PM less left-wing than most Labour MPs, Research suggests

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1. No one needed to “research” this. Its like researching if people have noses. You can just look and see.

2. Is this surprising? Generally speaking the leader of your party tacks more to the centre in order to win more voters

3. Anybody who’s paid attention to this guy’s career since 2015 knows that 💀

4. There isn’t anyone actually left wing within a mile of our parliament; every party is wedded to the economic orthodoxy, and a couple of them want to do what we already do but *more* which apparently constitutes ‘reform’ somehow. 
   It’s an entirely pointless bit of research about something that barely even exists

5. Sure. When the Labour Party decides it would be nice to actually win an election, that’s usually when they pick a centrist for leader.

6. The crack down on benefit abusers and reduction in migration already made this guy more right wing than the so called Conservatives who ignored 2 of those core issues the right care about.

7. The only thing the government has done is increase taxes and have a mini (non legislative) immigration crack down.

   That’s way too few days points to decide anything.

8. PM more of a centrist than most of his MPs? Oh, what a huge shock! That never happens in British politics!

9. no shit sherlock don’t need a study to figure that out.

10. Starmer’s political swing is so interesting. He goes from full left wing on his leadership election to full centre in late 2021

11. But in what context? As the Chris Rock joke goes “I’m a conservative when it comes to robbery, but when it comes to prostitution I’m liberal”.

    I’m a lefty for the most part, but there’s some things I definitely lean more right on.

12. This didn’t need research. Anyone actually left wing could have said this.

13. PM less left-wing than David Cameron was at the start

14. I mean he makes Blair look like an out and out socialist….

15. No shit. Deals with Saudis, selling country out to Blackrock, austerity-lite, same Tory trickle down bullshit, child benefit cap, refusal to tax the very wealthiest at all, supports crackdowns on protests, drug policy out of the 1960s, adopted far right soundbites on immigration.

    The bloke is Labour in name only, time to get a proper leader representing the party who puts workers above billionaires and corporations.

16. Research suggests sky may be blue and water has the potential to be wet.

17. Well yeah, Starmer has always been on the right of Labour and conducted a brutal and dishonest campaign of suppression against the left. I suppose it’s good to have some “research” to back that up a bit more objectively, but everyone knew this already.

18. As opposed to leader of the opposition who is trying to be as right wing as possible.

    That Jenrick is justice Secretary is laughable

19. And that is a good thing. We don’t want, nor need, Corbyn type politics to become mainstream, we need a centre ground.

20. Lots of people saying the UK is becoming more right wing, and i don’t think that’s true across the board.

    People are still distributed across the political spectrum AND they have a view on immigration. You can be a staunch left winger and want a stricter immigration policy.

21. The British public are also more right wing than most of their MPs so it’s probably not a bad thing for him to remind them what people are looking for from this government.

22. This is based on 1000 councilors’ opinions and specific to the economic left-right spectrum.

    Dang, I thought they’d done DW nominate on their voting.

23. Oo, it’s “research suggests” again… one of our most popular items this Christmas! Supplies may be limited, don’t wait…

24. Still more left wing than the fucking Tories.
    Small victories people, it’s a step in the right direction.
    Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress.

25. I just don’t even know what he is. He just represents more of this broken and deluded system.

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