Week commencing 27th November 2020
Counting the days
What has Sir Keir Starmer achieved since he won the Labour leadership contest in April? Absolutely nothing apart from getting away with the continued persecution of former leader Jeremy Corbyn and encouraging a wave of Blairite purges in the constituencies.
Starmer said he would continue along Corbyn's path. He said he would fight austerity and "unify" the party. Instead, he's taken the bogus "anti-Semitism" campaign to new ludicrous heights to drive the Corbynistas out of the Labour party. His "ten pledge" programme has long been forgotten. The only "unity" Starmer wants is with the ageing Blairites who still sit in the House of Commons, and the only fight Starmer's led is against Jeremy Corbyn and those who backed him when he was at the helm.
Though the Johnson government is useless and incompetent it still tops Labour in the opinion polls and barring a miracle Labour looks set for disaster at the local and regional elections next year.
How long can Starmer last as Labour's leader? Whilst the answer is clearly for as long as the membership is prepared to put up with him, his days must surely be numbered.
Israel bombs Syria, Houthis rocket Saudi
America's back
Public Sector Pay
In the departure lounge
First printed in the New Worker on 27th November 2020