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>Fervent capitalist

That isn't the own you think it is. It's the position of every single successful modern state.

>genocide supporter

Sigh...

>suddenly turn into Jeremy Corbyn is, frankly, delusional.

Brillant, people voted for him for exactly this reason.



> That isn't the own you think it is.

It is, however, a condition of membership under the rules of the UK Labour Party that you are a democratic socialist, and in favour of goals that include democratic socialism. Whether or not you think that is right, it is what Starmer signed up to when he joined.

> Brillant, people voted for him for exactly this reason.

His pledges when he was elected leader was to largely be "continuity Corbyn". A lot of the Labour membership voted for him for that reason. The extent to which he has been willing to lie and deceive his own party membership to get his position is quite scary given he'll likely be PM soon.


You're being pedantic; we obviously live in a capitalist world, but Starmer is fully inboard with taking orders from corporate overlords (lobbyists) in the same way as the Tories. More balance is needed.




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