I would ask how anybody could vote for a party leader this stupid, but we live in a country that is run by Boris Johnson.
Suffice it to say that, a matter of days after the murder of Sir David Amess and the subsequent hysteria about violent speech in politics, Keir Starmer was on Good Morning Britain, agreeing with Richard Madeley about giving Labour socialists “a good kicking”.
who are ‘they’ who are talking about giving the left a good kicking? is it the same people complaining about violent speech in politics by any chance? https://t.co/DsN7ly24EI
— Jackie Walker – HRH, MP, MBE, ABC (@Jackiew80333500) October 25, 2021
Perhaps he could be partially excused for being drawn into the conversation by Madeley – who knew exactly what he was doing and that it was unacceptable, have no doubt:
Ultra-hypocritical corporate media hacks switching instantly from faux outrage about the problem of hateful/violent political discourse, to haranguing Starmer for not giving the left a vicious enough "kicking"!
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) October 25, 2021
It seems that Madeley (and GMB) has lurched to the right after that programme’s period criticising Boris Johnson over his (many) Covid-19 failures.
A so called 'journalist' on TV talking about giving people a 'hard kicking' simply because they share a different political ideology. Don't you just love our free and objective media?
— Hamza (@Hamza_a96) October 25, 2021
But be honest – in the light of this performance, do you think perhaps these people were always fascists? (It is fascist language, after all.)
As @GMB call for us to have a "hard kicking" let's never forget just 2 figures who advocated violence against the left! Hitler & Pinochet! We see you Madeley, Starmer & the greedies, agents of the ruling classes!#NoPasaran https://t.co/LxpzZDRQWZhttps://t.co/LxpzZDRQWZ
— Natalie Strecker (@NatalieStrecke1) October 25, 2021
Let’s have a look at some of the people that Madeley – and Starmer – want to give “a good kicking”. Here’s one:
I don’t know much about Richard Madeley @GMB
In light of his obnoxious comments about people like me, inspired by Corbyn, caring passionately about
Climate
Poverty
Social Justice
Rule of Law
Peace
Standards in Public LifeCan someone tell me, is the man stupid or malign?
— Tom London (@TomLondon6) October 25, 2021
And here’s another:
I'm 62 years old.
I'm an educator, a social researcher & a writer.
I volunteer.
I love & am loved.
I'm an activist very much to the left of the current Labour leadership.
It seems some people believe I, & others like me, deserve 'a good kicking'.#NeverGiveUp #Solidarity
— Prof Gayle Letherby 💙 #PeaceAndJustice (@gletherby) October 25, 2021
Fortunately some of us can still laugh at the ridiculous so-called Labour “leader”:
Keir Starmer preparing himself to 'kick shit out of the left', because Richard Madeley goaded him into it. pic.twitter.com/sGCGaWiNQA
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) October 25, 2021
But the question is to be asked:
Why is the language Keir Starmer uses towards Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters always more aggressive than that he uses towards the Tories and the horrible things they're doing to the country? @UKLabour
— Daniel Grigg (@Daniel_Grigg) October 25, 2021
And the answer, inevitably, is not long coming: he’s still desperate for some hard-right business mogul to bail Labour out of the bankruptcy he is plunging it into:
Please sirs. Please buy us. We beg. pic.twitter.com/SMMG6phR3i
— Simon Vessey (@Simon_Vessey) October 25, 2021
It seems he has already sold his own soul.
Now he’s selling Labour’s.
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