockade. In the special political environment of the past 15 months, he barely showed up, was unable to conduct meaningful election campaigns, and was unable to personally express his message at party meetings. Unable to establish one’s position. As an open stage for the future prime minister. As a member of the shadow cabinet said: “You can’t lead the opposition out of the downturn through Zoom.”
Today, the leader of the Labor Party launched a major attack on the extreme left. He filed a motion on the National Executive Committee of his party’s governing body to expel four groups: the Socialist Appeal, the Exiled Labor Network, the Anti-Witch and the Resistance Movement.
The Socialist Appeal was accused of being the successor organization of Trotsky’s activist tendencies-banned by the Labour Party in December 1982-while the other three groups were affected in different ways. Anti-Semitism controversy The leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
Starmer’s party critics complained that he provoked a fight and planned a purge when it was unnecessary. People must hope they are right. After losing four consecutive general elections, the Labor Party urgently needs a leader who is willing to show the public that he is not only ready to accept the fringe of the party’s ideology, but is also anxious to do so.
He must make it clear that he is preparing a waiting government, not just managing a large political club that has no real ambitions other than sending a virtuous signal on Twitter and accusing the Conservative Party of evil. The structural weakness of his leadership campaign has always been its moderation: there is a strong need to eliminate anti-Semitism, but he still praises Corbin, urging the party not to “destroy” his record because, in 2019 He led the party to its worst defeat since 1935. This is an effective means to win the votes of Corbin members. It hardly suggests that Starmer’s leadership will break with the bleak past.
However, all opposition leaders must make such a breakthrough, not only because by definition they are the children of failed elections, but also because when they face the voters themselves, major political issues are bound to change. They clearly and sometimes even cruelly stated that they are ahead of the defeated party, which is a prerequisite for the success of the final election.
in order to Neil Kinnock This meant a very brave battle with radicals, and his legendary speech in Bournemouth in 1985, in which he condemned “the labor committee-the labor committee-hired taxis to run around the city, The absurd chaos of issuing layoff notices to their own workers. For Tony Blair, this involved the reform of Article 4 of the Party Constitution and when he tried to extend the party’s appeal to voters across the country, he almost completely ignored the sensitivity of Labour Party members.
To be fair, Starmer’s attitude towards anti-Semitism was impressive and he suspended Corbyn in October because he said the issue was “severely exaggerated for political reasons”. But the political reward he got from these efforts was very small. It is difficult to compete on pandemic news announcements. It is especially shameful for Hartlepool, the Labour Party seat since its establishment in 1974, to fall into the hands of the Conservative Party in May.
But now, freed from a blocked political prison, he has at least a chance to prove that the doubters are wrong. Johnson faced very difficult months, during which Stammer should trip him at every turn. He has indicated that he is willing to expel the prehistoric left. In Brighton in September, he was finally able to preside over the party meeting himself. This is an opportunity he dared not waste.
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