{"id":77432,"date":"2024-08-27T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=77432"},"modified":"2024-08-27T19:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:00:53","slug":"starmers-already-given-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/08\/27\/starmers-already-given-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer’s already given up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having been away for a long weekend - and, as usual, having kept the blog going despite supposedly being on holiday - I am now back and catching up with things. My apologies to all those who had to wait some time for moderation.<\/p>\n

Late this morning, I did have time to post some quick reactions to what Keir Starmer had been saying. I wrote this Twitter thread:<\/p>\n

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I then followed that with this Tweet:<\/p>\n

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And finally, this one:<\/p>\n

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If my frustration shows, so be it. It needs to do so. Starmer and Reeves are an utter disgrace to the whole history of the labour movement, social democratic thinking and the people who so recently elected them in good faith, thinking they might deliver something better than the Tories.<\/p>\n

I have summarised how I feel in this final thread, posted this evening:<\/p>\n

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I am not sure there is a lot to add.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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