Labour’s landslide victory in Thursday’s U.K. election gives the party a “wide but thin” mandate, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik, who says the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has to work hard to solidify its gains “if it’s not going to be a temporary win.” She also discusses her new piece, “Pro-Palestine votes aren’t 'sectarian'. Dismissing them would be a dangerous mistake for Labour.”
  • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Typical center left shit. “Oh geez, oh God, we only have everything we need to do what our voters want us to do, but what if now isn’t the perfect time? Has someone consulted a star chart? Has anyone chaired eight sub committees on what to name our effort? What if we do that and it makes the people who voted for us mad? Or worse, what if it makes the people who didn’t vote for us mad? Egads, fetch my inhaler”