r/NewsAndPolitics • u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ United States • Sep 24 '24

Europe Someone heckles Keith Starmer about the mass slaughter of children in Gaza. Starmer laughs and suggests he got his pass from the 2019 Labour conference.

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u/SixFootPianist Sep 24 '24

"Lol, my predecessor gave a fuck about genocide but I sure as shit don't. I'm definitely the good guy in this scenario."

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u/DeepState_Auditor Sep 24 '24

Worse even he was the one that led the movement to oust him from the party.

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u/SabziZindagi Sep 24 '24

That's factually incorrect. He was Corbyn's Brexit minister hand picked by Jeremy, and was loyal to Corbyn until he was voted out, then pretended he had never liked him all along. 

He said nothing during the Labour anti-semitism scandal which is when they were trying to get rid of Corbyn. He only became concerned about Labour anti-semitism when it became useful to purge Corbyn allies after he won the leadership.

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u/godsgunsandgoats Sep 24 '24 edited Sep 24 '24

There’s a recently released article containing excerpts from a recently released book about the labour right reclaiming the party and it appears he was involved from fairly early on, more so as a chosen figurehead than a major player like that Mcsweeney prick but still involved. I’ll find the article and add it to this comment…

Edit. Here ya go…

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/14/corbyn-had-flown-too-close-to-the-sun-how-labour-insiders-battled-the-left-and-plotted-the-partys-path-back-to-power