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I am both glad this nonsense is over and still annoyed it ever happened.

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[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Starmer's really ballsed this up hasn't he. First unambiguous unforced error (some might say letting Elphicke into the party was an error but it's clear what the logic was there).

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I agree. I understand why he wants to push out MPs who aren't loyal to him, because the more loyalists you have, the easier it is to get things done. But the optics of this one were terrible. Still, she's running, now, and she'll almost certainly hold the seat for Labour.