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Pro-Palestinian campaigners have been protesting against Keir Starmer at the venue where he was giving his speech, Steph Spyro from the Express reports.
Pro-Palestine protesters outside Sir Keir Starmer’s speech in Bristol.
They’re chanting: “Keir Starmer you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide.”
As well as: “Keir Starmer, shame on you.” pic.twitter.com/1YSdIUrtxG
— Steph Spyro (@StephSpyro) January 4, 2024
9m ago06.31 ESTJohn McDonnell says Starmer will leave vacuum for far right if he does not give clear vision of how Labour would improve UK
John McDonnell, who was shadow chancellor when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader, has written an article for the Guardian saying that if Keir Starmer is not clear about what Labour will do when it is in power, it will create a policy vacuum that will be filled by the far right.
Here is an extract.
If there is a vacuum in the political debate both in the run-up to the election and also, as importantly, after the election, it will be filled by others. And this is my warning. There is a real and rising danger that this political vacuum could be filled by the far right. The polling figures for the Reform party demonstrate already how a far-right populist programme can pull the major parties on to a rightwing agenda …
People will be patient as they fully realise how broken Britain is,…
2024-01-04 06:20:43
Article from www.theguardian.com
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